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Kainos Shortlisted for the Irish Technology Leadership Group Innovation Awards

London & Belfast, March 15th, 2010 – Kainos, (www.kainos.com) a leading IT consulting company, has today announced that it has been shortlisted for the Irish Technology Leadership Group (ITLG)/Irish Times innovation awards. The ITLG, Chaired by former Intel chief executive Craig Barrett, is a group of senior Silicon Valley technology executives who aim to help Irish start-ups do business in the US. Kainos is competing with four other companies for the Innovation award.

The shortlist was drawn up from companies who presented to ITLG and potential investors at workshops in Belfast last October. The winning companies will be announced at an awards ceremony at Stanford University, California, on Monday night which will be attended by state governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Kainos is no stranger to awards having only last week scooped the Deloitte Best Managed Companies award for the second year running. “This is a wonderful achievement to be shortlisted for the innovation award,” said Brian Gannon, Kainos’s Director. “We have delivered over 150 projects last year and are forecasting a similar number this year. These projects deliver measurable value and business efficiencies and that coupled with a great workforce that engages closely with our customers is what keeps us successful. Awards such as the ITLG innovation award are a great endorsement of our approach.”

About Kainos
Kainos designs and implements IT solutions that make businesses perform better. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Belfast with offices in Dublin, London and Gdansk. Kainos employs over 260 consultants and it prides itself on the quality of its people; client focused, reliable, dedicated and they understand how technology can be used to its best advantage.

Kainos’ customers include some of the biggest names in both private and public sector throughout the UK and Ireland, including AIB, the Audit Commission, Shipowners, Bank of Ireland, Hibernian, Northern Ireland Civil Service, the Information Commissioners Office and permanent tsb. For more information, see www.kainos.com.