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23rd ATUG Awards, Australian Technology Park, 7th March 2007
ATUG proudly presented the 23rd ATUG Awards at the 2007 ATUG Gala Dinner attended by over 350 people from industry and end user organisations. The Awards were presented by Senator Stephen Conroy, Shadow Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Mr Keith Besgrove, Chief General Manager Access & Consumer Division, DCITA and Mr Paul Morris, ATUG Director and Awards Chairman. ATUG’s Awards are the oldest and most respected Awards for Australian Communications achievements a.
The Awards recognise the achievements of people and companies working to advance the use of communications services which are now so critical to business growth,competitiveness and efficiency.
ATUG also presented for the FIRST time ATUG’s National Awards for the Effective Use of Broadband.
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ATUG
2007 Communications Journalist of the Year Award, supported by Asia
Netcom The winner for 2007 is Tony Boyd of the ‘The Australian Financial Review’ |
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ATUG
2007 Carrier of the Year Award, supported by BSI People Group The winner of the 2007 ATUG Award for Carrier of the Year is BroadbandNet |
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ATUG
2007 Best Communications Solution – Small
Business Award The winner of the 2007 Best Communications Solution – Small Business Award is Pacific Internet |
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ATUG
2007 Award for Best Communications Solution – Regional,
supported by VASP The winner of the 2007 Best Communications Solution – Regional is Broadband Anywhere |
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2007 Award for Best Communications Solution – Large Business The Award winner for 2007 is Amcom |
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ATUG
2007 Award for Excellence in Communications Management, supported by
Gibson
Quai AAS The 2007 winner is the City of Whittlesea in Victoria |
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ATUG
2007 Award for Innovations in Communications, supported by BSI People
Group The winner for 2007 is Balconi for the Balconi Tracker |
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The
2007 ATUG Chairman’s
Award The winner for 2007 is Mr Colin Gilbert, a long standing ATUG member and past convenor from ATUG’s Western Australia branch |
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The
2007 Charles Todd Medal is ATUG’s highest award The sixteenth winner of the Charles Todd Medal for Communicator of the Year is Professor Trevor Barr – Director of Convergent Communications at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Program Leader for the User Environment at the Smart Internet CRC and Consumer Co-chair of Telstra’s Consumer Consultative Council |
ATUG’s inaugural
National Awards for the Effective Use of Broadband, sponsored by The Department
of Communications
IT and the Arts
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Agriculture, Mining and Transport The winner for the Agriculture, Mining and Transport sector is Mackay Sugar. Their broadband solution allows automated management of farming, harvesting, transport and milling. |
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Security The Winner of the 2007 Security Category is Onsite Track Easy. By replacing the sign-in sheet with a swipe card linked via broadband to an intelligent database, Onsite gives customers the ability to know who is present on site with confidence, accuracy and efficiency. |
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Community The winner is City of Whittlesea. The City of Whittlesea in Victoria has worked to secure advanced broadband services for their community. The Victorian State Government through VicUrban has installed a fibre to the home solution for up to 8000 residents at its Aurora estate, delivering five play services (phone, internet , FTA TV, videos on demand and pay TV) over a 100 megabit link. In addition the City of Whittlesea’s efforts have included free training in the use of broadband for over 1500 residents and 200 businesses in their municipality. |
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Health The winner for 2007 is Kadina Medical Associates, South Australia. Kadina Medical Associates has three branches in regional South Australia. They have connected nursing homes, branch clinics, chemists and hospitals through a team of dedicated health care professionals and the implementation of broadband to create a local health network. To quote Kadina; “You do not need to be a multinational firm or Government department with budgets of millions of dollars to make an idea a reality. For less than $1000 we have created a health network that is reaping benefits for doctors, patients and other health providers.” |
ATUG
2007 Gala Dinner and Awards Night photo gallery
ATUG 2007 Conference photo gallery