We want to honour and celebrate tech industry's products, services and people that stood out in 2013. Hosting a virtual awards ceremony, with entries solely voted for by you, the readers, is our way of doing just that.
Voting closed at the end of last year and we've now been through all your comments and the winners have been decided.
The entries were all high quality and the winners beat off stiff competition to earn their accolades. So without further a do, we are pleased to reveal the winners of our 2013 awards:
Hardware product of the year
Winner: Samsung Galaxy S4
Highly commended: Apple iPhone 5s
Software product of the year
Winner: Microsoft Office 365
Highly commended: Apple iOS 7
Cloud product/service of the year
Winner: Microsoft Office 365
Highly commended: Apple iCloud
Leader of the year
Winner: Kate Craig-Wood
Highly commended: Tim Cook
IT team of the year
Winner: British Airways
Highly commended: National Museums Scotland
IT project of the year
Winner: EE's 4G UK roll out
Highly commended: The University of Bristol's quantum computing research
Vendor of the year
Winner: Box
Highly commended: HP
Congratulations to all our winners. You'll receive your award and celebratory bottle of champage in the coming weeks - personally delivered by the team. Highly commended entrants will receive a certificate highlighting your achievements.
Check back on this page to find out what the winners have to say about their accolades and to find out more about the winning entries.
