KARACHI: Teradata Corporation (previously NCR), one of the leading analytic data platforms, applications and services company, today announced that nominations for the 12th Teradata National IT Excellence Awards are now open and will be considered till February 14th 2014.

The National IT Excellence Awards have been designed to acknowledge the outstanding achievements of individuals in Pakistan’s information technology (IT) sector. The period of consideration is between January 2012 - December 2013, meaning all work done during this specific time period alone will be considered.

“We look forward to recognizing those individuals who have made the greatest contributions to the Pakistan IT community – we are looking for the best of the best,” said Khuram Rahat, managing director, Teradata Pakistan. “We launched the program in 1997 as part of Pakistan’s Golden Jubilee to recognize professionals in the IT industry and are pleased that the program has continued to grow ever since.”

To maintain neutrality and transparency in the nomination and evaluation process, Teradata has engaged KPMG Taseer Hadi & Co. as an independent auditor. The firm will receive and compile nominations and work with the judges who are selected based on their expertise and leadership in education, IT, and related fields.

All nominations are to be submitted exclusively online, through the website www.teradata-awards.com.

The competition is open in the following 12 categories:

1. Excellence in IT Business Intelligence
2. Excellence in Software Exports
3. Excellence in Software Development
4. Excellence in Networking
5. Excellence in IT Education
6. Excellence in IT Enabled Software Offering
7. Excellence in IT Project Management
8. Excellence as an IT Student
9. Excellence in IT Research and Development
10. Excellence in IT Media & Publication
11. Lifetime Achievement Award
12. CIO of the Year