LONDON, Oct. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced Business Facilities Limited
(ABFL) announced today that PR Newswire Europe, the leading European
distributor of full-text news releases, is to be a key sponsor of the 1999 BT
eBusiness Innovation Awards.
Now in their seventh year, the annual awards are open to businesses of all
sizes throughout the UK and Europe, recognising the innovative application of
eBusiness to a wide range of management disciplines.
PR Newswire Europe will be sponsoring the 'eBusiness Award for Knowledge
Management' category. Finalists hoping to receive this award include Avon &
Somerset Constabulary, Clyde Blowers, Eyretel, Oxford Brookes University and
PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Graeme Radcliffe, founder and former chairman of NEWSdesk, the specialist
hi-tech and healthcare news distribution service offered by PR Newswire
Europe, is judging the category.
Amanda Alexander, Sales & Marketing Director of PR Newswire Europe, said:
"This award is presented to businesses for the application of eBusiness. This
includes collaborative intelligence, access to information and presentation.
"The Knowledge Management award was chosen by PR Newswire Europe as it
reflects the company's commitment to PR professionals and journalists. As a
main link between the two parties, we provide intelligent web solutions for
our PR customers and easy access to their information for journalists, by a
sophisticated and effective system of data categorisation and management."
Judging the rest of the awards will be representatives from Net Profit,
Net Finity, eCentreUK, the Institute for the Management of Information Systems
(IMIS), The Alliance, EEMA, Giga Information Group and SITPRO. The results
will be announced at the Awards Ceremony in Kensington, London on the evening
of November 1st. Media registration for this event can be requested at
http://www.awards.abfl.co.uk.
About PR Newswire Europe
PR Newswire Europe is the leading supplier of PR support services in the
UK and Europe. Specialising in high-speed electronic distribution of full-
text news releases to the world's media and financial markets, it uses the
latest technologies to provide the most up-to-date and accurate media and
financial contacts data verifying more than 8,000 updates per week.
(http://www.prnewswire.co.uk) PR Newswire, its parent company based in
New York, is the world leader in the electronic delivery of breaking news
releases and information directly from companies and institutions through its
cutting-edge wire, fax, satellite and Internet network.
PR Newswire provides a broad complement of services enabling public
relations and investor relations professionals to immediately access the
media, financial community and consumers, including NEWSdesk International.
NEWSdesk, http://www.newsdesk.com, is the premier source of news releases and
information in the hi-tech and healthcare world. The online service delivers
to an extensive, quality and constantly expanding membership base of
accredited journalists and industry analysts, guaranteeing that those who
count access the latest news from companies around the globe.
About the BT eBusiness Innovation Awards
Now in its 7th year, the Premier Sponsor of the 1999 programme is BT with
additional support from a wide range of category sponsors and industry
organisations. The eBusiness Innovation Awards are recognised as 'a radar
system for new media'. This year's entries show that eBusiness reaches far
beyond 'selling via the web'. The fastest growing application categories are
Knowledge Management, Customer Service and Supply Chain Management.
The annual eBusiness Innovation Awards Programme was first launched in
1992 and is owned managed by ABFL. A full background brief with winning case
studies from '93 to '98 can be downloaded from http://www.awards.abfl.co.uk/ .
Media registration for the Awards Ceremony (November 1st) and further details
can also be accessed at this site.
Keynote speakers on November 1st will be Bill Cockburn, Group Managing
Director, BT; Bror Salmelin, Head of Electronic Commerce, European Commission
(DGXIII) and Dr Colin Coulson-Thomas, Chairman of the Judging Panel and author
of 'The Future of the Organisation' and 'Individuals and Enterprise'. Case
Studies for each of the Finalists are available for publication.
SOURCE PR Newswire
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Related links:
http://www.prnewswire.com
http://www.awards.abfl.co.uk
CONTACT:
Gail Bratchpiece, PR & Events Officer of PR
Newswire Europe, +44-207-454-5134, or
gail.bratchpiece@prnewswire.co.uk, or Renu K. Aldrich, Public
Relations Manager of PR Newswire, 212-282-1929, or
renu_aldrich@prnewswire.com; or Michelle Clarke, Awards
Co-ordinator of ABFL, +44-1489-872802, or
michelle.clarke@abfl.co.uk
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