C.I.P.A. Welcomes Two New Patrons to Family of Sponsors

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Avaya Canada Corp. and Sharp Electronics of Canada Ltd. have joined the Canadian Information Awards as patrons and managing partners, C.I.P.A. President & CEO Robert Livingstone has announced.

Avaya Canada, a leading provider of voice and data networks to businesses, and Sharp Electronics of Canada, which manufactures advanced electronic appliances and devices, join RBC Financial Group at the highest level of C.I.P.A. sponsorship, and as members of our Advisory Council.

Avaya Canada will also be sponsor of the Customer Care category of awards to be presented at the C.I.P.A. Gala Banquet on Nov. 27 at the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel in Toronto. Worldwide, Avaya Inc. designs, builds and manages communications networks for more than one million businesses around the world. With Canadian headquarters in Markham, Ontario, and offices across the country, Avaya employs more than 350 people in Canada www.avaya.com

Sharp Electronics of Canada Ltd. will sponsor the prinC.I.P.A.l VIP tables at the Gala Banquet. Located in Mississauga, Ontario, the company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sharp Corporation of Osaka, Japan. Sharp is in its 90th year of global operations and will celebrate its 30th Anniversary in Canada in 2004.

Sharp business solutions include the awarding winning Imager™ Digital Document Systems, a family of advanced multifunctional printing devices. A leader in Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), Sharp is also the developer of Viewcam camcorders, AQUOS LCD televisions and SharpVision line of LCD projection products that set the standard in home entertainment.

For more information, visit:  www.sharp.ca