FRAMINGHAM, MA — (Marketwire) — 03/19/13 — IDG-s , honoring and documenting visionary applications of information technology moving businesses forward and benefiting society, has selected 268 Laureates for 2013. These individuals will be commemorated during the Annual Laureate Medal Ceremony & Gala Awards Evening on June 3, 2013 at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C.
On this 25th anniversary of the award program, Computerworld continues to recognize individuals and organizations that create and use information technology to promote positive social, economic and educational change. The 2013 award categories are:
Collaboration
Economic Development
Emerging Technology
Health
Human Services
Innovation
Mobile Access
Philanthropy
Safety & Security
Sustainability
World-Good
“Technology continues to play a pivotal role in transforming how business and society functions. For the past 25 years, the Computerworld Honors Program has had the privilege of celebrating innovative IT achievements,” said John Amato, vice president & publisher, Computerworld. “Computerworld is honored to recognize the outstanding accomplishments of the 2013 class of Laureates and to share their work. These projects demonstrate how IT can advance organizations- ability to compete, innovate, communicate and prosper.”
During the 2013 Gala, Laureates will be recognized publicly with a medallion inscribed with the Program-s mission, “A Search for New Heroes” and their case studies will be formally inducted into the program-s International Archives.
At the Gala Evening, additional honors are given to 55 Laureates whose case studies are selected as finalists for a 21st Century Achievement Award. The five finalists in each of the eleven categories represent outstanding innovation within the information technology field. The 21st Century Achievement Awards are then given to one Finalist in each category, singled out for special recognition by the Program Judges to be the very best among their peers.
“The evening truly embodies the power information technology has in building businesses and connecting individuals so that society continues to innovate, communicate and thrive now and for future generations,” said Amato.
3M
4-VA
CAQH
Colorado Governor-s Office of Information Technology
Cyber Defence Challenge
Defense Information System Agency (DISA), Modeling and Simulation Division, Enterprise Analysis Branch (EE44)
Explorys
George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation Network (NEES)
Global Health Delivery Project at Harvard
Huddle
ICT4TD Learning Centre
Itasca Area Schools Collaborative
Literacy Bridge
Massachusetts General Hospital
Office of Management and Budget
Pennsylvania Justice Network
Plum Organics
San Jose Water Company
Schools of Isolated and Distance Education Western Australia
Technology For All
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Pacific Command
U.S. Dept. of State
City of Boston
Clackamas County
Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
eKuber Ventures Inc.
Engro Foods Limited
Genesys Works
Globant
Government of the District of Columbia – DC-NET
Horizon Telcom
HP (2 case studies recognized in this category)
IndiSoft/Hope LoanPort
King County Department of Information Technology
Liebherr Mining Equipment Newport News Co.
National Community Stabilization Trust
NComputing
Nepal Clearing House Ltd.
Northwest Open Access Network (NoaNet)
Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry
PlanNet Finance Group – StarShea Ltd.
Savi Technology
Solar Sister
UNDP
Unique Identification Authority of India
Verizon Wireless
10gen
Bexar County
BISON
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Commercial Bank of Africa
Computer Sciences Corporation
Cook Children-s Healthcare Network
Directorate of Information Technology (DIT), Government of Maharashtra, India
Fisker Automotive
Gravitant
HBF
J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI)
Marist College
MemSQL
Mercy
Miami Children-s Hospital
Morgridge Institute for Research
Nexthink
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
Ohio Academic Resources Network
Oregon Secretary of State
Persistent Systems Ltd.
Search Engine Incorporated
Temperature@lert
United Nations Global Pulse
University of Kentucky
BioGrid Australia
Carestream Health
Certify Data Systems
Christiana Care Health System
Cisco Systems
Colleagues In Care Global Health Network
CURE International
Ft. Defiance Indian Hospital Board
GlobalMed
Grameen Foundation
HCA Information Technology and Services
HP
Independent Living Systems
MarkLogic
Medical University of South Carolina
Mellanox Technologies
Miami Children-s Hospital (MCH)
Microsoft Research
Moffitt Cancer Center
National Government Services, Inc.
NuVasive, Inc.
PPD
Practice Fusion
Ptolemy Data Systems
SoloHealth
University of Tennessee Health Science Center Office of Biomedical Informatics
UpToDate & Global Health Delivery Project at Harvard University (GHDonline)
Airbnb
Allegheny County Department of Human Services
American Student Assistance
Big Brothers Big Sisters Canada
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Group: Informatics Research & Development Activity (IRDA), Public Health Surveillance & Informatics Program Office, Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services (OSELS)
Childfund International
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Public Welfare
Community Plates
CredAbility
Department of Education, Medellin, Colombia
Employment Development Department (EDD)
Feeding America
Ford Motor Co
HCA IT&S Information Technology
International Rescue Committe (IRC)
Interservicios Limitada
Maricopa County MCESA and OET
Microsoft Research
MITRE Center for Veterans Enterprise Transformation
OneCommunity
Parsons
Sahana Software Foundation
Secure Telehealth
Sense Corp
The Smith Family
Thresholds
U.S. Census Bureau
Watsi
Youth Policy Institute
California Department of Motor Vehicles
Cisco
City of Boston
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Computer Sciences Corporation
DataXu
Dell SecureWorks
Deque Systems
Directorate of Information Technology (DIT), Government of Maharashtra, India
Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program
Federal Student Aid
Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research
HP
HQDA Deputy Chief of Staff G-3/5/7 DAMO-FME Enterprise Management Decision Support (EMDS), Pentagon
Internet2 (and its members)
MicroTech
Mitsui Knowledge Industry Co., Ltd.
NASA Office of the Chief Information Officer
OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Incorporated
PRHI- Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative
The Nemours Foundation
True Office
University of California Merced
UPMC Mercy Hospital
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
Xerox Corporation
2X Software
American Cancer Society
Arshnet Technologies
California Emerging Technology Fund, California 2-1-1/United Ways of California
Canvas
Cisco Systems
City and County of San Francisco
City of Columbus – Department of Technology
Continuum Health Partners, Inc
Hennepin County
Indiana University
Lehigh Valley Health Network
LifeWIRE Corp
Merit Network, Inc.
Net Power & Light
Novation
Samsung Electronics America
Team Rubicon
Technology Works!
The Smithsonian Institution
Tohono O-odham Community College
United States Coast Guard
Welfare Client Data Systems
(ISC)2 Foundation
Allstate Insurance Company
AMD Foundation
Budge Inc.
CA Technologies
ConnectToTech, Inc.
Credit Suisse – Information Technology
DataKind
EKOICT
Infor
Institute of Information Science (IZUM)
Kellogg Company
LINGOs (Learning in NGOs)
Littelfuse Inc.
McAfee
MCNC
NetSuite
New Signature
School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida
Silicon Valley Education Foundation
SMART Technologies
Solstice Mobile
Tech Impact (formerly NPower Pennsylvania)
The Hershey Company
TIBCO Software Inc.
Alabama Computer Forensics Institute
Anaheim Police Department
Cisco Systems
City of Ann Arbor
City of Richmond (VA), Department of Information Technology
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Public Welfare
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection (CIP), Michigan Department of Technology Management and Budget (DTMB)
Dell SonicWALL
Department of Public Welfare
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hewlett-Packard
IDV Solutions
Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate (I2WD)
International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber Threats
Jersey City Office of Emergency Management & Homeland Security
Long Beach Police Department
NASA Office of the Chief Information Officer, Information Security Division
Nationwide Children-s Hospital
Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (NAVMETOCCOM)
Opera Solutions Government Services
Plugout
Real-Time Technology Group
Sensuss
Texas Department of Transportation
Thailand Royal Irrigation Department
Town of Longboat Key
Aetna Innovation, Technology & Service Operations
Biodiversity Heritage Library
Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP)
City University of Hong Kong
Coyote Logistics
Energy Future Holdings
HP Data Center Services – Global Facilities
IBM
IT-VETS Inc
Lehigh Hanson, Inc.
Liquidity Services
Microsoft Corporation
Quality Attributes Sotware
SAP AG
Schizophrenia Society of Canada
SmartDrive Sysems Inc.
TellEmotion, Inc.
The Energy Authority
The Green Grid
The Hartford
Verne Global
Dell
Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Government of India
Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation
Federal Health Architecture
Frog
Gemalto
Human Rights & International Criminal Law Online Forum
Infosys Limited
Marist College
Millenniata, Inc.
Ministry of Culture, Media and Information Society of Serbia
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Luxembourg
ORTEC Consulting Group / ORTEC BV
TM Forum
United Nations Development Programme
US Army, Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC), Space and Terrestrial Communications Directorate (S&TCD)
To learn more about sponsor opportunities surrounding The Computerworld Honors Program, please contact John Amato, for more information at or 508-820-8279.
Founded by International Data Group (IDG) in 1988, The Computerworld Honors Program is governed by the not-for-profit Computerworld Information Technology Awards Foundation. Computerworld Honors is the longest running global program to honor individuals and organizations that use information technology to promote positive social, economic and educational change. Additional information about the program and a Global Archive of past Laureate case studies and oral histories of Leadership Award recipients can be found at the Computerworld Honors website .
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