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NextPage® Selected as Finalist in the 2006 American Business Awards
One of Only Nine Businesses Vying for a Stevie® Award in Best Overall Company Category
Draper, Utah – May 15, 2006 – NextPage today announced the company was named a finalist in the Best Overall Company category for The 2006 American Business Awards. More than 1,500 entries from companies of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted for consideration.
The American Business Awards are the only national, all-encompassing business awards program honoring great performances in the workplace. Winners will be announced during the annual gala on Monday, June 12 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City. More than 800 executives from across the U.S. are expected to attend. The ceremonies will be videocast on the Internet and broadcast on radio.
“Being named a finalist in The American Business Awards is an important achievement,” said Michael Gallagher, founder and president of The Stevie Awards. “It means that independent business executives have agreed the nominee is worthy of national recognition. We congratulate all of the finalists on their achievement and wish them well in the competition.”
NextPage’s entry focused on many of the achievements during the past year including:
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Accepted as a member of Ecma International, an international standards organization for information and communication technology and consumer electronics. |
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Partnered with Microsoft Corp., Apple, Barclays Capital, BP, the British Library, Essilor, Intel Corporation, Statoil ASA and Toshiba to co-sponsor a submission to Ecma for the international standard for Microsoft Office Open XML document format technology. |
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Hand-selected as one of only 70 new companies to launch NextPage 2, the company’s unique document collaboration technology at the prestigious DEMO conference. |
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Achieved Certified Partner status and ISV Software Solution and Information Worker Solution certifications in Microsoft Corp.’s Partner Program, demonstrating expertise with Microsoft technologies and giving NextPage access to a rich set of benefits, including training and support that give NextPage a competitive advantage in the marketplace. |
“This recognition is a testament to the hard work and dedication of every employee at NextPage over the past year,” said Darren Lee, president and chief executive officer of NextPage. “We look forward to the outcome and wish all of the other companies in our category the best of luck.”
About The Stevie Awards
Hailed as “the business world’s own Oscars” by the New York Post (April 27, 2005), Stevie Awards are conferred in three programs: The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, and The Stevie Awards for Women Entrepreneurs. Honoring companies of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about The Stevie Awards at www.stevieawards.com.
Premier sponsors of The 4th annual American Business Awards include the City of Toronto, Pitney Bowes, ValueVision Associates, RealLife HR, and The Professional Society for Sales & Marketing Training.
Media sponsors include CIO Decisions magazine, CRMAdvocate, Human Resource Executive magazine, ProductionHub.com, and Selling Power magazine. HB Group will videocast the awards ceremonies live on the Internet. The Business TalkRadio Network will broadcast the ceremonies live on radio nationwide.
about nextPage
NextPage is disrupting the document collaboration market by eliminating product abandonment experienced from traditional document management and collaboration products. NextPage delivers products that focus on solving problems from a user’s perspective. NextPage 2, a document collaboration service, is the first to connect all document-based collaboration by tracking document versions that are sent as e-mail attachments, stored on users’ desktops and created outside the organization. The service provides a 360-degree view of all document activities and works whether users are online or offline. NextPage 2 reduces the risk of sending out the wrong version, prevents wasted time working on wrong versions and eliminates the cost of document coordination. For more information, visit www.nextpage.com or call 801-748-4400.
NextPage is a registered trademark of NextPage Inc. All other names are used for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners.
Media Contact:
Eric Anderson
Coltrin & Associates (for NextPage)
212-221-1616 ext. 117
eric_anderson@coltrin.com
Julia Burgon
Coltrin & Associates (for NextPage)
212-221-1616 ext. 124
julia_burgon@coltrin.com
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