CMP Media's 'Intelligent Enterprise' Identifies the 24 Most Influential Companies in ITPRNewswire Finalists for the 2000 "Intelligent Enterprise" IT Dozen Awards were announced today by editorial director David Stodder. As corporations begin to judge success by their ability to leverage their information assets for strategic advantage, the IT Dozen names the leading vendors epitomizing the "intelligent enterprise." The 12 most influential companies in IT will be announced in the January 1, "millennium" issue of "Intelligent Enterprise." Other finalists will be named "Companies to Watch." Information about this upcoming issue and award is available online at: http://www.iemagazine.com/99edtcal.shtml . "With rapid change now the rule, no company dominates the IT industry all by itself," states Stodder. "The most influential leaders combine technology innovation, market strength, and a shrewd ability to do whatever it takes to meet customers' needs in business intelligence, CRM, enterprise application integration, and other key areas. Along with established providers, this year's editors' choice list features many exciting new companies. Our congratulations to all 24." The finalists for the 2000 "Intelligent Enterprise" IT Dozen Editors' Choice Awards are (listed alphabetically): Active Software Bluestone Software BroadVision Business Objects EMC E.piphany Extricity Software IBM Intel i2 Technologies Hewlett-Packard Hyperion Solutions Microsoft Oracle Persistence Software Qwest Communications International SAP SAS Institute Siebel Systems SPSS Sun Microsystems Sybase TopTier Software VIT About "Intelligent Enterprise" Intelligent Enterprise focuses on enterprise solutions for business intelligence. Its print edition (18x annually) reaches more than 100,000 IT and business leaders who develop, manage, and purchase business intelligence solutions and related technologies for competitive advantage. The Intelligent Enterprise Web portal (http://www.iemagazine.com/ ) offers instant access to information and expertise relating to business intelligence. Solutions covered include decision support, data warehousing, CRM (customer relationship management), and e-commerce. Qualified subscriptions are available at: http://www.iemagazine.com/subs.shtml . About CMP Media CMP Media Inc., a division of Miller Freeman and subsidiary of United News & Media plc (NASDAQ: UNEWY), is the leading high-tech media company providing essential information and marketing services to the entire technology spectrum-the builders, sellers and users of technology worldwide. With its portfolio of newspapers, magazines, custom publishing, Internet products, research, consulting and conferences, CMP is uniquely positioned to offer marketers comprehensive, integrated solutions tailored to meet their individual needs. Online editions of the company's print publications, along with products and services created exclusively for the Internet, can be found on CMPnet at http://www.CMPnet.com. Related Web sites: Intelligent Enterprise (http://www.iemagazine.com/) CMPnet (http://www.cmpnet.com/ ) SOURCE: Miller Freeman, Inc. Contact: David Kalman, Publisher, 650-655-4251, or dkalman@mfi.com, or Website: http://www.iemagazine.com/ Website: http://www.cmpnet.com/ Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/124942.html or fax, |