Computerworld Announces 25 Finalists for 2006 ''Best Practices in Infrastructure Management'' Awards; Honorees to be Announced and Recognized at Ceremony on Sept. 13 at Infrastructure Management World in Scottsdale, Ariz.FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- Computerworld, the Voice of IT Management, today announced 25 finalists for its annual "Best Practices in Infrastructure Management" awards program. From this prestigious field of finalists, judging will continue and 10 honorees will be selected and recognized at a ceremony on Sept. 13. The ceremony will be featured on the final day of Computerworld's upcoming Infrastructure Management World (IMW), taking place September 11-13, at the Westin Kierland Resort in Scottsdale, Ariz. The finalists (by company alpha order only) for Computerworld's 2006 "Best Practices in Infrastructure Management" awards program are: Category: Distributed Systems and Infrastructure Implementation/Dynamic Infrastructure ChoicePoint, Alpharetta, GA City of Chicago, Chicago, IL Detroit Medical Center The Detroit Medical Center is a Detroit-based non-profit corporation that owns and operates nine general and specialty hospitals in southeast Michigan. Detroit Medical Center hospitals include: Lockheed Martin, Gaithersburg, MD Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Marietta, GA Category: Security, Risk Management and Business Continuity/Dynamic Information Allstate Insurance Company, Buffalo Grove, IL Army Knowledge Online, Chantilly, VA Capital Technology Information Services, Inc., Rockville, MD Marriott International, Inc., Washington, DC University of Minnesota (body, education) University of Minnesota - The home of Gopher. http://umn.edu/. Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. , Minneapolis, MN Category: Data Center and/Network Consolidation/Dynamic IT Catholic Health Partners, Cincinnati, OH CSX, Jacksonville, FL General Mills, Minneapolis, MN Kane County, Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva. , IL TIAA-CREF TIAA-CREF Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association - College Retirement Equities Fund , Charlotte, NC Category: Managing to Improve TCO/ROI Accenture, Chicago, IL National Instruments, Austin, TX Polo Ralph Lauren Polo Ralph Lauren (NYSE: RL) is American fashion designer Ralph Lauren's luxury lifestyle company. Polo Ralph Lauren specializes in high-end casual/semi-formal wear for men and women, as well as accessories, fragrance, and housewares. , Greensboro, NC SHOP.COM, Monterey, CA Verizon Business, Basking Ridge, NJ Category: Innovation and Promise Accenture, Chicago, IL CN (Canadian National Railway Canadian National Railway, rail system in Canada and the United States, extending from coast to coast in Canada with many branch lines in each province and in the United States. ), Montreal, Quebec Duke Medicine, Durham, NC Lockheed Martin, Orlando, Fl MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Whitehead Inst. for Bio-Medical Research/MIT BioImaging Center/CSBi, Cambridge, MA "Infrastructure management initiatives in today's enterprises are often the most compelling priorities for IT management today," said Ron Milton, Executive Vice President, Computerworld. 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