InformationWeek Announces 2017 IT Excellence Awards Finalists

SAN FRANCISCO, April 11, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- InformationWeek has released the finalists for the InformationWeek IT Excellence Awards, recognizing companies that illustrate the most innovative and imaginative use of business technology. Winners in five core technology areas and the IT Excellence Winner of the Year will be announced during the InformationWeek IT Leadership Summit at Interop ITX, on May 16, 2017.

The InformationWeek IT Excellence Awards recognize IT leaders and companies that demonstrate outstanding innovation in these six categories:

• IT Excellence in Infrastructure 
• IT Excellence in Security
• IT Excellence in Cloud
• IT Excellence in DevOps
• IT Excellence in Data & Analytics
• Overall IT Excellence

"We're building on InformationWeek's rich history of recognizing leaders in technology, but also leveling the playing field by expanding our reach and accessibility to organizations of all sizes," said Susan Fogarty, InformationWeek and Interop ITX Director of Content. "We're excited to announce the winners live at Interop ITX and share their stories with the conference audience."

InformationWeek is hosting the IT Leadership Summit at Interop ITX, a two-day program that provides peer-to-peer education and networking for CIOs and senior IT leaders.

Congratulations to the 2017 finalists for the InformationWeek IT Excellence Awards (in alphabetical order):

• Allstate Insurance Company
• Arrow Electronics Inc.
• Asurion
• ConocoPhillips
• Fannie Mae
• Kaiser Permanente
• Los Angeles World Airports
• NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
• PACCAR Inc.
• Pacific Gas and Electric Company
• Plante Moran PLLC
• RR Donnelley
• Symantec Corporation
• The MITRE Corporation
• Transwest
• World Vision Inc.

Applications were accepted from U.S.-based companies, government agencies, and higher education institutions of all sizes.

More information on the IT Excellence program can be found at informationweek.com/ITExcellence.

Interop ITX is an annual IT technology event bringing together more than 3,000 technologists who are passionate about making modern IT work for their organizations. Interop's role is to help forge the connections in the IT community and provide education to advance the industry and individual careers. The conference program strives to provide the audience with inspiration as well as practical information they can bring back to their organizations.

Interop ITX takes place May 15-19, 2017, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. To register for the conference, please visit interopitx.com.

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