This is a guest post from Karl Flannery, current chair of the Irish Software Association, and MD of Storm Technologies.

Having successfully launched the Post-graduate diploma in Product Management with DIT & Software Skillnet, the ISA team is now busily preparing for the Software Industry Awards 2011. This for me has to be one of the key industry events of the year. I find it is a great time to catch up with fellow colleagues in the industry who I don’t get a chance to meet from end one of the year to the next. This industry changes so fast, there is always a lot to talk about!

Tickets are limited, Get them here.

Irish Software Association Industry Awards 2011

Celebrate this year’s best technology companies, people, products and services at the ISA Annual Awards ceremony and gala dinner. Previous winners who have gone on to enjoy great success  include Changing Worlds, Havok & Openet.

This is an unparalleled networking event for the digital technology & software sector and the place to showcase your companies achievements with an anticipated audience of over 400 senior industry executives as well as leading investors and analysts.

The Award categories will include:

• Company of the Year
• Emerging Software Business of the Year
• Technology Software Start up of the Year
• Sales Achievement of the Year
• Technical Innovation of the Year
• Collaboration of the Year
• Corporate Social Responsibility Software Business of the Year
•  Student Award for the Most Commercially Viable Software.

I look forward to seeing you there.