MIL 3, Inc. Honored by the Smithsonian Institution
Design it and they will comeWashington, D.C. April 2, 1998 -- MIL 3, Inc.'s OPNET: Modeling Technologies for the Third Millennium will become part of the Smithsonian Institution's Permanent Research Collection on Information Technology Innovation at the National Museum of American History on Monday morning, April 6th at 9:30 a.m. on the National Mall, when the 1998 Information Technology Innovation Collection is formally presented to the Smithsonian.
"MIL 3, Inc. is using information technology to make great strides toward remarkable social achievement in Business and Related Services," said Dr. David Allison, Chairman of the National Museum of American History's Division of Information Technology and Society.
Nominated by Mr. Stephen Sprinkle, Manager of Information Technology of Deloitte & Touche LLP, MIL 3, Inc.'s work is part of a collection that includes over 442 of the year's most innovative applications of technology from 40 states and 19 countries.
At MIL 3, Inc., sophisticated simulation technology accurately predicts the performance of a network device or design, even before it has been manufactured or installed, lowering cost and improving customer satisfaction.
Each year, the Computerworld Smithsonian Awards Chairmen's Committee nominates individuals who use information technology to improve society for inclusion in the Smithsonian's National IT Innovation Collection. Founded in 1989, the Computerworld Smithsonian Program searches for and recognizes individuals who have demonstrated vision and leadership as they strive to use information technology in innovative ways across ten categories: Business and Related Services; Education and Academia; Environment, Energy and Agriculture; Finance, Insurance and Real Estate; Government and Non-Profit Organizations; Manufacturing; Media, Arts and Entertainment; Medicine; Science; and Transportation.
Founded in 1846, the Smithsonian Institution is dedicated to the increase and diffusion of knowledge. According to Dan Morrow, Executive Director of the Computerworld Smithsonian Awards Program, "the materials submitted on behalf of MIL 3, Inc. will enrich the Smithsonian's growing permanent collection on the Information Age, and help the Institution build an accurate historic record of the truly outstanding achievements being made in these remarkable times."
Marc Cohen, CEO of MIL 3, commented, "We're pleased to be recognized as business innovators for our predictive approach to network planning and design. We're looking forward to visiting the Research Collection years from now as the state of the art continues to progress."
Case Studies from the 1998 Collection will be made available to the public June 8th, on the Innovation Network web site: at http://innovate.si.edu, where the entire ten year collection is available to citizens, scholars and researchers worldwide. The Innovation Network web site also offers visitors an opportunity to record their impressions of the information technology revolution in the national record.
MIL 3, Inc. is a rapidly growing developer of advanced software tools for communications network planning and design. Based in Washington, D.C., MIL 3 has been the world leader in providing state-of-the-art products for modeling and simulating communications networks since 1986. With its OPNET family of products, MIL 3 has provided more than 1,000 organizations of all sizes around the world with sophisticated tools to quickly and efficiently design or improve communications networks or components.
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