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IDG's InfoWorld Names the 100 Most Innovative Corporate IT Solutions for 2004
Annual Awards Honor Most Creative and Cutting-Edge Implementations of Enterprise Technology
November 15, 2005 -- San Francisco, CA -- Today, InfoWorld announced the winners of its InfoWorld 100 awards. The annual awards honor companies that demonstrate the most creative use of cutting-edge technologies to further their business goals. Companies were nominated by InfoWorld readers, technology partners, and end-user companies in late-summer. Solutions must stretch beyond the typical, off-the-shelf solution, using multiple technologies in innovative ways to serve well-defined business goals. Winners are formally announced in the November 15, 2004 edition of InfoWorld and available online at: http://infoworld.com/2187.
"This year, InfoWorld honors a host of innovative projects that highlight the resourcefulness of the IT community," said Eric Knorr, senior features editor. "IT departments have learned hard lessons about business realities and realistic ROI. The InfoWorld 100 provides a forum for IT managers to get the recognition they deserve for smart projects from an audience of their peers."
This year's InfoWorld 100 award winners (listed alphabetically by category) include:
ARCHITECTURE
Gensler: Distributed systems optimization
COMPUTING
IBM: Unified supply-chain management
CONSTRUCTION
Beazer Homes: Integrated sales system
DISTRIBUTION/SUPPLY CHAIN
Arrow Electronics: Shop-floor control system
Avnet: Web services partner integration
EDUCATION
Academy of Art University: Full ERP and Wi-Fi deployment
Michigan State University: On-demand supply-chain research
Somerset Area School District: SSL VPN for unified school network
ENERGY
BP: Wireless railcar monitoring
BP: Wireless vibration sensors for tankers
Calpine: Dynamic, predictive querying tool
Calpine: Integrated risk control system
Calpine Energy Services: Energy price/cost reporting
Lower Colorado River Authority: Distributed asset management
FINANCIAL SERVICES
American Savings Bank: Speech-enabled banking application
Essex Investment Management: E-mail, IM, and document archiving
ETrade Financial: Call automation with voice recognition
Fifth Third Bancorp: Federated identity with HR outsourcer
FirstCommand Financial Services: Financial services portal for personnel
Lend Lease: Unified identity/security management
Mesirow Financial: Distributed IP-based SAN solution
MidAmerica Bank: Business continuity initiative
Ocwen Financial: Mortgage database security
Quicken Loans: Information lifecycle management
RouteOne: Web services credit check service
Royal Bank of Canada Investments: Business process management
State Street Global Advisors: SAN predictive change management
3Delta Systems: Payment processing security upgrade
Wachovia: Grid computing using desktops
Wells Fargo: Web portal for commercial customers
GOVERNMENT
California Public Utilities Commission: Workflow and document management
City of Culver City: Wi-Fi mesh networking initiative
Florida Supreme Court: Database integration and search portal
State of Minnesota: Medicare/Medicaid secure identity
State of Oregon, Department of Consumer and Business Services: Disk-based backup and recovery
United States Navy: Enterprise-wide tracking system
United States Postal Service: Web app for carrier pickup
HEALTH CARE
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center: Wi-Fi asset tracking with active RFID
Centegra Health System: Consolidated enterprise portal
CyraCom: Multiple language voice recognition
Denver Health and Hospital Authority: Smart card employee security
Geisinger Health System: Secure medical records system
Schering-Plough: Collaborative project management
Tuba City Regional Health Care: Scratch ERP rollout with nine modules
WellPoint Health Networks: PDA prescription system
INSURANCE
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey: Integrated voice recognition system
Humana: HIPAA-compliant messaging system
Nationwide: Grid computing risk and price modeling
Zenith National Insurance: Workflow for claims management
LAW ENFORCEMENT
City of Lakewood: Wireless access for patrol officers
King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office: Electronic document archiving project
Northrop Grumman: Data exchange for criminal records
Pinellas County Jail: Wi-Fi, barcodes for inmate tracking
South Carolina Computer Crime Center: SAN for computer crime task force
LEGAL
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker: Business continuity, remote replication
MANUFACTURING
Barilla Americas: Logistics management initiative
Dufferin Concrete: E-business revamp, customer portal
Honeywell: Merging multiple supply chains
Johnson & Johnson: Cost control system for contract labor
Land O' Lakes: Document scanning and management
Morgan Foods: EDI converted to Internet transport
Owens Corning: Business intelligence and data warehousing
Pitney Bowes: Wireless field-service management
Rock-Tenn: Large-scale system integration
RPM International: Product lifecycle management
Saturn Electronics and Engineering: Product lifecycle management
TRW North America: Linux migration for auto-parts division
Welch's Foods: Server virtualization and consolidation
PHARMACEUTICALS
GlaxoSmithKline: Global VoIP and unified messaging
Locus Pharmaceuticals: Outsourced supercomputing
REAL ESTATE
Century 21 Real Estate: Online learning platform
National Association of Realtors: Distributed e-commerce system
RETAIL
Best Buy: Single sign-on enterprise portal
Chicago Pizza & Brewery: Web-based data collection, reporting
Mary Kay: E-business and supply-chain initiative
Proflowers: Enterprise service bus deployment
Rent-A-Center: Secure, large-scale Wi-Fi deployment
SERVICES
EDS: Virus early warning system
Eloqua: Outsourced CRM, teleconferencing
Inflow: Datacenter management for MSP
Life Time Fitness: Member management data integration
Loudeye: Digital media lifecycle management
SalesForce.com: Online CMS for CRM customers
Thomson Prometric: SOA for testing/assessment service
TSYS Prepaid: Conversion of existing APIs to Web services
Viacore: B-to-b process automation, optimization
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Hughes Network Systems: Digital content management
Hughes Network Systems Europe: Satellite distributed in-store advertising
McLeod USA: RFP response, document management
Telus: BI monitoring of employee productivity
TRANSPORTATION
Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway: Voice portal for rail workers
FedEx: Printing from MS Office to Kinko's
Lynden: Distributed VoIP and call routing
NYK Line: Portal to monitor critical systems
Ozburn-Hessey Logistics: Internet-based partner integration
UPS: Revamped package routing, loading
TRAVEL/HOSPITALITY
Cendant Hotels: Consolidated customer portal
Continental Airlines: Maintenance advisory distribution
Hershey Entertainment and Resorts: Disaster recovery, business continuity
Holland America Line: Web-based reporting, mainframe data
About InfoWorld Media Group
For 25 years, InfoWorld Media Group has provided cutting-edge coverage and evaluation of IT products and services for technology experts in senior management. Through integrated channels including print, online, events and demand generation, InfoWorld reaches the most influential senior-level information technologists -- those who drive their enterprises' strategies and technology purchases. Powered by a continued investment in an independent Test Center, InfoWorld analysts and editors provide both hands-on analysis and evaluation, as well as expert commentary on issues surrounding emerging technologies and products. Visit InfoWorld at http://www.infoworld.com.
About IDG
InfoWorld Media Group is a division of IDG, the world's leading technology media, research, and event company. IDG publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers and offers online users the largest network of technology-specific sites around the world through IDG.net (www.idg.net), which comprises more than 300 targeted Web sites in 70 countries. IDG is also a leading producer of 168 computer-related expositions worldwide, and provides IT market analysis through 51 offices in 43 countries worldwide. Company information is available at www.idg.com.
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InfoWorld Media Group
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paul_calento@infoworld.com
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