MALVERN, Pa. - Michael Long, senior vice president, Global Services, Siemens Medical Solutions (www.usa.siemens.com/healthcareit) Health Services division, has been recognized as an honoree of Computerworld's 2008 Premier 100 IT Leaders Program.

The Premier 100 honors executives who show exemplary technology leadership in resolving pressing business problems and demonstrate the ability to foster creativity and challenging work environments, envision fresh approaches to business challenges and effectively manage IT investments. This year's honorees were selected from nearly 800 nominees, who were measured against Computerworld's IT Leadership Index, a set of characteristics that describes executives who guide the effective use of IT in their organizations, and evaluated by the editors and by a panel of outside judges.

"This year's class of Honorees is characterized by a diversity that demonstrates the value of unique backgrounds and approaches in building an outstanding IT organization. Yet what these individuals have in common is an expertise born of hard work and an intangible leadership quality they can tap to successfully champion IT not only as a business enabler, but as a business influencer," said Scot Finnie, editor-in-chief, Computerworld. "The professionals honored in Computerworld's 2008 Premier 100 IT Leaders Awards Program, and by extension the organizations they represent, are clearly mindful of their role and obligation as leaders of the global IT community. Their willingness to brave the scrutiny of the limelight as they share their experiences with their peers has won our respect, appreciation, and deep admiration."
With more than twenty years of healthcare IT expertise, Michael currently oversees one of the largest dedicated Professional Services organizations within healthcare IT. His team provides a broad portfolio of services across the entire healthcare value chain, which includes consulting and education services that enable customers to optimize IT investments, managed services so customers can focus on their core business, as well as customer service offerings and rapid, 24x7 response that addresses business needs.

Additionally, he is responsible for the management of Siemens Information Systems Center (ISC), the healthcare industry's most sophisticated network operations center for the remote hosting of applications. The ISC leverages IT automation to process 165 million healthcare transactions daily. Michael and his team continue to capitalize on server and storage virtualization solutions with Siemens' key business partners.

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