REPEAT/ CMGI Solutions and Chicago Research & Planning Group Announce Winners of e.Millennium Awards at COMDEX/Spring 2000.Business/Technology Editors COMDEX The former, premier computer trade show in the U.S. Although it grew into an end user event, it was originally created for dealers and distributors (it was the COMputer Dealers EXposition). Spring 2000 REPEATING... CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2000 Web site and Nomination Criteria for Innovative e-Business Applications Awards Developed by CMGI CMGI Commonly Maintained Grounds Infrastructures CMGI College Marketing Group Information (Services) Solutions CMGI Solutions, a talent-based e-Business solutions provider and majority-owned operating company operating company A business that engages in transactions with outsiders. of CMGI, Inc., in conjunction with the Chicago Research & Planning Group (CRPG (Computer Role Playing Game) Role playing on the computer, typically in a fantasy environment, although some take place in a medieval setting. A major characteristic of CRPGs is the user's ability to move freely throughout the venue. ), today announced the winners of the first annual e.Millennium Awards, the first virtual award for innovative e-Business applications. The winners, recognized at COMDEX/Spring 2000 before an audience of industry and legislative luminaries, include established "bricks and mortar A store (shop, supermarket, department store, etc.) in the real world. Contrast with clicks and mortar. companies" and newborn newborn /new·born/ (noo´born?) 1. recently born. 2. newborn infant. new·born adj. Very recently born. n. A neonate. "dot-coms." The CRPG, an association of Fortune 1000 chief information officers representing $60 billion in annual IT spending, oversaw o·ver·saw v. Past tense of oversee. the judging process for the e.Millennium Awards. CMGI Solutions worked with CRPG to design the nomination and judging criteria for the technology aspects of the award as well as developing the online entry, nomination and judging applications. The Web site, http://www.e.Millenniumaward.org, was built by CMGI Solutions to handle the entire entry and judging process for the awards. "The e.Millennium Awards symbolize the excellence in utilizing emerging technology for business benefit," said Rick Goddard Richard N. Goddard, a retired U.S. Air Force Major General, is running for the United States Congress in the 2008 election for Georgia's 8th congressional district as a Republican. of Comark, Inc., a judge for the awards. "The winning companies provide real-world examples of how e-Business is being used to drive the value proposition in a variety of ways. Ideally, these awards will allow for the continued evolution of e-Business technology and provide ideas to organizations looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. practical uses for new technology." The e.Millennium Awards, conceived by CRPG, were designed to honor achievements in four areas of e-Business: business-to-consumer, business-to-business - small organization, business-to-business - large organization and business-to-employee. A first-place and second-place winner was recognized in each of the four divisions. Two overall achievement winners were selected from among the eight finalists to receive the "Technology Excellence Award" and the "Bricks and Clicks Award." Winners ranged from traditional companies including GATX GATX General American Transportation Corporation Rail Corporation, Bank One, Fireman's Fund-Parkway Insurance, to new ventures including BulkMarkets.com, High Tower Software, uBid.com, Autotrader.com, and Wildhippo.com. A full list of winners and categories is attached. About CMGI Solutions Launched in December of 1999, CMGI Solutions was created by applying CMGI's deep industry expertise in creating and operating innovative Internet companies. CMGI Solutions leverages the CMGI network of technology resources, other best-of-breed applications and CMGI's management expertise to offer an end-to-end e-Business solution for Global 2000 corporations and large dot.com companies. CMGI Solutions is headquartered in Andover, Mass. e.Millennium Award Recipients --Technology Excellence Award BulkMarkets.com, for their Web site WorldWineTrade.com, a trading exchange and auction site tailored to global wholesale buyers and sellers of wine. BulkMarkets.com designed a dynamic market where, for the first time, participants have real-time information about their products. Savings on market transactions have reached up to 19 percent. --Bricks and Clicks Award GATX Rail Corporation, a premier rail car leasing company - with more than 100 years of experience - which owns the largest privately held fleet of railroad railroad or railway, form of transportation most commonly consisting of steel rails, called tracks, on which freight cars, passenger cars, and other rolling stock are drawn by one locomotive or more. tank cars in the world with more than 80,000 cars. For development of a regulatory compliance and management e-solution that allows the company and its customers to calculate and measure the level of compliance that a tank car has in relationship to the complexities of the Federal Railroad Administration The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) was created in 1966 as a division of the U.S. Department of Transportation to promote rail transportation and safety. The FRA is one of 10 agencies within the Department of Transportation concerned with intermodal transportation. . Due to this technology, the cost of inspection decreased by roughly 50 percent per car. --Business-to-Employee First place - Bank One, the fourth largest banking institution in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , for development of a Customer Knowledge Center designed to help its employees in 14 states and more than 60 countries, manage some 45,000 customer relationships. The system led to increased revenues and productivity rates and increased levels of customer satisfaction. Second place - Autotrader.com, the world's largest online used car marketplace, for development of a nationwide Intranet that allows employees to receive accurate, up-to-date information on demand. The Intranet led to a 160 percent increase in sales. --Business-to-Consumer First place - uBid.com, an online auction and e-commerce site, for development of a solution to address customer satisfaction in relation to speed, accuracy and zero-delay in information on the Web site. The solution proved to be so successful that uBid.com sells the product as an adjunct adjunct (aj´ungkt), n a drug or other substance that serves a supplemental purpose in therapy. adjunct to the auction site. Second place - Wildhippo.com, an online department store, for development of a virtual e-Business framework with a front-end shopping site and five back-end support sites-much like a brick and mortar See bricks and mortar. establishment. After the system was implemented, revenues increased 400 percent. --Business-to-Business, Small Organization First place - BulkMarkets.com, see Technology Excellence Award above. Second place - High Tower Software, a world pioneer in visual representation of real-time e-Business data for providing information in a manner that helps their customers prevent costly problems. The implemented initiatives improved customer satisfaction and saved 80 percent in the time required to analyze data. --Business-to-Business, Large Organization First place - GATX Rail Corporation, see Bricks and Clicks Award above. Second place - Fireman's Fund-Parkway Insurance, an automobile insurance provider, for developing a site for its 19,000 employees and registered insurance agents to access customer information including policies, billing, claims and commission statements in a secure, protected environment. Since the site's introduction, productivity has jumped 10 percent. |
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