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Neural Technologies, has been presented with an Organisational Excellence Award from the British Computer Society (BCS) for the work it carried out with DirecTV, the US's leading digital TV entertainment provider.
The company was named Large Technology Supplier of the Year for its ground-breaking project which represented the first fraud implementation within the direct broadcast satellite industry in North America.
Neural Technoloiges beat off competition from industry giants such as Sun Microsystems, IBM, Ericsson, and EMC² to win the sought after award which recognises excellence, professionalism and innovation in IT. |
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The company was commended by the BCS for its comprehensive approach to customer service, providing the client with continuous on-site support, which played a key role in bringing together the whole team and maintaining momentum and focus on the business and IT goals.
James Whalen, Vice President of Signal Integrity within DirecTV said, "A well deserved award as you are truly a remarkable company who puts its customers first. You are not only a first class vendor, you are an exceptional team who went above and beyond the contract to support the implementation of DirecTV's Fraud Management System. We couldn't be prouder of your achievement, as evidenced by the BCS IT Industry Award, and look forward to our long term relationship. All of you who contributed to this award are simply put 'awesome' and it validates once again our choice of Neural Technologies as our fraud management system vendor".
Ian Gebbett, CEO of Nt's US operation, said "We are absolutely delighted that this project has been singled out for such prestigious recognition. The award belongs to the whole project team, not only our own staff, who pulled out all the stops to exceed the customer's expectations, but also to everyone involved in the project at DirecTV - a truly inspirational and highly motivated team of individuals who have greatly contributed to the success of the project."
About DirecTV
DirecTV, Inc. Is a leading provider of digital television entertainment, with 16 million private and business customers in the US and Latin America.
Each day, DirecTV subscribers enjoy over 250 channels of 100% digital picture and sound; exclusive programming and the most comprehensive collection of sports programming available.
DirecTV also leads the digital television technology revolution with exclusives such as NFL SUNDAY TICKET SuperFanTM, US Open Interactive and YES Network Interactive and will soon have the capacity to offer over 150 channels in HD.
For seven years running the company has received the highest customer satisfaction score for a cable company (American Customer Satisfaction Index). The DirecTV Group trades under the ticker symbol DTV on the New York Stock Exchange and reported revenues of $13.7 billion in 2006.
About the British Computer Society Awards
The British Computer Society (BCS), the leading professional body for IT and communications, has been recognising outstanding achievement in IT for over 30 years through its annual awards.
The awards mark the key contribution made by the IT profession to economic prosperity, to business and efficiency and to public services. The categories; individual, organisational and project excellence, reflect the present and future of IT in the United Kingdom and Europe.
The BCS IT Industry Awards are a leading hallmark of success amongst practitioners in the IT industry today. They recognise, promote and acclaim excellence, professionalism innovation and the outstanding achievements to which individuals and groups contribute.
Quote from Alan Pollard, BCS president, "The standard of entry has been exceptionally high this year and the judges faced a daunting task to select those that had that something extra. Each year the quality of entrants and the standard of submissions seem to outshine the previous and everyone taking part this time can feel justifiably proud of their work."
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