Big night at CeBIT last night with a mix of International Diplomats, general end of show festivities and the annual CeBIT awards, which recognise the most innovative exhibitors at CeBIT.

“The CeBIT.AU Awards is our opportunity to honour and pay tribute to the spirit of innovation and excellence that helps drive our industry and to encourage our region’s entrepreneurs to show the world their drive, determination and talent,” the Managing Director of Hannover Fairs Australia, Ms Jackie Taranto, said.

Representing the Webciety crew in the awards were Siteflex and Hiive Systems.

Siteflex picked up the CeBIT.AU Excellence in New Media Award 2009, “recognising companies, products and services in the New Media, from digital platform companies, digital audio and video delivery systems to electronic marketing firms, content development firms and content integration services”

To quote the team on twitter - “CeBIT.au Excellence in New Media Award 2009 winner: Siteflex (via @cebitaus2009) #cebit #webciety - w00t!”

Hiive Systems grabbed the CeBIT.AU Early Innovators Award 2009, “a showcase for pre-commercialisation ideas, innovations and prototypes of our research and development community in Australia and New Zealand” for their client tracking software, Affinity.

Hiive Systems Founder and MD, Geoff McQueen, had this to say:

“The win caps off an incredible week for us, with us passing the milestone of more than a million client interactions tracked, and then our launch of the newest version of Affinity by Dr David Skellern, the CEO of NICTA.”

You can checkout all the award winners from the night HERE