Cork, Ireland – Tuesday, October 30, 2007 – The names of the finalists for the 10th it@cork Business “Leaders Awards” have been released. NitroSell is proud to announce that it is on the shortlist to receive the “Emerging Company Award”, which recognizes a leading company in early-stage business planning and execution. NitroSell is already a world leader in Microsoft Dynamics-integrated eCommerce for the retail SMB market with offices in Ireland, the UK, and the US.

The “Leaders Awards” ceremony, which takes place on November 1 in Cork County Hall, will recognize performance in four categories: Emerging Company, High Potential, R&D Project, and IT Department. 

Some of the reasons cited by the judges in their selection of NitroSell as a finalist include:

• The "effective execution" of a business plan as indicated by international sales, and the creation of a steadily rising revenue stream. Clients include  NASA, Leeds Rugby, Sony Pictures, American Airlines, the US National Parks Service, and the US Navy.

• Adoption of SaaS and Web 2.0 technologies for product development, along with the development of innovative provisioning, support, and billing systems to support a worldwide dealer channel and customer base.

• Steady expansion of an international reseller network – NitroSell is active in 15 countries including the USA, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Spain, Germany, and Holland.  

• Award-winning product and development team.

• Delivery of over 14-million product impressions per month and over 1.25-million unique visitors per month, with these numbers rising month-on-month.

• Citations in industry/analyst published whitepapers and appointment to several prestigious Microsoft Partner Advisory Councils.

• Management team with the experience and track record to continue driving NitroSell towards its potential of being a global commercial success. They include CEO Charles Garvey (ex-Horizon), Chairman Ron Downey (ex-Kindle and CR2), President and co-founder Tom Keane (ex-Accenture and Motorola), Sales Director Dominic Frazer (ex-TNS), CTO Jerry Walsh (ex-NitroWeb), and Colin Newman (ex-Iona and Cape Clear).

The Judges include some of the region’s best known and most successful IT business people and practitioners: Shemas Eivers, Client Solutions; Martin Corkery, Enterprise Ireland; Donagh Kiernan, Campbell Informatics; Paul Hands, Qumas;  Niall Olden, Kernel Capital Partners; Declan O' Manony, Firecomms; Brendan Cremin, UCC; Karl Grabe, CIT; Paul O' Callaghan, PepsiCo; Donal Manning, Heineken Ireland; and Paul Hourican of PFH.

The event takes place at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 1, 2007 in the Vertigo Lounge, Cork County Hall (Ireland). A champagne reception will get the night off to a glittering start, followed by a four course meal and the award ceremony itself.