ViewSonic airpanel V150 wins the 2003 American Business Award for best new product.ViewSonic Corp. has announced that its airpanel V150 Smart Display has won the 2003 "Stevie" Award for Best New Product in the first-ever American Business Awards on last Wednesday night. The airpanel V150 was praised for its ability to liberate people from the confines of desktop computing by allowing them to experience always-on, anytime connectivity to a PC from anywhere in the home. Hailed as "the business world's own Oscars" by the New York Post The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and the oldest to have been published continually as a daily.[3] Since 1976, it has been owned by Australian-born billionaire Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation and is one of the 10 (September 22, 2002), the American Business Awards are the first national, all-encompassing business awards program honoring great performances in the workplace. In winning the Stevie, ViewSonic beat out other finalists including Burger King, Xerox Corp., Siemens and MadWaves USA. With a bright, bold 15" screen and full mobile capabilities, the airpanel V150 provides consumers the freedom to compute remotely by accessing all the data on their Windows XP The previous client version of Windows. XP was a major upgrade to the client version of Windows 2000 with numerous changes to the user interface. XP improved support for gaming, digital photography, instant messaging, wireless networking and sharing connections to the Internet. Professional home PCs from virtually anywhere in their homes. The airpanel V150 includes integrated wireless 802.11 Wi-Fi technology, a USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. wireless adapter A device that adds wireless connectivity to a computer or PDA. It is attached via a USB port, PC Card, memory card or is plugged into the PCI bus inside the computer. There are three types of wireless adapters: Wi-Fi, cellular and Bluetooth. solution and an upgrade to the Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. XP Professional operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. and is currently available for $999 at leading online and storefront retailers. "ViewSonic understands that today's consumers are seeking versatility along with flexibility and our airpanel V150 offers both by providing the ability to access their desktop PC when, where and how they want," said James Chu, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , ViewSonic. "This award validates our company vision to deliver the next wave of change in technology-where people use displays as the focal point focal point n. See focus. for accessing and controlling both information and entertainment as part of a display-centric lifestyle." Chu was named a finalist in the Best Executive category of the Stevie Awards The Stevie Awards were created in 2002 to honor and generate public recognition of the efforts, accomplishments, and positive contributions of companies and business people worldwide. . Almost 500 nominations from companies of all sizes, and in virtually every industry, were submitted for consideration in additional categories, including Best Overall Company, Best Salesperson, and Best Corporate Web Site. Members of the American Business Awards' Board of Distinguished Judges & Advisors and their staffs selected Stevie winners. The Board includes business luminaries such as Rich Karlgaard, publisher of Forbes, Bruce Nelson, chairman & CEO of Office Depot, marketing gurus Don Peppers and Martha Rogers, Anthony Robbins, chairman & CEO of The Anthony Robbins Companies, Drew Schutte, publisher of Wired Magazine, Jeffrey Tarr, chairman & CEO of Hoover's Inc., and Donald Trump, chairman, president and CEO of The Trump Organization. Finalists were selected by business professionals nationwide during February and March. "With the Stevie Awards, business people now have the opportunity to win the same sort of positive attention that up till now only entertainment celebrities could get," said Michael Gallagher, founder and president of The Stevie Awards, the organization that runs The American Business Awards. "Tonight we took a giant leap forward in recognizing companies and the people who work for them for their positive efforts, accomplishments, and contributions to their communities." ViewSonic Corp., a Visual Technologies leader, offers comprehensive display solutions for today's business, Internet, education and entertainment markets. The company's products have won more than 1,000 awards globally from independent publications and organizations. Headquartered in Walnut, Calif., ViewSonic was founded in 1987 and is a privately held corporation Noun 1. privately held corporation - a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market close corporation, closed corporation, private corporation . |
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