Thursday March 15, 6:59 pm Eastern TimePress Release
``Best of Show'' Winners Announced At Internet World Spring 2001
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2001--Internet World
Magazine, ``The Voice of E-Business and Internet Technology,'' published
by Penton Media (NYSE:PME - news) announced today that the editorial team has
selected ``Best of Show'' winners for Internet World Spring 2001.
Awards were presented at this morning's keynote as part of the
five-day event running from March 12 - 16, 2001 at the Los Angeles
Convention Center.
The winners were judged by a panel of writers and editors from
Internet World Magazine, who visited with exhibitors on the show
floor, carefully exploring new products, services and technologies.
The judges placed priority on a product's ability to work with
existing standards and the degree to which it contributes to the
development of future Internet products and services.
``After reviewing the nominated products, it's evident that there's
still a high-level of innovation in the Internet industry,'' said
editor-in-chief Tony Rizzo, ``and our Best of Show winners represent
the best-of-breed in an already impressive talent pool.''
The breakdown of categories and winners in each follows:
BUSINESS APPLICATION: WINNER - WebPay 3.2 from CheckFree (Booth 746).
FINALISTS - BaySpider from BayTSP, and GoShip Suite of Services from
GoShip.
COMMERCE: WINNER - Store Explorer v1.0 from Cycle 23 (Booth 7224).
FINALISTS - tdctrade.com from Hong Kong Development Council, and
Xporta Global TradeWare (Release 2.0) from Xporta
COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION: WINNER - Eyeball Chat Server v1.0 from
Eyeball Networks.
FINALISTS - iMarkup Workgroup Server from iMarkup Solutions, and
LiquidForms from Cardiff Software.
ENTERTAINMENT: WINNER - OpticBOOM 3D Plug-in v1.2 from Dynamic Digital
Depth (Booth 1571).
FINALIST - GameHouse Game Suite from GameHouse
CLIENT DEVICES: WINNER - Virtual Phone Line v1 from Super Technologies
(Booth 613).
CLIENT SOFTWARE: WINNER - FlipBrowser Gold from E-Book Systems (Booth
1772).
FINALISTS - CubicEye from 2ce, and PrintWhere 1.0 from PrinterOn
Corporation.
MARKETING AND CUSTOMER SERVICE: WINNER - Lingubot Creator 1.5 from
Kiwilogic.com (Booth 6764).
FINALIST - AdOctane 3.0 from EngineHouse Media, and Talisma eCRM Suite
from Talisma Corp.
APPLICATION TOOLS AND SERVERS: WINNER - Macromedia Dreamweaver
UltraDev4 from Macromedia (Booth 1346).
FINALISTS - Zope 2.3.1 from Digital Creations, and Mondosearch 4.1
from Mondosoft.
INFRASTRUCTURE: WINNER - iControl SDK v1.0 from F5 Networks (Booth
1024).
FINALISTS - Akamai Edgesuite from Akamai Technologies, and Entrust
Truepass v1.0 from Entrust Technologies.
DESIGN: WINNER - Blathaser : FX from Balthaser Online (Booth 1467).
FINALISTS - eyePublish from Eyematic, and Verifi Accurate Web Color
from Imation Corporation.
Internet World is the business publication of the Internet
industry. The magazine covers the intersection of business strategy
and Internet technology, delivering decision support information to
business strategists who drive their companies' Internet initiatives.
In addition to the U.S. edition, eight international editions are read
by Internet business strategists in 20 countries, on five continents.
Internet World is a BPA-audited, Intelliquest-measured publication.
Internet-related Penton properties include Internet World magazine
and Internet World events worldwide, ISPCON, Boardwatch and CLEC
magazines. Penton Media, Inc. (NYSE:PME - news) is a leading diversified
business media company that publishes magazines and electronic
information products, produces trade shows and conferences, and
provides marketing and business development products and services,
including direct mail lists, research and custom publishing. Penton
serves the Internet/broadband; design/engineering; electronic;
food/retail; government/compliance; leisure/hospitality; management;
manufacturing; mechanical systems/construction; and supply
chain/aviation markets.
More information is available at http://www.internetworld .com.
Contact:
Internet World
Lisa DiGiacomo, 203/559-2873
ldigiacomo@iw.com
