[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16849]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO STORAGETEK

 Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I wish to recognize the outstanding 
achievements of StorageTek, A Colorado technology firm recently named 
``Company of the Year'' by ColoradoBiz Magazine.
  StorageTek, headquartered in Louisville, CO, is an innovator and 
frontrunner in virtual storage solutions for tape automation, disk 
storage systems, and storage networking. With 22,000 customer locations 
in forty countries, StorageTek employs more than 7800 people worldwide. 
Their customers include finance, insurance, and telecommunications 
leaders, as well as government agencies such as the Department of 
Defense, Central Intelligence Agency, and Congress.
  ColoradoBiz magazine rewards companies demonstrating exceptional 
achievement in financial performance, community involvement, marketing 
innovation, operational efficiency and research and development. 
StorageTek is specifically cited for its reduction of customer order 
processing time by twenty-five percent, reducing inventory by $100 
million, and reducing facility space by fifty percent.
  Additionally, the company is lauded for contributing more than nine 
million dollars to charitable causes, with emphasis on education, arts, 
health, and human services. Through a program called Volunteers in 
Partnership with the Community, VIP.COM, StorageTek also rewards and 
encourages employee volunteers with a monetary gift to an employee's 
chosen organization when that employee volunteers 100 hours or more.
  I congratulate StorageTek for receiving ``Company of the Year,'' and 
commend them for setting the standard in business and the 
community.

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