ATLANTA – June 13, 2011 - The Georgia CIO Leadership Association (GCLA) is proud to announce that all sponsorship positions for the 2011 CIO of the Year® Awards have been secured.

The 2011 CIO of the Year® Awards sponsors are:

Gold sponsors: Spencer Stuart, NIIT Technologies, Inc, SunGard Availability Services,  Polycom, Inc. and Recall Corporation. 

Silver sponsors: OnX Enterprise Solutions Inc, MATRIX, Tribridge, Wipro Technologies, MD&E Clarity, Qwest Communications, First Data, Extreme Networks, Bank of America, Gartner, Oracle, Insight, Salesforce.com and Dell.

Bronze sponsors: Abacus Solutions, AutoTrader.com, Verizon Wireless, Avaya, Presidio Networked Solutions, The Coca-Cola Company, Quality Technology Services, Accenture, Synergis, Southern Company, Slalom Consulting, PGi, Smartsoft Mobile Solutions, Veredus, Mike Collins and Associates, Symantec, NetApp, CDW, Gantec Corporation and McAfee.

"This is yet another record breaking year for sponsor involvement for the CIO of the Year® Awards. All sponsorships were secured by May 31^st.  We are excited to have this level of community interest and appreciate the service of these quality companies. Without their support, the CIO of the Year Awards would not be possible," said Frank Bell, president of GCLA and founder of Intellinet.

Table and individual seat sales will soon become available for purchase on www.cioawards.com.  This year, the Awards has relocated to a larger venue to accommodate more organizations. To receive advance notification of online registration availability, send a note of interest to cioawards@techlinks.net.

The CIO of the Year® Awards is the premier technology executive recognition program in Georgia. The Awards honor technology executives who have shown excellence in managing enterprise-wide information systems. The CIO of the Year® Awards program on October 28^th, 2011 will honor CIOs in the following five categories:

• Global - Over 2,500 IT users and multinational operation
• Enterprise - Over 1,000 IT users
• Corporate - Up to 1,000 IT users
• Nonprofit - Not for profit organization, government agency, schools in the public sector
• GCLA Lifetime Achievement Award – Recognition of an individual whose accomplishments have been acknowledged by peers and scholars, has impacted the Georgia Technology Community, and had significant involvement within the GCLA

About Georgia CIO Leadership Association (GCLA)

The GCLA is the preeminent professional organization for Georgia’s information technology leaders. Founded in 2003, its membership is comprised exclusively of chief information officers or individuals in equivalent positions at companies and organizations throughout the state.

The GCLA is underwritten by the following companies: Deloitte, IBM, Intellinet, Morris, Manning, and Martin LLP and Microsoft.

The Georgia CIO of the Year® Awards is brought to you by the Georgia CIO Leadership Association, www.georgiacio.org and recognizes TechLINKS as the official event management partner.