TECHXNY - New York's Technology Week Introduces Best of Show Awards Program for 2004 Event

Submission Deadline: September 30, 2004

PRNewswire
NEW YORK
Jun 9, 2004

CMP Media's TECHXNY -- New York's Technology Week today announced the Best of Show Awards program. The awards program will recognize the most innovative personal technology and corporate IT products and solutions at the event. Judges for the program will include editors and leading journalists from leading information technology and business outlets.

Only exhibiting companies at New York's Technology Week, within one of its co-located events, [CETEX, OutsourceWorld, RFID World, Tom's Hardware Expo and Wireless Workforce] are eligible to be considered for a Best of Show Award. In order to qualify, companies must be announcing a new business IT product/solution or demonstrating it for the first time at the event in October.

   Categories will include:

   Best Business Solution
   Best Security Solution
   Best Storage Solution
   Best Digital Solution
   Best Consumer Electronics Solution
   Best Mobile/Wireless Solution
   Best RFID Solution
   Best Software Solution
   Best Hardware Solution
   Best Networking Solution
   Best Outsourcing Solution

All TECHXNY Best of Show entries should be submitted to awards@techxny.com by September 30, 2004. For more information, please visit http://www.techxny.com/awards.cfm

"Each year, hundreds of new business technology solutions and services are introduced at TECHXNY that have a dramatic impact on the future of the IT industry," said Christina Condos, Show Director of TECHXNY. "With our new, improved line-up of events and special programs, we anticipate an even more exciting program with even more new and improved products and solutions."

TECHXNY - New York's Technology Week will be held October 5-7, 2004 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. This event will include the following expos and conferences:

   -- TECHXNY - for IT Business Solutions - highlighting the latest
      innovations in business technology products and services
   -- CETEX - Consumer Electronics Trade Expo - including the Digital Home
      Pavilion sponsored by BusinessWeek, Esquire, Parks Associates and
      Digital Connect
   -- RFID World - where enterprise IT managers up to CIOs and senior level
      executives can gain comprehensive information about RFID technology,
      applications and solutions
   -- Tom's Hardware Expo - featuring the leading hardware vendors who will
      demonstrate the hardware and solutions essential to business
   -- Wireless Workforce - where business executives can learn what advanced
      wireless technologies can do for their business
   -- OutsourceWorld - focuses on the world's leading service providers and
      will offer an insight into the benefits and pitfalls of outsourcing
   -- BPO Connections - a matchmaking, sales and networking event for
      companies seeking BPO solutions and services

  For more information on the event visit www.techxny.com

  About TECHXNY

TECHXNY - New York's Technology Week, (formerly PC EXPO) in its 22nd year, is the largest and most successful IT business event serving the ever-changing technology industry in North America. In 2003, TECHXNY attracted over 20,500* qualified business attendees (*independently audited by Exhibit Surveys). TECHXNY combines focused events to help the industry's top buyers access the latest developments and cost-effective technology solutions. Targeted events including Wireless Workforce, CETEX (Consumer Electronics Trade Expo), RFID World, Tom's Hardware Expo and OutsourceWorld as well as a series of top-level conference sessions and forums which will all run concurrently at the Javits Center from October 5-7, 2004 - creating the premier platform for IT professionals in North America.

About CMP Media LLC

CMP Media LLC is a leading integrated media company providing essential information and marketing services to the entire technology spectrum -- the builders, sellers and users of technology worldwide. Capitalizing on its editorial strength, CMP is uniquely positioned to offer marketers comprehensive, integrated media solutions tailored to meet their individual needs. Its diverse products and services include newspapers, magazines, Internet products, research, direct marketing services, education and training, trade shows and conferences, and custom publishing.

  For more information contact:
  Meryl Franzman
  617-739-1769

SOURCE: CMP Media LLC

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