(Source: Business Wire)Premiere Global Services, Inc. (NYSE: PGI), a global provider of on-demand, applied communication technologies, today announced that it made the 2009 InformationWeek 500, an annual listing of the nation's most innovative users of business technology. In its third year on the list, Premiere Global was ranked 138th. The 2009 InformationWeek 500 companies were revealed on Sept. 14, 2009 at an awards ceremony held during the InformationWeek 500 Conference at the St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort in Dana Point, Calif.

"The past year represented a breakthrough for Premiere Global, as we began to build a robust online community centered around software developers and our many technology partners," said David Guthrie, CTO, Premiere Global Services, Inc. "PGiConnect and its access to our open APIs have fostered a rapid succession of development activities that have streamlined and automated customer integration efforts and delivered concrete business benefits and return on investment. InformationWeek's honor confirms our continuous efforts to provide customers with an innovative approach to creating greater business value."

Launched in October 2008, PGiConnect is a Web 2.0 social networking community that enables employees, enterprise customers, system integrators, resellers and partners around the world to network, collaborate and build applications in real-time leveraging Premiere Global's on-demand communication technologies platform and its robust suite of APIs. With nearly 1,000 registered participants, PGiConnect makes creating and deploying new apps by developers, integrators and customers simple.

"For more than 20 years, the InformationWeek 500 has honored the most innovative users of business technology," said InformationWeek Editor-in-Chief Rob Preston. "Year after year, InformationWeek 500 companies harness technology to improve efficiency, boost productivity, drive revenue and establish a competitive advantage. We applaud this year's winners, and the CIOs and other executives whose ingenuity and risk taking are at the center of business technology innovation."

InformationWeek identifies and honors the nation's most innovative users of information technology with its annual 500 listing, now in its 21st year, and also tracks the technology, strategies, investments and administrative practices of America's best-known companies. Top winners have included: Conway, National Semiconductor, Kimberly-Clark, Hilton Hotels and Unum.