CRN Test Center Ultimate PC Awards to be Announced on May 6, 2002BenQ, Kingston, and Intel to Sponsor EventPRNewswire Today, CRN, the newsweekly for builders of technology solutions, announced that it would announce the winners of the CRN Ultimate PC Awards at a ceremony on Monday, May 6 during the Tech Builder XChange conference in San Diego, CA. The Tech Builder XChange Conference brings together executives and leaders in the Solution Provider community. The event will be sponsored by BenQ, CenDyne, Kingston, and Intel. The Ultimate PC event consists of a luncheon and a live demonstration where the Product and Technology Review Department of CRN, the Test Center, will build the "Ultimate PC" to see how far limits can be pushed with today's technology, by selecting best-of-breed components. Throughout the year, the Director of CRN Labs, John Yacono and his lab crew review, select, and test, the most cutting-edge technology available on the market to create the Ultimate PC. The end result is a PC that uses the most innovative, feature-rich and reliable products manufactured by today's top vendors. The 2002 Ultimate PC Awards will recognize outstanding technology vendors in 18 product categories, including CD Drive; Display; Floppy Drive; Hard Disk/Performance; Hard Disk/Capacity; Keyboard; Memory Modules; Motherboard, Mouse; Network Interface Card; Power Supply; Processor; SCSI HBA; Sound System; Speaker System; System Cabinet; Value-Added Component; and Video System. The CRN Test Center rates the vendor partners on product criteria such as quality, functionality, performance, and innovation. "We are excited to be able to present the second annual Ultimate PC awards again this year," commented Yacono. "With outstanding technologies and our strong CRN Test Center staff, I am confident that the PC we develop this year will be fantastic. I am looking forward to the event." About CRN and CRN Test Center CRN is the nation's leading trade newsweekly that provides timely industry news and analysis for solution providers, integrators and e-businesses building technology solutions. It is the most trusted source of news for 117,500 channel professionals. A media leader in the high-tech industry, CRN provides the most comprehensive suite of online resources: http://www.crn.com/, the site where industry news breaks first; CRN Direct, a daily newsletter that brings personalized news to solution providers' desktops; and CRN News Radio, a daily news broadcast covering the solution provider channel and the industry. The CRN Test Center is the technology-evaluation department of CRN, providing unbiased product, technology and channel-program analysis specifically targeted at solution providers. The CRN Test Center produces single-product reviews, technology news, technology demonstrations at tradeshows, and product roundups featuring channel-program evaluations. Top products receive the coveted "Editor's Choice" or "Recommended" designations About CMP Media LLC CMP Media LLC (http://www.cmp.com/) is a leading high-tech media company providing essential information and marketing services to the entire technology spectrum-the builders, sellers and users of technology worldwide. Capitalizing on its editorial strength, CMP is uniquely positioned to offer marketers comprehensive, integrated media solutions tailored to meet their individual needs. Its diverse products and services include newspapers, magazines, Internet products, research, direct marketing services, education and training, trade shows and conferences, custom publishing, testing and consulting. Contact: Ramona Castaldo Marketing Manager CRN 516-562-7219 rcastald@cmp.com SOURCE: CMP Media LLC Contact: Ramona Castaldo, Marketing Manager of CRN, +1-516-562-7219, or Website: http://www.crn.com/ Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/181993.html |