Intelligent Enterprise and TIBCO Software Announce Call for Nominations for First Annual Intelligent Enterprise AwardNew Program to Recognize Vision, Results and Leadership among Top IT ExecutivesPRNewswire Intelligent Enterprise Magazine, dedicated to helping organizations plan and deploy strategic business applications that turn information into intelligence, and presenting sponsor TIBCO Software Inc., (NASDAQ: TIBX), a leading business integration and process management software company that enables real-time business, today announced a call for nominations for the first annual Intelligent Enterprise Award. Nomination forms for this award are currently available at http://www.iesummit.com/ and will be accepted until Friday, July 15, 2005. Held in conjunction with the Intelligent Enterprise Summit, October 5 - 7, the winner of this award will be named at an evening award gala being held on Wed., Oct. 5, 2005 at the Dolce Norwalk Center for Leadership and Innovation in Norwalk, Conn. The Intelligent Enterprise Award recognizes IT executives and their ability to create and sell a vision, utilize technology as an enabler and ultimately deliver quantifiable results for the enterprise. Specifically, this award showcases the advanced use of enterprise applications such as an ERP or CRM systems, the ability to extract meaningful information from the systems and utilize the data to create real results for an organization that drives revenue, reduces costs and ultimately integrates a business organization. This award also recognizes the individual who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in his/her organization to sell the vision and motivate the team to get the project completed. The award is open to chief information officers, vice presidents and/or directors of enterprise applications, and vice presidents and/or directors of information technology, or their equivalents, who have demonstrated innovation and excellence, ultimately leading to tangible business results for their organization. "We are proud to be sponsoring an award that honors and recognizes outstanding leadership in the integration of information assets that ultimately deliver results to the business," said Ram Menon, senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing of TIBCO Software. "Focusing on the individuals doing a remarkable job managing the complex issues of business information to move their organizations forward raises the visibility of the entire industry as a whole." Intelligent Enterprise AWARD CRITERIA The Intelligent Enterprise Award 2005 honors the individual and his/her organization that has made the greatest positive impact through the innovative use of people, processes and technology to successfully bring together data and content from across the enterprise to deliver improved customer service, acquire greater understanding of their customers and deliver greater profits. This person can be a CIO, CTO, vice president, director or manager from IT, but cannot be employed by an enterprise application vendor or services provider. Other characteristics of Intelligent Enterprise Award nominees should include: -- Primary responsibility for enterprise applications and business
intelligence initiatives within an organization
-- An IT vision that supports the organization's strategy
-- A member of management
-- A proven track record of IT leadership
-- Employed by a business or oversee the enterprise applications for a
company or subsidiary located in the U.S.
-- Creation of a work environment that's positive and rewarding employees
Finalists should also be able to attend the award reception and gala on the evening of October 5, 2005 in Norwalk, Conn. in order to be recognized by peers and the industry in general. For questions about the Intelligent Enterprise Award Program, please contact Executive Alliance at ieaward@execalliance.com or call (404) 982-8562. About the Presenting Sponsor: TIBCO Software TIBCO Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TIBX) is a leading business integration and process management software company that enables real-time business. Real-Time Business is about helping companies become more cost-effective, more agile and more efficient. TIBCO has delivered the value of Real-Time Business, what TIBCO calls The Power of Now®, to over 2,000 customers around the world and in a wide variety of industries. For more information on TIBCO's proven enterprise backbone, business integration, business process management, and business optimization solutions, TIBCO can be reached at +1-650-846-1000 or on the Web at http://www.tibco.com/. TIBCO is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. TIBCO, the TIBCO logo, The Power of Now and TIBCO Software are trademarks or registered trademarks of TIBCO Software Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. All other product and company names and marks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners and are mentioned for identification purposes only. Media Contacts: Tracey Passuello Dana Dye Intelligent Enterprise The Bateman Group for TIBCO (516) 562-5647 (415) 503-1818, ext. 14 tpassuel@cmp.com danadye@bateman-group.com SOURCE: CMP Media LLC CONTACT: Tracey Passuello of Intelligent Enterprise, +1-516-562-5647, Web site: http://www.cmp.com/ Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/181993.html |