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The Pinnacle Awards were presented in eight categories: Customer Service,
Education, Evangelism, Fast Track, Financial Reporting and Budgeting,
Innovation, Teamwork, and Overall Excellence. Brampton Fastener Co.
The Evangelism Award is presented to customers that have demonstrated a
strong commitment to their Microsoft Business Solutions technology and
services.
"Postini is honored to have been selected as an Info Security Hot Company
for 2006.

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Casey Family Programs, MarketLab Inc."
Other HDI Local Chapter Excellence Awards were presented to the Capital
Area Washington DC chapter for Program and Website Excellence, the Southwest
Synergy chapter for Newsletter Excellence, and the Austin chapter for the
Special Events Excellence.

Postini Wins Info Security Products Guide Hot Company 2006 Award; Award Recognizes the Company's Commitment to Integrated Message Management for Enterprises

The Info Security Products Guide
Awards recognize and honor excellence in all areas of information security .

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Land O'Lakes Farmland Feed LLC, The
Orthotic Group and BGE HOME
-- Excellence in Education., Goodwill Industries of Central
Indiana Inc. Ltd.
The Excellence in Teamwork Award recognizes customers whose collaborative
efforts in their organization, with Microsoft Business Solutions or with their
partners, have produced a result that would not have been achieved without the
collaboration.
The Excellence in Innovation Award recognizes customers whose innovative
use of technology in their business management system delivers measurable
benefits to their organization . Candidates for
this award are evaluated on profitability improvement, operational performance
gains and management effectiveness.
You will discover a wealth of information in this guide, including award
winning case studies and deployment scenarios, people and technologies shaping
info security and the best selling products. Postini offers a complete suite of services
including message archiving and discovery, spam and virus blocking, and
messaging continuity.

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(Nasdaq: MSFT) recently announced the winners of its ninth annual customer
achievement awards, known as the Pinnacle Awards.
(Logo: http://www. These customers not only evangelize Microsoft Business Solutions
business management solutions, but are a source of continual feedback on
Microsoft Business Solutions technology and services. The
awards presentation took place at the opening general session at HDI 2005, the
association 's annual conference held March 6-10 in Las Vegas.
"This award is evidence of what can happen when a group of talented
individuals commit themselves to excellence," said chapter president Melanie
Gould. HDI is member-focused, and
remains vendor-neutral in its efforts to facilitate open, independent
networking and information sharing within the association network.

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The Excellence in Education Award recognizes a special group of customers
that, through their role in higher education, have greatly enhanced their
students' learning experience by integrating Microsoft Business Solutions
products into their curricula.
To qualify, PSSP submitted nominations in all five of HDI's Excellence
Award categories: Membership Excellence, Programs Excellence, Newsletter
Excellence , Special Events Excellence, and Web Site Excellence.

There's a dizzying variety of awards here; content awards, graphics awards, awards for service to specific interest groups, awards for awards--even one that gives awards only to awards with 'cool' in their names.

Webmasters want to know if an award is something to be proud of, if it's achievable for them, and if it will bring them more visitors.

You will likely find that certain guides to awards are essential to making your time count.

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Candidates for this award are judged on
creativity, vision, and the overall results and benefits of their
implementation . HDI has
more than 7,500 members worldwide including many of the Fortune 500, and
nearly 60 active local chapters in North America., Postini, the global leader in
Integrated Message Management, today announced it has won the Info Security
Products Guide "Hot Companies 2006" award, based on an industry analysis of
more than 600 security companies worldwide. It is written expressly for those who are adamant on
staying informed of security threats and the preventive measure they can take. The company 's powerful managed services infrastructure
seamlessly integrates with customers' infrastructure, providing uncompromising
security for more companies than any other provider in the world. Postini 's
services protect organizations from a wide range of threats, reduce compliance
and legal risks , ensure reliable communications, and enable the intelligent
management and enforcement of enterprise policies that protect companies'
intellectual property, reputations and business relationships.

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HARRISdirect LLC and
Westye Group - Midwest
-- Excellence in Innovation. For more
information contact Postini at 866-767-8461, or visit http://www.

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-- Excellence in Teamwork. The American Bible Society

About the Pinnacle Awards
The Excellence in Customer Service Award honors customers whose business
management system helps them measurably improve the value and level of
services delivered to their internal and/or external customers. Pittsburgh Chapter Wins Best Overall

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PSSP was lauded for displaying superior performance in each category, and
for its innovation, creativity, membership involvement, and a high level of
professionalism. Postini is the first and only
enterprise-class managed service to provide a complete and integrated set of
compliance, security, availability, and visibility solutions for corporate
email and instant messaging.

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HDI Presents Prestigious Local Chapter Excellence Awards at HDI 2005 Conference + Expo

The award looks
at the products , people, performance, and potential behind a company's growth
and success.

Each award has many sides to it.

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The Fast Track Excellence Award recognizes customers that have achieved
significant results within the first year of Microsoft Business Solutions
applications implementations. PSSP placed second in Programs, Special
Events and Web Site Excellence, and third in the Newsletter category .com .

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(650) 387-8590
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Clover Technologies Group and GO Software
(recently acquired by VeriFone)
-- Excellence in Financial Reporting and Budgeting.

About Microsoft Business Solutions
Microsoft Business Solutions products and services are financial, customer
relationship and supply chain management applications for small and midsize
businesses, large organizations, and divisions of global enterprises."
Rich Hand, director of membership operations , HDI, added, "The HDI Local
Chapter Excellence award winners show a remarkable commitment to excellence
and a dedication to serving our members.

Even our editors have gotten into the act with their ability to 'cool' directory sites.

There are automated services and software for the faint of heart and short of time, but the best way is to examine the awards (and a sampling of their winners) in detail, see if they meet your needs, and prepare a submission specifically for each award you desire.

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The Pinnacle Awards honor customers that have achieved
outstanding success with their Microsoft(R) Business Solutions applications.
Founded in 1989, HDI's mission is to lead and promote the IT service and
support industry by empowering its members through access to timely and
valuable industry information, including reports and publications; encouraging
member collaboration through events and online forums; and establishing
internationally recognized, standards-based industry certification and
training programs . Postini Perimeter Manager Service Awarded for Its IM and Email Protection

SAN CARLOS, Calif .

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in the
United States and/or other countries., HDI, the world's largest
membership association for IT service and support professionals and the
premier certification body for the industry, announced today the winners of
the HDI Local Chapter Excellence Awards. In addition to winning the Overall Excellence Award, PSSP
also won the Membership Excellence award, recognizing outstanding performance
in growing the chapter membership, holding membership drives, and promoting
membership through the community.com

In addition, the awards program helps raise the bar significantly
for the industry to provide end-users with effective and deployable protective
solutions against the next generation of highly sophisticated and blended
attacks.com .

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About HDI
HDI is the world's largest membership association for IT service and
support professionals and the premier certification body for the industry.thinkhdi.postini.

Don't chicken out on submitting for very selective awards; you can learn a lot by checklisting your site against their requirements, and you will also improve your submission skills.

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Clemson University
-- Evangelism. and
RoadTown Wholesale Trading Co. But, this is only the beginning for this organization. More information about the awards can be found
at http://www.com/ and stay secured.

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com . For more information,
visit http://www . This award underscores our dedication to our customers and to
providing an integrated way for them to seamlessly consolidate the management
of their security and messaging needs onto a single platform ," said Quentin
Gallivan, president and CEO at Postini.com

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and Oldcastle Precast Inc.

-- Overall Excellence.

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The Overall Excellence Award recognizes a customer that demonstrates
extraordinary efforts in multiple Pinnacle Award categories.

Webmasters have many ways of approaching the submission process.

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Microsoft Pinnacle Awards Recognize Outstanding Microsoft Business Solutions Customer Achievements

newscom. The overall
combined score given by the judges in each subject area is then totaled to
determine the Overall Excellence Award winner . "More than 35,000 businesses around
the world rely on Postini Integrated Message Management. To
learn more, visit http://www.

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Delivered through a network of channel partners providing specialized
services, these integrated, adaptable business applications work like and with
familiar Microsoft software to streamline processes across an entire business.

NOTE: Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corp.

Pittsburgh Service + Support Professionals (PSSP) was selected as the top
local chapter from the more than 50 HDI local chapters in the United States,
Canada, and Mexico.

About Info Security Products Guide Awards
The Info Security Products Guide plays a vital role in keeping end-users
informed of the choices they can make when it comes to protecting their
digital resources.infosecurityproductsguide.

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The customers and their
partners were recognized at an exclusive luncheon during Convergence 2005, the
Microsoft Business Solutions division's annual customer conference, held this
year in San Diego. Nominated by Microsoft Business
Solutions customers, partners and team members, the following customers were
awarded the 2005 Pinnacle Awards:

-- Excellence in Customer Service.
The Excellence in Financial Reporting and Budgeting Award recognizes
customers that utilize analytical applications to discover insights into the
financial performance of their organization, leading to enhanced
profitability , streamlined operations and better management.

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Award site owners want to increase their own status, traffic, and traffic to their sponsors, if any.

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- - Fast Track Excellence. The names of actual companies and
products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. The prestigious HDI Local Chapter
Excellence Awards acknowledge superior performance of HDI's local chapters,
and provide a benchmark for local chapters to benefit from and emulate.
HDI presented Local Chapter Excellence Awards in six categories: Overall
Excellence , Membership Excellence, Program Excellence, Newsletter Excellence,
Special Events Excellence and Web Site Excellence."
Winners of the Info Security Hot Companies award are selected based upon
an analysis of information security vendors around the world.

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, and Fins, Furs
and Feathers Inc. "I am proud of our current membership and the professionalism that they
represent. They have consistently exceeded
objectives, and met the challenges of being a leader in our industry.thinkhdi . In addition to membership, certification, and training, HDI
produces the highest-rated industry event, the HDI Annual Conference and Expo,
for service and technical support professionals.

About Postini
Postini is the global leader in Integrated Message Management, providing
compliance , security, availability, and visibility solutions for corporate
email and instant messaging.

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About Microsoft
Founded in 1975, Microsoft is the worldwide leader in software, services
and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential. The best is
yet to come. Postini's services help companies protect,
archive, encrypt and manage their email and IM , based on company policies. We are committed to
offering the most comprehensive security and compliance solutions to them. 278
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