NPI Awarded for 2nd Straight Year Including Nomination for Best Execution of IT Solution
ATLANTA - April 23, 2004 -- NPI's unique cost-cutting service earned this rising technology procurement advisor top honors at the prestigious Gartner Vision Events Midsize Enterprise Summit held in Nashville, TN this month. As a proven, results-oriented company, NPI walked away with the Best Midmarket Solution for Services Award for the second year in a row.
In the last six months, NPI has grown their customer base by 54%, saving clients over $4.2 million in spending. This success also contributed to their nomination for the coveted Best Execution of an IT Solution Award.
"With more than 50 vendors presenting strong enterprise solutions, over 400 attending CIOs and senior IT executives cast their ballots based on a company's contribution to the success of future midsize enterprise solutions" said Charles Badoian, Event Director for the Gartner Vision Events Midsize Enterprise Summit. "NPI was recognized as the favorite among attending IT executives for the Best Midmarket Solution - Services. NPI also obtained important recognition by receiving the nomination for the Best Execution award."
"While we are honored to receive the Best Midmarket Solution for Services Award for the second year in a row, we are even more pleased with the positive reception we received from the number of NPI customers in attendance who are staunch supporters of our offering," said Jon Winsett, General Manager for NPI. "Most of the interest generated at the show was driven by the success stories told by our customers. NPI's value proposition has not changed: cutting costs, improving vendor relations and guaranteeing ROI. Our customers appreciate NPI's value and are willing to spread the news."
Midsize Enterprise Summit® is produced by Vision Events®, a Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT and ITB) company.
NPI is a privately-held company that provides assistance for its customers in implementing rigorous processes for making sound spend management decisions. Using a combination of market experts and proprietary methodologies, NPI provides assessments of a variety of traditionally difficult spend management categories – information technology, telecommunications and transportation – to ensure that expenditures and operating expenses are in-line with current market conditions. NPI leads this emerging best practice, offering procurement expertise, a fair market value database and experience from both sides of the table with quality and integrity. For more information, please visit www.npifinancial.com.
