UUNET Technologies To Sponsor Prestigious Global Information Infrastructure (GII) Awards
Honoring Innovative Uses of the Internet and Network Technology FAIRFAX, Va, March 2, 1998 -- UUNET Technologies, Inc., a global leader in Internet communications solutions and a subsidiary of WorldCom, Inc., announced today its sponsorship of the Global Information Infrastructure (GII) Awards. The Awards honor businesses and organizations that use Internet and network technologies to improve practices in education, community service, healthcare, electronic commerce, government, entertainmentand the arts.
Defined by USA Today as "a cross between the Oscars and the Baldrige Awards of the Internet" and by Vice President Al Gore as "an innovation that is important to our future", the GII Awards program enters its third year. The GII Award honorees serve as examples of best practices to inspire, inform and guide others and help them prosper in an increasingly networked world. The GII Award judges, including Don Tapscott, author of best-selling "Digital Economy" and most recently "Growing Up Digital", represent many of the digital revolutions leading thinkers and practitioners.
"UUNET is proud to be a sponsor of the GII Awards," said Mark Spagnolo, president of UUNET Technologies. "Never before has there been a communications vehicle that has been as far reaching or as fast growing as the Internet. We applaud those organizations that are committed to the continued innovative and entrepreneurial spirit that is intrinsic to the Net."
"We are delighted to have UUNet Technologies, a recognized Internet industry innovator, sponsor the GII Awards program," said James D. Hake, Chairman of the GII Awards. "UUNETs business of delivering comprehensive Internet solutions is in perfect alignment GIIs goals of fostering advancement using network technology."
About the GII Awards:
Now in its third year, the Global Information Infrastructure (GII) Awards recognize the champions across all industries and sectors of society who are using the Internet and network technology to produce extraordinary results. The GII Awards Program, produced by ZD COMDEX & FORUMS, is sponsored by a cross-section of private- and public-sector leaders including Compaq, IBM, Gateway 2000, Lucent Technologies, MCI, Tandem, UUNET Technologies, TIME Magazine, Business Week, Business Wire, PC Week, InternetWeek, Government Technology, Inter@ctive Week, The Red Herring, CommerceNet, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, The American Film Institute, the American Medical Association, the National League of Cities, the National Education Association, the Morino Institute, the League of Women Voters, the American Library Association, Women in Technology International, and many others. For more information, please visit the GII Awards on the web at http://www.gii.com.
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