June 19, 2006
IDG’s Computerworld recently awarded dual honors to St. John’s
University for its design and implementation of a unique,
integrated combination of digital video-surveillance, access
control and incident management to redesign security at its three
New York City campuses.
The University was first honored by Computerworld’s Mobile &
Wireless World “Best Practices in Mobile & Wireless” awards
program in the category “Transforming the ‘Brick and Mortar’
Enterprise.” Accepting for the University in May at the Mobile
& Wireless World conference in Orlando, FL, were Manager of
Network Initiatives Stanley Jurgielewicz and Director of Network
Services Roger So. St. John’s was among 10 honorees in five
categories to be recognized.
Ron Milton, executive vice president of Computerworld, noted
that, “Companies recognized here at Mobile & Wireless World can
be proud of the accomplishments of these talented IT professionals.
Their hard work and dedication to the best practices in the mobile
and wireless industry benefit their companies, employees, and
customers alike. This year’s honorees and finalists are at the
forefront in using enterprise mobile and wireless technologies to
benefit their organizations technologically, competitively and
financially.”
Two weeks later, the setting was the magnificent and historic Andrew W. Mellon
Auditorium in Washington, DC, where St. John’s Vice President
of Public Safety Thomas Lawrence accepted a Laureate Medal for the
University at the Computerworld
Honors Program’s 18th Annual Laureates Medal Ceremony. He was
accompanied by Chief Information Officer Joseph Tufano.
Originally nominated by IBM for the Computerworld Honors
Program, St. John’s was then identified by a Computerworld
committee as “an organization whose use of information technology
has been especially noteworthy for the originality of its
conception, the breadth of its vision and the significance of its
benefit to society” and invited to submit a Case Study in the
category, “Education and Academia.”
The submitted Case
Study(pdf) was judged on 10 criteria and consequently awarded
Laureate status. This is the second time St. John’s University has
been so honored, having received its first Laureates Medal for its
Academic Computing Initiative (ACI) in 2004.
CIO Tufano believes that St. John’s repeated success in the
Computerworld Honors Program can be attributed directly to the
University’s Administration: “We are blessed at St. John’s to have
an Administration with great vision, that has great respect for and
appreciation of technology and its role in the world today. They
have repeatedly endorsed and supported these technology projects
which benefit all in the University community, but most
importantly, enhance and support the quality of life and learning
experiences of our students.”