There is nothing quite like CNME's ICT Achievement Awards.

After an extremely successful inaugural awards last year, the region's premier ICT Awards is back this year to recognise the accomplishments of outstanding end-users and IT vendors from all over the Middle East.

Middle East enterprises that emerged out of the recession began to invest cautiously in information technology in 2011. Faster and effective return on investments (ROI) was a key decision-factor in all these ICT spends. This was also a key driver in new business models, effective implementation strategies, renewed training measures and keener interest in support mechanisms.

The ICT Achievement Awards, brought to you by Computer News ME (CNME), the premier 'technology in business' magazine of the Middle East, will honour the achievers and trend-setters of the IT industry of the region, who have used budgets effectively and providers who have made good every enterprise investment.

The second ICT Achievement Awards ceremony will bring together prominent industry stakeholders from across the region, as it recognises the best among 20 different categories.

These accomplishments will cover everything from projects focused on speed to market, maintenance backlog challenges faced and overcome, business-facing prioritisation of increased budgets, smart analysis of new technological opportunities, adoption of global best practices and standards, investment in skills and end-user support, as well as other intelligent use of resources by end-users, solution providers and service providers in the changing financial landscape of the last 12 months.