Affno
clinches all the awards in Lanka’s software industry
Financial Times - Sunday October 14, 2007
Affno, Sri Lanka’s leading software engineering company with
a suite of Knowledge Management software products, has become the
most awarded software company in the history of the National Best
Quality Software Awards (NBQSA) after its achievements at the latest
awards ceremony.
Held for the 9th year, these awards are organised
by the British Computer Society (BCS), with the support of the Sri
Lanka Association for Software Industry (SLASI), the Software Exporters
Association (SEA), the Infotel Society and the Universities of Colombo
and Moratuwa.
Affno said in a statement it first entered this keenly contested
competition five years ago and since then have won 11 medals of
which seven have been golds. In addition, Affno have been the recipient
of the special award given at this event by organisations such as
MTV, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and the
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.
The NBQSA recognizes and honours significant technological developments
and innovation within Sri Lanka’s software industry. Affno
set this record at the gala dinner last week where the 2007 awards
were presented amidst a large and distinguished gathering representing
the cream of Sri Lanka’s software industry. There Affno won
the Overall Gold in addition to winning the Gold in the E-Government
category for the third consecutive year as well as the Gold in the
General Applications category, which was the second most keenly
contested category this year. The special award presented by the
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) was also made
to Affno this year. Commenting on his company’s success, Affno’s
CEO, Suren Kannangara said, “We are yet a relatively young
company. We just completed seven years of existence and are now
a team of nearly 80 professionals.
Our products that are winning awards now are the result of many
person-years of intense research and development.”
