“Small businesses embody the spirit of opportunism, innovation and passion, and these awards reflect our commitment to advocating on their behalf for world-class information technology solutions that are perfectly suited to meet their unique needs. We take great pride in our efforts to educate this thriving market on the outstanding technology solutions that are advancing this entrepreneurial spirit and helping small business owners realize their dreams.”
“Reino and Las Vegas are parking innovators who have taken the industry forward by making parking as consumer-friendly as possible. This deployment is another milestone for the Peppercoin Small Transaction Suite and further demonstrates the potential to improve consumers' experiences by letting them use their preferred payment devices-credit and debit cards, as well as cell phones -- for transactions of all sizes in the physical world.”
“At the Web 2.0 Conference a year ago, we gathered to discuss the implications of the Web becoming a platform. This year, we're taking it further, focusing not just on declaring the platform, but showing where the innovation is happening and what we might expect in the coming year, ... Web 2.0 attendees will be immediately plugged into the ecosystem of the new Internet and allowed to make connections vital to their business strategy.”
“With our MPEG-4 AVC technology, INS will deliver a noticeable improvement in picture quality, especially for high motion content, such as sports and high action movies, to their participating companies at almost half the bandwidth of MPEG-2. We are delighted to again help a true innovator such as INS enhance their video solutions to launch MPEG-4 AVC for standard and high-definition content in 2006.”
“Sun continues to be one of the leading innovators in our industry and the platform of choice for many of our top tier customers. Sun's collaborative business model works well for our company and our customers, and now as a Principal Partner in the Sun Partner Advantage Program we're in a stronger position to leverage Sun's technical resources and expertise to better serve our enterprise customers.”
“We pride ourselves on bringing the most exciting and innovative attractions to our parks and Tornado is one of the best water experiences out there. Its enormous size and unique shape has garnered quite the buzz in the water park industry and is sure to spark interest with Six Flags Hurricane Harbor guests. Perhaps the best part of the ride is enjoying it with your family and friends.”
“The Bay Area is exceptionally innovative and continually reinvents itself. While we have our challenges, it is important to stress that the Bay Area's economy is one of the strongest and most adaptive on the planet. The region has very high productivity, strong large businesses, dynamic small companies, and top-notch talent, not to mention one of the most attractive physical settings and climates in the United States.”
We don't think a sustainable society need be stagnant, boring, uniform, or rigid. It need not be, and probably could not be, centrally controlled or authoritarian. It could be a world that has the time, the resources, and the will to correct its mistakes, to innovate, to preserve the fertility of its planetary ecosystems. It could focus on mindfully increasing quality of life rather than on mindlessly expanding material consumption and the physical capital stock.
You want to be the first to do something. You want to create something. You want to innovate something...I often think of Edison inventing the light bulb. That's what I want to do. I want to drive over the bridge coming out of New York there and look down on that sea of lights that is New Jersey and say, `Hey, I did that!'
“Embracing new ways of managing key business processes, such as procurement and accounts payable, allows leading companies like Colgate to uncover significant new sources of value within their operations. We're pleased to help Colgate move its business forward using our organization's expertise in procurement innovation coupled with IBM's well established group of supply chain and accounting professionals.”