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Gartner Vision Events Announces Winners and Nominees of the Midsize Enterprise Innovation™ Awards


Hundreds of senior IT executives who attended the recent Midsize Enterprise Summit, completed confidential ballots to select technology vendors for Midsize Enterprise Innovation Awards. During the awards ceremony on September 12, 2003, corporate sponsors and vendors were recognized for these achievements:


for the best overall technology solution designed for the midsize enterprise

Nominees:
Citrix Systems and PerformanceIT


Award Winner:


NPI is a privately held company who offers high-tech financial advice by reviewing a company’s IT spending to ensure it is in-line with current market conditions. NPI provides assessments of all expenditures (hardware, software, services, maintenance) and delivers a comparative analysis of a company’s spending levels versus the industry standard using NPI’s fair-market-value database. With this innovative offering, NPI guarantees a 100% ROI in the first year of service.


for the best overall technology solution designed for midsize manufacturing businesses

Nominees:
PeopleSoft and
Selectica


Award Winners (tie):

Citrix Systems, Inc. is the global leader in access infrastructure solutions for businesses, government agencies, and educational institutions. The most trusted name in enterprise access, the Citrix® MetaFrame® Access Suite enables people to easily and securely access the on-demand enterprise, from anywhere, anytime, using any device over any connection. Based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Citrix has offices in 22 countries, and more than 7,000 channel and alliance partners in more than 100 countries.

Gateway, Inc. is a leading branded integrator of technology solutions for education, government, SMB and enterprise markets. For nearly 20 years, the Gateway team has provided a superior customer experience by making the purchase, use and support of technology simple. This enables organizations to be more productive, allowing them to focus on their core business. For more information on Gateway products and services, visit www.gateway.com/business.



for the best overall technology solution designed for midtier banks

Nominees:
Informatica Corporation and MicronPC


Award Winner:

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. products have been readily adopted by banks and credit unions in the midtier market segment to capitalize on the strong integration offered between the core solution and complementary products. With its SilverLake System® in the banking industry and Episys™ in the credit union industry, Jack Henry now services over 70 institutions with assets in excess of $1 billion.



for creativity in design and delivery of the company’s midmarket message through Boardroom presentations

Nominees:
PerformanceIT and PowerQuest Corporation

Award Winner:

NEC Solutions America, a world-class IT services provider, brings a business services perspective and new forms of accountability to unlock the full potential of the connected enterprise. Our offers in the areas of Business Service Management, Application Data Management, Network Security, Managed Services and Professional Services are specially designed to address the expanding challenges of today’s Connected Enterprise.



for recognition of the most integrated, high-visibility promotional effort throughout Midsize Enterprise Summit

Nominees:
Dell and
PerformanceIT


Award Winner:


Gateway, Inc. is a leading branded integrator of technology solutions for education, government, SMB and enterprise markets. For nearly 20 years, the Gateway team has provided a superior customer experience by making the purchase, use and support of technology simple. This enables organizations to be more productive, allowing them to focus on their core business.

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