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Crossroads Award Goes to ILOG

Open Systems Advisors, Inc., (OSA) has named ILOG a winner of the ninth annual Crossroads A-List Awards, for ILOG JRules in the business and technology category.

OSA gives the awards to products, technologies and services that achieve significant business results with early adopters, and are under consideration by mainstream users. ILOG JRules was selected along with such noteworthy entries as IBM Tivoli, Sun Forte and Microsoft BizTalk Server.

"Using ILOG JRules, companies reduce the total cost of ownership for their Java applications," says Nina G. Lytton, president of OSA. "Consequently, ILOG's customers leverage the rule engine to increase the number and variety of e-business applications they deliver to their customers."

OSA determines the winners through interviews with IT executives. Selection for the awards indicates a provider has successfully combined three elements critical to mainstream adoption: strategic focus, viable product or service offering, and consistent business results for the customer.

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Technical Writers Win Again
ILOG user's manuals net STC awards for best works

ILOG technical writers Veronica Murphy and Arianna Laudazzi (photo) have received awards from the Society of Technical Communication (STC) for their work on the ILOG OPL Studio 3.5 and ILOG JViews Charts 5.0 user's manuals.

Every year, each STC chapter selects the best publications submitted by its members. The documents are judged on content, structure and design, and awards are given for distinguished technical communication, excellence, merit and achievement in six different categories: Promotional and Information Materials, Quick Reference Guides, Software Guides, Equipment Guides, Online Help and Online Books.

Ms. Murphy received a merit award for the ILOG OPL Studio manual in the Software Guides category, and Ms. Laudazzi won a merit award for the ILOG JViews Charts manual in the Online Books category. Ms. Murphy accepted both for ILOG at the STC award ceremony in December 2001.

"Each doc entry we have submitted so far has been rewarded," says Virginie Ahrens, technical documentation director at ILOG, "which shows the excellence and professionalism of our docs."

This is the second time ILOG has participated in the STC Technical Publications Competition. In 1999, three of its manuals won: ILOG Views

• Class Hierarchy, for excellence
• ILOG Dispatcher 3.1, for merit
• ILOG TGO 1.1 User's Manual, for achievement

The STC is an international organization for technical communicators. It has more than 20,000 members worldwide, making it the largest association serving the technical communication profession. Founded in 1991, the French chapter of the STC was the first founded in Europe. It is currently the largest European chapter, with more than 230 members.

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