Deloitte, a principal sponsor of the Australian Innovation Festival, was recently voted Australia’s Most Innovative Professional Services firm by the people who matter most – the clients.

Deloitte’s innovative approach to its clients has been spearheaded by its web and software development company, Eclipse, who also created the festival’s dynamic and interactive website.

The BRW-St George Client Choice Award was decided after the business magazine polled 6,500 professional service clients and asked them to rate 150 professional services firms across a range of industries. Deloitte was selected as the “standout winner” in the area of innovation, according to the judges.

Deloitte’s leadership in innovation is supported by its unique position as the only professional services firm offering consulting and web development expertise along with its suite of more traditional services.

Eclipse came up with a solution for the Australian Innovation Festival that has been vital to manage the explosive growth of the festival events and spin-off initiatives.

Eclipse CEO Peter Williams said: “the Festival website is an innovative example for how small to medium enterprises and associations can use the internet as an effective information platform for customers without costing the earth or needing a technological guru to maintain the content.

“Most small organisations are faced with the challenge of low budgets and resources. We’ve came up with a technological solution that makes maintaining the website easy.”

The Australian Innovation Festival website enables users to:

• Participate and engage in innovation events being held around the country
• Communicate with other business innovators
• Understand what innovation can do for their business

Eclipse has been essential in our content management and attracting more registrations to the site,” said Peter Westfield, chair of the Australian Innovation Festival.

“They’ve helped us come up with an enhanced website where we can develop complementary services like the newsletter, which tells people what’s happening with the festival. It will also drive a variety of other initiatives that we are developing with our partners.”

About Eclipse

Eclipse is one of Australia’s leading web and software development firms with over 70 people in Melbourne and Sydney and a member firm of Deloitte Touch Tohmatsu. With many award winning assignments, Eclipse assists clients deliver business results through customized technology innovation.