CompTIA to Honor the Technology Industry's Best; Technology Association Invites Entries Highlighting Best Practices.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Lombard, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 20, 2001 CompTIA, the Computing Technology Industry Association See CompTIA. , has opened nominations for the first annual CompTIA Technology Awards. The 2001 Technology Awards highlight the innovation, commitment and best practices of the converging con·verge v. con·verged, con·verg·ing, con·verg·es v.intr. 1. a. To tend toward or approach an intersecting point: lines that converge. b. computing computing - computer and communications markets, focusing on areas including certification, e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. , CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. , workforce development and training. Award recipients will be announced at Breakaway break·a·way adj. 1. Designed to break, bend, or fall apart easily upon impact, especially to create an illusion, as with a theater prop, or for safety, as with a highway sign or barrier. 2. XChange in Orlando, Fla., August 26-29, 2001.The deadline for award nominations is August 10, 2001. Categories for the 2001 CompTIA Technology Awards include:
-- Certification: Career Awareness Award - Most innovative
approach to training programs & student resources
-- Certification: CDIA Integration - Most successful
implementation of a document imaging system using CompTIA's
CDIA certification as a professional standard
-- Certification: Employee Professional Development - Excellence
in employee development
-- Convergence - Most successful convergence implementation
-- Corporate Award of Excellence - Outstanding contributions to
the technology community by a corporation
-- Eddy - Outstanding lifelong commitment to the training
community by an individual
-- Internship Best Practices - Most successful implementation of
an IT internship program
-- IT Training - Most exceptional performance in IT training
-- Marketing and Communications - Most innovative and successful
marketing and communications campaigns
-- Technology Community Service - Outstanding service advancement
of the technology community through CompTIA by an individual
Award descriptions and nomination forms can be found at: www.comptia.org/techawards About CompTIA CompTIA, the Computing Technology Industry Association, is a not-for-profit Not-for-profit An organization established for charitable, humanitarian, or educational purposes that is exempt from some taxes and in which no one in profits or losses. trade association providing the technology community standards Community standards are local norms bounding acceptable conduct. Sometimes these standards can itemized in a list that states the community's values and sets guidelines for participation in the community. in the areas of Internet-enabled service provision, e-commerce, vendor-neutral technical certification, CRM, public policy, workforce development and training. Representing the converging computing and communications market, CompTIA has more than 8,000 corporate members in 60 countries, and thousands of individual professional members. Almost half a million individuals worldwide have earned CompTIA certifications. More information is available at www.comptia.org and www.xspertise.com Standards for a Convergent World |
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