This category includes companies that have been operating for more than five years. The customer profiles provided highlight each solution.

Finalists

ABC Imaging, LLC
Advanced Resources, Inc.
Carfax, Inc.
Colburn Insurance Service
Electric Insurance Company
Forsythe Solutions Group
Grizzard Advertising
iGO Corporation
J.J. Grace, Inc.
NewSub Services, Inc.
PayMaxx, Inc.
Security First Technologies
Solutech, Inc.
Solutions Consulting
Telco Research Corporation
Towery Publishing
TUSC (The Ultimate Software Consultants)
Wall Street Access

Profiles

• Interpool, Inc.
  Grand Prize winner
  Interpool leases shipping containers and chassis (trucking trailers for over-the-road container transport) and provides management services for shippers’ own units.

• Sumerset Houseboats
  Runner-Up
  The first houseboat manufacturer to host a Web site, Sumerset Houseboats has doubled its sales in just two years.

• Wood Associates, Inc.
  Runner-Up
  Wood Associates, a full-service promotional marketing company, is using Internet technology and a robust Intranet-based on a Cisco network to sell into new markets, lower costs, and deliver customized solutions directly to client desktops.

• Galgon Industries, Inc.
  Finalist
  Galgon Industries uses state-of-the-art Cisco internetworking technology to compress every one of its supply chain cycles--from materials to talent. This has helped shorten the all-important time-to-market cycles of its hi-tech clientele.

• RYNO Technology, Inc.
  Finalist
  RYNO Technology partners with Cisco Systems to bring reliable thin-client technology to major enterprise customers, while enhancing its own highly competitive stance with Cisco technology-based internetworking.

• SBT Accounting Systems
  Finalist
  SBT Accounting Systems relies on Cisco Systems for its strategic internetworking capabilities.

• The Advanced Group
  Finalist--Fully Established category
  A leading nationwide personnel service, the Advanced Group is using the internet to recruit staffing candidates, improve employee communication, and provide superior service to clients.

• Solutech, Inc.
  Based in St. Charles, Missouri, Solutech, Inc. Is a 14 branch, 400 employee Internet professional services company specializing in web-based solutions for businesses seeking an online presence.

• iGo Corporation
  iGO Corporation leverages its sophisticated web site to enable businesses and customers to identify, locate, and purchase more than 7900 mobile electronics products online.

• Electric Insurance Company
  The Electric Insurance Company a direct writer of automobile and homeowners insurance, is leveraging the Internet to reach out to new customers, streamline sales processes, and improve communications with its partners.

• ABC Imaging
  ABC Imaging is transforming itself from a regional specialty printer of architectural drawings into a national firm providing a full range of printing, graphic design, and web design sercies. It also provides internet access for its customers.

• USI Colburn Insurance Service
  USI Colburn Insurance, an insurance and financial services provider, is using internet applications and voice over IP (VOIP) to improve communication between its remote offices and partners, while realizing significant cost savings.

• PayMaxx Customer Profile
  PayMaxx, Inc. is an Internet-based payroll services bureau that handles payroll and benefits processing for employers. services include payroll check printing, tax deduction and payment, general ledger interfaces, and 401(K) processing.