Microsoft Corp., in partnership with the United Service Organizations (USO), is proud to announce the finalists for the first annual Microsoft Above and Beyond Awards. The awards recognize the contributions of the military community — friends, family and other individuals — who brighten the lives of U.S. troops throughout the world.

Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE: CSC) announced today that 17 insurers and self-insured organizations received awards for software innovation and leadership at the CSC Connect 2007 Conference. The winners were nominated and selected by CSC’s client community.

First Pan-European Awards for IT and Telecom Channels

The Microsoft Healthcare Users Group (MS-HUG) and Microsoft Corp. today announced a call for entries for the 2008 MS-HUG Healthcare Innovation Awards. The contest, open to any healthcare organization, recognizes leadership in the use of technology to improve the quality and delivery of healthcare.

General Motors engineer Darwin Wang received the National Asian Pacific American Corporate Achievement Awards from the Organization of Chinese Americans in Las Vegas on Oct. 19, 2007.

On the evening of their parents’ 40th wedding anniversary, the children of Dr. Martha Cohen and the late Dr. Harry Cohen established the Harry and Martha Cohen Award. This award recognizes those members of our community who have demonstrated a sustained and significant contribution to theatre in Calgary.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it has created a new Ph.D. Fellowship Award to honor Fran Allen, a pioneer in computer science.

McAfee, Inc. (NYSE: MFE) today presented the inaugural McAfee® Cybercrime Fighter Award to Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott. The award, recognizing General Abbott for his fight to protect Texas children from online predators, was presented during the McAfee Strategic Executive Security Summit in Dallas.

Ciena® Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN), the network specialist, today announced that its FlexSelect 40G Shelf was honored by the International Engineering Consortium (IEC) with an InfoVision Award for Network Core Innovation and Advances.

The most innovative uses of technology by small and midsize organizations were recognized last evening by Cisco® as part of the 8th annual Cisco Growing with Technology Awards. This year's winners included a video-conferencing-based language translation company, a digital publisher of student-authored college guides, and a firm that provides robots to deliver medicine and supplies throughout hospitals.

Ford SYNC was honored with a Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award at a ceremony Wednesday at the Hearst Tower in New York City.

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is proud to announce that its new aggregation router for mobile operators, the Alcatel-Lucent 7705 SAR, has won the IEC InfoVision Award for New Product Concept at the Broadband World Forum Europe.