IT Europa Selects IBA Group Finalist of European Software Excellence Awards 2012

PRAGUE, Czech Republic, January 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

IT Europa, a leading European IT publisher and market intelligence organization, announced the finalists of the European Software Excellence Awards 2012, the pan-European awards event for ISV (Independent Software Vendors) and Software Developer channels. This year, the contest attracted entries from 18 countries. A total of 36 companies from 14 European countries have made the finals.

IBA Group - http://www.ibagroupit.com - participated in the contest for the fourth time. The company was selected a finalist in 2008 and 2010 and in 2011 became the winner in the category Relationship Management.

The European Software Excellence Awards comprise twelve ISV awards and two awards for suppliers. All the awards recognize business solutions rather than product features and thus reward excellence in the development and delivery of real end-user solutions.

"The quality of entries was extremely high and demonstrated the depth of talent in the software community across Europe," stated Alan Norman, Managing Director of IT Europa.

John Chapman, Editorial Director at IT Europa, added: "What is so exciting and uplifting is the real skill and ingenuity shown by the companies in many of the solutions. Our judges have a lot of experience in the IT industry and sitting on such judging panels, so to have such comments as 'what a superb solution' and 'transformational' from them was incredible to hear."

IBA Group nominated two projects for the European Software Excellence Awards and both of them were selected finalists, the categories being Information Management and Vertical Market.

See the finalist list at http://www.iteawards-software.com/finalists

About IBA Group

IBA Group is one of the largest IT service providers in Eastern Europe performing software development, migration, maintenance, support, and IT consulting services with more than 2,500+ IT and business professionals. Headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic, IBA Group has offices and development centers in the United States, Germany, Belarus, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Russia, Great Britain, and Kazakhstan. IBA Group focuses on mainframe systems, enterprise applications, web-based solutions, SAP and other ERP systems, Lotus technologies, and business intelligence. IBA has achieved SEI CMMI Level 4 and is DIN EN ISO 9001:2008-certified. IBA Group serves clients in more than 30 countries across diverse markets and industries, including banking, railway, telecommunication, and manufacturing. IBA Group is recognized by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) as one of The Global Outsourcing 100 in the Leaders Category, and ranks as one of the world's largest software companies in the Software Magazine's Software 500 and in the Global Services 100 in the category Emerging Leaders: Eastern Europe of Global Services. In 2011, IBA Group won an IT Europa's European IT Excellence Award in the Relationship Management category. For more information, visit http://www.ibagroupit.com

About IT Europa

IT Europa is the leading provider of strategic business intelligence, news and analysis on the European IT marketplace and the primary channels that serve it. It publishes European channel publications such as the IT Europa Newsletter, markets a range of database reports and organises European conferences and events for the IT and Telecoms sectors. For further details visit: http://www.iteuropa.com

Contact:

Irina Kiptikova, IBA Group PR Manager, kiptikova@ibagroupit.com, Tel. +375-17-217-3952