Yesterday, Association of Independent Information Professionals (AIIP) Past President Cynthia Shamel presented AIIP's Annual Technology Award at Internet Librarian in Monterey to XLineSoft's ASPRunner Professional with an Honorable Mention for IBM Visual Communication Lab's Many Eyes. Since I had posted the request for nominations to the list and received several replies, I wanted to follow up with the results. The press release follows with more info. Best Regards, Mark Goldstein, AIIP Secretary President, International Research Center Voice & Fax: 602-470-0389, Skype: mark.goldstein LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/markgoldstein E-Mail: markg@researchedge.com, IRC: http://www.researchedge.com/ Harnessing Global Information Resources for Informed Decision Making Association of Independent Information Professionals Selects XLineSoft's ASPRunner Professional for Technology Award (BATON ROUGE, LA (October 30, 2007) -- The Association of Independent Information Professionals (AIIP) announced today that it has selected XLineSoft (http://www.xlinesoft.com/) as the recipient of the Eighth Annual AIIP Technology Award for its ASPRunner Professional product. AIIP presents this prestigious award each year to the company whose product best assists independent information professionals with their day-to-day operations in locating, analyzing, organizing, and delivering information. The award was presented today at Information Today, Inc.'s Internet Librarian conference in Monterey, CA. According to the AIIP Awards Committee, ASPRunner Professional-a database management tool-can be used to create robust, easy-to-modify code (with no programming required) to implement online database applications and improve the functionality of members' web sites, making the product well-suited to AIIP's diverse membership and its various database needs. "AIIP members are committed to delivering value-added information products and services," explained AIIP President Jane John. "In today's information-centric world, easy-to-use products such as ASPRunner Professional allow information professionals to create custom client experiences and sophisticated online database deliverables with ease to not only meet but exceed client needs." Honorable Mention for the Technology Award was given to IBM Visual Communication Lab (http://www.research.ibm.com/visual/) for its product Many Eyes. A public web site, Many Eyes allows users to gather data, visualize it, and discuss their visualizations. About AIIP AIIP is the industry association for independent information professionals. Its membership consists of more than 500 business owners from countries around the world whose firms provide information-related research and consulting services across a wide variety of industries. Some of the vertical industries AIIP members work in include scientific, medical, pharmaceutical, regulatory, information technology, education, financial services, manufacturing, non profits and life sciences. More information can be found on the website at http://www.aiip.org/. ###