IDG's Computerworld Names Antares Management Solutions to 2010 List of Best Places to Work in Information Technology

STRONGSVILLE, Ohio, July 6 /PRNewswire/ -- IDG's Computerworld announces Antares Management Solutions as a 2010 Best Places to Work in IT honoree for organizations that challenge their IT staff while providing great benefits and compensation.

"This is the fifth year in a row we have been so honored by Computerworld and this is especially significant to us because the input for this award came straight from our employees," said Ken Sidon, president of Antares Management Solutions. "I am very encouraged in these tough economic times, when so much is asked of our employees, that our staff recognizes and acknowledges our commitment to them."

A division of Medical Mutual Services, this Strongsville, Ohio, company provides business process and information technology. Antares offers "Brown-bag" lunch sessions and work/life balance workshops, which address topics such as stress management, parenting skills and fundamentals of family communication. The company also offers a tuition assistance program and pays for testing and job/area-of-expertise certifications. Corporate training and development initiatives include on-site training, a project management program and computer-based training in areas such as desktop applications and programming languages. Antares offers flexible hours and part-time options, as well as telecommuting for remote staffers.

"To be among the Best Places to Work in IT, it's not enough just to seek out and hire the most talented IT people, offer them competitive pay and provide great benefits," said Scot Finnie, editor in chief of Computerworld. "The organizations that made this year's Best Places to Work list sustain a dynamic work environment in which IT professionals keep their hands on the latest technologies and work on projects that are business critical."

Since 1994, Computerworld's annual "Best Places to Work in IT" feature has ranked the top 100 work environments for technology professionals, based on a comprehensive questionnaire regarding company offerings in categories such as benefits, diversity, career development, training and retention. Honorees will be included in Computerworld's coverage along with results from the 17th annual Best Places to Work in IT survey.

About Computerworld

Computerworld is the leading source of technology news and information for IT influencers worldwide, providing peer perspective, IT leadership and business results. Computerworld's award-winning Web site (www.computerworld.com), bi-weekly publication, focused conference series and custom research forms the hub of the world's largest (40+ editions) global IT media network. In the past five years alone, Computerworld has won more than 100 awards, including 13 American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE) awards in 2009, the 2009 Best Blog from the Neal awards, and 2006 Best Overall Web Publication from ASBPE. Computerworld leads the industry with an online audience of over 3 million unique, monthly visitors and a print audience of 1,059,000 readers each issue (IntelliQuest CIMS Fall 2009). Computerworld is published by IDG Enterprise, a subsidiary of International Data Group (IDG), the world's leading media, events, and research company. Company information is available at www.idgenterprise.com.

About Antares Management Solutions

Antares Management Solutions provides information technology and insurance administration services so companies can concentrate on their core business.  Our results-driven solutions improve services, increase efficiencies and reduce costs.  Headquartered in Strongsville, Ohio, we offer insightful and flexible insurance administration to companies and self-funded groups, and we provide knowledge-based IT outsourcing, application hosting, and IT consulting solutions to businesses in all industries.  For more information, visit us at www.AntaresSolutions.com.

SOURCE Medical Mutual of Ohio