1998 Momentum Awards Announced, Honoring Outstanding Internet Industry Accomplishments.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 30, 1998-- Travelocity, eBay, Priceline, Mary Furlong, Homeshark, Seth Godin, and LinkExchange take home Internet leadership awards The First Annual Momentum Awards were announced Tuesday evening, honoring seven outstanding Internet industry leaders. The Momentum Awards (www.momentumawards.com), presented by X-ceed's (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : XCED) ChannelSeven.com, ICONOCAST, Internet.com, The Industry Standard, eMarketer, @d:tech, & @NY, recognize organizations and individuals whose contributions are driving the Internet industry forward. SOLD OUT event attended by 1,100 Internet executives. "This year's winners are all examples of companies or individuals who are pushing the envelope in a new Internet-driven economy," according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Robert Risse, Publisher of Channel Seven. "The diverse group of winners clearly shows how the Internet is shaping a wide range of business, marketing, advertising, and community activities." The seven winners are: eBay.com (www.ebay.com): for their innovative work building an online auction community. Going beyond the standard e-commerce model where a single retailer sells to hundreds of thousands of individual buyers, eBay has created a marketplace where hundreds of thousands of people buy and sell to each other. Priceline.com (www.priceline.com): for their refinement of "efficiency markets" on the Web. Priceline.com is the world's first buying service through which consumers name the price they are willing to pay, and are matched with sellers who will meet buyers' needs and prices. Through this pairing, Priceline facilitates thousands of buyer-driven transactions each day. Mary Furlong, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Third Age Media (www.thirdage.com): for her vision in creating online resources for the older Internet community. Her company, Third Age, specializes in advertising and marketing to the older online consumer, and her website, ThirdAge.com, has become the leading destination site on the Web for adults 45 and over. Travelocity.com (www.travelocity.com): for their leading efforts in the field of e-commerce. With over 4 million members, and 1998 revenues averaging over $1 million dollars a day, Travelocity is a model of success in the industry. Homeshark.com (www.homeshark.com): for their innovative efforts in the field of online home buying. By combining services including realty, loan application, rate information, and mortgages in one place, they have defined their niche. Seth Godin, President/CEO, Yoyodyne (www.yoyodyne.com): for his highly innovative, integrated, programs, which are delivering upon the "one to one" marketing promise of the Internet platform. LinkExchange.com (www.linkexchange.com): for their innovative work with the small site owner. By offering services from launch through e-commerce and more, they have provided services to smaller sites that were previously unavailable. Other awards presented during the evening included: The E-Marketer Of The Year Award: the award goes to a company that has not only succeeded online, but has redefined the meaning of success online. Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. , which has been marketing online for only two years, now sells an average of $16 million of goods on the Internet every single day. Cisco Systems is the undisputed leader in online marketing, sales and customer service. The Turbo-Agency Of 1998 Award: presented to Modem Media, as the Internet advertising Delivering ads to Internet users via Web sites, e-mail, ad-supported software and Internet-enabled cellphones. Also called an "ad network," Internet advertising organizations act as a middleman between the advertiser and the Web sites and software publishers that display the ads. agency that has done the most - through exceptional campaign development and overall innovation - to further the use of rich media technologies in Internet advertising. The @NY Silicon Alley An area in New York that has become known for its companies devoted to multimedia and the Internet. It is located in Manhattan's "Soho" district, which does not stand for Small Office Home Office, rather it is SOuth of HOuston Street. Leadership Award: Presented to Candice Carpenter, Co-founder of i-Village, in recognition of the company or individual that has done the most to foster the development of the Internet Industry in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of through business leadership, innovation, and/or industry service. The Jaco Award: Presented to Zulu-TeK, for the most daring, creative, magnificent, incredibly wacky stunt that occurred this past year on the Internet or within the Internet Industry. Finalists for the Momentum Awards included: Flexlease.nl, Net Perceptions, Kate Everett-Thorpe (CEO Lot21), Autoweb.com, Peter Murphy Peter Murphy may refer to several people:
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Cindy Adams, Advertising expert Jerry Della Famina, Abrams/Gentile Toy inventor Marty Abrams, Madison Square Garden's Pam Harris, Estee Lauder Companies' Angela Kapp, ChannelSeven.com Europe's Andrei Puhov, DM News' Ken Magill, Advertising Age's Michael Wilke, Reuters America's' Yukari Iwatani, Tristar Interactive's Lynda Keeler Keel´er n. 1. One employed in managing a Newcastle keel; - called also keelman ltname>. 2. A small or shallow tub; esp., one used for holding materials for calking ships, or one used for washing dishes, etc. , eMarketer's Sam Alfstad, The New York Post's Don Kaplan, J&R Music World's Rochelle Friedman, HWH HWH hot water heater HWH Hex Washer Head HWH Hospital Within Hospital HWH Hardly Worth Having PR's Lois Whitman, USA Network's Karen Donahue The Industry Standard's John Battelle, ICONOCAST's Michael Tchong, and ChannelSeven.com's Mara Lipacis. The Awards and Celebration, held at the Milk Studios, 450 West 15th Street from 7:00 pm till Midnight, began with a Press cocktail reception for nominees and industry leaders at 6:30pm. Welcoming remarks were by Kevin O'Connor, CEO, DoubleClick. The keynote speaker was Ms. Mariane Caponnetto, Director, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Worldwide Media Strategy and Operations. The evening was hosted by Michael Tchong, Editor, ICONOCAST, and Mara Lipacis, Editor, ChannelSeven.com. The approximately 1,100 industry attendees, from leading Internet companies, agencies, and web developers, were treated to an evening that included casino gaming, prizes, a cigar bar, and a swing band. Sponsors of the awards included: Intel, IBM, The @Home Network, Ericsson, ValueClick, DoubleClick, Exodus Communications, CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. Marketwatch, Spree.com. The Industry Standard, SRDS SRDS Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems SRDS Standard Rate and Data Service SRDS Shop Repair Data Sheets , Internet.com, AdKnowledge, Enliven en·liv·en tr.v. en·liv·ened, en·liv·en·ing, en·liv·ens To make lively or spirited; animate. en·liv  en·er n. , InterVu Networks and Engage Technologies. The Momentum Celebration and Awards is produced by ChannelSeven.com and Mercury Seven Inc. ChannelSeven.com (www.channelseven.com) is a strategic business website network for Internet industry professionals worldwide. The network incorporates advanced cross-marketing navigational techniques and centralized, rich-media advertising management to connect Internet professionals with valuable content, resources, and services. In addition to the online network, ChannelSeven.com serves its core audience with printed publications, special industry events, a speakers bureau, and subscription-based email newsletters. ChannelSeven.com is developed and operated by Mercury Seven, Inc. (http://www.mercuryseven.com), a New York-based consultancy and development company that specializes in building Internet-based businesses. Mercury Seven, Inc. is a subsidiary of X-Ceed, Inc. (NASDAQ: XCED), (www.xceed.com), a multi-faceted company with a portfolio that includes interactive communications tools and services. For Xceed investor information, please call Alex M. Alaminos at 201/507-8300 or email at investors@xceed.com or visit the company Web site at (www.xceed.com). 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