Award 1: Blogger of the year

The prize for Blogger of the Year is given to individuals we feel in particular have been blogging effectively to promote eZ. Important criterias are:

• The amount of posts about eZ
• The frequency of writing
• The quality and accuracy of the posts

Nominees: Gilles Guirand from Kaliop (FR), Damien Pobel from Smile (FR), Piotr Karas from Mediaself (PL), Bruce Morrison, independant consultant

Winner: Damien Pobel from Smile (handed out to Lucas Challamel on his behalf)

Award 2: Publication of the year

The Publication of the Year award is given to a person who has written good content about eZ technology. It can be articles, case studies, documentation or books.The feedback about that content has been an important criteria as well as :

• Generated traffic in case web publications
• Provided accessibility for people who don't know about the topic
• Number of links to an article from an external site
• Quality of content and impact of the publication for the community

Nominees: Paul Wilson: How to import & export RSS Feeds, Robin Muilwijk: Importing and exporting word processor documents, Norman Leutner: Case study on Mobello.de, Francesco Trucchia: Book "eZ Publish 4 - Enterprise Web Sites Step-by-Step".

Winner: Francesco Trucchia (IT)

Award 3: Contribution of the year

The Contribution of the Year award is given to the best contribution created during the last 12 months, based on:

• The level of innovation
• Market needs and demand
• Technical quality

Nominees: Varnish Control Center from Norman Leutner at All2e, Password Expiry from Xavier Serna at Microblau, Facebook Connect from Simon Schneeberger at YMC, eZ FTP from Damien Pitard at Prisma Presse

Winner: Xavier Serna at Microblau (handed out to Christophe Condomines on his behalf)

Award 4: The eZ Components Award

The eZ Components Award is given to a person who has:

• Good participation in discussions
• Contributed to patches
• Brought visibility to the project
• Helped promote the eZ Components

Nominees: Benjamin Eberlei, Thomas Nunninger, James Pic, Thomas Koch

Winner: Thomas Nunninger

Award 5: Community member of the Year

The Community member of the Year award is given to the most active community member during the last 12 months, based on:

• Number and quality of contributions
• Number of community postings in the forum
• Bug reports and patches
• Regular and steady flow of participation
• Blog activity and online presence
• Ability to create interest around their activity
• Number of people helped in the community

Nominees: Ivo Lukac, Mike Meiers, Jean-Luc Nguyen, Georg Franz

Winner: Georg Franz

Award 6: Rising star of the year

The Rising Star of the Year award is given to a new partner that signed up within the last year and simply is the most active new partner we have, based on:

• Proven adoption of the partner model
• Certifications / References
• Most partner point

Nominees: Grand Union (UK), Audaxis (BEL/FR), Argentea (IT), Naviatech (FI)

Winner: Naviatech (FI)

Award 7: Partner of the year

The Partner of the Year award is given to the most active partner during the last 12 months, based on:

• Partner pointsBusiness collaboration
• Focus on eZ Publish Now and Premium
• Participation on events
• Article production
• Activity in the community

Nominees: NX Consulting (NO), Netmaking (NO), Cometa Technologies (ES), XROW (DE)

Winner:NX Consulting (NO)

Award 8: The Digital Media Website Award

The Digital Media Award is given to the best and relevant media site last year based on:

• Creative use of extensions and integrations
• Technical challenging
• Pushing eZ Publish forwards
• Implementation of new concepts for digital media

Nominees: Marieclaire.it by Hachette Rusconi (IT), Cosmopolitain.it by Mondadori (IT), Freeview.co.uk by DTV Services (UK), Femmes.com (FR) by Prisma Presse

Winner: Marieclaire.it by Hachette Rusconi (IT)

Award 9: Site of the Year

The Site of the Year award is given to the best site among other verticals as e-commerece, non profit organizations, financial portals and more. It is based on:

• Design, look and feel (value a modern and usable interface)
• Reference value
• In line with open standards

Nominees: est.org.uk by Energy Saving Trust (UK), weg.de (DE) by Comvel Gmbh, socialistes.cat by Catalan Socialist Party (ES), gendarmerie.interieur.gouv.fr by La Gendarmerie Francaise (French Gendarmery)

Winner: est.org.uk by Energy Saving Trust (UK)

Award 10: The Honorary award

The Honorary award will be given to a long and faithful member in the eZ ecosystem, based on:

• Steady flow of contributions
• Constant interaction and innovation
• Admirable conduct and example
• Who contributed the most making eZ get attention in the market

Winners: Pierre Yves Policella and Stéphane Couzinier from Lagardère Active (FR)