Kapow Technologies Honored as Laureate by the Computerworld Honors Program

PALO ALTO, Calif., May 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Kapow Technologies, the leading provider of Web data services, has been recognized as a Laureate by IDG's Computerworld Honors Program. Kapow Technologies will be commemorated during the 22nd Annual Laureates Medal Ceremony & Gala Awards Evening on June 7, 2010, at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C.

Kapow's Web Data Server was honored for the dramatic impact its underlying Web data services technology has on enabling businesses to detect, react and respond to shifting market conditions. Kapow's disruptive automation and real-time data access capabilities allow organizations to slash application and data integration project timelines and costs by tenfold. Only with Kapow can organizations build complex data models involving an unlimited number of data sources, allowing them to get a complete view of the data and make strategic business decisions more effectively than ever before.

More than 400 enterprise organizations today use Kapow's Web Data Server to extend and modernize their critical information applications by completely automating the access to and integration with any Web data source. This includes real-time Web and social media data, enterprise and partner Web data, as well as data within public and private clouds. In addition, the solution's intuitive visual point-and-click Interactive Development Environment (IDE) enables surgical data extraction of all content formats, including static HTML pages, as well as cleansing and standardization of all content through its powerful data transformation functionality, all with no coding. The end result is unmatched data accuracy, substantially improved predictive analytics and strategic decision making capabilities, and dramatic cost and time savings for users.

The Computerworld Honors Program unites Chairmen and CEOs of the world's foremost information technology companies to recognize the most outstanding user achievements in technology each year. The technology achievements honored by this program are preserved and protected in national archives, and in over 350 universities, museums and research institutions throughout the world.

"This recognition amplifies the growing demand for Web data services and the opportunities for enterprises to use Web data in new and more scalable ways to fundamentally transform their business," said John Yapaola, CEO of Kapow Technologies. "The Kapow Web Data Server has a powerful impact on any business striving to improve their performance and competitiveness by extracting value from Web data."

About Kapow Technologies

The leader in web data services, Kapow Technologies arms Fortune 1000 companies with the real-time web intelligence needed to be more competitive and profitable. The company's patented Kapow Web Data Server extends and modernizes business applications by automatically integrating enterprise and public web data from any source with no coding required. Kapow currently has more than 400 customers, including AT&T, Walt Disney, Morgan Stanley, Intel, Vodafone and Audi. The company is headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif. with additional offices in Denmark, Germany and the U.K. For more information, visit www.kapowtech.com or call toll-free at 1-800-805-0828.

About the 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. In its 22nd year, Computerworld Honors is the longest running global program to honor individuals and organizations that use information technology to benefit society.

Each year, the program's Chairmen's Committee, a group of 100 Chairmen/CEOs of global technology companies, nominates individuals and organizations around the world whose visionary application of information technology promotes positive social and economic progress. Nominations are evaluated by an independent board of CIO-level judges who select Laureates, Finalists and award recipients, in 10 industry-related categories, to be honored at the Laureate Medal Ceremony. This year's ceremony and accompanying Gala Awards Evening will take place on June 7, 2010 at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C. The technology achievements honored by this program are preserved and protected in national archives, and in over 350 universities, museums and research institutions throughout the world.

Additional information about the program and a Global Archive of past Laureate case studies and oral histories can be found at the Computerworld Honors website: www.cwhonors.org.

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