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palmOne's Marina Levinson, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Honoured as 2004 Premier 100 IT Leader by IDG's Computerworld™ and Handango Extend Worldwide Alliance
"The Voice of IT Management" Recognises Levinson for Creativity, Business Savvy in 5th Annual Awards Program
MILPITAS, Calif., Jan. 13, 2004 -- palmOne, Inc. (Nasdaq:
PLMO) today announced that Marina Levinson, vice president
and chief information officer, has been recognised by IDG's
Computerworld, the "Voice of IT Management," as
one of the business world's Premier 100 IT Leaders. The
award honours executives who show exemplary technology leadership
in resolving pressing business problems.
Levinson was selected from nearly 600 nominees, who were
measured against Computerworld's IT Leadership Index, a
set of characteristics that describes executives who guide
the effective use of IT in their organisations, and evaluated
by the editors and by an external panel of past Premier
100 honourees. Other honourees include leading IT executives
from such corporations as J.P. Morgan Chase, Marriott International,
American Express, Lockheed Martin, MetLife and the U.S.
Air Force.
"Our Premier 100 list honours those who've had a positive
impact on their IT groups and their companies during some
of the toughest times in years," said Maryfran Johnson,
editor in chief of Computerworld. "They lead people
and projects to success. They're adept communicators who
are 'bilingual' in tech-speak and business talk. But most
significantly, they're still willing to take risks in these
highly risk-averse times."
As vice president and chief information officer, Levinson
has overall responsibility for worldwide use of information
technology at palmOne, Inc. Hired as the company's first
CIO in 1999, Levinson helped facilitate the company's separation
from 3Com and built an independent IT organisation, infrastructure
and applications to support its growth. During the economic
downturn in 2001, she created an extremely cost-effective
global IT model by downsizing the organisation while minimising
negative impact on the business.
A major area of focus for palmOne's IT organisation, requiring
innovation and creative thinking, is enterprise deployment
of mobile and wireless technologies. In 2001, Marina launched
a program called Palm@Enterprise to mobilise various business
functions within the company in order to further improve
productivity of mobile workers. The mobile-enabled IT environment
allows a secure way for employees to access a personalised
portal with corporate email and calendar functions, as well
as group and personal calendars, intranet, Internet and
other enterprise applications. This program became one of
the pre-eminent examples of how mobile and wireless technologies
could be deployed by any enterprise to improve efficiency
of its mobile workforce.
"Marina and her IT organisation have proactively used
palmOne's handheld solutions to provide our employees with
mobile access to enterprise applications and data,"
said Judy Bruner, palmOne senior vice president and chief
financial officer. "Marina's IT organisation has improved
the productivity of mobile workers across palmOne and has
done so with a world-class IT cost structure."
The complete list of Premier 100 IT Leaders can be found
in the Jan. 5, 2004 issue of Computerworld and online at www.computerworld.com.
The issue includes several feature articles summarising
the challenges IT Leaders expect to face in the coming year,
including motivating staff, avoiding project pitfalls, shoring
up network security and preparing for the rebound. Honourees
will be honoured again at Computerworld's Premier 100 IT
Leaders Conference, occurring March 5-7, 2004, at the JW
Marriott Desert Springs Resort, Palm Desert, Calif.
About Computerworld
Computerworld, the "Voice of IT Management," is
the most trusted source for the critical information needs
of IT management. Through its weekly print publication,
Computerworld.com website, focused conference series and
custom research, Computerworld's integrated offerings form
the U.S.-based hub of the world's largest (58-edition) global
IT media network. Computerworld has won more than 100 print
and online awards for editorial and design excellence in
the past five years, including a Jesse H. Neal Award for
"Best News Coverage," 22 ASBPE awards and BtoB
Magazine's "Media Power 50" in 2003. In print
since 1967, Computerworld currently has a guaranteed rate
base of 180,000, a total print audience of 1,869,000 (according
to IntelliQuest CIMS v.10.0), and an online audience of
over 900,000 unique monthly visitors (according to DoubleClick).
Breaking news and resources for IT management are available
at www.computerworld.com.
Computerworld is a business unit of IDG, the world's leading
technology media, research and event company. IDG publishes
more than 300 magazines and newspapers and offers online
users the largest network of technology-specific sites around
the world through IDG.net (www.idg.net),
which comprises more than 330 targeted Web sites in 80 countries.
IDG is also a leading producer of 168 computer-related events
worldwide, and IDG's research company, IDC, provides global
market intelligence and advice through 51 offices in 43
countries. Company information is available at www.idg.com.
About palmOne, Inc.
palmOne, Inc. delivers what matters most to customers --
whether a single consumer or company of thousands -- enabling
users to improve their personal lives and professional productivity
through mobile devices and solutions.
palmOne is the name adopted in October 2003 by Palm, Inc.,
when it spun off PalmSource, Inc., maker of the Palm OS®
platform software, and acquired Handspring, Inc. Uniting
the Zire™, Tungsten™ and Treo™ subbrands,
the creation of palmOne launched a new, stronger market
leader in handheld computer and communications hardware
and software solutions.
More information about palmOne, Inc. is available at http://www.palmOne.com/asia.
Palm OS, Zire, Tungsten and Treo are among the trademarks
or registered trademarks owned by or licensed to palmOne,
Inc. or its subsidiaries. All other brand and product names
are or may be trademarks of, and are used to identify products
or services of, their respective owners.
