News by subject: CONTESTS AND AWARDS

Clarkston Consulting is proud to have been selected as the Customer Satisfaction Leader within the Consulting category in Consumer Goods Technology's (CGT) annual Readers' Choice survey. This is the eighth time Clarkston Consulting has been honored...

Centage Corporation, a leading provider of cloud-based budgeting and forecasting software for small and medium-sized businesses, today announced the company's customer support team has been recognized by the 2017 Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer...

Inspirage presented ten recipients of its "2016 Integrated Supply Chain Partner of the Year" Awards during the Oracle Modern Supply Chain Experience in San Jose, Calif. Each year, Inspirage identifies those clients who exemplify the three pillars of...

Orange, one of the world's leading Mobile Network Operators (MNO) headquartered in Paris, France and Danal, Inc., a global leader in mobile identity and authentication solutions, today announced that they have won the 2017 Glomo Award for Mobile...

Syn-Apps LLC, a pioneer in emergency alerting, mass notification and paging solutions, announced today that it has been awarded the 2017 PEPPM Pennsylvania and California Contracts. PEPPM is a national technology cooperative purchasing program that...

Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta) is pleased to announce that CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Konica Minolta's IT Services Division, All Covered, to its 2017 Managed Service Provider 500 (MSP500) list in...

The Jefferson Awards Foundation, the nation's most prestigious and longest-standing organization dedicated to powering and celebrating public service, will honor individuals, organizations and young people leading the nation in their commitment to...

Aquatic Informatics Inc., a global leader in providing innovative software solutions for water data management and analysis, announced that Rocket Builders recognized the company as a top cleantech leader on the 2017 Ready to Rocket CleanTech list....

The Intercollegiate Tennis Association announced today the creation of a new award that will honor revered college tennis coach and educator, Dr. Ann Lebedeff, as endowed by sports icon, humanitarian, and friend of college tennis and higher...

Konica Minolta, Inc. (Konica Minolta) has been awarded RobecoSAM Silver Class, a global distinction for corporate sustainability. In this year's assessment, Konica Minolta received a high score in the Materiality category in the Economic Dimension...

Nichole Pitts, vice president, international compliance and ethics officer at Louis Berger, has been recognized as one of the 2016 Attorneys Who Matter by the Ethisphere Institute. Pitts is included in the compliance category on Ethisphere's annual...

The Intercollegiate Tennis Association proudly announced the 2017 ITA Men's Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame induction class on Tuesday, with contributor Nick Bollettieri (Spring Hill College), players James Blake (Harvard University) and Matias Boeker...

The Canadian Magazine Awards / Grands prix du magazine are now accepting expressions of interest to host the 2017 Magazine Grands Prix Fellow.The submission deadline is Wednesday, March 15, 2017. Magazines interested in hosting a Fellow can access...

Maddie's Fund®, a national family foundation established by Dave and Cheryl Duffield to revolutionize the status and well-being of companion animals, has awarded Target Zero $750,000 over three years to expand operations to increase their lifesaving...

Nexenta (@Nexenta), the global leader in Open Source-driven Software-Defined Storage (OpenSDS), announced today that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Nexenta to its 2017 Data Center 100 list. This annual list recognizes technology...

Archer Western was the recipient of two significant awards from the Regional Hispanic Contractors Association (RHCA) - General Contractor of the Year and Project of the Year for the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Union Station Streetcar Oak Cliff...

Solution Tree, an educational publisher and professional development provider, has announced Fern Creek High School in Louisville, Ky., as the winner of the second annual DuFour Award. Named in honor of Dr. Richard DuFour, the award was created to...

Recognizing the outstanding commitment and leadership that the Cambia Health Foundation has demonstrated to advance the quality, access and understanding of palliative care, the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine has awarded the...

The National Association of Sports Commissions (NASC) today announced its first-ever Hall of Fame class, which will be recognized at the 2017 NASC Sports Event Symposium to be held March 27-30 in Sacramento, CA.The mission of the NASC Hall of Fame is...

What could the future of learning look like if it were imagined by the students who will live it? That is exactly what KnowledgeWorks hopes to find out through its first-ever Imagine FutureEd Student Design Competition. Imagine FutureEd invites...

Somnia Anesthesia, an anesthesia practice management company serving hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, and office based practices nationwide, announced the winner of the 2017 CRNA of the Year Award, Randy Graybeal, first lead CRNA at Providence...

Press Release Highlights:The five finalists pitching their disruptive technology "shark-tank" style at #DisruptMining are: Bio-Mine Ltd.Cementation Canada Inc.Goldspot Discoveries Inc.KORE Geosystems Inc.TradeWind Markets Inc. 11 semi-finalists will...

For the audio version of today's news release please visit http://nexoptic.com/investors/news/NexOptic Technology Corp. ("NexOptic") (BERLIN: E301) and Spectrum Optix Inc. of Calgary, Canada ("Spectrum,") and together with NexOptic, the...

Hitachi Data Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd. (TSE: 6501), has been recognized by TechTarget's Storage Media Group as a winner of the 2016 Products of the Year Awards in the all-flash storage systems category for its Hitachi Virtual...

Intelligent Retinal Imaging Systems (IRIS) and CoxHealth today announced the two organizations have been named recipients of Microsoft Corp.'s 2017 Health Innovation Awards. The awards, which were announced at the 2017 HIMSS Annual Conference and...

Butler Snow is pleased to announce that Christy D. Jones has been named Product Liability Attorney of the year by Benchmark Litigation, a leading national law publication. Jones was honored at the Benchmark Litigation 2017 Awards held Feb. 16, in New...

StoneRiver, Inc., the trusted insurance technology partner with solutions across multiple business lines, announced that the company has received among the highest customer ratings for its Stream® Claims software, according to the Celent Claims...

Spectra7 Microsystems Inc. ("Spectra7" or the "Company"), a leading provider of high-performance analog semiconductor products for virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), data center and other connectivity markets shared today that its...

Nexenta (@Nexenta), the global leader in Open Source-driven Software-Defined Storage (OpenSDS) announced today that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Don Lopes, Vice President, Marketing & Channels at Nexenta, to its prestigious list of...

General Tire pro Mark Rose of West Memphis, Arkansas, brought a five-bass limit weighing 14 pounds, 9 ounces to the scale Sunday to win $125,000 at the FLW Tour at Lake Travis presented by Quaker State. Rose's four-day total of 20 bass weighing 59-2...

Bryan Thrift of Shelby, North Carolina, brought a five-bass limit weighing 11 pounds, 7 ounces to the scale Saturday to reclaim the lead after day three of the FLW Tour at Lake Travis presented by Quaker State. Thrift's three-day total of 45-9 makes...

Now in its 8th year, the increasingly popular and influential One Moto Show in Portland, Oregon continues to draw some of the most talented builders within today's DIY motorcycle culture. For this reason, Blue C chose this fun and laid back gathering...

Starkey® Hearing Technologies is pleased to announce that its revolutionary Halotm 2 hearing aids have been officially named a finalist for two prestigious awards -- the 2017 SXSW® Interactive Innovation Awards for "Wearable Tech" and the 2017 Edison...

CLEAResult, a leader in designing and implementing technology-enabled energy efficiency programs for utilities, has been named a finalist in the 11th annual Stevie® Awards for Sales and Customer Service. CLEAResult is a finalist in the "Contact...

Avaya ENGAGE - Avaya Surgetm, a new solution that helps companies mitigate cyberattacks that can occur through Internet-connected devices, has been named a 2017 Award Finalist by the internationally renowned Edison Awardstm. The distinguished awards,...

Equian, a payment integrity leader, today announced their AuditPoint platform has earned Certified status for information security by the Health Information Trust (HITRUST) Alliance. HITRUST CSF Certified status indicates AuditPoint's platform has...

Rackspace® today announced that the company has achieved seven gold and three silver Microsoft Partner Competencies for capabilities spanning application development, cloud platform support, data management, business applications, mobility and...

Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. ("Altisource") , a leading provider of real estate, mortgage and technology services, today announced that REALHome Services and Solutions, Inc. ("RHSS"), a subsidiary of Altisource, received Morningstar Credit...

Inavero, the world's leading provider of client and job candidate service quality research for staffing agencies, announced its 8th annual Best of Staffing Award winners today on BestofStaffing.com -- the only online directory to finding superior...

Avaya ENGAGE - Avaya has recognized five U.S partners for outstanding support, contribution and commitment to innovation at its Avaya ENGAGE event, currently underway at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.The Partner awards are the first accolades to be...

Avaya ENGAGE - Today at ENGAGE, Avaya's annual user conference in Las Vegas, Avaya announced the winners of the 2017 Customer Innovation Awards, highlighting five companies that transformed their businesses and organizations through innovative uses...

NASA Johnson Space Center, in partnership with NASA Tournament Lab and online crowdsourcing platform HeroX, today announced three winners of the widely publicized Space Poop Challenge. The global crowdsourcing competition called for solutions to...

KBR, Inc. announced today that U.S. Naval Test Wing Atlantic has named Greg "Squid" Williams U.S. Naval Test Pilot School (USNTPS ) Instructor of the Year. Williams was recognized at an award luncheon at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland...

GBK, the luxury lifestyle gift lounge and special events company, honored GRAMMY Nominees and Presenters and a wide variety of other well-known talent with a luxury gift and style lounge on February 11th, featuring unique gifts in an exciting...

Guardian Data Systems, the industry leader in cannabis software, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), and Point of Sale (POS) solutions, received the National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA) Cannatech award for technology that will change the...

Avaya ENGAGE - Avaya has recognized five U.S partners for outstanding support, contribution and commitment to innovation at its Avaya ENGAGE event, currently underway at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.The Partner awards are the first accolades to be...

Energous Corporation , the developer of WattUp®, a revolutionary wire-free charging technology that provides over-the-air power at a distance, today announced that WattUp has been named a 2017 Award Finalist by the internationally renowned Edison...

For 35 of its 36 broadcast years bringing weekly automotive news to consumers, MotorWeek has evaluated thousands of distinctive cars, all potentially deserving of their "best of" moniker. But, every year that crowd is whittled down to a handful and...

For the second straight year, Fortune magazine has named CHG Healthcare to its list of 50 Best Workplaces for Giving Back. This year, CHG ranks No. 47 on the list, which is based on a survey where employees rate the meaningfulness of their work, the...

Venstar®, a leading thermostat and energy management systems supplier, today announced that it has been named a winner in the 2017 BIG Innovation Awards presented by the Business Intelligence Group. Venstar is being honored for its Surveyor® Energy...