Mobile Insights Announces Call for Nominations for 3rd Annual Moby Awards
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — April 24, 2001 — Mobile Insights (MI), the leading information source for the mobile computing and data communications markets, has issued a call for nominations for its third annual Moby Awards, which will be presented at the Go Mobile 2001 conference, to be held on September 23-26 at the beautiful Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort in Phoenix, Arizona.
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 second annual Moby Awards were presented at the Go Mobile 2000 conference held in Las Vegas in September 2000. Among the winners were the following end-user organizations:
— Education, Massachusetts General, nominated by AvantGo, Inc.
— Energy, BC Hydro, nominated by Novadigm, Inc.
— Entertainment, Improv Clubs, nominated by Symbol Technologies, Inc.
— Field Service, Sears Roebuck and Company, nominated by
BellSouth Wireless Data and River Run Software, Inc.
— Financial, Prudential Insurance, nominated by IBM
— Government, Connecticut Policy and Economic Council, nominated by
River Run Software, Inc.
— Healthcare, Hogia Raddningssystems AB, nominated by
Symbol Technologies, Inc.
— Hi-Tech, quixi, self-nominated
— Manufacturing, nVidia, nominated by Abaco
— Retail, United Center, nominated by Oracle
— Sales Force Automation, Rental Service Corporation, nominated by @Hand
— Telecom, Tele Denmark, nominated by Realtime
— Transportation, United Airlines, nominated by Sierra Wireless, Inc.
To nominate an end-user organization for a Moby Award, please go to http://mobileinsights.adscience.net/gomobile/moby2001.html.
The ballot will close on July 9, 2001. The awards will be presented throughout the Go Mobile Fall conference at the Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort, September 23-26.
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, AMD, Compaq, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Qualcomm, 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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SOURCE Mobile Insights, Inc.
CONTACT:
Ken Morrow of Mobile Insights, Inc., 650-937-0934, or ken.morrow@mobileinsights.com