`Best Practices in Storage' Award Recipients Honored at Storage Networking World; Awards Presented at Gala Event in San Diego, California.SAN DIEGO -- Storage Networking World Storage Networking World (commonly called SNW) is a for data storage professionals in the United States. Sponsored by Computerworld and the Storage Networking Industry Association, SNW is held twice each year. (SNW SNW Snow SNW Strange New Worlds (Star Trek) SNW Social Networking Website SNW Sub Networks SNW Storage Networking World ) (www.snwusa.com), the world's largest educational event on storage networking technologies, announced the recipients of its "Best Practices in Storage" awards during a gala ceremony last night. Co-owned by Computerworld and the Storage Networking Industry Association An association of producers and consumers of storage networking products, whose goal is to further storage networking technology and applications. The Storage Networking Industry Association, or SNIA (SNIA (Storage Networking Industry Association, San Francisco, CA, www.snia.org) An organization devoted to the advancement of mission critical storage systems. Founded in 1997, its goal is to determine the standards that must be developed to allow hosts and storage systems to interact via ), SNW concludes today at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego, California “San Diego” redirects here. For other uses, see San Diego (disambiguation). San Diego is a coastal Southern California city located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States. As of 2006, the city has a population of 1,256,951. . "Storage is a crucial element in any organization's IT strategy," said Ron Milton, executive vice president, Computerworld. "The organizations and professionals we honor with these awards have demonstrated the ability to devise and implement solutions that ensure the integrity and availability of critical data." SNW's twice-yearly awards program identifies and acknowledges excellence among users of storage technology. Recipients of the "Best Practices in Storage" awards were selected from approximately 100 entries in five categories, with two honorees per category and additional honorable mentions for each. 15 judges from a variety of organizations including Pace University, CSG Systems, and Data Mobility Group evaluated the entries. Awards were presented to the following:
-- Data Lifecycle Management
-- Toyota Motorsport GmbH, Cologne, Germany
-- The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
-- Industry Regulation Compliance and Corporate Governance
-- Commerce Bancorp Inc., Cherry Hill, New Jersey
-- Kindred Healthcare, Louisville, Kentucky
-- Innovation and Promise
-- ShopKo, Green Bay, Wisconsin
-- Arizona Public Service Company, Phoenix, Arizona
-- Storage Reliability and Data Recovery
-- Defense Acquisition University, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
-- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
-- Systems Implementation
-- Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
-- The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia,
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