CMP Media's VARBusiness Annual Report Card Event to Honor Leading IT Vendors For Supporting Solution Provider CommunityVendor Satisfaction Levels Determined by Over 5,000 IT Solution ProvidersPRNewswire CMP Media's VARBusiness, the biweekly magazine that covers the business of technology integration, will honor the information technology (IT) industry leaders who have achieved outstanding satisfaction levels in the solution provider community at the VARBusiness Annual Report Card (ARC) Awards Event. The high-tech, multimedia awards ceremony will be held on Tuesday, August 26, at the XChange '03 Conference in Orlando, Fla. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20010808/UNEWYLOGO ) The ARC Awards Event is the largest channel gathering of its kind and features an elegant dinner, a lively awards ceremony and headline entertainment. This year's event features comedy headliner Dom Irrera. The stand-up comic has performed on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," "David Letterman," "Conan O'Brien," "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and "Oprah." Irrera is the winner of two CableACE awards and has received six American Comedy Award nominations as Best Male Stand-Up. Now in its 18th year, the ARC is based on a survey of approximately 5,000 solution providers who evaluate more than 70 vendor programs in 18 product and service categories from storage to network servers to security-management software to business-class IP services. Participating vendors are selected based on marketshare data provided by industry analysts. Robert C. DeMarzo, the magazine's editorial director, says "ARC is one of the most anticipated and well-respected events of the year. It has become the industry standard for recognizing outstanding partner programs in product and service categories." The more than 650 attendees will include the award-winning companies, VIP solution providers, VARBusiness staff and event sponsors. Microsoft Corporation is the 2003 platinum sponsor. Gold sponsors are AT&T, Hewlett-Packard Company, Lexmark International, Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems, Symantec Corp. and Veritas Software Corp. About VARBusiness Magazine For the past 16 years, VARBusiness' strategic resources have been the gateway to the Solution Provider community. VARBusiness provides strategic insight for technology integrators through industry-defining research, in- depth editorial, channel events and innovative Web services, enabling these IT professionals to make educated decisions for their businesses, partnerships and customers. VARBusiness has been the recipient of numerous industry awards for both editorial content and design. Additional information about VARBusiness products, events and services, is available at its Web site, www.varbusiness.com. About CMP Media CMP Media LLC (www.cmp.com) is a leading integrated 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, and custom publishing. Contact: Gordon Plutsky
VARBusiness Magazine
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