DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Globoforce®, a leading provider of social recognition solutions, has been named the Digital Technology Company of the Year at the Irish Software Association (ISA) Awards. The award is the highest honour the ISA gives. Announced at an awards ceremony held at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Dublin on Friday 20th November, Globoforce was chosen from four other shortlisted companies to be named the overall winner. The company was chosen due to its superior product development, innovative mobile technology and employee talent pool.
“We are honoured to be named the Digital Technology Company of the Year by the ISA,” said Jonathan Hyland, chief technology officer at Globoforce. “Globoforce is an award-winning workplace, a leader in HR recognition and the founders of the WorkHuman movement. We are always aspiring to create the best products and experiences in the industry. Our technology, which is designed and created in Ireland, powers many of the largest recognition programs in the world by helping our customers unify their culture and connect employees on a global scale. We are proud that Ireland is a world leader in the technology industry and applaud all of our fellow nominees that work each day to ensure that this truth remains.”
Globoforce is a world leader in social employee recognition, working with companies across the world to develop a recognition strategy that promotes each of their core values on a unified global scale to all employees. The company provides a branded SaaS solution that allows customers to quantify, track and control how those values are being recognised and rewarded. The result is a highly engaged workforce, increased employee retention rates, and greater profitability.
Globoforce supports all forms of employee engagement efforts on one unified platform. This includes years of service, peer-to-peer, team-to-team, wellness, safety, sales incentives, training, communications, measurement, social networking, video, talent, and mobile. These services are provided in 32 languages, in all the world's currencies, with reward parity and in any country.
"Globoforce is truly a pioneering company which has transformed how companies can acknowledge and recognise the work of their employees,” noted ISA Director Paul Sweetman, who presented the award. “The company has also established itself as a thought leader in employee recognition through their WorkHuman conference, which brought together prominent figures such as Arianna Huffington and Shawn Achor, to address how to create a better workplace, focused on the needs of employees.”
Nearly 70 tech companies and organisations from across Ireland entered this year’s awards in categories including Technology Innovation of the Year, Emerging Company of the Year and Multinational Initiative of the Year. The keynote speaker for the Awards was US based founder and CEO of Automattic Inc. Matt Mullenweg, while Sharon Ní Bheoláin, Journalist and Broadcaster, was MC for the evening.
The full list of winning organisations from the evening is available at: www.software.ie/awards.
About Globoforce
Globoforce is a leading provider of social recognition solutions, helping companies build strong cultures of engaged employees through the power of thanks. Named one of the Best Workplaces by the Great Place To Work® Institute, Globoforce is trusted by some of most admired companies in the world to inspire and energize employees and create best places to work. Our award-winning SaaS technology and proven methodologies empower HR and business leaders to take a modern, more strategic approach to recognition programs. What results is measurable business success, qualified by increases in employee engagement, retention and productivity. The company pioneered WorkHuman – a movement designed to help organizations unlock the power of the human workplace which was launched at the inaugural WorkHuman event held in June 2015. Globoforce is co-headquartered in Southborough, Massachusetts, and Dublin, Ireland.
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