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- From: Akmal B Chaudhri <akmal@sarc.city.ac.uk>
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- Subject: UK Object Application Awards 1996 (fwd)
- Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 11:12:16 +0000
- Organization: School of Informatics, City University, London
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- ANNOUNCING THE UK OBJECT APPLICATIONS AWARDS PROGRAMME, 1996.
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- FINALLY....
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- ...a showcase for some of the most exciting, innovative object oriented
- application solutions in the UK. Custom applications are not commercial
- programs so they have not received the recognition they deserve...until
- now...in the Object Applications Awards Programme, sponsored by IBM, The
- Object Management Group (OMG) and Information Age magazine
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- WHY YOU SHOULD ENTER
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- This is your chance to show the world what you've created! If your custom
- application wins, you'll join us at the Awards Dinner at Object World UK,
- 1996. And if you win your category, you and your company will receive an
- award and will be featured in Information Age and OMG's worldwide
- newsletter, First Class. How's that for instant fame?=20
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- WHO CAN ENTER
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- We're looking for innovative custom applications using object technology
- made possible by you. All entries must meet the following qualifications:=
- =20
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- =09- A custom application not for resale
- =09- A custom application currently in use
- =09- An application you built from scratch - OR -
- =09- A modification of an off-the-shelf application
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- HERE'S HOW IT WORKS
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- From=20all of the qualified entries received, our panel of judges will
- select three finalists from each of the following five categories. Those
- finalists will be notified the week of 17 May, 1996. All finalists will
- need to have at least one representative at Object World UK 1996, which
- takes place 18-21 June at The New Connaught Rooms, Covent Garden, London.
- The winners will be announced at the Awards Dinner.=20
-
- FIVE AWARD CATEGORIES
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- =09- Best implementation of a distributed application using
- =09 object-oriented tools.
- =09- Best implementation of a reusable development environment for
- =09 company deployment.
- =09- Best object-based application developed using NON object-oriented
- =09 tools.=20
- =09- Best cost-saving implementation using an object approach.
- =09-=A0Best use of object technology within enterprise or large systems
- =09 environment.=20
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- WHO ARE THE JUDGES?
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- The panel of judges comprises:
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- =09Steve Cook, IBM
- =09Samit Khosla, SSA
- =09David Norfolk, Information Age
- =09Alan O'Callaghan, De Montfort University
- =09Sumit Ray, A.T. Kearney
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- HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO
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- Contact the Organisers and request an Official Entry Form, complete it and
- send it to the address below along with at least two different screen
- shots of your custom application. But do it now. Entries must be received
- at the address below by 10 May, 1996.=20
-
- OFFICIAL ENTRY FORM REQUESTS AND COMPLETED ENTRIES TO:
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- Anthony Kaiser
- The Object Applications Awards Programme,
- c/o Eric Leach Marketing Ltd., 2 Bell Road, Hounslow, Middlesex. TW3 3NN.
- Tel: 0181 570 2182
- Fax: 0181 572 3163
- Email: 100010.3012@compuserve.com
-