michaels, ross & cole's mrc-Productivity Series has been voted Best Product in the AS/400-based Application Development category in the 2000 AS/400 Technology SHOWCASE Product Excellence Awards recognition program. The award was received at a reception hosted by Midrange Computing in San Diego on March 12, 2000. Winners were selected via an online voting process that was open to more than 50,000 registered subscribers of AS/400 Technology SHOWCASE magazine. Winners were selected based upon the highest vote totals received in each of the 45 hardware and software categories.
More than 250 vendor representatives attended the Product Excellence Awards reception hosted by Midrange Computing in the Bayside Pavilion, at the San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina.
"Being voted as the best product in the AS/400-based Application Development category is truly significant as it reflects the opinions and judgments of a very critical audience-AS/400 end users," said David Uptmor, publisher of AS/400 Technology SHOWCASE and Midrange Computing. "By winning a Product Excellence Award, mrc has let the AS/400 marketplace know that it is a company that cares about its customers, and cares about delivering value to the business community."
Accepting the award on behalf of mrc, mrc communications director Tracy Doell said, "We are thrilled to have such overwhelming support from our customers. Since 1981, mrc has been committed to providing quality software that increases productivity and serves our customers' needs. And as technology has evolved, mrc-Productivity Series has too, allowing our customers to integrate Java and client/server technologies quickly and easily. To have our customers recognize us in this way is tremendous. We are extremely honored."
AS/400 Technology SHOWCASE magazine is the leading product magazine in the AS/400 arena. A special editorial section featuring the winners of the Product Excellence Awards will appear in the June 2000 issue of AS/400 Technology SHOWCASE magazine.
mrc was founded in 1981 and provides report writing and rapid application development software and services for the IBM AS/400, client/server and Java markets. The mrc US-based and international affiliate network serves more than 2500 customers worldwide.