PRESS RELEASE
November 17, 2004
Distinguished Group of Growing Organizations Honored for Their
Innovative Use of Networking Technology
SAN JOSE, Calif., November 17, 2004 - Cisco Systems® today
announced the winners of its 4th annual Cisco Growing with Technology
Awards, which recognize growing organizations for their unique adoption
of networking solutions to drive business success.
One grand-prize winner and two runners-up in each of five categories
were selected from more than 700 applications received by Cisco
for this year's contest. Representatives from Cisco worked with
a diverse panel of industry experts to narrow the broad field of
entrants and select the 15 winning companies.
"The Cisco Growing with Technology Awards program recognizes
organizations that embrace technology in new and exciting ways,"
said David Morgan, CEO of D.W. Morgan Company, 2003 grand-prize
winner and one of this year's judges. "Each organization illustrated
the importance of harnessing the power that networking technology
can bring to a business and community. The winners utilized technologies
that were new to their organization in order to take their business
to a higher level of agility and efficiency."
Innovators in Operational Excellence
Grand Prize: Central Utah Clinic (525 employees), based in Provo,
Utah
Runners-up: General Services of Virginia, Inc. (300 employees),
based Winchester, Va.; and IdleAire Technologies (450 employees),
based in Knoxville, Tenn.
Scott Butler - 703.964.4000 ext. 111, butler.scott@tangoinc.com
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