Vote for the best in our 2012 awards

Last year’s inaugural IT Pro awards sought to recognise the latest and greatest talent and expertise the industry has to offer – both in terms of people and products.

This year’s awards - now in partnership with sister title Cloud Pro look to honour the contributions that have been made in 2012 so far in celebration of the innovation that the tech world is so renowned for.

Cast your vote here. It will only take a few minutes and you could win an Amazon Kindle 3G just for having your say.

Voting closes on Friday 9th November and winners will be announced on 21st November.

Last year’s winners were:

Business app of the yearWinner: Skype for iPad

Highly commended: Citrix Go to Meeting v4.5

Business software product of the yearWinner: Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold Premium 15

Highly commended: Microsoft Office 365

Business hardware product of the yearWinner: Apple MacBook Air 13" 2011

Highly commended: Dell PowerEdge R515

IT team of the year

Winner: Rider Levett Bucknall

Highly commended: Ipswitch

IT leader of the yearWinner: Bill Strain, iomart

Highly commended: Mike Lynch, Autonomy

IT initiative of the yearWinner: Race Online 2012

Highly commended: Good to Know campaign (Google/Citizens Advice Bureau)

Cloud initiative of the yearWinner: Warwickshire County Council

Vendor of the yearWinner: Microsoft

Highly commended: Dell