Citigroup, Maines Paper and Food Service, and Arrow Electronics Top InfoWorld 100 Awards.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 2003 InfoWorld Caps a Decade of Recognizing Companies for their Innovative Use of Technology Today, InfoWorld editor-in-chief Steve Fox Steve Fox may refer to:
The annual awards honor companies that demonstrate the most creative use of cutting-edge technologies to further their business goals. Companies were nominated by InfoWorld readers, technology partners, and end-user companies in early Fall 2003. Winners are formally announced in the November 10, 2003 edition of InfoWorld. "All 100 of InfoWorld's honorees embarked on complicated IT projects, whether tapping into new and evolving technologies or pulling off complex integration with existing systems while collaborating with other business units to ensure seamless transitions," stated Fox. -- Citigroup's challenge was a tall order: to revolutionize rev·o·lu·tion·ize tr.v. rev·o·lu·tion·ized, rev·o·lu·tion·iz·ing, rev·o·lu·tion·iz·es 1. To bring about a radical change in: Television has revolutionized news coverage. 2. its paper-based system (the so-called "open outcry Open Outcry A method of trading on a commodity exchange by making verbal bids and offers in the trading pits. Notes: A contract is made if one trader cries out that he wants to sell at a certain price and then another trader yells out that he will buy at that same price. " system) for recording trades and market conditions on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. . As part of a complex IT undertaking, Citigroup developed and deployed a wireless handheld system for its 24 brokers on the NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange floor. The new system not only eliminates manual trading and reporting processes, but also assists brokers in making trading decisions on the fly, via a sophisticated set of easy-to-use applications linked to a remote "strategy server." -- Food service distributor Maines Paper and Food Service, Inc., built a voice-recognition system to improve accuracy and productivity at its Conklin, NY, distribution center. Maines supplies restaurants such as Burger King and Applebee's with everything from fresh meats to paper goods. These items are picked off shelves by 100 "selectors," who push pallet jacks A pallet jack is a tool used to lift and move pallets. The front wheels are mounted inside the end of the forks, and as the hydraulic jack is raised, the forks are separated vertically from the front wheels, forcing the load upward until it clears the floor. through aisles of the Conklin facility. Selectors now sport wearable computers See body-worn computer. on a belt clip and a headset Headphones combined with a microphone. Used in call centers and by people in telephone-intensive jobs, headsets provide the equivalent functionality of a telephone handset with hands-free operation. Many people use headsets at the computer so they can converse and type comfortably. they can talk into to confirm, via a voice-activated computer system, that they're pulling the correct items from the shelves. -- Arrow Electronics Inc. created a supply-chain collaboration system that its suppliers and customers use to exchange real-time product, pricing, and transaction information. The Melville, NY-based distributor of electronic components improved service by allowing the sales rep to complete a transaction, ship the order, and send the invoice -- all on the same call with the customer, thereby eliminating the need for time-consuming calls or faxes to check on price or availability. The new system has reduced end-to-end response time to less than 30 seconds for a query that might pass through several processing tiers and across several organizations. Every year, InfoWorld names 100 companies that have made the best use of information technology to meet their business and technical objectives. This year, the list of technologies implemented by winning companies ran the gamut See color gamut. gamut - The gamut of a monitor is the set of colours it can display. There are some colours which can't be made up of a mixture of red, green and blue phosphor emissions and so can't be displayed by any monitor. from Web Services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. to Wi-Fi, with project budgets ranging from as low $35,000 to more than $50 million. A full list is available at: http://www.infoworld.com/565 About InfoWorld Media Group For 25 years, InfoWorld Media Group has provided cutting-edge coverage and evaluation of IT products and services for technology experts in senior management. Through integrated channels including print, online, events and demand generation, InfoWorld reaches the most influential senior-level information technologists -- those who drive their enterprises' strategies and technology purchases. Powered by a continued investment in an independent Test Center, InfoWorld analysts and editors provide both hands-on analysis and evaluation, as well as expert commentary on issues surrounding emerging technologies and products. Visit InfoWorld at http://www.infoworld.com. 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