This Award is presented to the most innovative nomination for developing ICT solutions for the delivery of education and training.

Any application of software and/or hardware that promotes a program or programs to develop, administer, and support the training, general knowledge, academic, technical, vocational skills and cultural attainments of individuals. These programs are used for schools, preschool activities, and child care centers, colleges, universities, schools for the mentally retarded or physically handcapped, educational radio and television stations, libraries, enterprises, museums, etc.

Including under this category is e-Learning application intended for close user group  or openly available through internet access for public as a free courseware or commercial courseware.

This Award is presented to the most innovative nomination for developing ICT solutions that support electronic government initiatives and service delivery to the community; or support communities in our society.

Any application of software and/or hardware that enables transformation of internal and external government processes toward customer-centricity, providing service delivery opportunities to better fulfill the purposes of government to provide efficiency and effectiveness, as well as fairness and equitability; or

Any applications of software and/or hardware that supports community development projects, promotes digital inclusion or promotes the rights and needs of particular groups.

This Award is presented to the most innovative nomination for developing ICT solutions that support communities and bridge the digital divide.

Any application of software and/or hardware developed with the aim to promote the rights and needs of particular groups; or to improve the wellbeing, quality of life and standard of living of the community, with the ultimate intent to bridge the digital divide.

This Award is presented to the most innovative nomination for developing ICT solutions for security systems applications.

Any application of software and/or hardware that provide authentication support, intruder detection and prevention system, antivirus, anti spyware, data and/or system protection and counter security checking system.

This Award is presented to the most innovative nomination for developing outstanding communication technologies or for developing ICT solutions that make creative use of communication technologies.

Any application of software and/or hardware that is related to the transmission of signs, signals, writing, images, sounds, voice, video, data, or intelligence of any nature by digital or analog, electromagnetic or electronic signals through existing and emerging media (e.g., radio, telephone, television, facsimile, SMS, MMS, GPRS, Internet, WiFi, WiMax,3G, Bluetooth, RFID).

The application must be developed specifically for Communications Industry and it is not appropriate and difficult to be converted and used by other industry.

This Award is presented to the most innovative nomination for developing solutions that support the industrial sector, including manufacturing processes.

Any application of software and/or hardware by engineering automation to increase its process performance of creating products and services, to improve efficiency and productivity. Some examples are Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing (CAD/CAM), optimization devices and system, process effectiveness monitoring tools, data acquisition software, SCADA, process and discrete manufacturing, industrial applications for oil and gas, etc.

This Award is presented to the most innovative nomination for developing ICT solutions that support the logistics sector. 

Any application of software and/or hardware that supports and enables the planning, implementation and control process to ensure efficient and effective flow and storage of goods, services and related information, from the point of origin to the point of consumption in order to meet customers' requirements.  

This Award is presented to the most innovative nomination for developing ICT solutions that support the financial sector and various financial related business processes in an enterprise.

Any application of software and/or hardware that is related to the process of transferring and managing capital or funds,  or monetary related entities within or across the enterprise. Such are applications for the banking, insurance, stock exchange, and multi finance industries.

This award is presented to the most innovative nomination in the field of creative content development for media / entertainment / infotainment.

Any application of software and/or hardware that is related to the process of combining text, sound, pictures, and videos, for the provision of information and/or entertainment. Such applications include Multimedia, Infotainment, Immersive, and Interactive software, Games, etc. Including in this category is the applications as afore mentioned through internet medium and mobile devices delivery.

Any application software, hardware or its combination that provides management and technical support to the news and entertainment industry such as Television & Radio Broadcasting, Cinema, Live Entertainment, Publishing, Newspaper, Internet News.

This Award is presented to the most innovative nomination for developing ICT solutions that support healthcare industry.

This Award is presented to the most outstanding ICT R&D project.

Any ICT product or creation arising from the practical application of scientific, engineering, or management knowledge, that results in new and improved products, processes, or services that fill market needs. The product can be a prototype, or a completed product commercialized for less than a year and with no customer installations yet.

Any ICT product or creation that has been completed fully but not yet actively marketed or it is already actively marketed but still no customer or installation at the customer site yet provided its marketing effort is still less than one year since its product completion.

Any ICT product or creation that has not been completed but can be demonstrated to show its features and functionality. Funding of this product can be either from internal funding and or customer/user funding.

This Award is presented to the most entrepreneurial ICT company, the incorporation date of which must not be earlier than 3 years from 1st April of the year of the Awards.

This Award is presented to the most innovative ICT software and / or hardware project from students of the Institutions of Higher Learning.

Any ICT project that is conducted by a student or a group of students who are formally enrolled in an institution of higher-learning, such as college or university, excluding Master and Doctorate programs.

This Award is presented to the most innovative ICT project (eg: web-based, creative multimedia,etc) from secondary school students.

Any ICT project that is conducted by a student or a group of students from a secondary school in Malaysia.

This category seeks to award the innovative application of Information Technolology to undertake any activity in a more sustainable manner and/or maintain a neutral or positive its overall environmental impact; which addresses issues inclusive of but not limited to measure enterprise emissions, reduce emissions associated with customers and suppliers to reduce the value-chain footprint. The overall goal is to reduce the IT footprint to build credibility and demonstrate tangible benefits and ultimately transform operations to operate in a low-carbon economy.