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Giga Information Group and Arthur D. Little Announce the Winners of the 1998 Chairman's Choice Awards
Business Wire, Oct 7, 1998
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 7, 1998--Giga Information Group and Arthur D. Little today announced the winners of the annual Chairman's Choice Awards. The awards recognize new products using power supply or power management technology that represent a significant leap forward in the evolution of the industry.
The awards recognize leading work in three categories: Applications, Components, and R&D Technology. Dr. Brian Barnett, vice president and director of Battery Studies at Arthur D. Little, Inc., presented the awards on October 5, 1998, during the POWER '98 conference in Santa Clara, Calif.
The Applications Award was given to Ericsson for Ericsson Virtual Office. Intel, Microsoft, and Toshiba Corporation were jointly awarded the Components Award for ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface). The R&D Technology Award was presented to Intel, Ericsson, Nokia, IBM and Toshiba for their combined effort on the product Bluetooth.
Last year's winners included Philips Mobile Computing Group's Velo 1, Sanyo's Prismatic Lithium-ion cells with aluminum casing, and Moli Energy's Mn based Li-ion cell.
About Giga Information Group
Giga Information Group, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, sells knowledge which supports enterprise decision making in the field of Information Technology ("IT") with a focus on computing, telecommunications and related industries. Giga began providing its services in April 1996, and today its global client base exceeds 900 organizations comprising over 13,000 individual users, including IT vendors, IT users and institutional investors.
In the USA, Giga also has offices in Norwell, Mass.; Santa Clara, Calif.; New York; Norwalk, Conn.; and Chicago. In Europe, Giga's offices cover Scandinavia, UK, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, and Italy. Giga is also represented in Israel, and its services are distributed in Spain and Portugal by Informatica El Corte Ingles.
The Company's Web site can be accessed at http://www.gigaweb.com. Giga Information Group is a trademark of Giga Information Group, Inc.
About Arthur D. Little
Arthur D. Little, Inc. is one of the world's leading consulting firms with staff members in offices and laboratories around the world. With headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company provides consulting services in three business areas: technology and product development, management consulting, and environmental, health and safety consulting. Arthur D. Little is a recognized international leader in all areas of advanced battery powered products, including battery expertise and battery technology development, wireless communication, mobile computing devices and their integration.
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