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Backup My Info! Selected as Finalist in the 7th Annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business
BUMI Selected as Finalist in Two Categories: Best Entrepreneur and Best Overall Company of the Year
New York, NY (October 19, 2010) – Backup My Info! (BUMI), the premier provider of online backup and recovery solutions for small to mid-sized businesses, today announced that it has been selected as a finalist across two categories in the 7th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business. More than 1,200 entries – a record for the competition – were submitted this year for consideration in 54 categories. BUMI was selected as finalist for "Best Overall Company of the Year" category, while CEO Jennifer Walzer was selected as a finalist for the "Best Entrepreneur" category.
The Stevie Awards for Women in Business honor women executives, entrepreneurs, and the companies they run – worldwide. The Stevie Awards have been hailed as the world's premier business awards.
Founded in 2002, BUMI is utilized by professional service organizations, such as banking, financial, insurance, accounting, hedge funds and law firms to address critical issues associated with rapid growth of data, business continuity, and regulatory compliance. Delivering premium customer service – every client is cared for by a team of senior-level engineers dedicated to providing proactive and personalized support – BUMI is uniquely positioned to address the most complex data backup and restore needs.
"We are honored to be named as a finalist in an award program as prestigious as the Stevie Awards for Women in Business," said Walzer. "There are a number of deserving individuals and companies that we are up against in this year's program. At BUMI, we are determined to deliver superior service to our customers in an attempt to address critical issues such as rapid growth of data, business continuity, and regulatory compliance."
"It was more difficult than ever to be recognized in the Stevie Awards for Women in Business this year, as we received a record number of entries," said Michael Gallagher, president of the Stevie Awards. "Despite the challenges that they are faced with, receiving a high score from the judges in this year's competition illustrates how well many women in business are doing, and how their companies are succeeding."
Award winners will be announced during a gala event at the Marriott Marquis hotel in New York on Friday, November 12. Nominated women executives and entrepreneurs from the U.S.A and several other countries are expected to attend. The presentations will be broadcast live on radio in the U.S.A. by the Business TalkRadio Network.
For more information about The Stevie Awards for Women in Business and the list of Finalists in all categories, please visit: www.stevieawards.com/women.
About The Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in four programs: The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about The Stevie Awards at www.stevieawards.com.
Sponsors of the 7th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business (as of October 11) include the Business TalkRadio Network and KeyBank. Localization partner of the 2011 Stevie Awards is Lionbridge.
About BUMI
Founded in 2002, BUMI (Backup My Info!) specializes in delivering online backup and recovery solutions for small to mid-sized businesses. Based in New York City, BUMI provides an off-site data protection solution that addresses critical issues such as rapid growth of data, business continuity, and regulatory compliance. Every BUMI client is cared for by a team of senior-level engineers dedicated to providing proactive and personalized support. Clients include professional service organizations such as banking, financial, insurance, accounting, hedge funds and law firms. For more information, visit http://www.backupmyinfo.com, call (866) 444- BUMI (2864), or follow on Twitter at http://twitter.com/backupmyinfo.
