THE LAUREATE THE COMPUTERWORLD HONORS PROGRAM | 2011 sybase congratulates our 2011 computerworld Honors laureates Bulgarian Electricity System Operator Cherry Creek School District Citizens Financial Group Everything Everywhere Limited JAGTAG Kodak Imaging Network Korea Ministry of Public Administration and Security (MOPAS) Matrix Systems and Solutions Medihelp Mobikash Afrika Congratulations Municipality of Aarhus 2011 Computerworld Honors Program New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Laureates, Finalists, and Services — NY-ALERT 21st Century Achievement Award Recipients Oasis Medical Solutions Philippine Social Security System (SSS) Rafael Belloso Chacin University (URBE) Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research State of Maine Department of Health and Human Services Ready for what’s next. Swiss Medical Group, Argentina The desire to make a difference is the fi rst step that leads to success. Booz Allen Hamilton, a leading strategy and technology consulting fi rm, is proud Turkish Derivatives Exchange, Inc. (TurkDEX) to recognize the 2011 Computerworld Honors Program honorees. Thanks to your vision, commitment, and innovative use of IT, you’re making the world a better place.
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9 10 THE COMPUTERWORLD HONORS PROGRAM | JUNE 2011 THE LAUREATES promote and advance thepublicwelfare, benefit society, and organizations that create to anduse information technology The 2011 Computerworld Honors Program Honors The 2011Computerworld recognizes those CATEGORIES new businessesandjobopportunities development programs, providefor entrepreneurs, support or contribute tothecreation of Recognizes organizations for theinnovative useof IT to create, improve orexpand economic Economic Opportunity populations underserved of digitalinformation andaccess toWeb-based programs topreviously andservices Recognizes organizations for theinnovative applicationof ITto extend thedistribution Digital Access research initiatives across organizations, industries,countries and/or continents enable collaboration onmutually benefi social,environmental,cial economic, healthor Recognizes organizations for theinnovative useof IT to promote knowledge-sharing and Collaboration of theorganization the businessenvironment orbusinesschallenges inordertoadvance andsustainthegoals use of ITtoimprove businessresponsiveness in termsof responding tocustomerneeds, Recognizes organizations nominated by Chairmen's Committee companies for theinnovative Business Responsiveness change the world for thebetter. Thecategoriesare: FOR 2011 AWARDS those previously underserved and/or extend thereach of education and training to newand/or wider audiences, particularly Recognizes organizations for theinnovative useof IT to create andimprove learningprograms Training/Education and securityof the populations they serve Recognizes organizations for theinnovative applicationof ITto significantly improve the safety Safety &Security security orwell-being plication ofinanewanduniqueway toadvance anexistingtechnology overall human health, Recognizes organizations for thedesignanddevelopment of newtechnologies and/or theap- Innovation topopulationsinneed services programs that provide mentalhealthorother social food transportation, andnutrition,housing, Recognizes organizations for theinnovative useof IT to e developectively or deliver public Human Services access toorthea ordability of healthcare tic ortreatment improve methodsandservices, thesafety and qualityof patientcare, orimprove Recognizes organizations for theinnovative useof research, IT to conduct develop newdiagnos- Health regional environmental problems or create andimplementnewproducts,processes, programs tohelpsolve orservices global or Recognizes organizations for theinnovative applicationof ITto reduce waste, conserve energy, Environment unproven toadvance programs technology thatbenefi and services t humanity Recognizes organizations for theboldandinnovative creation oruseof leading-edge andlargely Emerging Technology 11 THE COMPUTERWORLD HONORS PROGRAM | JUNE 2011 12 THE COMPUTERWORLD HONORS PROGRAM | JUNE 2011 THE LAUREATES Nominated by Cisco ability too er newservices expands regional government’s costs, improves e and ciency Cloud computing adoptioncuts Vblock Castilla-La Mancha Spain Castilla-La Mancha, Government Castilla-La Mancha Nominated by Accenture AS entity inNorway free for any privateorgovernment e ciently integratetheirservices; private andpublicentitiesto engine enabling with itsservice collaboration onaSOA architecture, Integrated platform provides Altinn II Brønnøysund, Norway trene Bronnoysundregis- FINALIST Solutions Nominated by Cognizant Technology reducing costs security for while memberservices improves performance, quality and Centrally managed model service NCNU at AAA Managed Testing Center Walnut Calif. Creek, & Utah Nevada California, Northern AAA Responsiveness Business Nominated by HCLAXON to eachtrainroute right peopleare e ciently assigned railroad crews, ensuringthatthe the complex process of assigning management systemstoautomate source planningandhumancapital Use of existing SAP enterprise re- Solution iCREW Montreal, Canada CN Nominated by Sybase devices froming transactions theirmobile business clientstoperform bank- intuitive applicationsthatenable Initiative delivers easy-to-use and accessMOBILE Providence, R.I. Group Citizens Financial quality video volume while maintaining growing IT networkthatsupports ronmental sustainability; backedby innovation, productivityandenvi- cations improves collaboration, Increased useof videocommuni- VideoPervasive Business Transformation through San Jose, Calif. Cisco Systems Inc. Nominated by Sybase complete ande cient manner oncriticaldatain a more and report Creation of datawarehouse tostore Student DataWarehouse Greenwood Village, Colo. District Creek School Cherry Operator (ESO) SystemElectricity Nominated by Morgan Stanley building certification energy e andLEEDGold ciency center tomeetgreen standardsfor equipment placement allows data Use of toanalyze modeling software Grid Computing Datacenter San Francisco, Calif. TrustDigital Realty Nominated by HitachiData Systems recovery functionality and more comprehensive disaster medical records from any location, greater access doctor to allpatient frastructure allowsfor datagrowth, system withHitachiDataSystems in- Replacement of existingstorage Patient Management Systems Storage Infrastructure to Support HealthcareEpworth Updates AustraliaVictoria, Epworth Healthcare Nominated by Sybase supply system better manage Bulgaria’s energy consumption datasooperatorscan power production, transmissionand old systemallowsfor theinputof Completely redesigned 15-year- Units at theFour Territorial Dispatching System for Dispatcher’s Register Development of anInformation Sofi Bulgaria a, Nominated by Sybase recipients outsidetheU.K. that weren’t getting through to message messages service) (short reduces thelowpercentage of SMS cations companies signifi cantly ments withothertelecommuni- Expanded interoperability agree- Expanding NetworkReliability Hatfield, England Ltd.Everywhere Everything e ciencies and customer service which have improved operational nifi cant transformational projects, already delivered anumberof sig- Corp. thatinthefi rst year has gies and Energy Future Holdings between HCLTechnolo-partnership A five-year agreement creates a (EFH) for Future Energy Corp. Holdings ture Management Engagement Transformational ITInfrastruc- india Noida, HCL Technologies Ltd. Nominated by Morgan Stanley require visibility andmanageability they withthesecurity,via smartphones and collaborate workers toconnect Applications that allow government Good for Government Redwood City, Calif. Good Technology Inc. Nominated by Morgan Stanley and simplifies the creative process 2D/3D workfl ow thatbothenables and othermediaincludesinnovative fects for feature fi lms, videogames application usedtocreate visualef- Development of a“compositing” Nuke London, England Visionmongers Ltd. Foundry FINALIST Solutions Nominated by Cognizant Technology caregivers care information topatientsand to quicklyroll outcriticalhealth- platform allowsthe company portal Standardization onacommon Internet Portal Cognizant-Merck Customer Whitehouse Station,N.J. Merck Nominated by Red Hat through asinglebrowser to record, manage andanalyzedata of Lower Saxony thatenablespolice mation systeminthefederal state Successful upgradeof apolice infor- Niedersachsen (LSKN) Kommunikationstechnologie Landesbetrieb fürStatistik und Hannover, Germany Niedersachsen (LSKN) nikationstechnologie Statistik undKommu- Landesbetrieb für Nominated by Sybase organization deliver bettervisibilitytotheentire consolidate enterprisedata to tocentralize and technology Initiative tousedatawarehouse Project PULSE Calif.Emeryville, work (KODAK Gallery) Kodak ImagingNet- Nominated by Sybase targeted audiences extending marketers’ reach to mobile devices withoutdownloads, tion aboutcompanies through their and receive multimediainforma- that allowsconsumers torequest Development of abarcode system 2D Barcode System Princeton, N.J. JAGTAG Nominated by Morgan Stanley large ITmigrationandintegration strategies; implementedduringa bank’s management virtualization the pacity management to support prove visibility, performance and ca- Use of toim- predictive analytics Banks at Oneof theWorld’s 10 Largest ization andCloudManagement forPredictive Virtual- Analytics Reston, Va. Netuitive Nominated by Information Builders clients faster andsimplerexchanges with processes andworkfl ows aswell to increased e incompany ciency of company infrastructure, leading tion solutionsfacilitatesintegration Deployment of enterpriseintegra- Schawk Inc. Des Plaines,Ill. Schawk Inc. Nominated by HitachiData Systems services and remote storage management thinprovisioning virtualization, environment, controller-based space through useof tiered storage tions withoutaddingsta orfl oor and availability of criticalapplica- as wellincreased performance Project thatallowsfor data growth Storage with HitachiVirtualizedTiered Qualcomm Evolves DataCenters San Diego, Calif. Qualcomm Inc. 13 THE COMPUTERWORLD HONORS PROGRAM | JUNE 2011 14 THE COMPUTERWORLD HONORS PROGRAM | JUNE 2011 THE LAUREATES e cient environment more reliable, resilient,secure and growth andtransformation yields a provide a foundation for business Europe to improve operationsand Consolidation of IT infrastructure in ITInfrastructure21st Century Boston, Mass. State Street Corp. FINALIST Nominated by Morgan Stanley cies andconservesresources flexible ITSMthatincreases e cien- gives clientsinthefi nancial sector vice management asSaaS software ofDelivery enterprise-scaleITser- IT3.0 San Diego, Calif. ServiceNow Nominated by Information Builders mission reports quickly calculatessales and com- information, andaccurately and ages cross-selling, provides better andencour-centralized datamart from 17 product databasesintoone system thatgathers information Deployment of salesreporting Sales Builder Toronto, Canada ScotiaBank
Award winner 21st Century Achievement FINALIST Nominated by Akamai solution money thanbuilding an in-house tra c spikes,for lesstimeand and fastperformance, even during ensures continuous Web siteuptime infrastructure-as-a-service solution Use of vendor’s cloud-based from theCloud 2010 Census Web Site GetsHelp Washington, D.C. U.S. Census Nominated by Information Builders ness sales force e ande ciency ective- more than 800 users, improving sales andcommissionto reporting vironment thatprovides up-to-date platform tocreate aself-service en- Initiative usingbusinessintelligence STARS The Hague, The Netherlands Investment Group Insurance & Transamerica Nominated by Corp. Epicor Software timeand other benefiin cycle ts errorsavings, reduction,reduction flmanufacturing oor results incost paper documentation from the IT-driven initiative toeliminate Floor A Truly Paperless Manufacturing Melbourne, Fla. LLC Symetrics Industries Nominated by HitachiData Systems customer satisfaction improve availability, e and ciency consolidated businesssystemsto implementation of upgraded and growth in data storage andsupports architecture allowsfor 20%annual Implementation of newstorage abling ‘One Patient OneRecord’ Managing Storage Growth, En- Salt Lake City, Utah Health Center University ofUtah Nominated by Information Builders tion in order costs whilekeepingfiscal informa- process to helploweroverhead andreconciliation reporting ment, automates pay-Business service (SUA) JP Morgan Single-UseAccounts New York, N.Y. Yeshiva University Nominated by Morgan Stanley nesses and quickervisibilityintotheirbusi- time, providing companies better disparate information innearreal to analyzemassive amounts of Platform gives userstheability Vertica Platform Analytics Mass. Billerica, Vertica Systems AIP Publishing Collaboration Software Nominated by Attivio andTraction sites and private communities research inbothpublicly available well asshare andcollaborate on to access resources and training as Platform for scientists worldwide Community Portal Borlaug GlobalRust Initiative N.Y.Ithaca, Initiative Borlaug GlobalRust information toandfrom bothsides topass spontaneous interaction media networks, allowingfor residents enabledthrough social tion betweencityleadersand New directchannelsof communica- Common WeBarcelona. Have in Things Spain Barcelona, Council Barcelona City tion’s vision members andachieve organiza- to drive organizational goals, serve enabling employees to collaborate systems withsocialnetworkingtools Platform incorporating business Social Intranet andCollaboration Chicago, Ill. Association Hospital American FINALIST breakthroughs the numberandspeedof research than 100 countries toincrease both withcolleaguesconnect from more initiative enablingscientiststo A collaboration and networking UniPHY Melville, N.Y. development projects onbusinessproblemsconnect and statisticians toquicklyande ciently ages scientists,engineersand division collaboration thatencour- Internal toolfacilitatingcross- Collaboration Portal Teaneck, N.J. Solutions Cognizant Technology Nominated by IBM maintenance schedulingworkand supporting information onconditions and by usingdevices to gather real-time billionof of publicinfrastructure $1.2 System enables bettermanagement City Smarter Cambridge, Canada ofCambridge City institutions by members,businessesand to resources andresearch provided peer-to-peer dialogueandaccess education systemleadersthato ers A globalonlinecommunity for GETideas.org San Jose, Calif. A airs Cisco–Corporate time share clinicalinnovations inreal to securely gatherinformation and researchers experts andindustry and clientsaswellpartners, Platform allowsCernerassociates uCern Kansas City,North Mo. Cerner instead of managing requirements ers to spend more timeonresearch requirements, allowingresearch- reconcile research compliance systemhelps Interaction-driven Ideate Framework Glens Falls, N.Y. International LLC Consilience FINALIST Nominated by Platform Computing research datainto knowledge forming massive amountsof raw for scientific collaboration, trans- large cloudcomputing environment optimizes utilizationandcreates Open, cost-e platformective that Computing Cluster Deployment withPlatform Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Switzerland Geneva, Research (CERN) tion forNuclear European Organiza- and cutscosts patient safety, increases e ciencies healthcare system that improves tion for andveterans’ the military nized source of product informa- Authoritative, accurate andsynchro- Medical ProductDataBank County, Va. The Pentagon, Arlington Program Data Synchronization DoD/VA Healthcare those sites without having tobuildandsupport group identityandcommunications tively and e ciently usetheWeb for groups andvolunteers toe ec- Common platform allowsnonprofi t Nonprofit Internet Toolkit Davis, Calif. Network Davis Community 15 THE COMPUTERWORLD HONORS PROGRAM | JUNE 2011 16 THE COMPUTERWORLD HONORS PROGRAM | JUNE 2011 THE LAUREATES simulations andpredictions hydrometeorological observations, development of current andfuture researchers tocontribute tothe Initiative allowsallinterested Cycle Project Observations Coordinated andWater Energy Benevento, Italy Observatory Research Met European Solutions Nominated by Cognizant Technology customizable, format interactive of content in 19 languages in a countries allowsaccess toarange for healthcare professionals in 30 Collaboration andlearningplatform Information Portal Cognizant-Merck Physician Whitehouse Station,N.J. Merck Nominated by SabaSoftware workforce taxpayers toserve ration, creating amore informed andcollabo- education, meetings for continued professional training, Provides anagency-wide platform Virtual Environment Washington, D.C. Service Internal Revenue humanitarian-based research nonprofiscientists toconduct t, free grid-based research toolfor supercomputer virtual creates a computer resources toform a Individuals volunteering their World Community Grid N.Y.Armonk, IBM
Award winner 21st Century Achievement Nominated by Morgan Stanley ence delivered through theWeb experi- analyze datavia a desktop users tocommunally share and easy, intuitive applicationallowing platformNew dataanalytics delivers Analytics Pyramid Tel Aviv, Israel Pyramid Analytics Nominated by Oracle the 35 countries of the Americas related tohumanrightsviolationsin and coordinate petitionsandcases users thataimsto better manage Program for internalandexternal System andDMS) (PCMS tem andDocumentManagement Petition/Cases Management Sys- Washington, D.C. Rights (OAS/IACHR) mission onHuman Inter-American Com- States/American Organization of Nominated by Booz AllenHamilton mentally sustainablemanner real timeinacost-e ective, environ- engage andshare information in tointeract, users opportunities world technologies thatprovides Collaboration toolbasedonvirtual (NAVAIR) Naval AirSystems Command Patuxent River, Md. Command (NAVAIR) Naval AirSystems entities duringadisaster government andnongovernment company cane workwith ectively approach thatguides how the Coordinated andcomprehensive Microsoft Disaster Response Redmond, Wash. Microsoft Corp. FINALIST Nominated by IBM tion’s work workers andothers to theorganiza- Red Cross members,volunteers, largest socialnetworkstoconnect infrastructure creates oneof Spain’s Enterprise content management Social Network) Mundo CruzRoja (Red Cross Spain Madrid, Spain Red Cross Spain situations multinational coalition duringcrisis communications across services establish fl exible andsecure Demonstration of abilityto quickly Project Communications Deployment Preparedness in Crisis—Rapid Multinational ment to Support Federated Level Service Manage- Morristown, N.J. TM Forum FINALIST Education Nominated by SunGard Higher causes they support on skillsrequired andthecharitable ing volunteers tochallenges based to helpsolve, with program direct- challenges thatvolunteers canopt network where nonprofi ts post Cloud-based microvolunteering Sparked.com San Francisco, Calif. Sparked.com models alter themwithchangingbusiness continually improve processes and that alsoestablishescapacityto workfl ows withmultiplesystems Initiative tointegrateprocesses and Using Collaboration Straight Through Processing Mumbai, India Reliance CapitalLtd. Bank ofAmerica Digital Access Nominated by MicrosoftSpain ing operationale ciencies the qualityof and increas- services with municipalagencies, improving citizens communicate more easily Knowledge deployment helps (TIK) Technologies of Information and BiscayTIK Biscay Province, Spain BiscayTIK Foundation Nominated by Booz AllenHamilton entitled benefits for which they could be instantly direct individuals tothe tial eligibility prescreening toolto customized, dynamic and confiden- Redesigned Web sitecreates amore Benefi ts.gov Washington, D.C. Benefi ts.gov card information via online banking disabilitiesaccess auditory tocredit European customers withvisualand Redesigned Web siteenables Online Banking Web Accessibility for European Charlotte, N.C. FINALIST Nominated by Saba education through their PCs dynamic andcost-e ective remote studentsaninteractive, collaboration platform o ers Real-time Web conferencing and DECS SabaCentra Project Adelaide, Australia Australia Education, South of Department the city tolow-incomeservice familiesin access devices and wireless Internet O Microsoft ce software, Internet Provides freetraining, technology Project DigitalInclusion SmartRiverside Riverside, Calif. ofRiversideCity during emergencies nationalcivildefense supports communications technology byinformation supported and build-up of wireless digitalnetwork Italian amateurradioassociation’s CisarNet Mestre, Italy CISAR information andprograms services cost-e Alberta accessective to 89 municipalitiesacross southern libraries gives 500,000 peoplein and theSupernetinstalledat 81 HD videoconferencing, the Internet InitiativE (RISENetwork) Rural Information Services Canada Alberta, System Marigold Library System,Library System, Shortgrass Regional Library Chinook Arch and ruralareas togeographicallyservices isolated library virtual sitesbrings selected computers andInternetaccess in installationof Publicly supported Libraries Hillsborough County Electronic Tampa, Fla. Services Library Hillsborough County FINALIST tions withvitalInternetaccess provides humanitarianorganiza- inHaiti 2010 earthquake January the broadband networkdays after Creation of alarge-scale, high-speed Relief andHaiti’s Future Haiti—Broadband for Earthquake San Francisco, Calif. Inveneo single, unified Web-based interface search multiple sources through a and researchers to simultaneously Search engineallowsscientists NEEDLE Idaho Falls, Idaho Laboratory Idaho National Nominated byTechnologies CA face interactions cost than telephone andface-to- a range of citizenrecords atalower available andeasy-to-use access to provides citizenswithsecure, highly Creation of dedicatedportal Government Interaction A Secure Platform for Citizen/ Canada Ottawa, ment Canada and SkillsDevelop- Human Resources 17 THE COMPUTERWORLD HONORS PROGRAM | JUNE 2011 18 THE COMPUTERWORLD HONORS PROGRAM | JUNE 2011 THE LAUREATES Nominated by Sybase geographical barrierstobankaccess tivity for thefi rst timeby eliminating formalzens to conduct banking ac- platform allowsmany African citi- Deployment of mobilecommerce Commerce Solution work andBankAgnostic Mobile The First Intra-Region Mobile Net- Nairobi, Kenya MobiKash Afrika Ltd. knowledge areas toincrease citizens’ baseof andtrainingtorural the Internet, structure, access tocomputers and telecommunications infra-Brings Project Knowledge-based Economy Bucharest, Romania Management Unit Society, The Project and Information Communications of Ministry Nominated by RMR&Associates 20,000 outsidetheisland’s borders Southwest Pacifi c islandnationand the 1,400 residents of thisisolated related trainingandeducationto freeIUSN brings Internet services, Free Internet Niue-The World’s OnlyNationwith Fatalupe, Alofi, Niue IUSN Foundation wireless technologies through installation of fi ber and as to low-income housing units programs within the city aswell free Internet access to community Expanding initiative thatprovides Community Broadband Network San Francisco, Calif. Technology of Department San Francisco Nominated by Intel locally success toincrease digitalliteracy spurred by student volunteers’ tices facilitatingdigital inclusion; Worldwide siteto share best prac- Digital Literacy Best PracticesSite Carmel, Ind. Net Literacy FINALIST Web ContentAccessibility Guidelines Program, thatmeets usingsoftware disabled through the AbilityOne people whoare blindorseverely nearly 8,000 productsproduced by thesale of Developed tosupport eCommerceAbilityOne Site Va.Alexandria, for theBlind National Industries
Award winner 21st Century Achievement tors to interact withthecommission tors to interact companies, individualsandinves- processes, makingiteasierfor and e ofectiveness SECP’s business Online systems improve e ciency eServices Islamabad, Pakistan Pakistan (SECP) Commission of Exchange Securities and FINALIST Solutions Nominated by Cognizant Technology customer interactions improving e ciencies andeaseof react toregulatorychanges, thereby and improved functionality abilityto Enables availability of thelatest Improving Customer Experience Omni Upgrade—The Vision of New York, N.Y. Fund (TIAA-CREF) Retirement Equities Association—College and Annuity Teachers Insurance Nominated by Sybase government o cials as abilitytocommunicate with with minimumdowntime, aswell have reliable access toinformation IT infrastructure ensures citizens andsupporting Use of eight portals O cialsto DiscussPublicA airs Between CitizensandGovernment Bi-Directional Communication Seoul, Republic of Korea (MOPAS)Security Administration and ofPublic Ministry South Korea Opportunity Economic FINALIST Nominated by Unisys aswellcreatingservice new jobs service, guaranteeingcustomer technologies for 24/7support deskandon-site service the-art Management Centerwithstate-of- Establishes Technological Service ture andClientAccess Points Bancolombia Group ITInfrastruc- for the Services End UserSupport Medellin, Colombia Bancolombia Nominated by Dixon Schwabl ment fornecessary economic develop- expansion of thebroadband access largely ruralcounty toencourage infrastructure (fi ber) neededin the Establishes thetelecommunications Axcess OntarioFiber Ring N.Y.Canandaigua, Axcess Ontario forbanking services many Africans (SMS), filling asignifi cant needfor message service short encrypted using a STK-based application and capabilities for mobilephones Creates fi nancial transaction MoneyAirtel Nairobi, Kenya Africa Airtel
Award winner 21st Century Achievement Nominated by Information Builders preparation anddelivery distribution andautomatereport timeliness of information Information to increase Portals and Receiverships’ Receivership Develops Division of Resolutions Federal DepositInsurance Corp. Washington, D.C. Insurance Corp. Federal Deposit FINALIST and competitive and innovate tobemore e cient reduce costs, increase productivity, centers andresearchers thatwantto sible for companies, technological Makes supercomputing acces- CenitS Trujillo, Spain COMPUTAEX inspire economic development needed to improve theirlives and them theeducationandtraining students in165 countries, giving todeliver curriculumto1million ogy Uses networkingand cloud technol- Cisco NetworkingAcademy San Jose, Calif. Cisco Systems Inc. tion and consistent ICTexperiences sta to guaranteeoptimumutiliza- using best-in-class platform and play for services all stakeholders infrastructure, providing plug-and- ICT Builds andrunsentire airport Collaboration Framework Airport Bangalore, India Ltd. International Airport Bangalore topics anddiscussprofessionalpractices, andcollaborate,connect share best to helpthemgrow theirbusinesses, for GAF’s elite roofi ng contractors Creates asocialnetworkingWeb site Contractor Zone Master Elite Certifi ed Wayne, N.J. GAF Materials Corp. FINALIST ubiquitous mobilephones on irrigationtofarmersthrough (SMS) toprovide timelyinformation message service Project usesshort Dam Information to theFarmers Thiruvananthapuram, India Mission Kerala State IT growth andcommunity stability ation inthecommunity, economic for locationtoencourage job cre- Nogales tonewindustrieslooking Uses Internetsitetopromote Why Come to Nogales? Mexico Sonora, Training & IT Advisory needed for more economic growth development of infrastructure levels of educationandfurther to encourageing country higher knowledge-based jobs indevelop- Creates state-of-the-art facilityand in Malaysia HP GlobalCenter Cyberjaya Palo Alto, Calif. Hewlett-Packard Co. 19 THE COMPUTERWORLD HONORS PROGRAM | JUNE 2011 20 THE COMPUTERWORLD HONORS PROGRAM | JUNE 2011 THE LAUREATES economic opportunities voice service, allowingfor broader oped areas with Internet toconnect phonelinesindevel- obtain virtual remote areas byallowing themto Lowers costs for entrepreneurs in Virtual PhoneLine Fla. Pensacola, Inc. Super Technologies expansion andgo-to-market time optimize operationalcosts, and cut to reduce their capitalexpenditure, small andmedium-sizebusinesses to enable entrepreneurs ings and Focuses on developing newo er- MTS ITInnovation Lab Gurgaon, India Teleservices Ltd. Sistema Shyam content in searchable XMLformat tions beinge-fi led bystructuring more than90%of incoming applica- from paper-based processing to States Patent and Trademark O ce transformation ofSupports United System ‘ePM’ Electronic Patent XMLConversion Horsham, Pa. LexisNexis) Inc. (adivisionof Information Services Reed Technology & Nominated by Sybase users toaccess information it easierfor SocialSecurity System tions innaturallanguage, making withsimplerinstruc-instructions requiringservice complicated text Replaces usualkeyword-based Text SSS Quezon City, Philippines SystemSecurity (SSS) Philippine Social Nominated by Qorvis emissions andcosts signal system, reducing congestion, and communicate withentire tra c allows sta toremotely monitor centrally managed systemthat Replaces outdated controllers with Program tion/Synchronization (TSSM) Tra cSignalSystem Moderniza- San Antonio, Texas ofSanAntonio City and transparent more accessible, e e cient, ective tobecome and externalinteractions ness processes as well as internal tion technologiestotransform busi- Uses information and communica- Barcelona The eGovernment Planof Spain Barcelona, Council Barcelona City Technology Emerging FINALIST Nominated by Sybase markets for membersandinvestors that’s integratedwithinternational fair and honesttradingenvironment competitive a platform supporting Establishes acomprehensive, First Private Exchange inTurkey Izmir, Turkey TurkDex Nominated by Morgan Stanley nications, trainingandsupport policies through archiving commu- ing corporate brandandcompany media for theirworkwhilemaintain- local representatives usesocial Delivers platform tohelpcompany’s Insurance Group to GoSocial Hearsay SocialFrees Farmers San Francisco, Calif. Hearsay Corp. FINALIST competitors byfreshness di erentiate grower’s productsfrom data to helpmanage inventoryto ture real-time sensorstocollect withtempera- (RFID) sensortags Uses radiofrequencyidentifi cation for Fresh Table Grapes Freshtime Grape Pilot Oxnard, Calif. Infratab Inc. Nominated by Qorvis business ownersandothers as wellgovernment leaders, materials for studentsandteachers to improve access toeducational capabilities throughout thestate network and teleconferencing Provides robust and scalable Implementation Project The IdahoEducationNetwork Boise, Idaho Network Idaho Education
Award winner 21st Century Achievement FINALIST Nominated by Citrix wherever needed clinical systemswhenever and givers can access allof thehospital’s socare- tablets andsmartphones, that canrunonany device, including Creates desktop acomplete virtual MyKD Initiative Visalia, Calif. CenterMedical Kaweah Delta quality services inplacequality services time and within budget withhigh- requests, withprojectdelivered on tration and control of farmers’ aid for systemtoensure the adminis- Fulfills European Union requirement inAgricultureIntervention Agency for Payment and IT System Implemented atthe Bucharest, Romania SIVECO Romania FINALIST technologies otherwise toimplementinnovative expertise without thebudget and technical profi t and charitableorganizations secure social mediafor non- Allows for open,user-friendly and The SocialGenomeProject Fairfax, Va. Open SGP FINALIST Nominated by CACI International sharing and greater e ciencies promote culture of innovation and board and collaboration site, to repository, ideation internalblog, an enterprisewikifor knowledge Provides Web 2.0 tools,including eDiplomacy Washington, D.C. ofStateDepartment O ceofeDiplomacy/ civilian life rehabilitation of ex-combatants to (RMS) usedbySri Lanka tomanage rehabilitation management system in thiscasedevelopment of ects, socially benefisupport cial proj- Focuses company’s to expertise Tech Reach Westborough, Mass. Virtusa Corp. Nominated by Saba tools collaboration andconferencing aswell and learningfunctions e user-friendly cient, enrollment agency needs whiledelivering learning platform tomeetcross- Unifies HHSagencies oncommon HHS University Learning Platform Washington, D.C. University Services Health andHuman of U.S. Department and healthcare navigation, communication, gaming into one device, with applications in di erent processing capabilities altitude bycombining sensorswith pressure,ment, temperature and new ways to measureBrings move- iNEMO Switzerland Geneva, STMicroelectronics in previously unavailable locations enablingservices modem or WiMAX, cable suchasADSL, connections less-expensive, lower-bandwidth hosted VoIP delivered services over Guarantees voice qualityfor Q Box Des Plaines,Ill. Communications Inc. SNET LEED Gold-certified building designed asanenergy-e cient andbeing virtualization, and server by usingenergy-e cient equipment pany’s sustainability commitments 2009 datacenter alignswithcom- Allstate’s Emerald City Ill. Northbrook, Allstate Insurance Co. Environment thereby city’s environmental quality and public wastedisposalservices prove e and e ciency of ectiveness and mobiledevices, utilizedto im- frequency identifi cation (RFID) tags Technologies, includingradio and Waste Collection) System for CleaningPublicSpace NERU (Integrated Management Spain Barcelona, Department Environment Council— Barcelona City message (SMS) service to the public via simple short pollution intheregion todistribute on environmental qualityandair Uses sensorstogatherinformation ARPA Access Bari, Italy ARPA Puglia
Award winner 21st Century Achievement 21 THE COMPUTERWORLD HONORS PROGRAM | JUNE 2011 22 THE COMPUTERWORLD HONORS PROGRAM | JUNE 2011 THE LAUREATES when not in use Fi access pointsand other devices automatic shutdownof iPhones, Wi- and thuscarbonemissionsthrough Helps reduce powerconsumption EcoBuddy Bangalore, India JaMocha Tech Ltd. Pvt. FINALIST Nominated by 1E atmosphere annually CO2 emissionsfrom enteringthe company eliminate3,125,182kgof helps PCs and laptops,software tools across more than 300,000 Deploying PCpower management Greening theWorld’s Largest Bank London, England HSBC FINALIST ly created hybrid trackingsystems solar output rateto 74% for allnew- power station andimproves the China’s largest andfi rst photovoltaic solar tracking systemresults in Company’s development of hybrid Transformation Project Solar Environmental Technology Yixing, China HaoSolar FINALIST consumption levelscustomer service andenergy to improve operational e ciency, tion of other keyutilityprocesses devices alongwithtransforma- electronic meters with newsmart Replacement of analogelectricity Malta GridImplementationin Smart N.Y.Armonk, and Malta; Luqa, Malta; Marsa, and IBM Water Corp. Services Enemalta Corp., Nominated by Sybase projects toreduce redundancies also allowingreuse of dataon other against unauthorized access and researchers, focusing onprotecting access toscientifi c datafrom sea organizes Collects, andmanages Sea Research DataWarehouse Texel, The Netherlands Research (NIOZ) Institute forSea Royal Netherlands nies if emergency situationsarise compa-ment regulations; alsoalerts to ensure compliance withgovern- frequency identifi cation (RFID) tags, waste, includingthrough radio Allows companies to track industrial Program Environmental Management Sugar Land,Texas PSC Nominated by IBM recommend bestoptions tofacilities used, to transportation rangingfrom chain, with factors carbon emissionsfrom thesupply considers costs, energyuseand Web-based systemthat analytics Management Solution Supply ChainSustainability San Francisco, Calif. McKesson raw materialtoFeed TheChildren and reuse of thecomponents and the moneyraisedfrom theresale equipment for businesses,donating obsoletetechnology Recycles Junk-A-Juke Canada Ottawa, KOM Networks FINALIST Nominated byTechnologies CA sustainability goals costs andmeetstategovernment’s and tapeoutputsasaway tocut instead of costly paper, microfi che viewing andsecure fi le transfer Enables andencourages online GO-Online Calif.Rancho Cordova, Services O ceofTechnology State ofCalifornia, Nominated by Advice Unlimited review time aswellpaperusage while cuttingapplicationand ency initiatives, creating greater transpar- cleanenergy loans supporting streamline applicationprocess for Development to of onlineportal Application Loan Guarantee Program Washington, D.C. Programs O ce Loan of Energy U.S. Department Nominated by SchneiderElectric e ciencies deliver reliability aswellresource systems, andsustainabledesignto ergy monitoringandmanagement energy-e en- cient equipment, World-class green facility using Tech Vault DataCenter Vt. South Burlington, Tech Vault Nominated by 1E reducing energy consumption maximizing useof IT assets, and automatingprocesses, ing support, agencies at1,075 locations,simplify- across andservices software 75 togetherBrings people, hardware, and E Initiative ciency Statewide ITConsolidation Charleston, W.Va. of Technology West Virginia O ce crisis information, including at timesof pharmacists have access tocritical time while cuttingcosts, somember flexibility, dataredundancyandup- New storage confi guration ensures and/or NationalDisaster of aNationalEmergency Support High Availability for ASHP Datain Md. Bethesda, Pharmacists Health-System of Society American a more timelymanner address and patient needsin doctor nicate directly withphysicians to physician feedback andcommu- pharmaceutical company obtain Online tools thathelpspecialty Envision V3Pro Bangalore, India Ltd. Allergan IndiaPvt. Health vaccine orders receive, process andmonitor providers asingle site toplace, o granteesandhealthcare ers CDC, resource that planning technology System based onSAP enterprise VTrckS Ga. Atlanta, Control Centers forDisease Solutions Nominated by Cognizant Technology tion aboutproductsandservices- financial assistance andinforma- ers withreimbursement services, system toassist patients and provid- Comprehensive case tracking Celgene IMPACT N.J. Summit, Celgene Corp. emergencies site for useonpatientsincardiac defibrillators are located at acaller’s 911dispatchers whether city to alert defi brillators locatedthroughout the System uses databaselisting AED Alert Boston, Mass. Boston EMS Nominated by Hewlett-Packard money respond tobusinessneeds,and save improve healthoutcomes, e ciently allow company toleverage datato sta and newsupporting positions New datamanagement architecture of Kansas City Blue Cross BlueShield Kansas City, Mo. of Kansas City Blue Cross BlueShield protect othersfrom infection enablinghospitaltobetter MRSA, patientswithinfectious identify management enginetoquickly system withbusinessprocess Replacement of error-prone manual Control System BPM Automated Infection West Chester, Pa. Hospital Chester County or noaccess todermatologists have limited patients whootherwise o tocare-site doctor for uninsured and consultingallows services Internet exchange of digitalphotos Population Underserved Teledermatology for an Hazleton, Pa. Dermatology DermDOX Centers for Nominated by Stratus Technologies environment in a private cloudcomputing 24/7 through asecure Web interface records are accessible toproviders Project ensures electronicmedical EMRProject Ambulatory Ore.Astoria, Hospital Columbia Memorial FINALIST medical records and mobile clinics initiatives, suchaselectronic new health facilities andsupport toimprove tions technology existing ments information andcommunica- imple- Sichuan, Chinaearthquake, created inwake of of destruction Social responsibility program, Connecting Sichuan San Jose, Calif. Cisco Systems Inc. 23 THE COMPUTERWORLD HONORS PROGRAM | JUNE 2011 24 THE COMPUTERWORLD HONORS PROGRAM | JUNE 2011 THE LAUREATES Nominated by IBMSpain it easier to monitor those treatments record of the treatment and making electronically, creating anelectronic dispense prescription medicines and pharmaciestoprescribe and System enables healthcenters Electronic Prescription Madrid, Spain of SpainandIBM Regional Government Extremadura Nominated by Booz AllenHamilton entities involved intheresearch agencies, publicfacilitiesandprivate government dashboards, tosupport collaborationservers, systemsand ture, includinghighly available Implementation of ITinfrastruc- (IMS) Information Management System National Children’s Study (NCS) Rockville, Md. Development Health andHuman Institute ofChild Shriver National Eunice Kennedy order those products free of charge plies, andhospitalsclinicsto suppliers todonatemedicalsup- Web-based for charity’s portal The DirectReliefNetwork Calif.Santa Barbara, International Direct Relief Nominated by Intel Iberia ment plansfor patients oncology exchanges on diagnoses andtreat- teamsinpeerreviewsoncology and network concepts tosupport Collaborative tool leverages social Cases Clinical of Oncology The Scientifi c SocialNetwork Madrid, Spain Hospital Gregorio Marañón ambulance andERdoctors tion and data exchange between toenableconstant communica-ogy and telecommunications technol- bines cameras, digitalequipment Mobile telemedicinesystemcom- cinnati Children’s Hospital Telemedicine Technology to Cin- GlobalMedia Futuristic Brings Scottsdale, Ariz. LLC GlobalMedia Group FINALIST Nominated by Cisco Systems Inc. palate surgeries developing worldfollowing cleft and treatments for children inthe real-time diagnosisof speecherrors allowsmedicalteamsto provide ogy Online video collaboration technol- Face Forward Initiative Baltimore, Md. Foundation Face Forward Nominated by SabaSoftware and researchers around theworld consultations withmedicalteams ferences, educationprograms and con- anddynamicvirtual interactive Web-based initiatives support The HOPEProgram Cambridge, Mass. (HOPE) Program Provider Education Research: HIVOnline Center forAIDS University Harvard FINALIST early services treatmentto identify needs and data in apopulation-centric way clinical dataaswellviewthat ability toview their ownpatients’ Allows healthcare providers the Tool—iCare Population Management Rockville, Md. Indian HealthService treatments are always available stocks of malariamedicineto ensure health facilities bettermanage and intuitive Webogy sitestohelp phones, collaboration technol- message service,Uses short mobile SMS for Life N.Y.Armonk, Vodaphone with Novartis and IBM inpartnership Nominated by Vee Technologies and increased e ciencies more automatedbusinessprocesses members withnew e aimedat orts care toinsurance service plan IT infrastructure drivesof delivery Integrated Managed Care System Washington, D.C. for Children Health Services Nominated by Accenture significant increase indemand health plan administratorsaswell premium payments to thousands of dreds of millions of dollars in health systems enablesprocessing of hun- Quick deployment of refreshed Program(HCTC) The HealthCoverage Tax Credit Washington, D.C. Service Internal Revenue Nominated by 6Connex knowledge andinformation shared and lowercosts whileexpanding the could expandaudience technology ence showshowteleconference Combined virtual/traditional confer- ConferenceNational Quality 2010 Kaiser Permanente Virtual Oakland, Calif. Kaiser Permanente increasing qualityof patient care ing provider response timesand systems from anywhere, lower- healthcare providers access totheir Use of secure cloud and iPads gives Remote MedicalConnection Ore.Central Point, Inc. IT Doctor Nominated by Inc. Polycom medical trainingservices resources healthand andvirtual hensive of collection electronic Internet toolstocreate compre- Use of videoconferencing andother Balkan Telemedicine Program Anchorage, Ala. e-Hospital International Virtual
Award winner 21st Century Achievement contact with support workers withsupport contact normal lives whilemaintaining wounded veterans toreturn to ture create low-cost systemallowing and telecommunication infrastruc- mobiledevices Cloud computing, LifeWIRE Toronto, Canada LifeWIRE Corp. Nominated Technology by Wyse dispersed users o dynamic and ce tobettersupport the datacenter, backo ce and front alization toimprove e ciencies in virtu- ture anddesktop usesserver Makeover of infrastruc- technology to Augment CancerResearch andDesktop Virtualization Server White Plains,N.Y. (LLS) Lymphoma Society Leukemia & pansion of theconsulting program an e cient process thatenablesex- need transfers for specialized care, to quicklydeterminewhetherthey cialists tosee o -site patients’ burns applicationallowsspe- Smartphone TeleBurn Allentown, Pa. Health Network Lehigh Valley providers totreat theirneeds ensure patients quicklyfi nd service tion onhealth-related resources to to deliver comprehensive informa- messageUse of (SMS) service short Dr SMS Thiruvananthapuram, India Mission Kerala State IT Nominated by Sybase intelligence tools andanalytic allowing for greater use of business to save time andmoneywhile high-performance datawarehouse tional database withdedicated, Replacement of traditionalrela- mance DataWarehouse Business-Critical High-Perfor- SouthAfricaPretoria, Medihelp wherever it’s needed tion of medical datawhenever and access tocomprehensive collec- medical information, allowing consolidates andorganizes patients’ Personal healthrecord initiative Connection withNYPHospital myNYP.org—Your PersonalHealth New York, N.Y. Presbyterian Hospital New York- management atlower costs program, for betterdisease enables national prescription drug of underlyingITinfrastructure mated systemand implementation Development of completely auto- National Prescription DrugPlan Nassau, Bahamas Board National Insurance Nominated by Sybase patients ratherthantheirPDAs data and focus oncaringfor the allowing nursestoaccess critical nurses working inpatients’ homes, manage mobile devices of 1,900 Device management to software Mobile Home-NursingSolution Aarhus, Denmark of Aarhus Municipality 25 THE COMPUTERWORLD HONORS PROGRAM | JUNE 2011 26 THE COMPUTERWORLD HONORS PROGRAM | JUNE 2011 THE LAUREATES Nominated by Inter Virtual message (SMS) service via short outbreak educationandinformation o cers away toquicklydisseminate follow-up gives health activities; cases for monitoringand planning, A real-time mappingof dengue and Community Communication Dengue-GIS for Outbreak Control Malaysia Petaling District, Health O ce Petaling District specialists onemergency cases hospitals withcity-based stroke ing healthcare providers inregional Internet anchorprogram connect- ware for clinical documentation, and Wireless videoconferencing, soft- Stroke Network Columbus, Ohio OhioHealth testing services allows clinicianstooperatemobile machines tocaregivers’ systems fer of testresults from diagnostic IT infrastructure enablingthetrans- Screeningand BoneDensity Mobile Mammography Columbus, Ohio OhioHealth Nominated by Sybase tethered location toadesktop test data quicklywithoutbeing allowing clinicianstoaccess patient iPhone andothermobiledevices, Extends existing application to System Mobile Patient Administration London, England Solutions Ltd. Oasis Medical Nominated by Brocade for reliability and security grow tomeetfuture requirements management toolsthatcanalso network containing user-friendly A newfaster, high-performing Replace Existing Network Amsterdam, TheNetherlands Ziekenhuis Sint LucasAndreas Nominated by 6Connex technology records event-based usingvirtual ally required useof electronichealth ofspectrum information onfeder- Pioneering event delivers broad Siemens ARRAVirtualConference Munich, Germany Siemens Nominated by Appirio IT-based improvements workforce, andencouraging other responses, creating a more mobile process, givingpatientsspeedier to replace manualpatientscreening Development of iPhoneapplication RehabCare Louis,St. Mo. RehabCare Nominated by Inc. Polycom ensure state-of-the-art care treating hepatitis C patientsto and prisonhealthcare providers specialistswithrural PCs connect video collaboration applicationsfor Videoconferencing andlow-cost Project ECHO Albuquerque, N.M. (ECHO) Healthcare Outcomes for Community Project Extension Scientifi c Thermo Fisher Nominated by Sybase needed when spikes inpatientactivity system anddelivers abilitytohandle processing associatedwithprevious New architecture replaces slow Managing Explosive Patient Data Buenos Aires, Argentina Swiss Group Medical of duplicatedtestsandprocedures reduce costs through thereduction of patientcare, withpotential to record systemsimproves quality Merger of twoelectronic health Record Integration ElectronicHealth Ambulatory Tucson, Ariz. Healthcare University ofArizona Nominated by MicrosoftSpain better patientcare andlower costs leading tomore timelydecisions, records andanywhere, anytime that allowssta toaccess patients’ end-to-end paperlessenvironment Integrated infrastructure creates Torrevieja Hospital Torrevieja, Spain Torrevieja Hospital various diseases of datafrom large healthstudy on tracks and retrieves vastamounts securely gathers,stores, manages, mation management systemthat Comprehensive infor- laboratory The HUNTStudies Waltham, Mass. possible insignificantly lesstime as much of thesurrounding tissueas better targets tumorswhilesparing ofdelivery radiationtherapythat Uses computer programs toaidin Arc-Modulated RadiationTherapy Notre Dame, Ind. Dame University ofNotre Nominated by ServiceNow foundation’s research activities redirectedwith savings into and responsiveness atlowercosts, application creates more fl exibility implementation of modern SaaS Operational ITchanges and Research Funding Implementation Creates More ITService ‘Big Bang’ London, England Wellcome Trust Nominated by Informatica decisions issues usedtoinform public policy zations to create afullerpictureof private insurers andpublic organi- care bycombining claimsdata from Tracks cost andqualityof medical Database (APCD) Utah DOH’s AllPayer Claims Salt Lake City, Utah of Health Utah Department FINALIST di erent locales to arange of healthcare providers in create complete records available tion from multiple locations to together patients’ medicalinforma- Platforms andapplications bringing Building theBroader Community Pittsburgh, Pa. UPMC Nominated by ActionPacked! Networks blind and vision-impaired users higher qualityof Internetaccess for of networkperformance, creating increase speedandconsistency IT infrastructure improvements Network QoS New York, N.Y. for theBlind FoundationAmerican FINALIST Nominated by Morgan Stanley homeless peopleattheholidays Christmas thatassistssingle forand computer training, Crisis at includingInternetaccess support, Provides 24/7 and technology Crisis atChristmas London, England Aimar Foundation Human Services FINALIST themtoahospital transporting elderly populationwithout care bywound-care specialists to ofallows delivery evidence-based ing over a wireless 3G network Secure, videoconferenc- encrypted on 3GSmartPhones Telehealth Videoconferencing Fla. Hollywood, Network Inc. Wound Technology continuity of treatments Health toensure and delivery of CommunityMental Department tocorrections sta ing alerts and health needs of prisoners,send- Web-based systemidentifi es mental Exchange System Inmate Mental HealthData White Plains,N.Y. Westchester County Technology Innovation & of Department ofBoston City progress and reports multimedia viewof theirplans, and fundersasecure, interactive providers disabilities, their service togivepaper reports people with Internet-based replaces service iplanit London, England Aspirico Nominated by Deloitte Consulting benefits online coming soon benefi ts; abilitytoapplyfor programs and checkon existing eligibility for public assistance residents withtool to screen for Web-based provides portal Kitand Application (PEAK) Colorado Program Eligibility Denver, Colo. Technology O ceofInformation Colorado Governor’s Nominated by UnisysCorp. leged Minnesota residents redistributes themtounderprivi- ers to nonprofi t thatrefurbishes and and Unisyssends city’s old comput- Agreement betweenMinneapolis forPCs People Minneapolis, Minn. ofMinneapolis City inthem participating and diversity of programs andthose help citylearnmore aboutsupply trackingprogram to participant information expands to include Online repository of youth program Tool Youth Management Opportunity BOSTONavigator: Boston’s New Boston, Mass.
Award winner 21st Century Achievement 27 THE COMPUTERWORLD HONORS PROGRAM | JUNE 2011 28 THE COMPUTERWORLD HONORS PROGRAM | JUNE 2011 THE LAUREATES Nominated by Eswara Group LLC cost-e ective, targeted marketplace responsible fashiontobuyers in a and accessories produced insocially sellersofconnects textiles, apparel Business-to-business platform that Fabrisource.com S.C. Columbia, Fabrisource LLC Nominated by IBM status apply for aid,andcheckapplication programs they may be eligible for, federal andstatedisasterassistance where citizens candeterminewhat Web assingleinterface siteserves Program (DAIP) Disaster Assistance Improvement Washington, D.C. Management Agency Federal Emergency Homeland Security of Department mobile solutionsandrecoverability siveness, security, accessibility, e ciency, agility, fl exibility, respon- independent infrastructure delivers Multiyear, multiphasee to build ort Project Lego Madison, Wis. Children andFamilies of Department FINALIST Nominated by Deloitte Consulting gual Web-based tool through singleintegrated,multilin- well asupdate personal information apply for benefi social service ts as Enables citizenstodetermineand COMPASS Harrisburg, Pa. Public Welfare of Department of Pennsylvania, Commonwealth benefits andresources inobtaining andsupport support, clinical with peer-to-peer support, life, addressing theirunique needs ans astheyreintegrate intocivilian Web sitetohelp female warveter- in Texas OurWomenSupport Veterans Austin, Texas Grace After Fire FINALIST Nominated by Deloitte Consulting decisions needs, whichwilldrive future policy track andbetterunderstandclient mining and information to reporting Establishes foundation tousedata gence (BI)Project (DHS)Business Intelli- Services of Human Georgia Department Ga. Atlanta, Services Support Division ofChild of HumanServices, Georgia Department FINALIST Nominated by QlikTech Inc. quickly ande ciently data to manage distributionsmore moving supplychainandsystem form helpsgainvisibility into fast- QlikView businessdiscovery plat- Greater Good Investment inQlikView for Feed TheChildren Leverages Oklahoma City, Okla. Feed TheChildren Nominated by Cisco Systems Inc. ment in a low-cost, user-friendly environ- citizens easieraccess toinformation location to three localo ces, giving from socialservices central brings Deployment of video technologies Videowith Pervasive Enhancing CitizenServices Guldborgsund, Denmark Municipality Guldborgsund to needychildren from fund-raisingwalksto donating incharitable events, participation among IT workers, organizing and volunteerism munity service Employee committee fosters com- Committee 2010 ITSocialResponsibility Mich. Battle Creek, Kellogg Co. work inHaiti relief earthquake cluster tosupport becomesservices, communication andvirtualization including servers U.S.-based modulardatacenter, Donation andrelocation of the GlobalReliefE orts Haiti Communication Center for Calif.Santa Clara, Intel those inneed ask for neededitemsordonateto a secure, easy-to-use onlinesiteto employees a by2010 flected oods Bulletin Boardinjustfour days gives Deployment of opensource PHP Exchange Site HCA HopeFloodRelief Nashville, Tenn. Services Technology & HCA Information Nominated by IBM flexibility for government and decreased costs and better foryielding quickerservice citizens and NewYork State Web portals, for benefits through NewYork City Allows residents theabilitytoapply E-Apps Project New York, N.Y. Administration Human Resources New York City Nominated by Red Hat they qualify ment andprivate benefi ts for which wage workerstoaccess thegovern- allows applicationthatassistslow- Replacement of aging software EarnBenefits Online New York, N.Y. Seedco Nominated by DMG disaster recovery growing demandsandbetter new applications,scalingtomeet costs whileallowingdeployment of data centers, physicaland servers Virtualization reduces numberof Virtualization tally DisabledOhioansthrough to Developmen-Better Service Columbus, Ohio Disabilities of Developmental Ohio Department Nominated by PCCW Global of AfricaPakistan andparts Colombia, Philippines, Indonesia, or naturaldisaster, includingHaiti, toareasservices stricken bywar Provides telecommunication Stricken by Disaster Telecom to Areas Services Pau, France Frontieres Telecoms Sans Nominated by Sybase informed plans data to allowthemmaketimely, vides case workerswithreal-time child welfare information that pro- The singlerepositoryfor all Maine System (MACWIS) Maine ChildWelfare Information Maine Augusta, (DHHS) and HumanServices ofHealth Department State ofMaine Nominated by Inc. Polycom sored healthcare centers inAfrica o services ered at company-spon- use of systemsto enhance medical ing systemstoreduce costs leadsto Implementation of videoconferenc- Rural Populations) to Isolated and Support Project: Needs (Healthcare, Foundations ferencing) Human IsUsedto Serve How aBusinessTool (Videocon- Paris, France Somdiaa Nominated by HitachiConsulting management andreporting application processing, document suchas by computerizing functions tively and improve clientservices cases more e ciently ande ec- Allows social workerstomanage System (FASS-CMS) Management Social Services-Case The Financial Assistance and Washington, D.C. Indian A airs Interior, Bureau of of U.S. Department specific case process tailored to a customer’s into amore e cient automated process for assistance temporary Transforms paperrecertifi cation REACH Westchester White Plains,N.Y. Westchester County Nominated by Deloitte Consulting and manage client needs ing theagencytobetterunderstand business intelligence allow- reports, technologies todeliver customized opment and businessintelligence devel-Combines latestinsoftware eRAPIDS Work Programs Charleston, W.Va. Human Resources ment ofHealthand West Virginia Depart- from any location check benefits onlineatany time, verify eligibilityandapplyfor and byallowingindividualsto services accessservice tohealthandsocial Web-based toolimproves self- tion andServices Benefits CalWINOnlineApplica- Folsom, Calif. Consortium Systems (WCDS) Welfare ClientData 29 THE COMPUTERWORLD HONORS PROGRAM | JUNE 2011 30 THE COMPUTERWORLD HONORS PROGRAM | JUNE 2011 THE LAUREATES ment teamstoareas inneed rapidly deploy emergency manage- damages intheirarea socounty can disaster-relatedto quicklyreport based systemallowingresidents New mobileapplicationjoinsWeb- Damage AssessmentApplication Plantation, Fla. Broward County Nominated by Expathos elsewhere of materialnotlikelytobepublished ics andjournalistsallows publication for progressivelish articles academ- Use of open source topub- software Free Press Group Groningen, TheNetherlands Atlantic Free Press second competition jobs better inspires innovation and ployees, agencies or both dotheir mobile applicationtohelpem- conceive, design,buildandpresent Contest challenging entrantsto Creativity ‘App Attack’ Unleashes Employee Ill. Northbrook, Allstate Insurance Co. FINALIST developing countries to treat drugs diseasesprevalent in collaborate ondeveloping new ability toaccess information and tions gives worldwidescientists Combination of applica- software Diseases Collaborations Informatics for Neglected San Diego, Calif. Accelrys Inc. Innovation confidential information enables organizations toprotect or misuseand fromproperty theft which canprotectintellectual tracks and presents fi le activities, File trackingandcontrol solution InDorse Call-Home&InDIA New York, N.Y. InDorse Technologies and otherresources dramatically cutuseof power management applicationsto scan applications,andpower products, documentimagingand virtualization, energy-e cient Encompasses initiatives suchas Green-IT Washington, D.C. Technology of Information University, Division George Washington Nominated by SAS requirements colleges anduniversities’ unique developedsoftware specifi cally for sustainability e via hosted orts ment systemtooversee itsentire trackingandmanage- reporting, Gives institutiona centralized Institutional Sustainability Duke University Measure Sustainability Management Helps SAS OnDemandfor Education: Durham, N.C. Duke University
Award winner 21st Century Achievement accuracy ofterabytes information at99.9% and quicklyanalyzehundreds of extreme data-intensive applications language (ECL) topower the most puting andnewenterprisecontrol Uses high-performance clustercom- Supercomputer LexisNexis DataIntensive Ga. Alpharetta, Solutions LexisNexis Risk FINALIST Nominated by Booz AllenHamilton NASA’sment thatsupports mission and investment manage- portfolio dissemination, capability building, knowledge discovery and tive technologiesandrelationships, Encourages and captures innova- NASA HQInnovation Ecosystem Washington, D.C. (NASA) Administration and Space National Aeronautics and businessacross four continents dling rapid growth, future expansion a start-up butalsocapableof han- low-carbon ITinfrastructure builtfor Uses cloudcomputing to deliver Architecture Reference Energy with Smart Faster, Better, SimplerITStrategy Dublin, Ireland Renewable Power Mainstream Nominated by Morgan Stanley management exercisehealthy eating, andstress professionals inmonitoring to receive guidance from health and pressure, enablingdiabetics remote monitoringof bloodsugar withmobile Integrates smartphones Disease Project Mobile HealthandChronic Toronto, Canada NexJ Systems Inc. submit devices for repair troubleshooting and/or content, issues,runtests,receive report nect, a Web site, andfrom theWeb con- mobile devices intocomputers, visit Allows consumers toplugtheir FrameworkConnectivity Tools/RoundarchSupport Device Valutech Repair and Service, Chicago, Ill. Roundarch Inc. Nominated by Qorvis email andrelated functions Defense personnelsecure access to of email solution,givingDepartment Online/Defense Knowledge Online withArmy Knowledge smartphones devices and Integrates portable Secure GoMobile The Pentagon,Va. Arlington, Enterprise Services Manager Network -Project PM NES FINALIST ity of operations better ensure recovery and continu- vendors and othersduringacrisisto management, employees, clients, secure communications among Quickly andaccurately provides Business Continuity tion, Workforce Recovery and RallyPoint for CrisisCommunica- Baton Rouge, La. Transformyx Inc. Nominated by ESRICanada earlier mation sotheycanreacttothreats public healthagencies more infor- infectious diseasethreats, giving and theglobalspread of emerging ship betweencommercial airtravel Enables research intotherelation- BIO.DIASPORA Toronto, Canada Michael’sSt. Hospital ing e asrescue isdispatched orts lifesav-are locatedsotheycanstart anda nearby defithe victim brillator cardiac arrest nearthemand where iPhone ifthere’s of a victim sudden CPR-trained volunteers via Alerts District San RamonValley Fire Protection San Ramon,Calif. Protection District San Ramon Valley Fire Ulkar HoldingA.S. medical examiner) to editresults a user (often also allowingsoftware when onlyaskull is available, while reconstructing facialcharacteristics process in forensic medicineof Automates themanual,subjective Cranium Project Madrid, Spain T-Systems FINALIST Nominated by Morgan Stanley productive, engaginginteraction thereby creating interacting, more tion that’s capableof moving and physical presence inaremote loca- robotics to give theindividual a Combines teleconferencing with VGo Robotic Telepresence N.H. Nashua, Inc. VGo Communications reachingdrugs themarket government to prevent counterfeit maceuticals; mandatedbyTurkish other technologiesto track phar- and tions, cluster databaseservers Uses 2Dbarcodes, Internetconnec- TrackPharmaceutical andTrace Istanbul, Turkey 31 THE COMPUTERWORLD HONORS PROGRAM | JUNE 2011 32 THE COMPUTERWORLD HONORS PROGRAM | JUNE 2011 THE LAUREATES security risks scale whilemitigating thegreatest campuses togaineconomies of ment of IT security for participating andmanage- delivery velopment, Centralizes andstandardizesde- Center Virtual Information Security Northridge, Calif. University Northridge California State Nominated by Actio Corp. regulatory requirements for eachglobalmarkettomeet all health and safety documentation manage environmental, necessary create, Web-enable, publish and Systems thatcanin timely manner from Chemicals—Globally Protecting Worker andConsumers N.H. Portsmouth, Behr Process Corp. FINALIST to guide recovery work adisaster that canberetrieved after infrastructure andkeyresources and store information on critical anddevices to collect tiple partners Development of systemusingmul- Process Platform (DRIPP) Disaster Recovery Integrated Auburn, Ala. Auburn University erase data onstolenorlost devices to allow“remote kill”feature to are in place for dataprotection and tor and ensure securitymeasures application onuserdevices to moni- Deployment of endpointsecurity Fiberlink EndpointSecurity Md. Bethesda, Corp. Ameritas Investment Safety &Security FINALIST services awareness available toemergency enhance information and situational critical dataintosingledisplay to operational picturethatintegrates Enterprise asbasefor common System using Google Earth Development Common Operating Picture Emergency Management: Clemson, S.C. Clemson University conditions aboutroute-specifiemail alerts c features includecapabilitytosend tra hicles toidentify c congestion; data from fleet of GPS-equippedve- technologies togatherreal-time Uses opensource and existing Measurement System Performance Arterial Chicago, Ill. Transportation of Department ofChicago City FINALIST Nominated by Information Builders and e ectiveness creating greater o cer e forecast future criminaltrends, ciency ment e andfor fiorts rst time totargettechnology lawenforce- boards andpredictive analytics Uses businessintelligence dash- CMPD Predictive CrimesAnalytics Charlotte, N.C. Department Mecklenburg Police Charlotte- Nominated by RiverbedTechnology storage reliable databackupusingcloud performance, andquicker, more to datainareas withpoornetwork into privatecloud,speedieraccess and centralizing ITinfrastructure Upgrades includingsimplifying International Justice Mission Washington, D.C. Mission International Justice Nominated by SAS o enders’ information justice professionals tochanges in criminal and capability to alert Carolinaers’ criminalhistories North comprehensive profiles of o end- Secure Web-based application with Automated Data Services Criminal Justice Law Enforcement Raleigh, N.C. Controller N.C. O ceof theState Nominated by Sybase and customerrequirementstory products inreal timetomeetregula- raw materialsthrough shipped manufacturers totrackandtrace distribution processes, enabling Automates and manufacturing System (PES) (WMS) andPackaging Execution Warehouse System Manufacturing Sanborn, N.Y. Solutions Inc. Matrix Systems & FINALIST and userfrustration errors reducing redundant work, and publicsafety databases,thereby search of upto10criminaljustice one allowing userstoconduct Single, unifi ed search application FederatedJNET Address Search Harrisburg, Pa. Justice Network(JNET) Nominated by Sybase messages tier-1 aggregators tomanage fl ow of means aboutsafety concerns; uses New Yorkers viavariouselectronic cies, schoolsandotherstonotify that allowsgovernment agen- Statewide massnotifi cation system NY-ALERT Albany, N.Y. Management O ce Emergency New York State ment to areas mostinneedof improve- ited information securityresources Laboratory, by allocatinglim- inpart advantage for Los AlamosNational program that creates a competitive Establishes information security Alignment (ISSA) Information Strategic Security Los Alamos,N.M. National Laboratory) (OCIO) (Los Alamos Information O cer O ceoftheChief Nominated by Morgan Stanley behavior legitimate sharingandfraudulent system thatdistinguishesbetween management based policy security bybuildingonstandards- laboration withoutsacrifi cing data Allows internal andexternal col- More Secure Collaboration Management System for Safer and Standards-based Information Risk San Mateo, Calif. NextLabs Inc. Nominated by Hewlett-Packard management tion ordevice; alsostreamlines IT without regard tomedium,loca- communication andcollaboration technologies aimedatimproving dardizing businessprocesses and Multiyear transformation stan- LaboratoriesUnderwriters Camas, Wash. Laboratories Underwriters Nominated byTechnologies CA controls around access privileges tion and needs; alsoimproves mapped againstinternalinforma- ing unifi ed compliance framework tion securityrequirements bycreat- Simplifies management of informa- Compliancemation Security A Consolidated Platform for Infor- Salem, Ore. State ofOregon operations, suchas arrests or raids potential confl intheirplanned icts tion tolawenforcement agencies of andimmediatenotifiactivities ca- monitoring of lawenforcement Allows for controlled andsecure Deconfl Application iction RISSafe—RISS O cerSafetyEvent West Chester, Pa. mation Technology (RISS) O ceofInfor- tion SharingSystems Regional Informa- Nominated by Booz AllenHamilton capabilities threats, andnewcyber-defensive protectionagainstcyber tion, active for providing compliance valida- developing cutting-edge techniques Leadership role in deploying HBSS, (HBSS) Host-based System Security Camp H.M.Smith,Hawaii (USPACOM) Pacifi cCommand United States Nominated by Booz AllenHamilton (RCIEDs) from detonating trolled improvised explosive devices ments thatprevents radio-con- size, weight andpowerrequire- systems insingleunitwithminimal Advanced electronic warfaresub- Duke Version 3 ElectronicWarfare(RCIED) (CREW) Improvised Explosive Device Counter Radio-Controlled Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. Ground Branch Warfare Systems (EW) ate (I2WD),Electronic tion Warfare Director- gence andInforma- Intelli- (CERDEC), Engineering Center Development and Research, Electronics Communications- Command (RDECOM), Engineering Development and U.S. Army Research,
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Board Arizona Medical Nominated by MicrosoftSpain expanding toinclude more students for educationresources; program is create an onlineeducationportal students, trainteachers,and to bringtabletPCsnearly10,000 Investment of more than $21 million Tablet inAragon PC Schools Spain Saragossa, Aragon Government Training/Education completed their basic education completed theirbasiceducation divide for individualswhohaven’t education, andlessenthedigital broaden learning, access toquality cations technologies to enhance Uses information and communi- eSkwela Project Quezon City, Philippines Education of Department Technology and Communications Information and Commission on outreach campaign and multifaceted public ponent, wide employee e-learningcom- public-facing Web site, enterprise- awareness initiative comprising Ongoing implementationof security Multi-Tiered Approach ness andTraining Program: a State of Vermont Aware- Security Montpelier, Vt. Innovation Information and of Department Nominated by Booz AllenHamilton $17 millionannuallyintravel costs and technologies,saving taxpayers edge architecture opensoftware system thatincorporates cutting- class onlinetrainingandlearning Ongoing development of best-in- the AtlasPro Learning Suite Acquisition Workforce through Delivers Training to theDefense Defense Acquisition University Fort Belvoir, Va. University AcquisitionDefense Nominated byTechnologies CA scalability organization more fl exibility and capital investments aswellgives spikes inInternettra c without rooms in need tobetterhandle that matchesdonorswithclass- Allows for nonprofi t organization OnlineDonations form to Support Implementation of aCloudPlat- New York, N.Y. DonorsChoose.org informal on-the-job learning ment development programs and formal manage-ity bysupporting form tobuildmanagement capabil- flexible, scalable, Web-based plat- Latest version gives organizations a ManageMentorHarvard v11 Boston, Mass. Publishing Business Harvard ande ing theirimpact ciency communication costs whileincreas- schools how tousethemreduce their own Web sitesandteaches African nations set up andmanage Helps schoolsin Kenya andother Institution Initiative (AWPLII) A Web Site PerLearning Nairobi, Kenya Elimu HoldingsLtd. Nominated by Cisco Systems Inc. tion across geographies worldwide andtofoster collabora- classroom experience tostudents tools, to bringatrueimmersive munications andsocialnetworking Uses technology, includingtelecom- and Beyond Collaboration intheClassroom Durham, N.C. Duke University FINALIST taged youth get training technology of nonprofisupport t helpsdisadvan- ogy, whiledepartment’s fi nancial real-world experience intechnol- university students provides them IT department’s involvement with Community Outreach Chicago, Ill. Littelfuse Inc. laboration amongITprofessionals disseminate itaswellfoster col- tices togenerate knowledge and tools with traditionalbusinessprac- Combines Web 2.0 social media ITSM +2.0 Community of Practice Madrid, Spain (itSMF España) itSMF Spain ashistoricrecordpolicy; alsoserves technologies thatinforms public humanity’s useof communications dynamics, di usion, governance and innovations, globaldevelopment, Provides insightsintonetwork Imagining theInternet Elon, N.C. Internet Center Imagining the Nominated by Information Builders critical decisionswithgreater insight categories, allowingthemtomake information important in various managerial sta concise view of trators, board members and Quickly gives high-level adminis- Academic Dashboard Houston, Texas College Houston Community focuses on schoolreform receive also education and training; aimed at helping school dropouts Web-based curriculumcontent ofNow enrolls its studentsaspart Scholarship Program Achievement Community MARTINIAMINC ChildWelfare Ore.Portland, Entrepreneurship School For MARTINIAMINC FINALIST Nominated by Booz AllenHamilton neering and mathematics ment inscience, technology, engi- while promoting studentengage- designed around NASA’s missions providing learningexperiences middle andhighschoolstudents, NASA’s Web-based program for erschools.nasa.gov http://www.explor-(NES): NASA Explorer SchoolsProject Washington, D.C. tration (NASA) and SpaceAdminis- National Aeronautics Nominated by Dassault Systems logical site computer models of thearchaeo- historic datawith new, real-time, 3D and monumentsonline, linking andsurrounding tombs Pyramids repository for thestudyof the Giza Provides theworld’s central Giza Archives Project Boston, Mass. Boston Museum ofFine Arts, 35 THE COMPUTERWORLD HONORS PROGRAM | JUNE 2011 36 THE COMPUTERWORLD HONORS PROGRAM | JUNE 2011 THE LAUREATES medical workforce worldwide to provide trainingto the military of VeteransU.S. Department A airs of Defenseby U.S.Department and Centralized, Web-based systemused (MHS Learn) Health SystemMilitary Learn Md. Columbia, International Planned Systems improve theirqualityof life families howtousetheInternet Boston PublicSchoolstudentsand communities; focuses on showing accesstechnology tounderserved Provides hardware training, and Tech GoesHome(TGH) Boston, Mass. OpenAirBoston FINALIST Nominated by Trust BrandywineRealty business andpublicsectors ment inPhiladelphia’s nonprofi t, tion are placed in full-time employ- adults, whouponprogram comple- program for disadvantaged young Free, 16-week immersive ITtraining ITWorks Pa. Philadelphia, NPower Pennsylvania
Award winner 21st Century Achievement interns to gainexperience asvoluntary needs asstudentsserve helps area nonprofi ts withtheir IT path to a professional career; also as analternative tion and serves Gives individualsaconcise ITeduca- Technology Computer Information Shelbyville, Tenn. at Shelbyville Technology Center Tennessee can prosper industry munications technology so Pakistan’s information andcom- the required numberof employees andretain women; works toattract focus ontraining with a particular Provides technicaleducation, Distance E-Learning Education Lahore, Pakistan Computers Student Shelter In Nominated by Sybase manner projectsinautomated nity service related tolegallyrequired commu- manage and review information projects; allowsstudentstoaccess, and monitoringof proposed social Facilitates creation, development Application Community Service Maracaibo, Venezuela University (URBE) Rafael BellosoChacin
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DUE DATE: m4 CLIENT: FILENAME: 6714215 CompuWrld Ad m4 LAST MODIFIED: June 01, 2011, 3:20 PM 40 The Computerworld Honors Program | June 2011 Award Morgan2011 Stanley Leadership VMware CEO Paul Maritz technology around theworld contributions to theeffective use of information have, through theirleadershipandvision,madecritical Recognizing thoseuniqueandamazingindividualswho
for GlobalCommerce vanguard—has brought ustoday’s connected world. Paul Maritz’s life journey—and place inthetechnology From rural Africato London to the United States, A Global P “When Itravel nowand meet withyoung“When tion andahigherstandard oflivingglobally. indrivingglobalconnec- been instrumental ongoing technology revolution, Maritz has the in light a citizenoftheworldandleading itenables.connections andparticipation As communications technologyandtheglobal own borders, thankstoinformationand and knowledgeableaboutlifebeyond their oral follow. history. Excerptsoftheinterview LeadershipAwardMorgan Stanley forGlobalCommerce, VMware CEOPaul Maritz,foravideotaped nationalcorrespondentComputerworld Julia thisyear’s King recently interviewed recipient ofthe Citizen more connected world today feel remote ofthe parts young peoplein many, butnotall, verse. By contrast, uni of theknown him like theedge on whatseemedto aul Maritz grew up - ness into higherlivingstandards forall. says, istranslating thatglobalconnected- he way around theworld.” The nextchallenge, is to literally forklift themselves half ticipate excluded, andtheonlyway theycanpar fix isin,andthey’vebeenautomatically people, theydon’t necessarilyfeellike the Looking infrom theoutside they passedthaton.Ideveloped as ayoung andcuriouspeople both well-educated was about 10 years old. But my parents were didn’t have electricity inourhouseuntilI the thingsthatotherkidsdo. We literally On theotherhand,we didn’t have many of fullchildhood. privilege becauseitwas avery now Zimbabwe. In many ways it was a great cattle ranch inwhatwas then Rhodesia andis “I grew upabarefoot boyona30,000-acre
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41 The Computerworld Honors Program | June 2011 42 The Computerworld Honors Program | June 2011 and meetinghismentor From toLondon Africa propelled me there. Ithinkitwas alotofthat center. You hadtopropel yourself had toliterally moveyourself tothe really gettothecenterofthings, you happening somewhere else, andto ing thingsthatwere happeningwere looking in...thatalloftheinterest the sensethatIwas ontheoutside in the middle of Africa, I always had rica, really inthemiddleofnowhere an interest incomputing. cal, whichthengottranslated into boy apassionforallthingsmechani- ing carpetslippers. Iwalked intothe ways remember this—hewas wear his feetupondesk.And I’llal back ofthisopen-planoffice with was thisgentlemansitting inthe which in1978was unusual.There manager inthisopen-planoffice, then hetookmetomeetthehiring isnotgoingtobegood.’‘This But winter day in London, and I said, ofdreadingsort this. It was agray initial interviewwith me, andIwas lish personnel manager. He did the stuffy Eng- me intomeetthisvery called Burroughs. And theytook company someofusremember on adoorinSouthLondonfor interested. Eventually I knocked on IBM’s door, and they weren’t just knocked ondoors. Iknocked 1978, Ishowed upinLondonand and workinEngland.In Januaryof ish, Ihadtheautomaticrighttolive backpack. Sincemy motherisBrit the end of 1977, I literally packed a in thecomputingindustry. Soat in South Africa, I wanted to work “Growing upinthemiddleofAf- “When Igraduated from“When college through life.
- - - - the bigearly-warning computersys- his way upuntilhewas incharge of 1960s as a technician and worked had joinedtheU.S. Air Force inthe ic, larger-than-life character. He for Jim Harris, charismat thisvery could work!’ ocean.’ I thought,is a place ‘This I a whaleturd onthebottom ofthe guy issolowhecouldfitunderneath room. Ioverheard himboom,‘That “So Itookajobthere, working projects and provides microfinance around support the world. of theboard of theGrameen Foundation, whichsponsors Third World development ware andseveral privately held softwareaschairman companies. Healsoserves Universities of CapeTown on the board of and Natal inSouthAfrica.Heserves VM- (now Zimbabwe), isagraduate Maritz inmathematicsandcomputer science of the working atIntel asa software andtools developer. Bornandraised inRhodesia Platform Strategy andDeveloper Group. Priorto Microsoft, he spent five years aged theoverall company. Hisother positions there included vice president of the where as amemberof thefive-person heserved Executive Committee that man- founder andCEO. Before founding spent Pi,Maritz 14 years working atMicrosoft, EMC after thecompany’s February2008acquisition of Pi,where was Maritz the Previously, hewas president ofInfrastructure Divisionat theCloud and Services Paul joined VMware Maritz inJuly2008aspresident andchiefexecutive officer. Chief Executive Officer, VMware Paul Maritz - of thingstogetherforme. he was great. He really stitchedalot nately, died fairlyyoung inlife, but to endupatMicrosoft. Jim,- unfortu Jon Shirley, andthat’s whatledme met Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer and duced MS-DOS, andthrough himI for Microsoft whentheyfirstintro came thefirstOEMsalesmanager he recruited me toIntel. He thenbe left Burroughs andwent toIntel, and tems in the U.S. Air Force. He then - - at Intel An exhilarated 26-year-old subsequent opportunities. the thingsIlearnedthere goingin fluential, andItriedto keep someof first five yearsat in- Intel were very the issuesandnotonpeople?’ tocracy? And howdowe focuson And ameri- erybody? how dowe run ‘how do we getthebest out of ev this hierarchy. It was really about you down.Butthere was noneof stupid, theyfeltjustasfree tostrike same token, if you said something right to speak as anybody else. By the absolute equality. You hadasmuch you spoke, you were treated with Grove andGordon Moore, andif a meetingwithlegendslike Andy was exhilarating formeto gointo encouraged tospeaktheirminds. It environment where peoplewere ing and honest environment, an intellectuallychalleng- was avery Gordon Moore andLesVadasz. It still being byAndy run Grove and was Intel initsheyday, whenitwas influentialonme.was very That here inSiliconValley atIntel, which “I started my“I started workingcareer Those -
group exercise Leadership acontinuous as of collaboration The essential value have amanagerwhomakes sure where you’re supposedtogo. You who knowsvisionary—someone characters involved. You have a team organization really hasfour versation isthatany successful tobring to the con- wisdom I try often, oneofthestandard piecesof it takes tobetheperfectleader. And perfect leader. None ofushave what along theway isthatnobodythe large thingstohappen. with peoplethatyou canreally get of the factthatit’s onlybyworking try tobe aware ButI office. my into left tomy owndevicesIwillretreat to work on, quite frankly, because about that.It’s something Istillhave thoughtful and you have tobevery over theyears thatthat’s necessary, and peopletogether. SoI’velearned happen, you have tostitchideas nized thattoreally make bigthings there ofmethatrecog isthispart - clock hasmoved.Ontheotherhand, time withoutevennoticingthatthe I candothatforthree hoursata ally do, andprogram, timeceases. I sitdown,whichstilloccasion- still think that in those times that pursuit,and Istillloveit. solitary “One ofthethingsI’velearned “Programming isanintroverted, where people complement where peoplecomplement “Really good leadership is “Really goodleadershipis
each other.”
Committee Nominating Commerce Award for Global Leadership Morgan Stanley 2011 Symantec Corp. ofChairman theBoard John W. Thompson Red Hat Inc. of the Board Retired CEO andChairman Matthew J. Szulik Microsoft Corp. Director Retired President and Board Jon Shirley QBE Reinsurance Corp. Technology Officer StrategyChief and Steven Sheinheit L. Jamestown Exploration Co. Co-Founder andPrincipal Dan Morrow Holdings LLC Alvarez &Marsal Managing Director Fred Matteson SunGard Data Systems Inc. President andCEO Cristobal I.Conde TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. OperatingChief Officer Adams Marv
43 The Computerworld Honors Program | June 2011 44 The Computerworld Honors Program | June 2011 and serve Giving backaway as tolearn [and] LesVadasz was theenforcer. ary, Andy Grove was themanager, where Gordon Moore was thevision- what Isaw at Intel, for instance, complement eachother. And that’s good leadership is where people teristics inthesameperson.Really cooking.’we needtostart to getoutofthekitchennowbecause long enough,andallyou guys need who says, ‘Look,we’ve debatedthis the enforcer. You needtheperson [you’re] going. Then last,you need what customers want and where to make thatconnectionbetween customers willseethem.You need can’tary see the things the way that customer becauseoftenthevision- You need to have a champion of the personal andinterpersonalissues. that journeyandtakes care ofthe in knowstheirpart that everybody not here, basicallyjustthrough a ability to do what we do, but they’re of intellectualability andemotional who are equallyqualified interms sands, ofotherpeopleintheworld are probably hundreds, ifnotthou- oflife.that we wonthelottery There cognizantofthefact should bevery oneofusat VMware isthatevery things thatIsay tothefolkshere privileged in my life. One of the create that space where people can bubble ideas up and create thatspacewhere peoplecanbubbleideasupand then take thoseideasandputthemthrough aprocess “You nevergetallfourcharac- “I feellike I’vebeenincredibly “You can’t mandateinnovation. It to really istrying where you canactuallyfashionthem.”
or not.And allofasuddenIgot whether theirchildren wouldeat in theirendeavors literally meant whether theycouldbesuccessful matter oflifeanddeathforthem; work therest oftheday. This was a at 6:30 in the morning. They hadto in my life. These womenwere there serious meetingIhave everbeento the rest of it, and it was themost is, you know, chat anddiscuss together andthefirstthingtheydo this tobe30villagewomengetting women. day because these are all working ments. And ithappensearlyinthe payments [and]getnewdisburse their progress, [and]peoplemake comestogethertodiscuss everyone There’s a weekly meeting where high-touch process. hands-on, very each other, andtake outloans. It’s a come together, standsurety for model’ where groups ofwomen ‘classicthe so-called microfinance zation inIndia, andtheyoperate on went tovisitamicrofinance organi- industry. Acoupleofyears agoI ries ofevents, inthemicrofinance different people. ment we are inandinteracting with a lot [by] getting out ofthe environ- aspect isthatIthinkyou can learn given, muchisexpected.The other been given, and to whom much is fate. To [twist] of allofus, muchhas “I went thereofexpecting sort “I got involved, through ase - -
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and beyond Virtualization, mobility of my life, ifyou countthetimeat sweet forme, having spent20years the PCera. This iskindofbitter seeing the beginning of the end of wherever you are, but we’re finally you cangetaccesstoinformation about mobileisnotonlythefactthat amount ofairconditioning. space, theamount ofpower andthe you cut down theamountoffloor By reducing thenumberofservers the otherside, toredeem it. trying lem atMicrosoft, andnowI’m on others helped to create that prob or 15% capacity. Ironically, I and most ofwhichare at5, running 10 this sprawl ofX86-based servers, [is forcompaniesto]gofrom having nondisruptive, way, evolutionary that, becausewhatitenables, ina you getabiggreen dividendfrom hardware more efficiently. Assuch, make adifference. it’s thosekindsofpeoplewhoreally lone facebehindthebigimage. And been oneyoung guy. He’s beenthis this feature, butforsevenyears it’s “I thinkwhat’s really profound isallaboutusing “Virtualization
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47 Business Responsiveness 21ST CENTURY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Modern Design Improvements in State Street Corp.’s IT infrastructure gives the company the foundation it needs for growth. June 2011
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WHEn BOSTOn-BASED STATE STrEET COrP. acquired Mourant International finance Administration in the Channel Islands and the securities servicing unit of Italy’s Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, the fi nancial services company increased its non-U.S. revenue by more than 18%. It was a
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48 State Street incorporated a “green-grow-as-you-go” 21st Century IT design that minimizes Infrastructure power consumption State Street Corp. Boston, Mass. and eliminates the need
Nominated by: State Street Corp. to cool raised floor space
Challenge: Align IT infrastructure to support that’s designated for current business needs as well as support future goals and objectives further growth.
Solution: Consolidate and standardize core infrastructure to produce more resilient and more strategic technology that’s capable of The goal was to improve operations locally, region- growing with the business ally and globally, as well as provide a foundation for the business growth and transformation goals that the CEO had set. The project created two regional data centers with a high-speed dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) and multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) It was also an important test of its IT infrastructure, network architecture. This assured on-site and cross- which proved capable of seamlessly integrating the two site redundancy and connectivity for State Street and businesses into the company in a way that minimized its clients. It also enabled critical system recovery investment, lead time and operational risks. within minutes or hours. “State Street has a world-class IT infrastructure that State Street’s key investments were in EMC stor- allows us to provide our clients with consistently high age technology, Cisco network technology and IBM levels of service. It is also a strategic platform for con- professional services. tinually extending the breadth, depth and geographic The project included state-of-the-art trading reach of our product and service ca- pabilities,” said Joseph C. Antonellis, State Street vice chairman. project Significance
That wasn’t always the case, how- The 21st century infrastructure now provides a reliable, June 2011
| ever. resilient, secure and efficient environment that is quickly As State Street expanded in Europe and cost-effectively responding to continued business during the past decade, it also saw sig- growth and expansion. nificant growth in the number and rogram diversity of the applications and technologies that its environments; regionally diverse market data and P IT department had to support. At the same time, it direct market access points; IP-based trader voice had to adjust to enormous changes in the financial solutions; and integrated audiovisual access to news, onors
services industry, with new regulations, changing market information and colleagues around the globe. H business models, and increased demand for real-time Additionally, it established a central virtualized hub information— further stressing its IT environment. of servers and storage along with a regional remote The Global Infrastructure Services team, led by support model.
Executive Vice President Madge Meyer, stepped up The result is an IT infrastructure that combines the erworld and proposed an innovative solution: a 21st century IT latest technology advancements with best practices t infrastructure that would leverage a multiyear global in IT infrastructure management and operations to blueprint of data center and technology standards to provide a secure, stable environment that can respond change the way the company managed, delivered and to the challenges of extraordinary business growth and supported its European IT infrastructure. change. n The Compu
49 Collaboration 21ST CENTURY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Global Computing For Good IBM’s World Community Grid gives scientists the supercomputing power they need for humanitarian research. June 2011
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SCIEnTISTS AT THE SCrIPPS rESEArCH InSTITUTE are trying to develop drugs that can prevent AIDS from spreading in the body. They’re particularly interested in fi nding treatments for AIDS strains that have become resis-
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50 World Community Grid IBM Armonk, N.Y.
Nominated by: IBM friends and others to become members, too. Challenge: Make enough computing The result is a global, public, volunteer, grid-based power easily available to scientists running research tool available free of charge to scientists scientific problems who are conducting nonprofit humanitarian-based research anywhere in the world. Solution: By donating initial infrastruc- The project comes from IBM, which donated the ture and ongoing support, IBM has helped create a public virtual supercomputer using hardware, software, technical services and expertise volunteers who donate their computer to build the infrastructure for it and now provides free resources and make it available for free to hosting, maintenance and support. scientists conducting nonprofit humanitarian- Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Com- based research puting (BOINC) is the core software for the agent that runs on members’ computers as well as on some of the servers. The advent of viable, secure and robust grid tech- nology several years ago makes World Community Grid millions of compounds against various HIV possible. Prior to that, researchers working on complex protease and integrase target proteins. scientific problems required access to supercomput- Their work, which has already produced some ers, of which there are a very limited number. promising results, could yield the medical break- Since World Community Grid was established, it through the world is waiting for when it comes to the has delivered more than 580 million research com- fight against HIV and AIDS. Yet such potential might have gone unrealized if it weren’t for Project significance World Community Grid. World Community Grid accelerates difficult humanitarian research “This is work that we would that would otherwise require years of lab work, expands research not have attempted in the ab- in previously unsponsored or neglected areas, focuses on global sence of this powerful public humanitarian issues, and encourages new data and computation- June 2011
| computing grid. World Com- ally rich approaches to long-standing problems. munity Grid has allowed us to complete very complex re- search studies in six months that would have taken five putation results, supporting more than 15 important rogram years,” said Dr. Arthur J. Olson, the professor running medical and humanitarian research projects including P the laboratory that’s doing the AIDS research. “Human Proteome Folding,” “Nutritious Rice for the World Community Grid’s mission is to create the World,” “Help Fight Childhood Cancer,” and “Discov- onors
world’s largest public virtual supercomputer to aid ering Dengue Drugs - Together.” H researchers focused on projects that benefit humanity. More than 540,000 members in more than 200 This is how it works: Members of World Communi- countries—representing more than 1.5 million de- ty Grid contribute their individual computer resources vices—have connected to the grid. That totals more
to collectively form a virtual supercomputer. It only than 425,000 years of computer runtime that have erworld happens when members aren’t using their comput- been donated to support research projects. t ers; for example, when they’ve gone out for lunch or In keeping with IBM’s commitment to this public paused to think between keystrokes. Members can approach, all results are in the public domain and select which specific research projects they want to therefore made available to the global scientific support. They can invite colleagues, family members, community. n The Compu
51 Digital Access 21ST CENTURY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Literary Lessons Student-run Net Literacy uses the Web to educate others on how to advance digital inclusion around the world. June 2011
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ALTHOUGH THE WOrLD IS InCrEASInGLY becoming a digital one, many people still aren’t comfortable or compe- tent using technology. Educators, organizations and volun- teers around the globe are trying to address this problem of digital access. They occasionally come together at summits to discuss the challenges of and strategies for bridging this
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52 Net Literacy has won multiple awards, Digital Literacy including the Best Practices Site Net Literacy Jefferson Award for Carmel, Ind. Public Service, the Nominated by: Intel National Prudential Spirit Challenge: Share successful strategies and of the Community Award, best practices used to increase digital literacy in populations who are left out of the technology age the National Kindness Solution: Create a Web-based site where Award, and the digital access best practices can be accessed by anyone at any time Above and Beyond Award by the Congressional Medal of Honor Society.
So, after a trip to Hong Kong, the student-age And Net Literacy’s student volunteers have started to president of Net Literacy, an all-volunteer nonprofit enter the hundreds of best practices submissions they founded in 2003 by middle school students, decided received from around the world; they plan to finish the to use technology to help facilitate a greater exchange backlog by June 2011. of ideas on the topic. Moving forward, Net Literacy leaders intend to Net Literacy launched a beta Web site in August reach out to other nongovernment organizations, ISP 2010. After receiving the endorsement of Internet as- organizations, IT companies, government agencies sociations representing 225,000 organizations on five and similar initiatives to continue populating the site. continents, Net Literacy launched a production site Net Literacy is a student-run organization. Middle in February 2011. June 2011
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The organization worked with The Intel World Ahead Program, Project significance which focuses on increasing tech- DigitalLiteracy.org is becoming an internationally recognized nology access, connectivity and site for information on how educators, organizations and volun- rogram education. It used WordPress as teers around the world can advance digital inclusion and digital P the Web site platform. And Net literacy to ensure people are not left behind as society conducts Literacy volunteers worked on more and more of its activities online. onors
developing the site. H Net Literacy’s goal is to share successful strategies and best practices for how to meet school, high school and college students make up 60% society’s changing digital access and digital literacy of its board, and student volunteers perform all of the
needs around the world. service learning and volunteering. These digital na- erworld The site, DigitalLiteracy.org, already has become an tives set the priorities, choose the applications and t internationally recognized repository of digital inclu- complete the execution of all of Net Literacy commu- sion and digital literacy good practices. nity service programs. Net Literacy’s work has received Individuals had submitted more than 300 digital both national and international praise, along with nu- access good practices within months of its launch. merous awards and honors from two U.S. presidents. n The Compu
53 Economic Opportunity 21ST CENTURY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Mobile Money Communications company Airtel Africa harnesses cellular services to bring banking to a wider population in Africa. June 2011
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MOST Of THE OPErATIOnS for the Mumias Sugar Co. Ltd. in western Kenya are based in rural areas, where banks are nearly nonexistent. So the company had to use cash to pay sugarcane cutters their wages weekly. While cash pay- ments might seem straightforward, they’re actually fraught with problems. The company had to contend with fraud, theft, disputes, high cash-handling costs and insurance in
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54 One of the biggest challenges was educating users. At the start, some people used to look for money inside the mobile phone and had to learn that money is now digital, something that is there even if they can’t hold it.
to those who previously had access to none. Airtel Money It allows people to cash in and cash out at autho- Airtel Africa rized Airtel Money retailers. Once money is deposited Nairobi, Kenya in Airtel Money accounts, people can use it to pay mer- chants, utility companies, insurance premiums, school Nominated by: Airtel Africa fees, tickets, etc. Subscribers also can move money Challenge: Bring financial services to a from their Airtel Money wallet to bank accounts and population without access to banks vice versa. In fact, Airtel has found that transferring money between two Airtel Money accounts is one of Solution: Develop financial capabilities the most popular features. for the mobile phones that are ubiquitous in Airtel Money is a subscriber identity module (SIM) Africa application toolkit-based application (referred to as STK) that’s available on the handset of all Airtel mobile subscribers. The application allows even basic phones to handle the service. Airtel said it kept the STK menu company to handle the payments. simple, familiar and intuitive so that anyone could use The company’s experience isn’t unique in Africa, it. And while the user interface is simple, Airtel also where most of the 1 billion-plus residents have little made it extensible enough to cater to future additional or no access to basic banking services. Banks are pri- transactions. In addition, Airtel said it had to design marily available in large cities, leaving individuals and the application to accommodate the limited memory businesses outside those urban areas to either rely on footprint available in the SIM, but used a robust trans- cash or trek long distances for the needed financial services. This lack of basic banking services isn’t just June 2011 Project Significance | an inconvenience. An economy Airtel’s Airtel Money brings banking to those who did not have based nearly 100% on cash has access to such services before, making financial transactions huge overhead because of the cost not only more convenient but also more efficient and secure, to move the money, draining effi- all of which spurs economic opportunities and advancement. rogram ciency. It also leads to theft, pilfer- P age and fraud. And while Internet banking could help, banks action platform based on open standards and reusable onors
haven’t been able to grow their online digital services integration points capable of handling large transac- H because large parts of Africa lack connectivity infra- tion volumes. structure. The design allows Airtel to bring on multiple mer- That’s where Airtel Africa, which provides mobile chants, banking systems and payment gateways such
communications services across 16 markets in Africa, as MasterCard with minimal new development. erworld comes in. Airtel saw an opportunity to use the wide For vendors, Airtel chose Homisco Inc. for the core t reach of mobile phones to bring some innovation into transaction platform built using .NET along with Pyro the continent’s financial industry with Airtel Money, for its currency conversion and financial transaction its flagship product. hub, and Oberthur Technologies for its hardware se-
Simply put, Airtel Money provides banking services curity module. n The Compu
55 Emerging Technology 21ST CENTURY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Equalizing Education Idaho Education Network brings bandwidth and videoconferencing to classrooms to expand the learning opportunities available to both students and teachers. June 2011
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LIKE MAnY STATES, Idaho has a shortage of math and science teachers. It also has a number of rural school dis- tricts, where there’s limited access to foreign language and Advanced Placement classes that off er college credit to high
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56 The Idaho Education Network Implementation Project Idaho Education Network Boise, Idaho educational opportunities available there compared with more urban regions. Nominated by: Qorvis In many cases the schools’ bandwidth increased on Challenge: Expand school curriculum of- average approximately 200%; in some remote schools, ferings without adding significant costs to the that bandwidth increased as much as 1,000%. public budgets The IEN uses H.264-based videoconferencing Solution: Increase schools’ bandwidth and provided by Tandberg and education network man- use videoconferencing equipment to bring agement and coordination by Education Networks classes and programming to students and of America Inc. Qwest supplies the high-bandwidth teachers across the state, even those in the virtual private network (VPN). most rural, remote areas The IEN has also trained more than 500 teachers and staff. It expects to complete the remaining districts ahead of schedule. Subsequent phases will expand to middle and el- ementary schools as well as libraries. Content is already crossing the network, with some Dissatisfied with that situation, Idaho state leaders 25 different subjects being shared. The classes range turned to technology to improve it. from advanced math to business marketing to Holo- The Idaho Legislature in the 2008 and 2009 ses- caust literature. They include many AP and dual-credit sions established the Idaho Education Network (IEN) language classes that cover world languages such as and charged it with several important goals: Estab- French, Japanese and Spanish. lish a robust, scalable private education network that Students aren’t the only ones benefiting. In addition reaches into every Idaho community; remove obstacles to the training teachers take as part of the network of access to education in every community; change the implementation, teachers now have access to seminars culture of education consumption to meet the needs and graduate credits. In fact, one school, Sugar Salem of every community member; facilitate an open, com- High, is offering two master’s level programs through a June 2011
| petitive market for education delivery; and promote distance learning program from Utah State University. community safety, growth, economic development Communities are also reaping rewards from the and personal achievement through education. network, as residents in various professions now have Those are significant chal- rogram lenges, but the IEN is already P experiencing success. Project Significance It’s more than halfway The implementation of a high-bandwidth network and videoconferencing equipment has dramatically increased onors through the first phase of the H implementation process. The the learning opportunities available to students, teachers first phase called for connecting and community members in the state. 200 high schools with managed,
high-speed, commercial-grade erworld bandwidth along with videoconferencing equipment access to training and resources that were unavailable t over a three-year period. before. And by utilizing the network and videoconfer- The IEN has fully deployed the network to half of encing to train public employees across the state, the those districts, focusing on those in the most sparsely IEN saved Idaho taxpayers more than $50,000 in travel populated and rural areas first to help equalize the and training costs. n The Compu
57 Environment 21ST CENTURY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Going Green Allstate Insurance Co.’s Emerald City data center delivers performance and sustainability. June 2011
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ALLSTATE InSUrAnCE CO. nEEDS to store a tremendous amount of information—3 billion fi les and documents. Based on the company’s own calculations, that would require nearly 5 trillion sheets of paper, 53 million fi le cabinets and 130
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58 The environmental impact of Allstate’s new green data center extends beyond the facility itself. The data center is promoting green initiatives in other areas, too, as the company takes what it has learned from building the data center and applies it to other, older buildings around Allstate campuses to make them more energy efficient, refreshed and environmentally friendly.
automatically adjust the lighting levels in the building. There are 18 water source heat pumps that recover heat generated by the computer equipment in order Allstate’s Emerald City to heat nonraised floor areas throughout the building. Allstate Insurance Co. And the monitoring systems are fully integrated and Northbrook, Ill. designed to record and track all power and mechanical equipment to allow for optimization of energy usage Nominated by: Allstate Insurance Co. and consumption. Challenge: To store vast amounts of data Allstate also looked for energy efficiency in its hard- in an environmentally sustainable manner ware, as it replaced older, less-efficient hardware with new eco-friendly hardware. In addition, the company New green data center Solution: used tiered storage and server virtualization to reduce minimizes energy consumption but still energy consumption by 70%. delivers maximum IT performance Meanwhile, the building components contain a minimum of 20% recycled content and low toxicity. The site is designed to infiltrate storm water directly into the aquifer rather than into the municipal storm sewer. Even the bathrooms are designed to conserve energy through the use of alternative dual-flushing
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| is already an environmental improvement over paper- Completed in 2009 and located in Rochelle, Ill., based storage, but Allstate figured it could do even better. So as part of its commitment to environmental project Significance rogram sustainability, the Northbrook, Ill., Allstate’s new data center provides the performance and P company focused on building a new data security required by the company in a green manner data center that would minimize its by minimizing its use of resources. onors
impact on the environment while H also meeting the highest possible technology standards. Allstate’s new data center is LEED Gold certified, a Its green data center meets both goals. testament to its energy efficiency and environmentally
The company paid special attention to making the friendly design. erworld facility energy efficient and reducing energy consump- Although committed to its stance on environmental t tion in as many ways as possible across every square responsibility, Allstate didn’t sacrifice anything on the inch of the building. The roof reflects the sun’s rays to performance side. Its data center is equipped to ensure reduce the energy needed for cooling the data center. high availability of its critical systems as well as protect
The windows have light and occupancy sensors that and secure its customers’ information. n The Compu
59 Health 21ST CENTURY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Virtual Care The Balkan Telemedicine Program from International Virtual e-Hospital shows the world a model for sustainable healthcare in developing countries. June 2011
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THE POLITICAL AnD ETHnIC COnfLICT THAT STrUCK KOSOVO in the 1990s left the medical services there in a deplorable state. Professors and doctors hadn’t practiced advanced medicine in more than a decade. Medi-
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60 Balkan Telemedicine Program International Virtual e-Hospital Anchorage, Alaska
Nominated by: Polycom Inc.
Challenge: To bring advanced medicine and medical education to developing countries
Solution: Use of teleconferencing equip- ment to create a sustainable telemedicine program that provides the right information with Polycom’s high-definition telepresence systems, at the right time to medical professionals as Criticare Systems’ Vital Signs monitoring and the well as helps train healthcare providers University of Arizona’s teletrauma real-time monitor- ing and capture stations. A Polycom firewall traversal solution allows for seamless video collaboration with outside organizations. Like many IT initiatives, the telemedicine program faced some challenges. IVeH leaders had to convince clinics as part of their education, and their classes were physicians to change some practices in order to maxi- being held in basements. mize benefits, and telemedicine proponents also had Dr. Rifat Latifi, a Kosovo native practicing medicine to convince governments that investing in the tech- in the United States, saw telemedicine as a way to help nology was well worth it. In addition, IVeH had to remedy the situation. manage projects that involved many players from Dr. Latifi in 2000 first presented the idea to es- different backgrounds, cultures, education, goals and tablish and implement telemedicine and medical mentalities. distance learning in the region. The goal: Design and implement the Telemedicine Program of June 2011 Project Significance |
Kosovo (TPK) as a sustainable and The telemedicine program provides powerful international functional portal for information educational tools that improve the health conditions of popula- within and outside the region with tions by providing the right information at the right time to a training center for telemedicine. medical personnel. It also builds a sustainable foundation for rogram
As a result, the International evidence-based medicine using advanced technologies by P Virtual e-Hospital (IVeH) estab- helping educate healthcare providers in developing countries. lished TPK in 2001. Since then, onors
the program has connected seven H hospitals via telemedicine, provided access to an elec- Cultivating partnerships and showing transpar- tronic medical library, and established local leadership ency were key to overcoming obstacles and achieving to run the regional telemedicine centers. success.
The TPK later expanded and is now the Balkan Tele- Many developing countries now list the establish- erworld medicine Program, which includes programs in Alba- ment of a sustainable telemedicine program as one t nia, Macedonia and Montenegro as well as Kosovo. of their goals. The IVeH, whose mission is to create The program’s telemedicine centers include vid- self-sustainable telemedicine and e-health programs, eoconferencing rooms, teleconsultation rooms and is demonstrating with the success of its Balkan Tele- telemedicine training rooms. Each room is equipped medicine Program how to make such goals a reality. n The Compu
61 Human Services 21ST CENTURY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Making a Connection City relies on BOSTONavigator: Boston’s New Youth Opportunity Management Tool to connect young people with opportunities. June 2011
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YOUnG PEOPLE LIVInG In BOSTOn have their choice of numerous programs designed to accommodate a range of interests and needs. But in the past, individuals some- times had trouble connecting with the right opportunities because, although plenty of program information existed both in print and online, there was no single repository that
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62 BOSTONavigator: Boston’s New Youth Opportunity Management Tool City of Boston Depart- ment of Innovation & Technology Boston, Mass.
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Challenge: Better connect young people curate and timely information almost impossible. with programs in the city as well as track and The new platform allows the city to collect infor- measure the success of those programs mation about the young people participating in each Solution: Develop a platform that tracks program in a timely, accurate and comprehensive way. program participants and (soon) program And the citywide participation tracking system pro- outcomes to measure success vides a reporting mechanism for program providers to share data about their participants. Boston’s new platform also uses nFocus’ Commu- nity Server software to utilize a wide variety of data sets, including U.S. Census data, student information and crime statistics, to help the city assess community The City of Boston’s Department of Innovation & needs and the impact of different programs. The city Technology changed that with the development and is in the early stages of implementing this outcome deployment of BOSTONavigator. measurement component. Using nFocus Software’s Community Compass More than 13,000 users at 38 city-run community software, the city created an online directory of more centers are now using an ID card that allows the city than 1,700 youth programs that’s searchable by keyword, activity, June 2011
| type, age and location. It also pro- Project Significance vides program information such as BOSTONavigator makes it easier for young people to connect contact details, hours of operation with opportunities while also helping city officials, funders and and cost. Youth and parents can program providers improve youth programming by giving them rogram use it to search programs as well the tools to measure and analyze programming successes. P as rate them and view comments from other participants. onors
BOSTONavigator is more than a listing, however. to collect information about and track visits to a site, H It also has tools that help the city learn more about including participation in specific activities. The city who is participating in which programs. The city in is working on expanding the platform to encompass the past did have a participant tracking program, citywide participant tracking.
which it used to learn more about the supply and Boston is the first city in the United States to co- erworld diversity of programs. But there was a lack of infor- ordinate youth programming data at a citywide level t mation about the youth who participated in the pro- in this way. The system is fully scalable, and it has the grams. And while the programs tracked enrollment capability to include additional services, such as social and attendance, they had varying systems, including and health services, as well as other populations, such old-fashioned pen and paper, which made getting ac- as adults and the elderly. n The Compu
63 Innovation 21ST CENTURY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Making the Grade SAS OnDemand for Education: Sustainability Management gives Duke University the capability to see its progress on sustainability. June 2011
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DUKE UnIVErSITY HAD MADE A COMMITMEnT to environmental sustainability, and it wanted to know how well it was doing on that front. But it wasn’t able to measure its eff orts with consistent accuracy. Its system for collect- ing and analyzing the data was manual, time-intensive and
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64 SAS OnDemand for Education: Sustainability SAS via an FTP process or enter data online via a Web Management Helps Duke data entry tool. It also helps automate data collection and reporting University Measure efforts for the university’s greenhouse gas inventory Institutional Sustainability and the Association for the Advancement of Sustain- Duke University ability in Higher Education STARS (Sustainability Durham, N.C. Tracking, Assessment & Rating System) assessment. Nominated by: SAS And it provides tools to analyze building energy use and other data that the university has gathered Challenge: To find an application that through an online carbon calculator for the campus would help track and manage the sustain- community. ability efforts while taking into account the Such capabilities make it easier for Duke to man- unique challenges and requirements of an age data collection and respond to assessments. They educational institution also enable Duke to easily communicate sustainabil- Solution: A new hosted software solution ity reports to constituents in a variety of ways, from from SAS a Web-based portal application to emailed reports to dashboards on their mobile devices. Duke’s Sustainability Office sees three core areas of value in the SAS software. First is in the area of greenhouse gas modeling. Duke’s Sustainability Office recognized the need SAS analyzes Duke’s energy and fuel data to calculate for a better system—one that could measure its envi- emissions and show carbon “hot spots” throughout ronmental impact, such as energy consumption and the institution. greenhouse gas emissions, as well as track improve- The second area is sustainability performance re- ments. It also wanted a system that could produce re- porting, through which Duke can set, track and man- ports in various formats to distribute to university of- age goals. ficers, students, organizations and other interested parties.
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SAS had developed applications used by other types which Duke can see not just how it’s currently per- H of organizations to measure their sustainability efforts, forming, but can predict future performance based but the Cary, N.C.-based business analytics company on changing dynamics. The software can, for example, agreed with Duke that a more tailored application was calculate how installing solar thermal hot water ap-
needed for colleges and universities. plications can affect its total carbon footprint for the erworld The result is SAS OnDemand for Education: Sus- next five years. t tainability Management, hosted software that helps Taken all together, Duke now has the centralized colleges and universities track and manage their sus- reporting, tracking and management system it wanted tainability efforts at a holistic level. to accurately understand the impact of its sustainabil-
The application lets Duke send its data directly to ity efforts now and into the future. n The Compu
65 Safety & Security 21ST CENTURY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Saving Soldiers The CREW Duke Version 3 system provides U.S. forces with critical, lifesaving protection against a wide range of threats. June 2011
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THE U.S. MILITArY fACED A nEW EnEMY AT THE STArT Of THE 21ST CEnTUrY, and with that change came a new weapon: the improvised explosive device. The most common of these is the radio-controlled IED (rCIED). These inexpensive, easy-to-make devices, which are also often called “roadside bombs,” have killed and maimed
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66 Counter Radio- Controlled Improvised Explosive Device (RCIED) duce the Counter RCIED Electronic Warfare (CREW) Duke Version 3 system. Electronic Warfare The CREW Duke V3 provides U.S. forces with (CREW) Duke Version 3 critical, lifesaving protection against a wide range of U.S. Army Research Development threats, most notably the RCIEDs, by preventing such and Engineering Command (RDE- devices from detonating. COM), Communications-Electron- The CREW Duke V3 is a field-deployable, single- ics Research Development and unit system with minimal size, weight and power Engineering Center (CERDEC), requirements. It consists of a primary unit known as Intelligence and Information the CREW Duke V2 and a secondary adjunct unit that Warfare Directorate (I2WD), features advanced electronic warfare subsystems that Electronic Warfare (EW) Systems counter RCIED technologies. Technologies and vendors key in its development Ground Branch and deployment are radio frequency jammer technolo- Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. gies from Syracuse Research Corp. (SRC), antenna de- Nominated by: Booz Allen Hamilton sign from First RF Corp., and program management and technical support from Booz Allen Hamilton. Challenge: Develop defenses against the More than 40,000 CREW Duke systems have been radio-controlled improvised explosive devices deployed with U.S. Army troops serving in Afghanistan (RCIEDs) that enemies use to kill U.S. forces and Iraq. Solution: Use technologies to develop a In fact, the CREW Duke V3 system has helped re- single unit with minimal size, weight and power duce enemy use of RCIEDs as the preferred weapon requirements that prevents radio-controlled of choice. As a result, there has been a dramatic re- improvised explosive devices (RCIEDs) from duction in combat-related injuries and fatalities due detonating to RCIEDs. Ramon Llanos, I2WD EW Systems Ground Branch chief, and his team were recognized in November 2010
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the Army Science Conference, where soldiers chose The U.S. military’s conventional weapons didn’t the CREW Duke V3 as one of the Army’s top 10 greatest always protect against these threats, so military re- inventions based on importance and impact. searchers set out to develop a rogram more effective defense against P RCIEDs. Project significance A group of agencies – The The CREW Duke V3 system provides enhanced protection against radio-controlled improvised explosive devices, thereby saving U.S. onors U.S. Army Research Develop- H ment and Engineering Com- forces from injury and death. mand (RDECOM), Communi- cations-Electronics Research
Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC), The military also sees the CREW Duke V3 system erworld Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate serving in other capacities beyond its work against t (I2WD), Electronic Warfare (EW) Systems Ground RCIEDs. Military officials said theR C EW Duke V3 Branch, in conjunction with Product Manager Coun- can be rapidly modified and tailored to provide pro- ter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device tection against a wide variety of threats in any theater
Electronic Warfare (PM CREW) – joined forces to pro- of operation. n The Compu
67 Training/Education 21ST CENTURY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Military Medicine Military Health System Learn (MHS Learn) from Planned Systems International delivers the advanced educational and training system needed for a modern military. June 2011
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MAnY SOLDIErS rETUrnInG frOM THE WAr in Iraq suff er from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). One ef- fective treatment is exposure therapy, which has been shown to help PTSD suff erers confront their trauma and guide the
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68 Military Health System Learn (MHS Learn) Planned Systems International Columbia, MD.
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Challenge: Provide effective, efficient education and training to Department of Defense and Veterans Administration personnel located around the world
Solution: A centralized, Web-based learning management system that provides consistent and timely training to the military medical development; and Web-based training on Virtual Iraq. workforce worldwide Both the DoD and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) now use this system. More than 170,000 students have accessed courses and other learning events through MHS Learn so far. However, it’s not just MHS Learn’s reach that is exposing PTSD sufferers to a virtual world where impressive. The system brings significant efficiencies they reexperience the sights, sounds and even smells and cost savings to the government at the same time it of combat. It helps them confront their trauma in a expands on the training and educational opportunities controlled and safe environment. And by gradually available to users. reintroducing the patient to the experiences that trig- Prior to its launch, the DoD and VA used a variety of gered the trauma, the memory becomes tolerable and training systems, which led to many redundancies. The healing begins. agencies also had a difficult time reviewing programs This is what Virtual Iraq, a virtual reality exposure for costs and quality because there was no centralized therapy overseen by Planned Systems International’s way to review what was offered at the 400-plus DoD Telehealth Team, is designed to do. treatment facilities and the 153 VA hospitals. The agen-
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Department of Defense (DoD). time it’s saving money and improving efficiencies. P MHS Learn is a centralized, Web- based learning management system onors
that provides consistent and timely training to the mili- cies also had difficulties in quickly launching manda- H tary medical workforce worldwide. It offers more than tory training. 1,200 courses online 24/7, and it supports traditional MHS Learn has helped the agencies overcome classroom learning, Web-based training, webinars and those challenges. For example, the DoD and VA used
discussion forums. to take months to develop, test and launch required erworld MHS Learn uses Oracle Corp.’s iLearning applica- staff training, but with MHS Learn they can now de- t tion, and it offers the latest in training technology such ploy mandatory training within weeks. as animation, video, audio and gaming scenarios. Such efficiencies as well as shared training translate Key offerings on MHS Learn include continuing into an estimated $12 million annually in cost avoid- medical, nursing and general education credits; staff ance for both the DoD and VA. n The Compu
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