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UKFast win at the ISPAs
Jonathan Bowers, February 22nd 2007, 9:12AM
I can't believe things have been so hectic that I haven't had a chance to blog about our ISPA experience last Thursday until now.
The ISPA is an organisation punching well above its weight. Nicholas Lansman, the secretary general has been influencing not only ISP's but government bodies and other organisations who play a big part in the UK's Internet future for around a decade now and the awards are in their ninth year.
So as you can imagine, it's a big deal to any company to be nominated for an award. The ISPA are a very secretive bunch and there's absolutely no way to know if you have won before the envelope is opened, so we were pretty nervous right up until the announcement.
Luckily, the best hosting award comes third on the night, so after Lawrence Jones, our MD, had picked up the award we were able to sit back and relax for the rest of the evening.
It's the third year that we have won the award and this year the judges praised us chiefly for being able to offer hosting to any type of company - big or small. It's something that has always been important to us, so it's great to hear from our peers that it is working.
There's a news story about the ISPA win on the UKFast website.
We celebrated by taking half the UKFast team - the brave half - up Snowdon on Saturday!!
UKFast makes the ISPA finals again
Jonathan Bowers, January 25th 2007, 2:11PM
In 2005, UKFast gained a nomination for it's hosting services from the ISPA. Against companies like Mistral and Tiscali, UKFast came out the winner despite being dwarfed by such international competition.
It's fair to say that the last two years have seen an impressive growth of more specialised ISPs dealing in the hosting market and when UKFast was a finalist again last year we were one of the more experienced names in the pot. Last year also saw a nomination in the top ISP category for Best Business ISP.
Our victory in 2006 was once again based strongly on UKFast's emphasis on customer service and we are thrilled that this year once again we are included in the final line up for both Best Business Host and Best Business ISP.
We are up against some very fine competition, so I hope you will wish us the very best of luck as we wait for the awards ceremony on February 15.
Awards that encourage competition
Jonathan Bowers, January 3rd 2007, 4:07PM
At UKFast we've been running awards for the businesses on our network for a number of years now and the last group really has set a standard.
Not only did we have 100% more entries in 2006 but the judges found it much harder to choose the final winners due to the quality of the applicants.
What is great about the awards is that companies of all sizes are pitted up against each other and they all have an equal chance of winning.
The winners are a pretty good representation of the network really. We have big business with Sainsbury's Contact Lenses and small business with VRM Swansea's great number plate site. We've also got regional development agency North West Jazz Works winning the Community Award and global gaming giant Square Enix taking a web design award.
Our other big winner is the 2006 Internet Innovator, awarded to a business or entrepreneur that has brought a new concept to the web in the last year. This award goes to www.envirofone.com, which is part of the Eazyfone Group. In just 9 months they have made recycling of mobile phones a national phenomenon and over the course of 2007 they'll be taking the scheme right across Europe and beyond!
I'm in a privileged position to be able to work with all these great online businesses and more. Our winners and many of those that entered this year are representative of the best of the UK online and long may it continue.
And the best blog award goes to...
Jonathan Bowers, September 28th 2006, 11:08AM
There have been awards for the best blog for some time online, normally generated by those who are fuelling the explosion. However, with the growth of MySpace and other social networking sites, blog awards are now hitting areas of the mainstream.
The sector in question is (unsurprisingly) the music industry and the BT Digital Music Awards have introduced a Best Music Blog category this year.
The awards on the 3rd October will pit the likes of Lily Allen against the Streets and Sandi Thom to find the best 'online communicators' in the business.
But talking of business - I wonder when our sector's awarding bodies will start to recognise the important role blogs can play within the communication strategy enough offer rewards?