SINGAPORE: Intelligent Enterprise Asia conferred the 3rd Annual Intelligent20 Awards to the region's top 20 enterprises that use infocom-related technologies to drive new levels of operational excellence, customer service and innovation. The panel of judges was chosen from 10 global consulting and research firms such as Accenture, Gartner and IDC.

The winners and finalists will be honoured at a presentation ceremony on 16 January, 2003, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Singapore. The vice-chairman of the SITF Wireless Chapter, Chong Yoke Sim, will be the chief guest at the event.

Intelligent Enterprise Asia conferred the 3rd Annual Intelligent20 Awards to Asiatravelmart, Bank of America (Asia), Bumrungrad Hospital, City Harvest Church, CWT Distribution, CWT Globelink, FarEastFlora.com, Great Eastern Life, HDFC Bank, Hongkong International Terminals, Maritime & Port Authority of Singapore, Ministry of Defence (MINDEF), Nanyang Technological University, Noble Group, Pioneer Electronics Technology Asia, Raffles International, Seagate, Singapore Telecommunications, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and The Prudential Assurance.

The 3rd Annual Intelligent20 Awards received a total of 52 entries from countries including Singapore, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand. Entries were assessed through application submissions and weightage given to customer satisfaction; product/service quality assurance; return on technology investment and innovation.