Computerworld Recognizes 'Best Practices in Mobile & Wireless' Award Winners; Finalists in Five Categories Demonstrate the Strategic Value of Mobile and Wireless Technologies.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 29, 2003 IDG's Computerworld today announced the winners of its "Best Practices in Mobile and Wireless" Awards Program. This custom-produced awards program was exclusively sponsored by HP. Ten winners and five honorable mentions were selected for their mobile and/or wireless technology "Best Practices" based on case studies highlighting successful solution implementation projects and deployments. Many of today's leading end-user companies and IT vendors (on behalf of customers) responded to an initial "call for nominations" in July 2003. This call was issued to multiple industry audiences, including Computerworld subscribers responsible for mobile and wireless solutions in their enterprises. One hundred finalists were identified and considered by a panel of IT and mobile and wireless industry professionals based on case study submissions that profiled the company, its IT department and mobile and wireless challenges, as well as application deployment details, summaries of the key technology used and measurable solution outcomes. Computerworld named two co-winners and one honorable mention in each of five categories: -- Systems Implementation - U.S. Army's Program Management Office - Combat Systems, Warren, Mich. and Putnam Investments Putnam Investments was founded in 1937 by George Putnam. At the same time, he founded its first mutual fund offering, The George Putnam Fund of Boston.[1] Putnam has offices in London and Tokyo, and its headquarters is located in Boston, Massachusetts. , Boston, Mass. (Honorable Mention: Cox Communications Cox Communications is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital cable television and telecommunications services in the United States. It is the third-largest[2] cable television provider in the United States, serving more than 6. , Atlanta, Ga.) -- Systems Reliability - Guidant Corp., Indianapolis, Ind. and Motorola, Schaumburg, Ill. (Honorable Mention: Pitney Bowes  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . , Stamford, Conn.) -- Information Security - INTEGRIS Health Inc., Oklahoma City Oklahoma City (1990 pop. 444,719), state capital, and seat of Oklahoma co., central Okla., on the North Canadian River; inc. 1890. The state's largest city, it is an important livestock market, a wholesale, distribution, industrial, and financial center, and a farm , Okla. and Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) (previously known at various times as Site Y, Los Alamos Laboratory, and Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory) is a United States Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory, managed and operated by Los Alamos National , Los Alamos Los Alamos (lôs ăl`əmōs', lŏs), uninc. town (1990 pop. 11,455), seat of Los Alamos co., N central N.Mex. It is on a long mesa extending from the Jemez Mts. The U.S. , N.M. (Honorable Mention: U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y.) -- Financial Payback - Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, railroad system in much of the United States (except the Northeast) and in S Canada, created in 1995 from the merger of Burlington Northern Inc. and the Santa Fe Pacific Corp. (see Santa Fe RR). Co., Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas, 18th-largest city in the United States[1], and voted one of "America’s Most Livable Communities. and Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Mich. (Honorable Mention: Net IQ, San Jose, Calif.) -- Innovation and Promise - London Ambulance Services, London, England and University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario (Honorable Mention: UPS, Atlanta, Ga.) "The 'Best Practices in Mobile & Wireless' Awards Program recognizes enterprises that have successfully leveraged innovative mobile and wireless technologies to address the most pressing issues in their respective industries and solve business, administrative and customer service challenges," said Leo Leo, in astronomy Leo [Lat.,=the lion], northern constellation lying S of Ursa Major and on the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun through the heavens) between Cancer and Virgo; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Leger, vice president, strategic initiatives, Computerworld. "The diverse group of winners - ranging from medical and technology companies to financial firms and military institutions - is a true testament to the pervasive use of mobile and wireless technologies." Judges of the program were: -- Bob Egan, President, Mobile Competency -- Andrew Eisenberg, Publisher, Handheld Computing -- Bruce Hoard, SNWonline.com -- Dave Johnson, Editor, Mobility -- Leo Leger, Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, Computerworld -- Brett Murray, Industry Analyst, Mobile Trax LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control -- Gerry Purdy, Principal Analyst, Mobile Trax LLC "HP is proud to partner with Computerworld and sponsor the 'Best Practices in Mobile & Wireless' Awards Program which profiles first-hand, cutting-edge applications that directly enhance mobile and wireless strategies in the enterprise," said Duane Zitzner, executive vice president, HP Personal Systems Group. "Supporting this awards program complements our corporate strategy of promoting customers' best practices." Winners will be profiled in a special advertising supplement in the September 29 issue of Computerworld. For more information about the awards program, or the Mobile & Wireless World conference, taking place May 24-27, 2004 in Palm Desert, Calif., visit http://www.mwwusa.com. About Computerworld Computerworld, the "Voice of IT Management," is the most trusted source for the critical information needs of IT management. Through its weekly print publication, Computerworld.com website, focused conference series and custom research, Computerworld's integrated offerings form the U.S.-based hub of the world's largest (58-edition) global IT media network. Computerworld has won more than 100 print and online awards for editorial and design excellence in the past five years, including a Jesse H. Neal Award The Jesse H. Neal Award is a business journalism editorial award, presented annually in each of several categories. The awards editorial recognize excellence in business-to-business publications. for "Best News Coverage," 22 ASBPE ASBPE American Society of Business Publication Editors (professional membership society established in 1964 for business press editors) ASBPE American Society of Business Press Editors awards and BtoB Magazine's "Media Power 50" in 2003. 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