Smithsonian Institute's Permanent Research Collection Enriched by Amdahl Customers.Business Editors SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 4, 2000 Alaska Airlines Alaska Airlines, (NYSE: ALK) is an airline based in Seattle, Washington, United States. It operates hubs at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Los Angeles International Airport, and Portland International Airport. , British Airways British Airways in full British Airways PLC International passenger airline based in London. In 1936 British Airways Ltd. was founded through the merger of three smaller airlines. PLC, Canadian Payments Association The Canadian Payments Association (CPA) is a not-for profit association created in 1980 by an act of parliament, the Canadian Payments Act, to "establish and operate national systems for the clearing and settlement of payments and other arrangements for the making or exchange of and Dow Corning Dow Corning is a multinational corporation headquartered in Midland, Michigan, USA. Dow Corning specializes in silicon and silicone-based technology, offering more than 7,000 products and services. Dow Corning is equally owned by The Dow Chemical Company and Corning, Inc. Corporation now part of Permanent Research Collection Four Amdahl customers who were nominated for Computerworld Smithsonian Technology Awards saw case studies on their work become part of the Permanent Research Collection on Information Technology at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History The National Museum of American History is a museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution and located in Washington, D.C., on the National Mall. It opened in 1964 as the Museum of History and Technology and adopted its current name in 1980. on Monday April 3, when the 2000 Information Technology Innovation Collection was formally presented to the Institution. David B. Wright, President and Chief Executive Officer of Amdahl Corporation (company) Amdahl Corporation - A US computer manufacturer. Amdahl is a major supplier of large mainframes, UNIX and Open Systems software and servers, data storage subsystems, data communications products, applications development software, and a variety of educational and nominated Alaska Airlines and British Airways PLC in the Transportation category; Canadian Payments Association's Large Value Transfer System (LVTS LVTS Large Value Transfer System (SAGUS Security) LVTS Local Video Teleconferencing Service ) in the Finance, Insurance & Real Estate category; and Dow Corning Corporation's Process Re-engineering through Information Delivery Excellence (PRIDE) in the Business & Related Services category. The work of each of these nominees will be included in a collection that features more than 440 of the year's most innovative applications of technology from 38 states and 21 countries, as well as the contributions of all nominees during the last decade. "We're very proud that Amdahl provided core technology and solutions-based consulting and implementation services for these outstanding applications," said Mr. Wright. Mr. Wright is a member of the Computerworld Smithsonian's Chairman's Search Committee, which includes 100 information technology chairmen, presidents and CEOs. At Alaska Airlines, Amdahl technology makes it possible for airline passengers to perform self service check-in and receive their boarding passes at conveniently located kiosks, or via the Internet, eliminating the need to stand in line at congested con·gest·ed adj. Affected with or characterized by congestion. congested ENT adjective Referring to a boggy blood-filled tissue. See Nasal congestion. areas of the airport. British Airways PLC has used Amdahl technology to develop a powerful customer relationship system that allows the airline to respond to direct customer inquiries and meets customer needs for complete travel packages. With Canadian Payments Association's LVTS, participating financial institutions can send secure payments in Canadian dollars across the country instantaneously with complete confidence that the received funds are available. Dow Corning Corporation's PRIDE makes it possible for up to 1400 simultaneous users in as many as 30 countries to interact with a single set of business workflows in nine languages, facilitating the creation of global products and consistent global supply flow. Case studies from the 2000 Computerworld Smithsonian Collection will be available at www.cwsmithsonian.org, the official Internet site of the Computerworld Smithsonian program. Award winners in each category will be honored at a gala event at the National Building Museum in June 2000. About Amdahl Corporation: http://www.amdahl.com/about Amdahl is a registered trademark. All other trademarks and product names are the property of their respective owners. NOTE TO EDITORS: Amdahl news releases are available on the Internet at www.amdahl.com , the Amdahl Corporation home page. The Amdahl site provides current, in-depth information on Amdahl offerings and solutions for enterprise computing Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. . |
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