SOUTHFIELD, Mich. and MONARCH BEACH, Calif. — R. L. Polk & Co. has been named to the 2010 InformationWeek 500, an annual listing of the nation’s most innovative users of business technology.
The 2010 list was revealed earlier this week at a gala awards ceremony held during the InformationWeek 500 Conference in Dana Point, Calif. This is the second consecutive year Polk has been named to this prestigious list of technology innovators.
"As a 24×7 data provider to customers in the automotive industry, we undertook an innovative project to implement tiered storage and data deduplication concepts through our development, test and production environments," said Kevin Vasconi, senior vice president and chief information officer at Polk. "Our implementation significantly enhances Polk’s ability to improve time to market for introducing new products and services, and it streamlines our customer on-boarding activities."
As part of this effort, Polk was able to implement enhanced storage solutions throughout the business. In addition, Polk implemented a world-class disaster recovery solution with real time data replication and eliminated tape and offsite storage needs.
"For 22 years, the InformationWeek 500 has honored the most innovative users of business technology," said InformationWeek Editor In Chief Rob Preston. "As we start to emerge from the worst recession in decades, the IT focus is now on driving growth — new sources of revenue, new relationships with customers, even new business models. This year’s ranking placed special emphasis on those companies and business technology executives leading that charge."
InformationWeek identifies and honors the nation’s most innovative users of information technology with its annual 500 listing and also tracks the technology, strategies, investments and administrative practices of America’s best-known companies. The InformationWeek 500 rankings are unique among corporate rankings as it spotlights the power of innovation in information technology, rather than simply identifying the biggest IT spenders.
Additional details on the InformationWeek 500 can be found here.
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