BEACON AWARD
The Beacon Awards Recognition Program is an opportunity for IBM Business Partners to be recognized for their technical excellence and innovative solutions based on IBM products and services. Awarded annually, the Beacon Awards recognize an elite group of IBM Business Partners that have delivered unique and innovative solutions that have raised the standard for business excellence and customer satisfaction. The awards recognize achievements across a wide-range of solution areas, including smarter planet. Winning solutions should demonstrate maximum client value and an innovative approach to solving real business issues. Winning not only puts your firm in the spotlight, but on the path to greater opportunity. So reap the rewards if you win -- industry recognition, increased visibility and broad promotional opportunities – that give winners a real competitive advantage.

IBM COMPUTERWORLD
The Computerworld Honors Program brings together the principals of the world's foremost information technology companies to recognize and document the achievements of the men, women, organizations and institutions around the world, whose visionary applications of information technology promote positive social, economic and educational change. Each year, members of the Computerworld Honors Chairmen's Committee, a group of 100 Chairmen/CEOs from leading global IT companies, submit nominations for organizations they feel demonstrated extraordinary use of information technology in 10 distinct categories of industry-related endeavor. The categories are: Business & Related Services; Education & Academia; Environment; Energy & Agriculture; Finance, Insurance and Real Estate; Government; Healthcare; Manufacturing; Media, Arts & Entertainment; Non-Profit Organizations; and Transportation.