ÿþ<html> <head> <title>Tech Awards Circle - About Us</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type"content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <style type="text/css"> li { font-size:12pt; font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color:black; } .copyright { font-size:8pt; font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color:gray; } .body { font-size:12pt; font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color:black; } .h1 { font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold; font-size:20pt; color:black; } .h3 { font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold; font-size:14pt; color:black; } .form { font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold; font-size:8pt; color:black; } </style> </head> <body link="#CE9562" alink="#E7CAB0" vlink="#7F7C7D"> <map name="header"> <area shape="rect" coords="35, 0, 200, 180" href="Default.aspx"> <area shape="rect" coords="249, 145, 369, 170" href="Nominate.aspx"> <area shape="rect" coords="390, 145, 510, 170" href="info.html"> <area shape="rect" coords="533, 145, 640, 170" href="winners.html"> <area shape="rect" coords="662, 145, 780, 170" href="about.html"> </map> <table width="800" border="0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="12"> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <a name="top"><img src="images/header.gif" usemap="#header" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="left"> <p class="h1">About Tech Awards Circle</p> <p class="body">Established in 2009 to recognize the best of the best, Tech Awards Circle celebrates the products, services, vendors and individuals making a difference in the industry today. Entries are judged by an independent circle of publication reviewers/journalists, each with at least a decade of experience covering technology from consumer electronics to enterprise-class computing. To prevent these judges from being unduly influenced by vendors, they have agreed to remain anonymous.</p> <p class="body">Winners represent a broad range of achievements, from product and technology innovations, talented executive leadership to engineering innovators. If it happened in high tech, Tech Awards Circle wants to hear about it.</p> <p class="body">Winners are entitled to the use of the Tech Awards Circle logo in their print and online marketing materials, an impressive plaque that is sure to class up your company s lobby or lunchroom, in addition to the fame and bragging rights associated with being recognized as an award winner.</p> <p class="body">Nominations are submitted online and must include completed entry forms plus application fee of $250 per entry to cover the costs of managing the program. The same product may be entered in multiple categories as an additional entry. </p> <p class="body">Tech Awards Circle award submissions will open every four months. The Gold product award winners in each category will then be reviewed for an annual  Product of the Year." There will be no charge for this prestigious award.</p> <p class="body">For a complete list of categories and entry instructions please <a href="info.html">click here</a>.</p> <p class="body">To be added to the mailing list for future announcements from Tech Awards Circle, including upcoming deadlines, please <a href="mailto:info@techawardscircle.com?subject=Sign Me Up for Future Announcements">click here</a>. We assure you we will not overwhelm you with email.</p> <p class="body">For more information, please contact:<br> Tech Awards Circle<br> Email: <a href="mailto:info@techawardscircle.com">info@techawardscircle.com</a></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=2><img src="images/hr.gif"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"> <p class="copyright" align="left">&copy;2009-2011 Tech Awards Circle</p> </td> <td align="right"> <p class="copyright" align="right">Contact us: <a href="mailto:info@techawardscircle.com"><font color="gray">info@techawardscircle.com</font></a></p> </td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>