(Editor’s note: On the ninth day of the 12 Days of Broadband, we look back to June when MCNC was recognized as a technology nonprofit helping to change the world.)
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – IDG’s Computerworld Honors Program recognized MCNC as a prestigious 2013 Laureate in June.
MCNC Chairman Tom Rabon and MCNC President and CEO Joe Freddoso represented the MCNC Board of Directors, MCNC Advisory Council, MCNC Staff, and the millions of students, researchers and patients served by the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN) at the black-tie gala held on June 3 in Washington, D.C.
“It is a distinct honor to be named a Computerworld Honors Laureate. MCNC accepts this award on behalf of the students, researchers, patients, health care providers and other citizens in North Carolina who benefit from their daily use of NCREN,” said MCNC President and CEO Joe Freddoso. “For 25 years, the Computerworld Honors Program has recognized organizations that use information technology to promote and advance public welfare and change the world for the better. MCNC has built a network that will scale to the future to help all North Carolinians become better educated, healthier, more innovative, and otherwise thrive in the digital age.”
Congressman Mark Meadows ((R-N.C., 11th District) and his wife Debbie also attended the event. Congressman Meadows represents a district that stretches from Hickory to the Tennessee border and is an area that has benefitted from both public and private broadband infrastructure investments. Within the last 15 years, those investments have included the building of the Balsam West network as well as the founding of ERC Broadband. The $144 million Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative completed this year also has benefitted Congressman Meadows’ district.
MCNC was one of 267 global organizations recognized this year by Computerworld.
“Technology continues to play a pivotal role in transforming how business and society functions. For the past 25 years the Computerworld Honors Program has had the privilege of celebrating innovative IT achievements,” said John Amato, vice president and publisher of Computerworld. “Computerworld is honored to recognize the outstanding accomplishments of the 2013 Class of Laureates and to share their work. These projects demonstrate how IT can advance organizations’ ability to compete, innovate, communicate and prosper.”
Based in Research Triangle Park, MCNC builds, owns and operates a leading-edge infrastructure that meets the broadband needs of North Carolina’s research, education, non-profit health care and other community institutions. Through the provision of very high-speed connectivity and related value-added services, tools and its operation of NCREN, MCNC helps improve teaching, learning, research, health care, and collaboration throughout North Carolina in a cost-effective environment for constituents.
Founded by International Data Group (IDG) in 1988, the Computerworld Honors Program is governed by the not-for-profit Computerworld Information Technology Awards Foundation. The Computerworld Honors Program, now in its 25th year, recognizes organizations that use information technology to promote and advance the public welfare, benefit society and business, and change the world for the better.
