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The 14th Annual Communicator Awards Announces 2008 Winners

Tachyon Solutions Wins Three Awards

Sewickley, PA - Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Tachyon Solutions, a Pittsburgh-based interactive agency, announced today that they are the receipient of three 2008 Communicator Awards. With over 9,000 entries from across the US and around the world, the Communicator Awards is the largest and most competitive awards program honoring creative excellence for communications professionals. Tachyon won the awards for the following work:

2008 Gold Award for Excellence
Chef Central E-Commerce Site
2008 Silver Award of Distinction
Gem City Engineering Website
2008 Silver Award of Distinction
Chef Central E-Mail Promo

“This is the first year that we have submitted entries to The Communicator Awards, and we couldn’t be more pleased to have been recognized for our work,” stated Marion Lewis, CEO of Tachyon Solutions. “It’s a wonderful validation of the great work that our interactive and technology teams do every day.”

The Communicator Awards are judged and overseen by the International Academy of the Visual Arts (IAVA), a 200+ member organization of leading professionals from various disciplines of the visual arts dedicated to embracing progress and the evolving nature of traditional and interactive media. Current IAVA membership represents a “Who's Who” of acclaimed media, advertising, and marketing firms including: Condè Nast, Coach, Disney, The Ellen Degeneres Show, Estee Lauder, Fry Hammond Barr, HBO, Monster.com, MTV, Polo Ralph Lauren, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, Victoria’s Secret, Wired, Yahoo!, and many others. See www.iavisarts.org for more information.

“The incredible quality and diversity of this year’s entries was an inspiration to the academy and all of our judges. The work reflected the rapidly changing media landscape as the growing amounts of interactive work submitted pushed the limits of the medium, and the quality of the traditional work submitted was again remarkable, noted Linda Day, director of the IAVA. She added, “On behalf of the entire Academy, we are honored to have judged the 14th Annual Communicator Awards and we are proud to honor the best in creativity and execution from the foremost communications professionals in the business.”

About Tachyon Solutions
In an interactive world, the space between technology and marketing can mean the difference between success and failure. Tachyon Solutions helps bridge that space with robust custom ebusiness solutions from Tachyon Technologies and interactive marketing solutions from Tachyon Interactive.

Tachyon Interactive combines killer creative, analytics, and managed marketing services to create and reinforce online brand, increase online conversions and increase revenue. Online marketing services include web site design, web analytics consulting, managed e-mail marketing, search engine marketing, data feed marketing and search engine optimization.

Tachyon Technologies designs and develops world-class online technology solutions. A unique combination of business expertise, technology and support services, their custom technology solutions include e-commerce, internet and extranet development, and enterprise search applications.

About the Communicator Awards
The Communicator Awards is the leading international awards program honoring creative excellence for communications professionals. Founded by communication professionals over a decade ago, The Communicator Awards is an annual competition honoring the best in advertising, corporate communications, public relations and identity work for print, video, interactive and audio. The past year’s 14th Annual Communicator Awards received over 8,500 entries from companies and agencies of all sizes, making it one of the largest awards of its kind in the world. Please visit www.communicatorawards.com for more information.

The Communicator Awards is sanctioned and judged by the International Academy of the Visual Arts, an invitation-only body consisting of top-tier professionals from a “Who's Who” of acclaimed media, advertising, and marketing firms. Please visit www.iavisarts.org for a full member list and more information.

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Contact:

Tachyon Solutions
(724) 935-8600
marion@tachyonsolutions.com