Chicago Software Association Recognizes Chicago's Technology Leaders; Award Winner's Announced at Annual Members Forum.Business Editors CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 2000 The Chicago Software Association (CSA (1) (Canadian Standards Association, Toronto, Ontario, www.csa.ca) A standards-defining organization founded in 1919. It is involved in many industries, including electronics, communications and information technology. ), a leading organization fostering the growth of the technology industry in Illinois, yesterday bestowed its Annual Achievement Awards at its Members Forum. The three honorees competed against three times more nominees than 1999. This year's winners were: - Technology Advocate Award winner Leslie Beller, founder and executive director of i.c.stars - Enterprise Award winner SPSS Inc. (Nasdaq:SPSS), an analytical software provider - Dynamic Growth Award winner Telution, a provider of operations support systems for the ordering, delivery, support and billing of communication services. "Despite a volatile year for the technology industry, Illinois Industry is a village in McDonough County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 540 and is well-known high school sports especially men's golf and basketball. continues to make progress in delivering on its promise to become a high-tech center," said Candy Renwall, director of the CSA. "It's important to recognize the success of the leaders and advocates in this business sector who are paving the way to make the area a dominant force in the technology marketplace." The Technology Advocate Award This award CSA annually recognizes a business, education, media or government leader whose efforts on behalf of the information technology industry have best promoted its growth and/or awareness of its vitality in Chicago to a range of audiences. This year, Leslie Beller, founder and executive director of i.c.stars was honored for her commitment to bridge the digital divide in the Chicagoland community by transitioning inner city young adults into full time careers in the Internet industry through technical training and projects simulating real business challenges. Leslie Beller follows Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley Richard Michael Daley (born April 24, 1942) is a United States politician, member of the national and local Democratic Party and current mayor of Chicago, Illinois. He was elected mayor in 1989 and reelected in 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, and 2007. as the second recipient of the Technology Advocate Award. The Enterprise Award SPSS A statistical package from SPSS, Inc., Chicago (www.spss.com) that runs on PCs, most mainframes and minis and is used extensively in marketing research. It provides over 50 statistical processes, including regression analysis, correlation and analysis of variance. received the Enterprise Award for its sustained growth and profits, national reputation, recognized excellence in product and services and best representing the Silicon Prairie's growing stature as home to quality information technology companies. The Dynamic Growth Award Telution was given the Dynamic Growth Award for emerging from its start-up phase to become a solid presence in the marketplace. In an environment of high burn rates and lagging Lagging Strategy used by a firm to stall payments, normally in response to exchange rate projections. revenues among technology start-ups, the CSA recognized Telution as a hidden gem gem, ornamental mineral or organic substance gem, commonly, a mineral or organic substance, cut and polished and used as an ornament. Gems also are used as seals (items of assurance) and as talismans (good-luck charms). For birthstones, see month. among the area's early stage companies due to its sustained growth and profitability. About Leslie Beller and i.c.stars Leslie Beller is founder and executive director of the i.c.stars, a highly unique not-for-profit organization run like a start-up company start-up company A new business. , dedicated to transforming the lives of Chicago's exceptionally talented inner city young adults between the ages of 18 and 25 by preparing them for careers and leadership in the Internet economy The Internet Economy refers to conducting business through markets whose infrastructure is based on the Internet and World-Wide Web. An Internet economy differs from a traditional economy in a number of ways, including: communication, market segmentation, distribution costs, and price. . i.c.stars graduates become revenue-generating employees their first day on the job leveraging their deep technical training, as well as interpersonal in·ter·per·son·al adj. 1. Of or relating to the interactions between individuals: interpersonal skills. 2. and teamwork (product, software, tool) Teamwork - A SASD tool from Sterling Software, formerly CADRE Technologies, which supports the Shlaer/Mellor Object-Oriented method and the Yourdon-DeMarco, Hatley-Pirbhai, Constantine and Buhr notations. skills developed through the intense program. The program, housed within an Internet design and development firm, exposes its student interns  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . to projects simulating real business challenges and instructs using both well-known industry executives and staff with extensive technology experience. By integrating technology training and leadership development, i.c.stars is shaping the next generation of Internet professionals. The result is growth of the technology workforce in Illinois and the crossing of the digital divide between technology and minority groups. Since its launch in the spring of 1999, Ms. Beller has focused on amassing the support of the Chicago technology community to champion i.c.stars'. There are currently over 50 new economy companies and over 200 volunteers actively involved in developing and promoting i.c.stars, www.icstars.org, market-responsive educational programming. About SPSS Inc. SPSS Inc. (Nasdaq:SPSS) enables organizations to develop more profitable customer relationships by providing analytical solutions that discover what customers want and predict what they will do. The company delivers analytical solutions at the intersection of customer relationship management and business intelligence. SPSS analytical solutions integrate and analyze market, customer and operational data in key vertical markets worldwide including: telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. , health care, banking, finance, insurance, manufacturing, retail, consumer packaged goods Noun 1. packaged goods - groceries that are packaged for sale foodstuff, grocery - (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one , market research and the public sector. Headquartered in Chicago, SPSS has more than 40 offices, over 900 employees and 1999 revenues of $142 million. For more information, visit www.spss.com. About Telution Telution delivers Communication Exchange, the evolution of traditional operations support systems Operations Support Systems (also called Operational Support Systems or OSS) are computer systems used by telecommunications service providers. The term OSS most frequently describes "network systems" dealing with the telecom network itself, supporting processes such into an operations hub that integrates and executes the ordering, delivering, billing, and support for communication services. Created specifically for today's evolving communication providers, Communication Exchange features a suite of customer management, order management, billing management, and e-commerce applications coupled with business-to-business connection tools. These applications combine to create a unified operations hub that effectively manages customer commitments with the speed and accuracy needed to drive superior customer value. Communication Exchange supports converged services across the industry spectrum, from more traditional services, such as local telephone service, to emerging services, such as digital content. More information can be found at www.telution.com. About CSA The Chicago Software Association (CSA) is an industry trade association dedicated to creating an environment in which software and information technology companies can prosper. The CSA is a regional association with approximately 600 member companies, serving a territory that includes all of Illinois, and a 150-mile radius around Chicago, including southern Wisconsin, and northern Indiana Northern Indiana is the region of Indiana including 26 counties bordering parts of Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio. The area is generally sub-classified into other regions. The northwest is economically and culturally intertwined with Chicago, and is considered part of the Chicago . As the recognized voice of technology in Illinois, CSA represents emerging growth to Fortune 500 companies. |
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