VisionWT’s Paul Forsyth wins the eZ Honorary Award 2007 at the eZ Conference and Awards event in Norway.
The evening's host was Frithjof Wilborn, the Norwegian celebrity known best for hosting "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire". Paul collected his award on stage from the Norwegian IT Minister, Heidi Grande Røys.
The Honorary Award 2007 winner was selected based on the following components:
- Long and faithful membership in the eZ ecosystem
- Steady flow of contributions
- Constant interaction and innovation
- Admirable conduct and example
- Who contributed the most making eZ get attention in the market
VisionWT has been nominated for 2 awards at this year’s upcoming eZ Awards event taking place during the eZ Conference in June 2007.
Last year’s eZ Publish website of the year winner VisionWT has been nominated for the following awards:
- Partner of the year
- Project of the year for the Grolier website
Helen Wood, Director at VisionWT says:
“We are delighted to be nominated for the eZ awards again this year. This reflects our continued efforts, dedication and innovation within the eZ Publish community and with the services we offer our clients. eZ Publish has well and truly landed in the UK as one of the leading open source Enterprise Content Management Systems and development framework and VisionWT will continue to be at the forefront to grow the market so many more businesses can benefit from the added value of eZ Publish solutions.”
Award-winning VisionWT win website of the year award for ADIFO site at the eZ publish conference 2006.
Building on their success to date VisionWT are proud winners of the at the 2006 eZ publish conference in Skien, Norway. website of the year award
The award for the
ADIFO website reinforces VisionWT's belief that brand development is a key ingredient in the success of eZ projects and web/technical projects as a whole and underlines the commitment for delivering outstanding eZ publish integrated solutions with our clients.
Highlights from this years eZ conference also included:-
The eZ conference awards ceremony
The eZ conference awards, (bringing together the partners of the eZ publish community) was a musical and visual treat. It celebrated the best in technical development and communication and truly brought together all to share ideas, inspiration and creativity.
The VisionWT stand
The VisionWT stand represented the evolution of the VisionWT brand and acted as a focus for brand and technical discussion for VisionWT as a whole and the rapidly evolving open brand community.
The boat trip
A VisionWT boat trip was organised in proud association with their hosting partner Webdeal and sponsored by IBM. Aboard the boat the winner of the VisionWT ipod was announced from a mass of entries from the previous days at the conference.
The swim
In recognition to their integrity, honesty and determination VisionWT's Tony Wood and James Eichhorn ended up in the Skien river to mark the fact that (whilst experiencing 100% growth ) they had not met their target of 200%.
The people
We wish everyone we met at the conference (you know who you are), the eZ publish team and all those behind the scenes all the best. It was you that made it the success it was and we look forward to next year's event already.
In the meantime, look out for further updates and images from the event coming soon.
The VisionWT team
VisionWT has won an outstanding achievement award in the Advocacy for WACC’s Global Media Monitoring Programme website from the Interactive Media Awards.
"This award is further validation that VisionWT is a leader in the industry of brand, design and development, able to effectively and efficiently develop powerful and appealing websites for our clients and their audience on a global scale.
It's an honor to have our work recognized by the Interactive Media Awards. We feel strongly that our projects are world-class examples of how the Internet can be used to enhance key messages and branding. This accolade is further proof of this fact."
Helen Wood, Director, VisionWT
Judging criteria was categorised into 5 groups:
- Design
- Content
- Feature Functionality
- Usability
- Standards Compliance & Cross-Browser Compatibility
VisionWT have developed the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) "Who Makes the News?" website and brand to support this global project which happens once every 5 years in order to monitor the representation of women and men in news television, radio and newspapers. Over 76 countries brought the world's news media under scrutiny challenging media leaders to ensure women are no longer marginalised and ensure equality in the media. In addition to all the news and feedback on data collected, the site has events calendars, polls and blogs, a truly inclusive website. TV's Jon Snow, presenter of Channel 4 news, launches the 3 weeks of global action.
The winning website can be viewed at www.whomakesthenews.org
The winner certificate can be viewed at www.interactivemediaawards.com
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