Virtual, Inc. Wins 10 Awards in 2001 for Marketing and Communications Excellence.Business/Technology Editors WAKEFIELD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 20, 2002 Demonstrating its continuing leadership in association management programs, Virtual Inc. received 10 awards in 2001 for marketing and communications initiatives created on behalf of its association clients. Virtual provides comprehensive outsourced management and marketing services to global high-technology industry associations and corporations. Virtual's awards included: -- Galaxy Awards, 12th Annual International Competition for Excellence in Marketing, Brochures Category - Grand Award for ASP Industry Consortium (Application Service Provider Industry Consortium, Wakefield, MA) A now disbanded trade organization founded in 1999 dedicated to research and standards in the application service provider (ASP) industry. Membership Kit -- "Associations Advance America" Honor Roll, awarded by the American Society of Association Executives The American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) is a non-profit professional organization for executive directors and executive vice presidents of professional societies both in the United States and abroad. (ASAE ASAE American Society of Association Executives ASAE American Society of Agricultural Engineers (Society for Engineering in Agricultural, Food, and Biological Systems) ASAE Alkali-Sulfite-Anthraquinone-Ethanol ) for the ASP Industry Consortium -- Communicator Awards, Video Competition - Award of Distinction for ASP Industry Consortium Video News Release -- Communicator Awards -- Award of Distinction for Personalization Consortium Membership Campaign -- Communicator Awards -- Award of Distinction for Personalization Consortium Awareness Campaign -- Communicator Awards -- Honorable Mention for Personalization Press Kit -- Communicator Awards -- Honorable Mention for MSP (1) (Management Service Provider or Managed Service Provider) An organization that manages a customer's computer systems and networks which are either located on the customer's premises or at a third-party datacenter. Association Press Kit -- The Videographer A person involved in the production of video material. Videographers shoot the images with a video camera (analog or digital) and may perform minimal or extensive editing of the resulting footage. Awards - Award of Distinction for ASP Industry Consortium Video News Release, U.S. -- Bell Ringer Awards (Publicity Club of New England) - Merit Award for Best Product/Service Launch/B2B Campaign, for the MSP Association Membership Campaign -- Questar Awards - Honors Award for ASP Industry Consortium Video News Release, U.S. Associations of all types and sizes look to Virtual to provide and manage the technology driving many areas of their operations, including membership services, finance, Web sites, electronic communications and e-commerce - where the cutting-edge capabilities of Avectra software are key enablers. Virtual has successfully launched a number of high-profile international industry associations, including the ASP Industry Consortium (Application Service Providers - which grew from 25 founding members to a membership roster of more than 500), PICMG An industry consortium that develops specifications for backplanes and interconnects for electronic equipment in the industrial and telecom fields. It was founded in 1994 as the PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group, hence the acronym. (PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group - which has grown from four members to more than 600) and the Mobile Payment Forum (launched in November 2001 and already boasting over 80 members). About Virtual, Inc. Virtual provides the staff, facilities and expertise to build and manage high-tech industry associations and offers comprehensive management of marketing communications for high-tech corporations. Over the past two years, Virtual has won dozens of national and regional awards for marketing, public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most and association management programs and services. For more information on Virtual, Inc., visit www.virtualmgmt.com or call Patti Gormley at 781-876-6227. |
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