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To: Fred Mussler who wrote (522)	5/12/1999 8:37:00 AM
From: John Carragher	Respond to of 2908

MIT gives online commerce awards Egghead, Dell, Net Perceptions among winners Last Update: 2:28 AM ET May 12, 1999 NewsWatch CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -- The Sloan School of Management, part of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has honored six companies as innovators in Web-based business. The awards, presented Tuesday night, were developed by Sloan students as part of the school's electronic commerce and marketing curriculum. The school plans to give out the E-Commerce Awards annually. The award winners were: - MP3.com Inc., of San Diego. The company is one of the leading sources of music in a digital, MP3 compressed format and was awarded for creating opportunities for customers through electronic commerce. - Egghead.com (EGGS: news, msgs), based in Spokane, Wash., for successfully transforming itself from an established physical company to a Web-based business. - Dell Computers Corp. (DELL: news, msgs), of Austin, Texas, for serving a large international base of Web customers. The company serves 44 countries and covers 21 languages. - Akamai Technologies Inc., based in Cambridge, for showing potential to dominate new industries. It offers a service that speeds up delivery of Web pages. - Net Perceptions (NETP: news, msgs), based in Minneapolis, for developing innovative technology. The company develops real-time technology. - Impact Online, of Palo Alto, Calif., for socially responsible Web services. The company provides "VolunteerMatch," a service that pairs volunteers with nonprofit organizations. © 1999 The Associated Press - All Rights Reserved. The information in this report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.