14 September 2009
UK’s largest privately owned software vendor continues to
deliver.
IRIS, the UK’s largest privately financed software developer,
today announced that it has won another award to add to the growing
list of accolades received for its innovative, sector focused
software. The company was named as ‘ICT Services Supplier
of the Year 2009’ at the Charity Times Annual
Awards Dinner on Wednesday 9th September. This follows hot
on the heels of its IRIS Exchequer accounting product being
shortlisted for the Accountancy Age Awards, and (jointly with Guide
Dogs) the BCS/Computing Awards.
Martin Leuw, CEO of IRIS, said; “IRIS continues to deliver
innovative products and successful projects, and I’m delighted that
our successes are widely recognised by industry experts and users
alike. We enter awards to help benchmark ourselves against our
direct competition and other leading organisations in the IT
industry. Our aim to deliver real value to our customers, and the
award from Charity Times demonstrates how we can do this in
the
Not-For-Profit sector.”
The Charity Times Awards are the pre-eminent celebration of best
practice in the UK charity and not-for-profit sector and celebrated
their 10th year in 2009. The presentation was held at the Kings
Nine Suite at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London, on
9 September9.
Andrew Holt, editor of Charity Times, said; “IRIS won its award
for the work on accessibility carried out during the implementation
of its software for Guide Dogs, its market-focused approach to
product management and its overall commitment to serve the entire
not-for-profit sector.”
For more information about the implementation of IRIS Care at
Guide Dogs,
please click here.
Details of finalists in the BCS/Computing awards can be found
at: http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.28250
Details of finalists in the Accountancy Age Awards can be found
at: http://www.accountancyageawards.com/2009Shortlist.asp
Mr Leuw concluded; “IRIS has built deep customer and market
knowledge over many years, and this is a fundamental of our
success. This sector specialisation and domain expertise is
combined with a belief in service excellence within the 1,200 truly
committed individuals who deliver our solution. We are
determined that our focus on the specific needs of UK organisations
will create the best solutions available.”