SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 10, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- iPrint Technologies, inc. (Nasdaq:IPRT), a leading supplier of online and offline marketing and branding solutions, today announced that it received the prestigious CIO Web Business 50 Award from IDG's CIO magazine. The 5th annual CIO Web Business 50 Award honors 50 outstanding Web sites across business, government and non-profit platforms.
"The World Wide Web is a crowded marketplace, but winners of the CIO Web Business 50 Award are a step above other sites," said Abbie Lundberg, editor in chief, CIO magazine. "Winning sites have combined excellence in design and functionality to create a top notch experience for their consumers, business partners and other users."
Winning sites were judged on a number of criteria including design, ease of user navigation, special features and functionality, and business value, shown by a site's ability to survive and even thrive in a difficult business climate. CIO Web Business 50 Award judges also looked at innovation, honoring sites creating new and ingenious ways to service their target market, customers or own organization.
Among the other honorees of this year's CIO Web Business 50 Award were such companies as Cisco Systems, CNET Networks, Ernst & Young, Ford Motor Company, GE Capital, Google, Land's End, and UPS. iPrint was also chosen as a winner of the CIO Web Business 50/50 Award, which recognized the top 50 Internet and top 50 Intranet sites, in 1997 and 1999.
"We're honored to receive this prominent award for the third time," said Dave Hodson, Chief Technology Officer of iPrint Technologies. "iPrint's technology has been streamlining business printing processes since our inception, and we're constantly striving to innovate the imprinting and promotional industry. It's very gratifying to be recognized by our peers as one of the best business services on the Internet and a pioneer in the industry."
Candidates for The CIO Web Business 50 Award are nominated by CIO's staff. A team of CIO editors, writers and Web site managers review, evaluate and vote on the final 50 honorees. Complete coverage of The CIO Web Business 50 Award was featured in the December 1, 2001 issue of CIO magazine and at www.cio.com.
About iPrint Technologies, inc.
iPrint Technologies, inc. (Nasdaq:IPRT), created by a merger between iPrint and Wood Associates, is a leader in providing promotional branding solutions and technology to the Fortune 1000. With a network of 19 offices nationwide, iPrint works with over 200 world-class organizations such as BP, Charles Schwab, Compaq, Microsoft, OfficeMax, Oracle, and PeopleSoft, as well as servicing over one million small business customers. iPrint's technology and solutions improve the way businesses buy custom imprinting and corporate printing. iPrint can integrate into e-procurement platforms, streamlining the cost of ordering professional printing and promotional merchandise and improving the overall ROI of e-procurement efforts. iPrint's technology also powers the award-winning Web site, iPrint.com, which offers SOHO customers convenience and significant cost savings on professionally printed products. The company has been distinguished with the Inc./Cisco Technology Award, an "Innovation in Print" award by CAP Ventures, and named the #15 top eBusiness by InformationWeek. For information on corporate services, please visit http://www.iPrintTech.com.
(Sources: PC Data Online, Top Monthly E-Tailers Reports and Top Monthly Sites Reports; CAP Ventures, Research; BizRate.com, Customer Certified Ratings; Keynote.com, 2000.)
About CIO Magazine
CIO magazine (launched in 1987) is published by CXO Media Inc. CXO Media serves CIOs, CEOs, CFOs, COOs and other corporate officers who use technology to thrive and prosper in this new era of business. The company strives to enhance partnerships between C-level executives, as well as create opportunities for information technology (IT) and consumer marketers to reach them. In addition to publishing CIO, CXO Media produces www.cio.com, The CIO Insider, Darwin magazine and www.darwinmagazine.com, as well as CIO and Darwin Executive Programs, a series of conferences that provide educational and networking opportunities for corporate and government leaders.
CXO Media Inc. is a business unit of IDG, the world's leading technology media, research and event company. IDG publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers and offers online users the largest network of technology-specific sites around the world through IDG.net (www.idg.net), which comprises more than 300 targeted Web sites in 70 countries. IDG is also a leading producer of 168 computer-related events worldwide, and provides IT market analysis through 51 offices in 43 countries worldwide. Company information is available at www.idg.com.
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