Smart Enterprise Magazine Announces 2008 Enterprise IT Management Excellence (EITM) Awards

Smart Enterprise magazine, published by United Business Media LLC in conjunction with CA, one of the world's largest independent software companies, is launching the 2008 Enterprise IT Management (EITM) Excellence Awards and is now accepting submissions from enterprise IT organizations around the globe. Leading organizations that have adopted EITM best practices and solutions to better govern, manage and secure IT are encouraged to enter and receive recognition for their achievements.

Organizations can nominate their achievements across a broad range of areas -- including service management and ITIL, IT governance, security and compliance, application performance management, infrastructure management and data center automation. Organizations selected for the EITM Excellence Awards will demonstrate how they leveraged key aspects of EITM, such as integration and automation, to improve service, mitigate risk and reduce costs. "Optimized, business-aligned Enterprise IT Management is an imperative for increasingly complex business technology environments," says Elliot Kass, Editorial Director, Smart Enterprise magazine, and a member of the Smart Enterprise EITM Excellence Awards judging panel. "The team at Smart Enterprise wants to recognize the organizations, senior IT executives and IT teams who are doing the most innovative work to drive business value."

The EITM Excellence awards are global, reflecting the nature of business today. An award winner will be selected from each of four geographical regions: North America, Latin America, Europe/ Middle East and Africa, and Asia Pacific and Japan. The winners will be honored at a luncheon at CA World 2008 on November 17, 2008 in Las Vegas.

Nominations for the EITM Excellence Awards are now being accepted. Deadline for submissions is August 15, 2008. For more information and to submit an entry, please visit www.awards.smartenterprisemag.com.

About Smart Enterprise Magazine

Smart Enterprise is a thought leadership publication for CA, one of the world's largest IT management software providers. Smart Enterprise bridges the gap between business requirements and technology initiatives with a unified, simplified approach to managing IT. The publication is part of an integrated platform - with a Web site, smartenterprisemag.com, and an eNewsletter - that will provide industry knowledge, best practices and real-world case studies to C-level and IT executives. Smart Enterprise is written and produced by United Business Media LLC in conjunction with CA.

About United Business Media LLC

United Business Media LLC (http://www.ubmtechnology.com/), formerly known as CMP, has four separate and distinct technology divisions -- Everything Channel, TechInsights, TechWeb and Think Services -- which produce the leading online, event and print brands, and provide business tools and integrated media solutions for technology marketers. Its respected media brands include InformationWeek, the TechWeb Network, ChannelWeb, CRN, EE Times and TechOnline; major industry events such as Interop, Web 2.0 Expo, XChange, Game Developers Conference and the Embedded Systems Conferences; and business information and marketing services such as the Institute for Partner Education and Development, International Customer Management Institute and Semiconductor Insights. United Business Media LLC is a subsidiary of United Business Media Limited (http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com/), a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $2.5 billion.

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SOURCE: Smart Enterprise Magazine

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