Hot on the heals of the announcement for the Microsoft Australian Partner Awards (MAPA) comes the ARN ICT Industry Awards:

http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/551752/2014_arn_ict_industry_awards_finalists_/
It is obviously exciting to see lots of finalists who have positioned themselves for success with a focus on the cloud. However there is still plenty of life in the on-premise world and many great companies delivering world class services to their customers.
Good luck to all the finalists.
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