Blue Diamond Award Finalists Announced.CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Judges for the 18th annual Blue Diamond Awards have announced the finalists for the awards, which are known as Charlotte's most prestigious technology honor. The finalists were chosen from more than 50 nominees to advance to the final stage of judging. All finalists will be recognized during the awards ceremony on March 27th at the North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center The North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center is located in Charlotte, North Carolina. It opened in November 1992 after three years of construction. The center was designed by renowned architect César Pelli. , and the winners will be announced live on stage. The finalists are: Best Information Technology Innovation, Corporate: Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. (ARhMS), Wachovia (Integration Hub), Wachovia (IRD IRD Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (French) IRD Inland Revenue Department (New Zealand's tax revenue collection department) IRD Integrated Receiver Decoder ) Best Information Technology Innovation, Small to Medium Business: Little Diversified Architectural Consulting (City Model), Stripling & Beck (Flying Table), UVEST Financial (Central) Best Information Technology Business Value, Corporate: American Tire Distributors (GM Dealer Tiresource), Bank of America (VGS VGS Videregående Skole (Norwegian school) VGS Virtual Game Station VGS Voodoo Glow Skulls (Ska band) VGS Video Game System VGS Volunteer Gliding School VGS Voltage Gate to Source VGS Velocity Gate Stealer ), Premier, Inc. (Supply Chain Advisor) Best Information Technology Business Value, Small to Medium Business: Charlotte Latin (MyLatin), CT Communications (WFM (1) (Wired For Management) A specification from Intel for a PC that can be centrally managed in a network. It must be DMI compliant, be accessible by a management server prior to booting, contain instrumentation for component discovery and identification and ), Mecklenburg County Code Enforcement (si.com) PMI See Private Mortgage Insurance. Metrolina Chapter - Project of the Year: Bank of America (C&SBBT SBBT Santa Barbara Bank and Trust (Santa Barbara, California) ), Wachovia (OLB Infrastructure Upgrade) NPower - Nonprofit Excellence in Information Technology: Socialserve (Housing Search), Urban League of Central Carolinas Urban League of Central Carolinas previously known as the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Urban League is the division of the National Urban League in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Technology Rehabilitation Program), YMCA YMCA in full Young Men's Christian Association Nonsectarian, nonpolitical Christian lay movement that aims to develop high standards of Christian character among its members. (YPathways) Top Growth: Camstar, goodmortgage.com, Peak10 The Dr. Richard Neel Award for Career Achievement: This honor is given to an individual, based on recommendations from a committee; therefore there are no finalists. Two of the award categories, Best IT Innovation and Best IT Business Value, are divided by company size to ensure that each nominee is competing with like-sized companies. To be eligible for a Corporate award, companies must have annual revenues of $250 million or more and have been in business for more than three years. Small to Medium business are those that have been in business for more than three years and have annual revenues less than $250 million. The Top Growth award, open only to small to medium businesses, does not include the three-year restriction. The Blue Diamond Awards were created in 1988 to recognize technology-based solutions and contributions made by Charlotte area companies and individuals. ITC is a Charlotte Chamber council created for professionals who have an interest and focus on the IT community and with the objective of putting Charlotte on the technology map. The awards ceremony begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Belk Theater. A cocktail and heavy hors d'oeuvre reception in Founders Hall will immediately follow the awards ceremony. Tickets to the event are available online. Ticket prices are $75 for ITC members and $85 for non-members. A block of eight costs $580. For more information about the Blue Diamond Awards, visit www.bluediamondawards.com. |
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