Mobile Insights Announces Call for Nominations for 2nd Annual Moby Awards; Go Mobile 2000
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — May 15, 2000 — Mobile Insights (MI), the leading information source for the mobile computing and data communications markets, has issued a call for nominations for its second annual Moby Awards(TM), which will be presented at the Go Mobile 2000 conference, to be held on September 10-12 at the beautiful Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas.
The prestigious Moby Awards honor the best and finest implantations of mobile computing and wireless data communication technology in end-user organizations. Mobile and wireless vendors are asked to nominate the end-user organizations that they feel have made the best use of their technology in the past 12 to 18 months. The Mobile Insights team of analysts and editors will choose the winners. Nominations are being taken in the following vertical and functional categories:
— Education
— Field Services
— Financial Services (Real Estate, Banking, Insurance)
— Government
— Healthcare
— Hi-Tech
— Manufacturing
— Retail
— Sales Force Automation
— Telecom
— Transportation
— Other
The first annual Moby Awards were presented at the Go Mobile 1999
conference held in La Jolla in September 1999. Among the winners were
the following end-user organizations:
— Discover Brokerage, nominated by Aether Systems
— Los Angeles Fire Department, nominated by Symbol Technologies
— Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, nominated by Citrix Systems
— Owens Corning, nominated by IBM Mobile Computing
— Prudential Insurance Co., nominated by Novadigm, Inc.
— Southwest Airlines, nominated by Fujitsu Personal Systems
To nominate an end-user organization for a Moby Award, please go to http://www.mobileinsights.com/gomobile/gomo2000USnomination.html. The ballot will close on June 15, 2000. The awards will be presented on the evening of Sept. 12, 2000 at the closing ceremonies of the Go Mobile 2000 conference.
About Mobile Insights
Mobile Insights is the world's leading authority on mobile computing and wireless data communications. Established in September 1994, the company provides professional services to vendors and end users of hardware, software, and services in the mobile computing and wireless industries. From Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, companies of all sizes turn to Mobile Insights' consulting, conferences, and continuous information services for the information they need to do the best job possible. Mobile Insights' clients include 3Com (Nasdaq:COMS), AMD (NYSE:AMD), Compaq (Nasdaq:CPQ), Dell (Nasdaq:DELL), Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HWP), IBM (NYSE:IBM), Intel (Nasdaq:INTC), Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT), Qualcomm (Nasdaq:QCOM), Toshiba, and more.
For more information on Mobile Insights and its services, visit the company's Web site at www.mobileinsights.com.
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CONTACT:
Mobile Insights, Inc., Mountain View
Anne Snedigar, 650/937-0933 asnedigar@mobileinsights.com