Stevie Award Winners EDS and StarHub Use Maxamine Solutions to Manage Winning Web Sites

Maxamine, which specializes in advanced Web site analysis software solutions, today announced that Web sites for two of its clients are being recognized as 2004 International Business Awards winners in the Corporate Web Site Categories. Three of the seven Stevie(TM) (http://www.stevieawards.com) winners in this category, including EDS and StarHub, use Maxamine solutions to manage their Web sites.

SAN RAMON, CA (PRWEB) March 25, 2004 -

– Maxamine, which specializes in advanced Web site analysis software solutions, today announced that Web sites for two of its clients are being recognized as 2004 International Business Awards winners in the Corporate Web Site Categories. Three of the seven Stevie(TM) (http://www.stevieawards.com) winners in this category use Maxamine solutions to manage their Web sites:

• Home Page: eds.com Homepage, EDS (NYSE: EDS), Plano, Texas, U.S.A. (http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/iba/awards/171_1373_7945.cfm)
• Interface Design: Play Music on StarHub's Web Site, StarHub Pte Ltd, Singapore (http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/iba/awards/171_1373_7987.cfm)
• Writing/Content: Spectrum of Local Arts on StarHub's Web Site, StarHub Pte Ltd, Singapore (http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/iba/awards/171_1373_7989.cfm)

The winners, which were announced March 3, were presented their awards Monday night at a Manhattan gala benefiting The Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS.

“Over the past three years, we have used Maxamine’s solutions in a concerted effort to identify and address Web site quality issues and align our site design to our company’s objectives,” said Mike Minchew, Internet director / eds.com for EDS. “As a result, our site traffic has increased by 20 percent per year, and the site has now been ranked ahead of our primary competitor’s sites for the first time”

“Both of our winning Web sites feature exciting and – for SPECTRUM – uniquely Singaporean content – that is accessible to a wide Internet audience,” said Kyong Yu, head of StarHub Interactive. “With Maxamine’s assistance, we have been able to design these Web sites in ways that the general Internet user would find easy to navigate and use.”

The Stevies were created in 2002 to honor and generate public recognition of the efforts, accomplishments, and positive contributions of companies and business people worldwide. The award name is taken from the name Stephen, which is derived from the Greek word for "crowned". Companies are nominated then judged by qualified business professionals from around the world.

“The Maxamine team congratulates EDS and StarHub for this spectacular and well-deserved recognition,” said Maxamine Vice President of Client Services Debbie Pascoe. “We’re proud to be part of the teams from two companies that place such importance on their Web operations.”

About Maxamine

Maxamine produces online business intelligence for today’s high stakes Web sites. As the only comprehensive and effective in-house or on-demand solutions for fast, visual, flexible and cost effective Web site analysis, Maxamine solutions increase the return on Web investments by providing business intelligence to improve companies’ overall online presence. Founded in 1997 in Adelaide, South Australia, Maxamine established its U.S. headquarters in 2000. Partners include EDS, Intel, Sun Microsystems, Keynote and Omniture. Contact Maxamine at http://www.maxamine.com for more information about this or other web business intelligence needs.

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