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Optimal Data Group Inc. is one of five contest finalists vying for the best solution to a People business challenge and a grand prize of $10,000.
OTTAWA, ON, Dec. 10, 2008 — Optimal Data Group was named as one of the finalists in the Business.com What Works for Business Contest which aims to identify the best solutions to business challenges. Optimal’s entry was selected as one of the best in the People category from hundreds of contest entries by a panel of business expert contest judges.
Winners for each of the 10 contest categories, and the overall contest winner, will be chosen by popular vote at The What Works for Business Contest Voting page from Wednesday, Dec. 10 through Friday, Dec. 19 at 5 p.m. Pacific. The final contest results will be announced on Monday, Jan. 12 with each category winner receiving $2,000 and the overall contest winner receiving $10,000.
“Our group’s great pleasure in hearing that we have been named as a contest finalist comes with many successes we have had as a team since 1997,” said Optimal Data Group’s President Mike Ong-Tone. “Over the years, we have been trying many different business models to attract and retain top talents. We found out that people outperform when they like what they do; in environments they choose to do their work. We were able to leverage our business formula by letting the seasoned professionals do what they do best at the head office and they would support intermediate resources travelling remotely across the country. With this WIN-WIN solution, our customers reduced their cost because of the lower resource rates; our seasoned professionals are centralized at our offices and do not have to travel on a regular basis and our intermediate resources, the younger generation, get to travel for work and visit places.”
Sponsored by Business.com, the leading business search engine, directory and pay-per-click advertising network, the What Works for Business Contest is open to all North American businesses and is designed to help shift business focus from what’s wrong with the economy to what small businesses can actually do to survive and thrive in 2009. Eligible participants submitted a brief description of a business challenge they faced and how they solved it in one of 10 key business categories - Money, Technology, Sales & Marketing, Web, Office Management, Operations, People, Business Location, Startup, and Management – between Oct. 22 and Dec. 3. These entries were reviewed by Business.com’s editorial team and then rated by a panel of action-oriented business leaders to determine the finalists.
“The What Works for Business Contest showcases the ingenuity of small business owners, managers and startup entrepreneurs while creating a resource for businesses seeking real answers,” says Daniel Kehrer, Editor of Business.com and the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Journalist of the Year for the Los Angeles region.
To vote or see a complete description of contest rules, visit http://whatworks.business.com/
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About Optimal Data Group Inc.
Optimal Data Group is a leading information technology solutions firm that specializes in helping organizations to manage critical business information and processes across their IT database infrastructure. Our offerings in IT Professional Services are: Database Modelling, Database Administration, Database Development and Custom Web Application Development. We focus mainly on servicing clients with enterprise databases and technologies. Optimal has certified database specialists located throughout North America to deliver database expertise when and where it’s needed.
Optimal Data Group Inc. Media Contact:
Mike Ong-Tone
President
Optimal Data Group Inc
613.566.7080
m.ongtone@optimal.ca
www.optimal.ca
Business.com Media Contact:
Dianne Molina
Senior Manager, Corporate Communications
Business.com
310.586.4150
dmolina@business.com
www.business.com
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