VARBusiness Names 3Com, Cisco and Compaq Among Top 10 Companies In The Networking Channel

Citing 3Com's success in the networking business due to its strong relationships and innovation, along with its recent agreement to acquire U.S Robotics, CMP's VARBusiness has selected 3Com as a featured company in its annual Top 10 list. In a separate report, the VARBusiness 20 to Watch features companies the publication identified as the channel industry's up-and-comers. Both reports are available in the March 15 issue of VARBusiness, or on the VARBusiness Inside Edge Web site at http://www.varbiz.com/.

The other companies named to the VARBusiness Top 10 are Cisco Systems Inc., Compaq Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Informix Software, Microsoft Corp., Netscape Communications, Inc., Seagate Technology, Inc., and Sun Microsystems Inc. Named among the VARBusiness 20 to Watch are American Power Conversion Corp., Citrix Systems, Inc., Computer Associates International Inc., Corel Software, and Dialogic Corp.

"Value-added resellers (VARs) looking for the best companies with which to do business should refer to the March 15 issue of VARBusiness," VARBusiness Editor Tom Farre said. "The VARBusiness editorial staff has evaluated each company in the Top 10 based on critical standards that matter most to VARs: strategic position, market strength, product quality and function, VAR friendliness, and the potential for value add-on. Among the VARBusiness 20 to Watch, VARs will find up-and-coming companies worth keeping an eye on or investigating right now. Overall, these two reports provide VARs with important information they can use to identify the companies that may best serve their needs."

VARBusiness has a circulation of 115,00 and for the past ten years, has been providing expert insight and trend analysis of products and technologies that helps VARs, integrators, software developers and consultants, grow their businesses.

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