PHILADELPHIA  -  The University of Pennsylvania's Division of Information Systems & Computing has been selected by IDG's Computerworld as the ninth top workplace for information-technology professionals nationwide and as No. 1 in the Mid-Atlantic Region.  This is the second consecutive year ISC has been so honored.

"ISC is an organization whose goal is to ensure that our clients see value in the IT products and services we deliver today and in the future," said Robin Beck, Penn's ISC vice president.  "To do that we create an environment that brings out the very best in our employees, and, most of all, we value the contributions they make to Penn."

Since 1994, Computerworld's annual "Best Places to Work in IT" feature has ranked the top 100 work environments for technology professionals, based on a comprehensive questionnaire regarding company offerings in categories such as benefits, diversity, career development, training and retention.  In addition, this year weekly IT publication surveyed approximately 40 percent of ISC's workers for the list, and their responses factored heavily in determining the rankings.

A complete list of the 100 Best Places to Work rankings is available at  www.computerworld.com/html/research/bestplaces/2006/bpchart_01_main.html