Mobile & Wireless World to Honor End-User Excellence with ''Best Practices'' Awards Program1 April 2005
IDG's Computerworld, the "Voice of IT Management," today announced it is seeking IT end-user case study submissions for its "Best Practices in Mobile & Wireless" Awards Program. The awards will be presented at the Mobile & Wireless World (M&WW) conference being held June 13-15 at the Westin Kierland Resort in Scottsdale, Ariz.
This awards program will evaluate end-user case studies according to their substantiated mobile and wireless attributes and achievements. Nominations are currently being accepted online at http://survey.computerworld.com/surveys/mwwBestPrac05/ mwwbestprac05.htm. (Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.)
Computerworld will recognize 10 winners, with two awards presented in each of five categories and one honorable mention per category. Winners will be named on the event web site and in a press release, and may also be featured in a special supplement of Computerworld.
An esteemed panel consisting of mobile and wireless experts, industry editors, and IT business analysts from firms such as IDC will evaluate the submissions in these categories:
-- Deploying Wireless Mobility in the Enterprise - recognizing the ability of the IT organization to map and meet line-of-business challenges through top-down planning for wireless infrastructure.
-- Transforming the "Brick and Mortar" Enterprise - identifying organizations that have opened new areas of profitability and performance by transcending "brick and mortar" limitations.
-- Business Evolution Through Mobilizing Field Workers - recognizing the adoption of mobile and wireless strategies in the nontraditional mobile workforce. Evaluating the field worker's ability to connect with corporate applications and data to get business done in a remote business environment.
-- Managing Cellular Mobile Data - best practices for building and managing PDA-based mobile networks designed to remain compatible with enterprise needs on a long-term basis.
-- Securing Wireless LANs - recognizing what organizations are doing to continually assess and address the risks and threats associated with a wireless LAN environment.
The program judges will review and rank the finalists in each of the categories based on their mobile and wireless achievements, which will be measured against criteria such as return on investment, strategic/substantive importance to the business, customer impact, positive impact on other business/organization units, and ability to address challenges of data, information and application security, recovery, business continuity, etc. For the full outline of criteria, please reference http://survey.computerworld.com/surveys/mwwBestPrac05/ mwwbestprac05.htm. (Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.)
Computerworld welcomes nominations of IT users/implementers from end-user companies, systems integrators/consultants on behalf of their customers, IT vendors on behalf of customers (or their own in-house, end-user deployment), and PR firms of behalf of end-user clients. Multiple submissions of case studies describing different deployments per company will be considered.
M&WW is a content-rich conference designed to arm IT executives and managers with valuable case studies and best practices from - and for - the enterprise. The four-day event will feature the successes and challenges of IT executives and will highlight services and products now available in the mobile and wireless arena. A large audience of IT executives from end-user companies is expected to rival the demographics of the 2004 event, which drew attendees with average company revenue size of $3.3 billion.
About Computerworld
Computerworld, the "Voice of IT Management," is the most trusted source for the critical information needs of senior IT management. Computerworld's integrated offerings form the U.S.-based hub of the world's largest (58-edition) global IT media network through its weekly publication, Computerworld.com Web site, focused conference series and custom research. In the past five years alone, Computerworld has won more than 100 print and online awards for editorial and design excellence, surpassing its direct competition by an order of magnitude. Recognition includes the 2004 Magazine of the Year Award from the American Society of Business Publication Editors and a Jesse H. Neal Award for "Best News Coverage." In print since 1967, Computerworld is the source for information technology management, with a guaranteed rate base of 180,050, a total print audience of 1,138,000 (IntelliQuest CIMS 2004 Business Influencer Study) and an online audience of over 1 million unique monthly visitors (DoubleClick).
Computerworld is a business unit of International Data Group (IDG), the world's leading technology media, research and events company. A privately held company, IDG publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers, including Bio-IT World, CIO, CSO, Computerworld, GamePro, InfoWorld, Network World and PC World. The company features the largest network of technology-specific Web sites, with more than 400 around the world. IDG is also a leading producer of more than 170 computer-related events worldwide, including LinuxWorld Conference & Expo(R), Macworld Conference & Expo(R), DEMO(R) and IDC Directions. IDC provides global market research and advice through offices in 50 countries. Company information is available at http://www.idg.com.
Contacts
Marenghi Public Relations for Computerworld
Erin Keefe, 781-915-5009
ekeefe@marenghi.com
Source: Business Wire
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