FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

BANNER AWARDS

This year’s Banner Awards include

  • The Person of the Year award represents the highest accolade in the industry.

    Finalists 2026

    Clara Mulligan, Founder, HomeBot Ireland
    Paul Browne, MD, Hybrid Technology Partners
    Rena Maycock, Founder and CEO Chirp

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  • The Multinational of the Year award honors the significant contributions of a multinational company to the technology industry.

    Finalists 2026

    Winner to be announced on the night

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  • The Lifetime Achievement Award honors an individual’s contributions throughout their entire career.

    Finalists 2026

    Winner to be announced on the night

    SPONSORED BY

  • The Company of the Year award is the highest honour in the industry.

    Finalists 2026

    Auxilion
    Ekco
    Klearcom
    Origina
    Presidio
    RentalMatics
    ROCTEL
    Saros Consulting

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  • The CIO of the Year acknowledges an outstanding professional tasked with the transformation of enterprise IT from a purely operational function to a genuinely strategic role.

    Finalists 2026

    Justin Ralph, RCSI – Royal College of Surgeons Ireland
    Killian O’Rawe, Reward
    Mick Begley, .IE

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PROJECT AWARDS

The Project of the Year Awards recognise technology projects which have delivered outstanding operational and competitive advantage. They are presented to the client and/or vendor/solution provider responsible for delivering transformational technology to clients in the categories: Private Sector, Public Sector, SME. ONLY ONE ENTRY REQUIRED PER PROJECT – Although, Entries are encouraged from both clients, as well as vendors/solution providers and/or collaborative.

  • The SME Project award recognises a client, vendor, or solution provider for the application and delivery of technology by a small to medium sized company.

    Finalists 2026

    Acuru
    BidReview
    EduSafe
    Intuity Technologies
    Landmark Technologies
    Quantmatix
    Quarry Consulting
    Savenet Solutions
    Verodat

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  • The Public Sector Project of the Year award is given to a vendor or solutions provider for their application and delivery of technology to the public sector. Our finalists span entries across government departments and semi-state bodies.

    Finalists 2026

    The ADAPT Centre
    Annertech and Provident CRM
    Digital Government Authority
    Esri Ireland & Dublin Fire Brigade
    evcoms & Pobal
    HSE – MN-CMS EHR – Phase 2
    Imvizar
    National Shared Services Office (NSSO) in partnership with Storm Technology

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  • The Private Sector Project of the Year award is given to a vendor or solution provider for their application and delivery of technology at a private enterprise, demonstrating business knowledge and tangible benefits from the final delivery and operation, while identifying the steps taken and necessary partnerships in the process.

    Finalists 2026

    Auxilion & Collen Construction
    Esri Ireland & TLI Group
    Jamie Harrison Media
    Scaffold Digital
    Smarttech247
    Storm Technology & NetZero

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TECH FOCUS AWARDS

  • The Start-Up award recognises an innovative new Irish business which began operations in the last three years.

    Finalists 2026

    CPGspace
    HomeBot Ireland
    Cyberminds
    Re-Therm Sustainability
    Spryt
    SustainabilityExamples.com
    Techstuff
    Treaty Software
    Lumina 360

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  • The Digital Consultancy of the year is given to the web development or technology partner that has demonstrated exceptional creation and implementation of digital business strategy over the past 12 months.

    Finalists 2026

    Maven TM
    Presidio
    WrxFlo

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TECH PRO AWARDS

  • The Rising Star award recognises outstanding achievements made by a professional under 30 whose contribution has had a significant impact on its employer or research body.

    Finalists 2026

    Ali Hill, Head of Product, Acuru
    Clara Mulligan, Founder, HomeBot Ireland
    Filipe Azevedo, Chief Operating Officer, Lumina 360
    Marcos Rodrigues, Helpdesk Engineer, Savenet Solutions

  • The IT Professional award is given to the individual or team that demonstrates exceptional management of technology.

    Finalists 2026

    Joshua Mugisha, CTO, Cyberminds
    Paul Browne, MD, Hybrid Technology Partners
    Presidio
    Stephen Conway, Head of IT Operations and Service Management, Carne Group

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  • The IT Architect of the Year award is given to the individual or team responsible for an outstanding project or who has demonstrated a distinguished contribution to the advancement of the profession in Ireland.

    Supported by

    Finalists 2026

    Joe Carlyle, Director of Consulting & Technology, eir business
    Mick Begley, CIO, .IE
    Ken Sheehan, Founder, WrxFlo

TECH BUSINESS AWARDS

  • The Managed Services Company of the Year award is given to a company who demonstrates not only a strong understanding of the latest technologies for delivering client services but also best practices and good governance.

    Finalists 2026

    Advania Ireland
    Auxilion
    DNA IT Solutions
    eir business
    IT.ie
    Leaf IT
    ROCTEL
    Savenet Solutions
    Triangle Technology Services
    Unitec IT Services

  • The Managed Security Services Provider award honours an outstanding security provider notable for both technical expertise and strong business performance.

    Finalists 2026

    DNA IT Solutions
    Ekco
    eSentire
    Integrity360
    Landmark Technologies
    Lantech – Managed IT Support Security & Cloud
    ROCTEL
    Smarttech247
    Stryve

  • The Vertical Market Specialist award honours companies that demonstrate outstanding business performance in a niche sector or specialised application.

    Finalists 2026

    Advise
    Aerlytix
    evcoms
    Hybrid Technology Partners
    PSI
    BidReview
    Stryve
    SustainabilityExamples.com

  • The Techies Go Green Sustainability award is presented to the organisation that clearly demonstrates a commitment to sustainability, focusing on planning, execution, and the long-term benefits of sustainability initiatives.

    Finalists 2026

    Esri Ireland
    Fastrack into Information Technology
    Fifty Shades Greener
    Green Belt
    IKC3 – Munster Technological University
    KINTO Join
    Lumina 360
    Re-Therm Sustainability
    Techstuff
    Total ReThink

  • The Marketing Excellence award honours exceptional marketing campaigns and initiatives within the tech sector.

    Finalists 2026

    evcoms
    Digital Trust .IE
    Island Networks
    Presidio
    ROCTEL
    SD Worx Ireland
    Sysco Software
    Unitec IT Solutions

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  • The Emerging Technologies award acknowledges advancements that are revolutionising the tools we use to solve problems, deliver projects, and create new revenue streams. This category celebrates excellence in both basic and applied research, and industry.

    Finalists 2026

    BidReview
    Chirp
    Digital Trust .IE
    Imvizar
    Quantmatix
    ROCTEL
    Symphysis Medical
    Taoglas
    WrxFlo

  • The Diversity award celebrates companies that create an equitable, bias-free environment, enabling staff from all backgrounds to excel. This category recognises efforts in representation and outreach across gender, orientation, age, religion, race, ethnicity, and social background.

    Finalists 2026

    Advania Ireland
    evcoms
    Smarttech247

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BEST PLACE TO WORK

There’s more to a company than targets and deliverables. The best places to work put a premium on assembling great teams and keeping them. Whether it’s support for continuous professional development, flexible working models or devoting time to charitable causes, companies that recognise what matters to staff beyond their paycheck are more likely to grow and succeed. This award celebrates organisations that go the extra mile for their talent including Recognition of personal goals and helping to achieve them through professional development, Work/Life balance, Clear company goals, Efficient and clear internal processes, Appropriate equipment and safe workplace, Commitment to charitable causes, Quality of senior leadership – ability to change, Regular feedback, HR support and wellness strategy, Rate of turnover, Salary and Benefits and Customer satisfaction.

  • The Best Place to Work award celebrates organisations that go above and beyond for their employees, recognising and supporting their personal goals and helping them achieve them.

    Finalists 2026

    .IE
    evcoms
    Hybrid Technology Partners
    Origina
    SD Worx Ireland
    Unitec IT Solutions

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DISTRIBUTOR OF THE YEAR

  • The Distributor of the Year award is given to the distributor of technology products and services that has shown exceptional performance over the past 12 months, as voted by channel partners and customers.

    Finalists 2026

    Climb Channel Solutions
    CMS Distribution
    DSM Distribution
    Exertis
    Ingram Micro
    Microwarehouse
    Renaissance

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See the 2026 finalists announcement on TechCentral

Check out our 2025 Winners announcement on TechCentral