Crucial.com, a leading online retailer specializing in computer memory (DRAM) upgrades and solid state drives (SSD), was named the recipient of the 2012 Bronze Stevie® Award for excellence in computer hardware websites at an awards gala hosted by The American Business Awards, last evening in San Francisco, Calif.

The Stevie Awards were created to honor and generate public recognition of the achievements and positive contributions of organizations and business people worldwide. All organizations operating in the U.S.A. are eligible to submit nominations - public and private, for-profit and nonprofit, large and small. Crucial.com was selected as a finalist from a field of over 3,000 entries by a judging panel made up of more than 270 business leaders and executives from across the nation. Crucial.com also won the Silver Stevie Award® for excellence in customer service at The American Business Awards℠ in New York earlier this year.

Sam Harmer, Crucial.com Public Relations Manager, attended the awards gala to accept the award on behalf of Crucial.com.

"It is an honor that the prestigious American Business Awards has recognized Crucial.com as one of the top websites in the Computer Hardware category," said Harmer. "We are committed to making sure that every customer interaction with Crucial.com is an experience that empowers each user with easy-to-understand information and the tools needed to solve computer performance problems."

A leading online destination for do-it-yourself memory upgrades, Crucial.com was founded on the concept of making computer memory upgrades easy for the everyday consumer and has been providing the knowledge to do so for over 15 years. Offering memory upgrade solutions for more than 50,000 computer systems, including both PC and Mac® platforms, the Crucial Memory Advisor™ tool and the Crucial System Scanner — make it easy for website visitors to find the right memory upgrade with just a few clicks of the mouse.

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