2003 Computerworld Honors Finalists

Computerworld - BUSINESS & RELATED SERVICES
• ActivCard Inc. - A single multiapplication smart card implements highly secure authentication using techniques originally developed for the military, consolidating multiple building and computer-system access technologies into a system as simple as an ATM.
• Apeejay Surrendra Group - A well-established Calcutta bookshop has expanded to gain a national presence by using a strategy that combines local store and Internet purchases and dramatically improves efficiency in a country where retailing isn't well developed.
• Center of Excellence LLC - Nine suppliers to a Fortune 500 fast-food restaurant chain collaborated in the development of a common IT strategy, assuring a smooth fit with the existing information infrastructure.
• Fast Search & Transfer ASA - One of the world's top 20 e-commerce sites accelerates user access to searchable information, responding to 150,000 search queries a day and making it easier for customers to make efficient and informed purchasing decisions on more than 14,000 products.
• Hewlett-Packard Co. - A unique partner registration, authentication and authorization infrastructure dramatically lowers the cost of keeping close ties to thousands of trusted partners, multiplying the benefits of collaboration for the parties involved.
• Wireless & Satellite Networks - Zamora, Spain, became the first city to provide wireless public Internet access not just at selected hot spots, but anywhere in the metropolitan area, demonstrating that wireless can compete successfully with dial-up and cable.
EDUCATION & ACADEMIA
• China Education and Research Network - China's first national Internet backbone is fast becoming the world's largest nationwide academic network. It provides a testbed for next-generation designs, keeping China's computer scientists on the cutting edge.
• KnowledgeNet.com Inc. - Next-generation interactive e-learning software replaces a passive, Web-based e-reading format, driving knowledge transfer and reducing the time needed to create high-quality learning content.
• Michigan State University - A distributed, open-source learning content management and assessment system provides instructors with a common, scalable platform to assist in all aspects of teaching.
• New York University - A digital library designed to accommodate all forms of knowledge, not just text and still images, addresses the unique technical, legal and cultural issues of audio/visual and complex hypermedia, ensuring a more balanced collection.
• Ohio State University - Informed by their own learning styles and the testimony of previous learners, college students are offered a choice of content delivery strategies designed to match their individual strengths through an online form that generates individualized Web content and assessments.
• Second Story Inc. and the Theban Mapping Project - An interactive Web site using 3-D models, maps and images from Egypt's Valley of