Awards

Some of Softwire’s projects result in the development of award-winning software for our customers, as described below.

Reservwire awards

Reservwire – Softwire’s next generation travel reservation system – has helped our customers to win a number of prestigious travel industry awards, including the following:

• TTG Best dynamic packaging company 2004 – Holiday Brokers
• TTG Best dynamic packaging company 2006 – Fresh Holidays
• Travel Bulletin Awards Best dynamic packaging company 2005 – Holiday Brokers
• Travel Bulletin Awards Best dynamic packaging company 2006 – Holiday Brokers

Cambridge University Press - face2face CD-ROM

The face2face CD-ROM is an interactive CD accompanying the face2face series of students books published by Cambridge University Press, which are aimed at individuals learning English as a second or foreign language. The CD-ROM, developed by Softwire, provides a range of Flash-based interactive exercises designed to complement the material contained within the book and allow students to practise what they have learned.

The CD-ROM accompanying the elementary level of face2face won the prestigious English-speaking Union President’s Award for Innovation in Technology in 2005. This award recognises and encourages the use of new technologies to enhance English teaching and learning worldwide. The judges were particularly impressed by the good variety and clear structure of learning activities, and the innovative My Portfolio area where student’s progress and scores are recorded.

In addition to winning this award, the face2face CD-ROM was also a nominee for the British Council’s English Language Teaching innovation awards in 2006.
     

University of Salford – Higher Education e-Procurement

The Higher Education e-Procurement marketplace is a solution which addresses the significant and complex problem of managing and streamlining the procurement process in UK Higher Education institutions. The marketplace software was developed by Softwire for the University of Salford, the lead institution in the initiative.

The solution adopts a highly innovative technical approach to integrating the various parties involved in the marketplace – namely HE institutions and their suppliers. Specifically, it implements a ‘thin marketplace’ whereby order information is seamlessly transferred between existing supplier e-commerce websites and HE institution finance systems using ‘punchout’ technology based on Softwire’s own Webmap product.

The marketplace won first prize in the Accountancy Age Award for e-Business Innovation in 2002, and in addition also gained first prize in the Channel Network Awards Best Corporate Internet Solution category.