Congratulations to the Winners of the SiTF Awards 2011

Congratulations to the winners of the SiTF (Singapore infocomm Technology Federation) Awards 2011. Append is the press release of the winners.

SiTF AWARDS 2011 SEES OUTSTANDING INNOVATIONS FROM LOCAL ICT INDUSTRY

Continues to Drive Sustainable Innovations in Singapore

Singapore, 2 August 2011 – Singapore infocomm Technology Federation (SiTF) announced the winners of this year’s SiTF Awards, the most coveted local infocommunications technology (ICT) industry awards today, which aim to promote and to recognize innovations developed in Singapore. This year, thirteen teams triumphed in their respective categories to clinch the top awards, out of the 177 entries received.

“As Singapore continues to keep its competitive edge in innovation, it is important to provide the right environment, support and recognition for locally developed ICT solutions or applications,” said Mr. Eddie Chau, SiTF Awards 2011 Organising Chairman and also the first Vice Chairman of SiTF. “The annual SiTF Awards continues to be a critical platform to discover innovations and to nurture new ideas. We are excited to see a year on year increase in the number of nominations. This year, the SiTF Awards received a total of 177 entries, an increase of 20% over last year; reflecting the vibrancy of the local ICT scene.”

All nominations were required to present to a panel of judges comprising distinguished individuals of the ICT industry, CIOs of user companies, investors, academics and senior government officers, who were impressed by both the quality and quantity of submissions this year.

“We are very encouraged by the creativity and innovation shown by some of the local start-ups. With proper guidance and investment, I believe some have good potential to grow and become commercially successful,” said Mr. Bill Liu, a veteran of the ICT industry and one of the judges of the SiTF Awards 2011.

The outstanding applications which emerged as winners this year are able to utilize ICT to improve processes and even help to save lives – like the smartphone application by Dr Dana Elliott Srither, which enables the general public to provide proper and effective techniques for chest compressions during CPR. Another winner, the ‘Vehicle Damage Assessment System’ by SMRT Corporation, uses wireless technology to capture real-time information and feed it directly into the back-end system for further data analysis and reporting, helping to reduce data entry errors and improve repair turnaround time. Integrated Health Information Systems Pte Ltd, the winner in the E-Government category, eliminated the traditional way of ordering medications for inpatients with an automated, intelligent system leveraging two-factor authentication that reduces human errors and improves ward efficiency, and is the first of such electronic end-to-end closed-loop medication management systems to be implemented in Asia Pacific.

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Students also unleashed their innovation by developing educational applications to promote more interactive learning, such as the interactive game on global warming by Tampines Primary School, and the mobile application of its school portal by Crescent Girls’ School, winners of Primary Student and Secondary Student categories respectively. The winner for the Tertiary Student category is ‘Silver Radar’ by Singapore Polytechnic’s School of Digital Media and Infocomm Technology, a system designed for civil defense agency, which integrates the whole rescue process from receiving an emergency call to the end of the rescue.

“This year, we are pleased to see an increase in quality of entries submitted by the schools. We are extremely heartened by the fact that youths under 16 in Singapore are so innovative and enthusiastic about ICT. We hope that schools will continue to send in submissions, in order to cultivate young talents who may become the future pillars of the industry,” said Mr. Chau.

Since last year, the SiTF Awards also features an additional ‘Judges’ Choice’ award, where the judges pick the category winner that is most innovative and promises the most market potential. This year, ‘STOMP’ by Multimedia Centre, Singapore Press Holdings was given this accolade. This application was chosen for its clever use of mobile technology to facilitate instant news broadcasts by the public, thus encouraging citizen journalism.

New categories such as ICT Team Excellence for Marketing and Technical Support were included this year as well, to raise awareness and to encourage adoption of ICT to improve user companies’ business and customer experiences.

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The full list of winners of the 2011 SiTF Awards is as follows:

Deserving recognition as well are the Merit recipients of the 11 categories (there were no merit recipients for the Cloud Technology and Digital Media categories), who impressed the judges with their practical and sophisticated developments that were not only innovative, but displayed relevance to everyday life.

Interactive educational products like StarCr8’s iPad and iPhone app ‘See, Hear, Do’ stood out for its unique and personalised teaching structure, and the efficiency-boosting mobile app ‘PropertyGuru Agent Mobile App’ by AllProperty Media Pte Ltd to help real estate agents increase their response time, brought to the table a fresh element of competition this year. The ‘ENCORE initiative’ developed by the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority provides services in three areas of the customer lifecycle – Enquiry, Collection, and Return, to ease the flow of the entire application process. A Merit recipient in the Start-up category, ‘FlickEvents’ proves its ability in maximizing efficiency, as it is able to set up an event page, create a ticketing and RSVP system and customize a registration forms in just minutes.

Other Merit recipients include ITE College East in the E-Enterprise category, Niometrics in the Emerging Technology category, Time Voyager Pte Ltd in the Start-up category, NCS Pte Ltd in the ICT Team Excellence – Technical Support category, and Starhub Ltd in the ICT Team Excellence – Marketing category. Meridian Primary School, North Vista Primary School, Crescent Girls School and Temasek Polytechnic School of Informatics & IT (for 2 different applications) also won Merit awards in the Primary Student, Secondary Student and Tertiary Student categories respectively.

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About The SiTF Awards

The SiTF Awards, organized by the Singapore infocomm Technology Federation (SiTF), awards local enterprises, multinational corporations and institutions with the best innovative products and services. It offers an excellent platform for organisations to create awareness of their solutions, seek investors and identify business partners. The winners will get to represent Singapore in regional ICT Awards like the Asia Pacific ICT Alliance (APICTA) Awards, World Summit Awards (WSA) and ASOCIO Best Practices Awards. For more information on the SiTF Awards 2011, please visit www.sitfawards.com.

About SiTF

Singapore infocomm Technology Federation (SiTF) is Singapore’s premier infocomm industry association, which brings together some 400 corporate members from MNCs and local companies. SiTF assists its members in business development, market intelligence, overseas trade missions, networking and alliances. SiTF organises several of Singapore’s key infocomm events – SiTF Golf Classic, SiTF Awards, SITEX, and administering the ‘Infocomm Singapore’ brand initiative. For more information on SiTF, please visit www.sitf.org.sg.
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