Media Release: Harbour Bridge innovation wins prestigious iAward

HARBOUR BRIDGE INNOVATION WINS PRESTIGIOUS iAWARD

For immediate release:

Monday 2 July, 2012

An automated and continuous structural health monitoring system for the Sydney Harbour Bridge has been announced as a winner of one of this year's prestigious Company/Group category State iAwards.

NICTA and RMS were named winners of the e-Logistics and Supply Chain category for their Sydney Harbour Bridge Structural Health Monitoring System during a ceremony at Government House during which the Deputy Premier, Minister for Trade and Investment, and Minister for Regional Infrastructure and Service The Hon. Andrew Stoner was guest of honour.

The Structural Health Monitoring System utilises a novel and innovative approach to address not only the immediate requirement but also to prepare for the longer-term adoption of ICT enabled civil infrastructure.

The ceremony was attended by The Deputy Premier, Minister for Trade and Investment, and Minister for Regional Infrastructure and Service The Hon. Andrew Stoner, who presented the keynote address examining the importance of ICT innovation to the long-term success of NSW.

Following the ceremony, the winners will go on to compete against the winners of other State and Territory awards for the National iAwards which will be announced at a gala event in Melbourne on Thursday, 9 August 2012.

Many of the 2012 National iAwards winners will go on to represent Australia against the best innovators in the Asia-Pacific ICT industry who come together at the APICTA Awards being held in Brunei.

Jointly presented by the Australian Computer Society (ACS), Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) and Pearcey Foundation the iAwards celebrates the industry coming together to celebrate the best within its ranks.

Media Enquiries: Peter Waterman 0419 260 827 media@iawards.com.au
Program Enquiries: iAwards Team 1300 665 145 admin@iawards.com.au

The Company/Group NSW State winners are:

Communication Category

Winner: Huawei & Pacnet for Huawei ARG3 network solution for NSW Ambulance Service

E-Government Category

Winner: Netcat.Biz for SWiPE for Casework Practice

E-Health Category

Winner: Pacific Knowledge Systems for RippleDown Knowledge Management

E-Inclusions and E-Community Category

Winner: Tapestry Pty Ltd for Tapestry

E-Learning Category

Merit:The Sydney Children's Hospitals Network for learning.kids e-learning portal

Winner: Avalias for Avalanche ST Scenario Training System

E-Logistics and Supply Chain

Winner: NICTA and RMS for Sydney Harbour Bridge Structural Health Monitoring System

Financial Industry Application Category

Merit: CSC for AIMS Debt Management Solution

Merit: Commonwealth Bank of Australia for CommBank Kaching

Winner: M2CASH for M2CASH Instant Global Money Transfer

Industrial Application Category

Merit: Proactive Technology Group and WhiteSky Labs for SkyVUE

Winner: Claim Central Holdings for Claim Central Technology

New Media And Entertainment Category:

Merit: Fujitsu - TELEentice Touch NFC for TELEntice Touch NFC

Merit: FIC Technology Pty Ltd for FIC Technololgy Family Connect

Winner: Fujitsu – TELEentice for TELEntice

Research and Development Category

Merit: CSIRO ICT Centre for Nagra Multi-Gigabit Microwave Backhaul System

Winner: Smart Services CRC for iSee - Collaborate and Connect Naturall

Sustainability and Green IT

Winner: Lend Lease, Fujitsu and Switch Automation for Switch Smart Hub - Intelligent Building Platform

Tools and Infrastructure

Merit: OrionVM for OrionVM CloudDC