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Irvine, CA-April 3, 2000-Autobytel.com (Nasdaq: ABTL) is pleased to announce its nomination for the 2000 Computerworld Smithsonian Award, widely considered the most prestigious international awards program in the information technology (IT) industry. Autobytel.com today joins technology leaders from 38 states and 21 different countries at a gathering on the National Mall in Washington, DC to receive their Medal of Honor citing the Company as one of the world's leading technological innovators.
Autobytel.com was selected alongside companies like Compaq, Cisco, eBay, Intel, Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems as Laureates for 2000 in the "Business and Related Services" category of the prestigious Innovators Collection. "This honor shows how far the Internet has come in such a short period of time and it's gratifying to be one of the few pure Internet companies to receive such an honor," said Mark Lorimer, Autobytel.com's President and CEO. "Autobytel.com's mission has always been to revolutionize the automotive industry by empowering consumers through Internet technology. This award validates our mission."
As a Computerworld Smithsonian Laureate, Autobytel.com's case study will become part of the Permanent Research Collection on Information Technology, housed at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. The Computerworld Smithsonian Information Program was founded in 1988 to publicly honor those individuals and organizations that have demonstrated vision and leadership in the innovation and implementation of information technology. Each year the Chairmen and CEOs of 100 leading IT companies from around the world work together to nominate the most innovative IT applications that benefit society.
Autobytel.com submitted an in-depth case study summarizing its innovative use of information technology, originality, concrete evidence of its benefits to society and success, and a full description of the obstacles that had to be overcome to achieve this success. This, combined with a "time capsule" display comprised of documents, photos, video and other relevant media, will be in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History's permanent research collection. The museum is part of the Smithsonian Institution, founded in 1846, a complex of 16 museums, 7 research facilities and a national Zoo. |
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