Volunteers of America Chesapeake Wins Award for Innovation in Technology
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Volunteers of America Chesapeake Receives Prestigious Honor for
Innovation in Technology
Arlington, VA - (November 5, 2010) - Volunteers of America Chesapeake, the local affiliate of one of the nation’s largest and most comprehensive human services organizations, was honored with the NPower Greater D.C. Region’s Technology Innovation Award at the annual Celebration of Technology Event Thursday, Nov. 4 at the Waterview Conference Center in Arlington.
The award recognized Volunteers of America Chesapeake’s implementation of a cloud-based data management solution integrating billing and the accounting back-office operations onto a single cloud-computing knowledge management platform that is secure, affordable, and moldable to an organization’s needs. By eliminating the need for expensive outside help, the non-profit has already saved thousands of dollars that it will dedicate to the more than 8,000 people it serves each year. The cloud-based solution not only helps save on capital expenses while increasing bandwidth, but also helps the organization respond to client needs faster and more efficiently and share digital information among its programs located throughout the region from Virginia Beach to Baltimore.
“Volunteers of America Chesapeake has leapfrogged other non-profits with its commitment to cloud computing,” said Julie Chapman, president, NPower Greater D.C. Region. “The organization has a clear understanding of the benefits and has already implemented much of the technology and experienced success. It is because of these positive results and the groundbreaking way the Volunteers of America Chesapeake staff has embraced the new technology that the judges chose the non-profit to receive this award.”
“It is such an honor to receive this award from an organization that is at the forefront of technology for non-profit organizations like NPower” said Shyam Desigan, Chief Financial Officer, Volunteers of America Chesapeake. “The cloud computing solution offers us a more efficient, lower cost and secure technology platform and has already made a tremendous difference in our business operations.”
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