1010data, Inc., a market leader in big data discovery and data sharing, today announced that it has been chosen as one of the Best Companies to Work for in New York State for 2014.

"The recognition of being named one of the Best Places to Work in New York State validates the hard work we've put into our approach to business, our work environment, and our corporate culture," said Sandy Steier, CEO and Co-founder of 1010data. "When we founded 1010data, we set out to create a company that would be the type of company we'd want to join as employees. The result has been that we've not only been able to create a fast-paced, rapidly growing technology business that attracts the best and brightest, but we've also created a solution for Big Data discovery that is literally changing the way companies understand and approach the way they run their businesses."

1010data will be honored at a public awards dinner to be held at the Albany Marriott on Tuesday, May 6, 2014, from 5:45 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. During the event, 1010data will learn their rank among 32 companies in the category for small- and medium-sized employers with 15 to 249 U.S. employees.

In addition, a special publication profiling all 60 winning organizations and their unique employment perks will be produced for distribution to event attendees, higher education institutions, as well as thousands of human resources professionals and organizations across New York State.

Created in 2007, these celebrated annual awards are a distinctive program that evaluates and ranks the best places of employment based on employee satisfaction and engagement, as well as workplace practices and policies.

To be considered for participation, companies had to enter into a two-part survey process and fulfill the following eligibility requirements:

  • Be a for-profit or not-for-profit business or government entity.
  • Be a publicly or privately held business.
  • Have at least one facility in the state of New York.
  • Have a minimum of 15 employees working in the state of New York.
  • Be in business a minimum of 1 year.

The 2014 Best Companies to Work for in New York State Awards is a partnership of the New York State Society for Human Resource Management (NYS-SHRM), The Business Council of New York, Best Companies Group and Journal Multimedia Corporation. The program is sponsored by Capital District Physicians' Health Plan; Jackson Lewis, LLP; Acorda Therapeutics; Anchin, Block & Anchin LLP; DigitasLBi; MBMS, Inc. and WellnessRebates, LLC.

About 1010data:

1010data provides a unique, cloud-based platform for big data discovery and data sharing. It is used by hundreds of the world's largest retail, manufacturing, telecom, and financial services enterprises because of its proven ability to deliver actionable insight from very large amounts of data more quickly, easily and inexpensively than any other solution.

Please visit www.1010data.com for more information.

For more information on the Best Companies to Work for in New York State program and to register to attend the awards dinner, please visit www.BestCompaniesNY.com or contact Colleen Jones at 717-236-4300 or ColleenJ@JournalMultimedia.com.

1010data, Inc.
William McCormick, 415-442-4023
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