American Foundation for the Blind Recognized By Computerworld as a 2011 Honors Laureate
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ActionPacked! Networks customer recognized for quality-of-service (QoS) project to enhance user experience and accessibility.
WASHINGTON, DC (June 22, 2011) — IDG’s Computerworld Honors Program has announced the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) as a 2011 Laureate. The annual award program honors visionary applications of information technology promoting positive social, economic and educational change.
“The number and quality of nominations this year were very inspiring and demonstrate how valuable IT is to community change,” said John Amato, Publisher, Computerworld. “Computerworld is very proud to name the 2011 class of Laureates and showcase their initiatives benefiting society through innovative uses of IT.”
“As an innovator and champion of assistive technologies that provide access to information for people with vision loss, the American Foundation for the Blind is honored to receive this recognition,” said Carl R. Augusto, AFB president and CEO. "By employing the latest in information technology solutions such as ActionPacked! Network's LiveAction software, AFB has been able to continue providing uninterrupted, top-notch services to our audiences.”
“We congratulate the American Foundation for the Blind for all of the technical and humanitarian achievements that led to this honor,” said ActionPacked! Founder Nelson Kanemoto. “As a provider of network quality-of-service software, we are proud to be associated with this historic organization and its innovative approach to enhancing the computing and networking experience for the blind.”
The Computerworld Honors awards were presented at the Annual Laureates Medal Ceremony & Gala Awards on June 20, 2011 at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C.
The case study for the American Foundation for the Blind QoS project can be viewed at www.actionpacked.com/afb
About AFB
The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) is a national nonprofit that expands possibilities for people with vision loss. AFB’s priorities include broadening access to technology; elevating the quality of information and tools for the professionals who serve people with vision loss; and promoting independent and healthy living for people with vision loss by providing them and their families with relevant and timely resources. AFB is also proud to house the Helen Keller Archives and honor the more than forty years that Helen Keller worked tirelessly with AFB. For more information visit www.afb.org.
About ActionPacked! Networks
ActionPacked! Networks is the leader in quality-of-service (QoS) software that helps companies and organizations like the AFB implement voice, video conferencing, and other mission-critical services across their networks. The company’s LiveAction software increases network service quality and shortens outages by providing true understanding and precise control using rich visualizations and direct device interaction. LiveAction leverages the QoS, NetFlow, Routing and IP SLA features embedded inside Cisco devices to provide the only all-in-one solution that can support both QoS auditing and provisioning. For more information, visit www.actionpacked.com.
About Computerworld Honors Program
Founded by International Data Group (IDG) in 1988, The Computerworld Honors Program is governed by the not-for-profit Computerworld Information Technology Awards Foundation. Computerworld Honors is the longest running global program to honor individuals and organizations that use information technology to promote positive social, economic and educational change. Additional information about the program and a Global Archive of past Laureate case studies and oral histories of Leadership Award recipients can be found at the Computerworld Honors website (http://events.computerworld.com/Honors2011).
About Computerworld
Computerworld is the leading source of technology news and information for IT influencers worldwide, providing peer perspective, IT leadership and business results. Computerworld’s award-winning Web site, bi-weekly publication, focused conference series and custom research forms the hub of the world’s largest (40+ edition) global IT media network. In the past five years alone, Computerworld has won more than 100 awards, including Magazine of the Year by American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE) awards in 2010, the 2009 Best Blog from the Neal awards, and 2006 Best Overall Web Publication from ASBPE. Computerworld leads the industry with an online audience of over 3.5 million unique, monthly visitors (comScore Media Metrix, August 2010). Computerworld is published by IDG Enterprise, a subsidiary of International Data Group (IDG), the world’s leading media, events, and research company. Company information is available at www.idgenterprise.com.
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Mike Downes
ActionPacked! Networks
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John Mackin
American Foundation for the Blind
jmackin@afb.net
Tel: 212-502-7617
