2005 Winners
Judges' Choice for Best Value:
Fairhaven Primary School for the Lord of the Ring Rings DVD
Fairhaven Primary School in Te Puke produced a 53 minute movie- The Lord of the Ring Rings- a spoof on the real movie, of course. It involved over 150 children in all aspects of film making. Since then they have shared their learning with other schools and have seen the enthusiasm for the integration of technology in the curriculum grow.
CIO of the Year
- sponsored by SeeBeyond
Richard Tims - Electronic Transaction Services
ETSL is the largest EFTPOS switch in NZ processing 80% of all EFTPOS transactions in NZ with extremely high levels of system availability, so the requirement for continuity is very high. In the past year the IT division successfully implemented one of the largest projects in the company's history, which was an upgrade of core EFTPOS hardware. Richard has also focused on developing a passionate team that continues to deliver solutions that meet or exceed expectations
Excellence in the Use of IT in a Community Project
- sponsored by Wigley & Company
Ministry of Education for The Community Technicians' Project
This project aims to support ICT innovation in schools and communities, and to assist in the removal of obstacles and barriers to ICT use. The Community Technicians' project is helping to address the problem of quality-assured technical support in remote rural schools and communities, by providing qualification-based training and logistical support for individuals within communities to develop the skills and capabilities to meet local ICT support needs.
Excellence in the Use of IT for Customer Service
- sponsored by Computerland
Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind for the Telephone Information Service
The RNZFB has 11,500 blind, deafblind and visually impaired members, most over 65. Losing one's sight can cut your connection to the world. Forced to rely on "headline" TV or radio news, you can lose depth, flexibility, independence and confidence. The innovative Telephone Information Service lets members listen to news, job adverts, and much more over their telephone, whenever they choose.
Excellence in the Use of IT in Education (Primary and Secondary)
Saint Kentigern College for Education for the Internet Generation
The installation of a wireless LAN in 2001 has evolved into a system of four WLAN management servers and 65 access points providing secure and quality wireless network service to 1750 users at the College campus. The key benefi t of the WLAN project is to provide quality education and an extra edge to students.
Excellence in the Use of IT in Education (Tertiary and Commercial)
The University of Waikato for The Virtual Classroom
The Virtual Classroom is the result of the clever integration of innovative technology into the teaching and learning environment of an international marketing course at The University of Waikato. The technology provided a dramatic improvement in student learning as a result of technology-facilitated individual interaction with course materials and other students as well as faculty. This development has successfully increased students' time on task, reflective learning and performance despite dramatically rising class sizes.
Excellence in the Use of IT in Government
- sponsored by Unisys
Manukau City Council for Botany Library
In October 2004, Manukau City Council opened New Zealand's first "retail library" at Botany Shopping Centre. Fundamental to the retail concept is the smart use of technology, in particular the deployment of radio frequency identification *RFID). Manukau is the first public library in New Zealand to deploy this technology. By imbedding microchips into each of the library's 35,000 books, a 20% process efficiency has been achieved, resulting in longer opening hours and enhanced customer service.
Excellence in the Use of IT in Health
- sponsored by Oracle
Healthpoint for healthpoint.co.nz
The website provides information for patients, referring doctors and caregivers which clarifies for patients what to expect prior, during and following an appointment with both private and public specialist medical services. Specialists have secure access to edit information, meaning patients will have relevant and service-specific information. For New Zealanders this means there will be greater transparency in the health systems and it offers increased comfort and trust in NZ Health services.
Excellence in the Use of IT in a Mobile Workforce
PowerNet for their Improved Tree Management System
The system was devised to assist arborists in effective tree management. The solution offered in-field data capture that integrates with a database, providing arborists with instant access to the list of trees needing work without having to call admin staff. Being able to integrate cost code information at the handheld and load the required data back into the backend database, with no manual checking, plus maintaining referential integrity with the database has been an integral part of the success of this project.
Excellence in the Use of IT in a Not-for-Profit Organisation
- sponsored by Westpac
Breath4CF for Fundraiseonline
Breath4CF, a subsidiary of the Cystic Fibrosis Association of New Zealand, designed and developed "Fundraiseonline" a website that allows athletes and supporters to build a personal website that is secure and has donation processing credit card capacity, from which they can fundraise for charity via the internet. Fundraiseonline provides the individual fundraiser with a number of unique and powerful tools that make fundraising simple and has resulted in an increased update, participation levels and value of fundraising received.
Excellence in the Use of IT in a Small to Medium Enterprise
- sponsored by HP New Zealand
EAP Services for their Client Management System
EAP Services is New Zealand's premier Employee Assistance Programme provider. The Client Management system underpins the Company's core business. The solution entered is an on-line booking and management system for the wide variety of professionals who provide services to EAP's clients. The solution was custom designed and built to enable EAP to grow and better service both its clients and its providers.
Innovative Use of Technology
- sponsored by Gen-i
Winner: Ectus for Ectus MEDIA
Ectus MEDIA is an innovative on demand rich media solution which provides for the capture and distribution of video, audio and graphics content. The uniqueness of the solution lies in the integration of collaboration tools with the rich media streaming environment. Ectus MEDIA implements patent-pending innovations relating to video-streaming technology and two-way linking between the streaming content and discussions.
Most Successful Project Implementation of the Year
- sponsored by BearingPoint
Carter Holt Harvey Forests for Project Canopy
This $7million supply chain planning and management system is the first in the world to plan and manage planting, felling and distribution across the entire supply chain from 'tree to customer'. The 18-month project - now live for almost a year - is already reducing harvesting and distribution costs by around three dollars per tonne
Overall Excellence in the Use of IT
- sponsored by IBM New Zealand
House of Travel for House of Travel Online
House of Travel introduced its online booking service in September 2004. It might sound a simple proposition - to compare all the airfares on one site and then book your flights online, but to do this and enable anyone in the 90 retail outlets to service and support your booking was a world first.
