Frankfurt/Main -- Andreas Michalski, CEO of CDO Corporate Design Online, won the Convergators' Award 2009 in the "Marketing & Crossmedia" category. Since 2006, this award recognizes international business personalities who are proven pioneers of convergence (the integration of technologies, applications and media) in the German market. A jury consisting of well-known business, science and media representatives and headed by Uli Baur, editor-in-chief of Focus magazine also selected winners in three other categories – "Digital Life," "Mobile Content," and "Health & Traffic."

Michalski received the award for iBrams, a web-based platform for the management of various communication measures and channels. iBrams allows the marketing staff of businesses, agencies and service providers to collaborate more efficiently. Standard tasks can be automated, while communication and advertising materials can be created faster, more cost-efficient and in compliance with corporate design regulations.

"Given his outstanding personal efforts – coupled with a successful presentation, it was not difficult for the jury members to reach a verdict in favor of Mr. Michalski," was the reasoning of the overall jury. "He is the well-deserved winner in this category of a competition that was once again distinguished by high-quality contributions."

"This award is a great honor for me and everyone who was involved in the development of iBrams," said Andreas Michalski. "In today's world, it has become more important than ever to eliminate borders and obstacles that affect marketing processes, and this award proves that with iBrams we excellently fulfill the requirements of the market."

The winners of the four categories are now competing for two further trophies "Convergator of the year – jury award" and "Convergator of the year – audience award." On Monday, January 26, visitors of the website of Focus news magazine (www.focus.de) began choosing the winner of the audience award. All awards will be conferred on March 4, 2009 at the CeBIT trade fair.

The Convergators' Awards are sponsored by BITKOM – the German Association for Information Technology, Telecommunication and New Media, CeBIT Hannover, Ernst & Young, and the Serviceplan group of agencies. FOCUS news magazine, FOCUS Online, as well as werben & verkaufen support the award as communication and media partners.
 For further information visit www.ibrams.com and www.convergators.de