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NMITSA Announces 2007 New Mexico IT Excellence Awards Finalists
NMITSA Announces 2007 New Mexico IT Excellence Awards Finalists
[Albuquerque, NM, OCT 26, 2007] – The New Mexico Information Technology and Software Association (NMITSA), the state’s largest advocacy group for IT & software related business, announced today the finalists for this year’s IT Excellence Awards. Companies from across New Mexico took part in this year’s competition, which seeks the best and most successful implementation of an IT or software solution, across several categories, produced by a New Mexico-based company or organization. Solution Awards will be presented in eight categories: Commercial Software, Custom Software, Innovative Research, Integrated Systems, IT Infrastructure, IT Support, Hardware and Embedded Systems, and Internet Solutions. In addition, four achievement awards will be presented to individuals and organizations that have made extraordinary contributions to industry leadership, support, and promotion of IT in education throughout the state.
Sponsored in part by the New Mexico Business Weekly, News Radio 770 KKOB AM, and Sandia National Laboratories, the third annual IT Excellence Awards will be held in Albuquerque on November 15th, 2007 at the Embassy Suites, from 6 to 9PM.
The leaders of New Mexico’s information technology community will join for a gala evening to recognize and celebrate excellence and technical achievement in the New Mexico IT industry. Jim Villanucci, comedian and host of the most listened to radio show in New Mexico will host the evening. Jeff Barr, web services evangelist from Amazon.com will keynote the event. NMITSA has made tickets available on its website at nmitsa.org.
NMITSA – 2007 IT Excellence Solution Awards Finalists:
Commercial Software
• ABC Coding Solutions – eClaim.biz
• Avistar – Wireless Substation Monitoring
• Ultramain Systems – efbFlightLogs
Custom Software
• Infotech Support – Wesstcorp Microenterprise Support Tool
• New Mexico State University – UNO Project: Changing the Culture of a University in Three Years with an ERP Project
• POD – Public Education Automated Budget Management System (ABMS)
Innovative Research
• ABC Coding Solutions – eClaim.biz
• Sandia National Laboratories – Adaptive Thinking and Leadership Simulation
• WESST Corp – ezSEO
Integrated Systems
• Game Production Services, LLC dba Abalone Studios – Future Combat Systems Mobile Demonstration Trailer (FCS MDT)
• Lumidigm – Unified Development Platform for Multi-Sensor Integration
• POD – Public Education Automated Budget Management System (ABMS)
IT Infrastructure
• Blue Jay Enterprises – Santa Fe Public Schools QMOE Project
• Sandia National Laboratories – Collaborative Conference Rooms
• Technology Integration Group – SNL Razor Cluster
IT Support
• First Community Bank – Virtualization of the Corporate Desktop Using Softgrid and Citrix
• Pat Campbell Insurance – A Business Ready Network
• Sandia National Laboratories – Internal Web Redesign
Hardware and Embedded Systems
• Avistar – Wireless Substation Monitoring
• Lumidigm – Venus Series Embedded Processing for Performance and Security
• Novint Technologies – The Novint Falcon
Internet Solutions
• ABC Coding Solutions – eClaim.biz
• New Mexico State University – UNO Project: Changing the Culture of a University in Three Years with an ERP Project
• Ultramain Systems – efbFlightLogs
NMITSA – 2007 IT Excellence Achievement Award Nominees:
Industry Leadership
• Andrew L. Baca, President and CEO, Abba Technologies, Inc.
• Eclipse Aviation
• Gigablast
• Eric Whitmore, Program Coordinator, UNM ARTS (Art, Research, Technology & Science) Lab
Nominees for Achievement in Industry Support
• New Mexico State Investment Council
• Jane Pelz, Webmaster, Sandia Laboratory Federal Credit Union
• Technology Ventures Corporation
• Eric Witt, Director of Media Industries Development, NM Governor Richardson’s Office
Nominees for Achievement in Information Technology in Education – Organization
• The Ibero-American Science and Technology Education Consortium
• Sequoia Solutions
• The Uptime Institute
Nominees for Achievement in Information Technology in Education – Individual
• Michael Hites, Vice President and CIO, New Mexico State University
• John Phaklides, Technology Director, Santa Fe Public Schools
• Tom Ryan, Executive Director of Technology, Albuquerque Public Schools
• Jonathan Wolfe, President, Fractal Foundation
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