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ComputerWorld Mobile & Wireless World

June 9-10, 2008 · Marriott Doral Golf Resort & Spa, Miami, FL

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AWARD CATEGORIES

Business Evolution through Mobilizing Field Workers:
Demonstrates the adoption of mobile and wireless strategies and devices in the mobilized workforce.

Deploying Wireless Mobility in the Enterprise:
Demonstrates the ability of an IT organization to map and meet line of business challenges through top-down planning for wireless infrastructure.

Innovation and Promise:
Demonstrates successful pioneering of leading/bleeding-edge mobile and wireless networking technologies.



 

2008 "Best Practices in Mobile & Wireless" Awards

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View the 2007    Award Recipients

Computerworld's Mobile & Wireless World proudly announced the results of the "Best Practices in Mobile & Wireless" Awards Program. This program honors IT users "Best Practices in Mobile & Wireless" case studies selected from a field of qualified finalists. Honoree Award Recipients in each of the following categories were recognized during the "Best Practices in Mobile & Wireless" Awards Presentation at the Marriott Doral Golf Resort & Spa in Miami, Florida on June 10th.

Congratulations 2008 Award Recipients!

Category:
"Business Evolution through Mobilizing Field Workers"

Honoree:
Northrop Grumman Corporation, McLean, Virginia

Finalists:
BP, Warrenville, Illinois
Puckett EMS, Austell, Georgia
Visiting Nurse Service of New York, New York, New York
Wound Technology Network, Inc., Hollywood, Florida

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Category:
"Deploying Wireless Mobility in the Enterprise"

Honoree:
PODS Enterprises, Inc., Clearwater, Florida

Finalists:
Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan
Dolphin Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida
Land Rover, West Midlands, Great Britain
Roto-Rooter, Cincinnati, Ohio

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Category:
"Innovation and Promise"

Honoree:
RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

Finalists:
City of Anaheim, Anaheim, California
Infrastructure Management Institute at Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Kentucky
Northrop Grumman Corporation, McLean, Virginia
Oklahoma City IT Services Department, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma


Judges evaluate and rank the finalists in each category according to their substantiated mobile and wireless solution attributes and achievements against a set of criteria such as:

  • Strategic importance to the business.
  • Positive impact on other business/organization units.
  • Substantive customer impact (service, retention, acquisition).
  • Provides a strategic advantage to the business/organization while anticipating and accommodating the deployment of future mobile and wireless initiatives.
  • Financial return and measurable payback (returns on investment, assets, resources) through created/protected revenue opportunities or cost savings.
  • Addresses challenges of data, information and application security, etc.

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