MONARCH BEACH, Calif.,
Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- CVR Energy,
Inc. (NYSE: CVI), a refiner and marketer of petroleum fuels and a
nitrogen fertilizer manufacturer, today announced that it ranked
No. 86 on the 2010 InformationWeek 500, an annual listing of
the nation's most innovative users of business technology.
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This is the second consecutive year the company has been named
as a top technology innovator by InformationWeek 500. CVR
Energy debuted at No. 223 last year.
CVR Energy was recognized this year for developing and
implementing business applications that successfully automated
several business processes and created significant costs
savings.
"It's an honor to be recognized among the forward-thinking
companies named to the top 100 of the InformationWeek 500
list," said Mike Brooks, CVR Energy
vice president and chief information officer. "Our goal is to
improve efficiency, productivity and profitability by continually
identifying and implementing new technologies that tightly
integrate personnel and business systems. We are pleased to be
publicly recognized for taking an innovative approach to our
business practices."
One of the key reasons for CVR Energy's nomination to the
InformationWeek 500 list was its deployment of eMAC
(electronic move add change), a custom-designed workflow management
system that tracks all requests to IT systems. Created by
Overland Park, Kan.-based Gen3
Technologies, eMAC implements a systematic approach to validating
individual access to all systems on a quarterly basis, creating a
100 percent–zero exception validation of users and systems. The
application strengthened network and business systems security and
saved the company hundreds of thousands of dollars annually in
labor costs.
"For 22 years, the InformationWeek 500 has honored the
most innovative users of business technology," said
InformationWeek Editor-in-Chief Rob
Preston. "As we start to emerge from the worst recession in
decades, the IT focus is now on driving growth—new sources of
revenue, new relationships with customers, even new business
models. This year's ranking placed special emphasis on those
companies and the business technology executives leading that
charge."
InformationWeek identifies and honors the nation's most
innovative users of information technology with its annual 500
listing, and also tracks the technology, strategies, investments
and administrative practices of America's best-known companies. The
InformationWeek 500 rankings are unique among corporate
rankings as it spotlights the power of innovation in information
technology, rather than simply identifying the biggest IT spenders.
Additional details on the InformationWeek 500 can be found
online at www.informationweek.com/iw500/.
About CVR Energy, Inc.
(www.cvrenergy.com)
Headquartered in Sugar Land,
Texas, CVR Energy, Inc.'s subsidiary and affiliated
businesses include an independent refiner that operates a 115,000
barrel per day refinery in Coffeyville,
Kan., and markets high value transportation fuels supplied
to customers through tanker trucks and pipeline terminals; a crude
oil gathering system serving Kansas, northern Oklahoma, western Missouri and southwestern Nebraska; an asphalt and refined fuels storage
and terminal business in Phillipsburg,
Kan.; and through a limited partnership, an ammonia and urea
ammonium nitrate fertilizer business located in Coffeyville, Kan.
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(www.informationweek.com)
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TechWeb.
For further information, please
contact:
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CVR Energy
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Angie Dasbach
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Director, Corporate
Affairs
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(913) 982-0482
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MediaRelations@CVREnergy.com
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InformationWeek
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Sherbrooke Balser
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Director of Marketing
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(949) 223-3605
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sbalser@techweb.com
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SOURCE CVR Energy, Inc.
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