CMP Media's VARBusiness Honors 14 Top IT Vendors for Supporting Solution- Provider CommunityChannel Executive of the Year Award Presented to Intel's DallmanPRNewswire Fourteen leading information- technology (IT) vendors, identified by their solution-provider partners as providing the highest levels of satisfaction, received top honors in the Annual Report Card (ARC) awards program from CMP Media's VARBusiness magazine, the biweekly that provides strategic insight to technology integrators. They were honored at a ceremony held on Aug. 23, at the XChange '05 Conference in Orlando, Fla. In addition, CMP's Channel Group presented its Channel Executive of the Year award to Intel's Steve Dallman at the high-tech, multimedia ceremony. The honor was bestowed on behalf of all of the group's products -- CRN, VARBusiness, XChange, IPED and ChannelWeb. "The VARBusiness Annual Report Card is the industry standard for measuring excellence," says Publisher Robert C. DeMarzo. "It is a particularly meaningful benchmark because the winning companies are selected by their customers." Now in its 20th year, the ARC is based on a survey of approximately 5,000 solution providers who evaluate vendor programs in 19 product and service categories. Overall category winners are: Cisco -- Business Class Wireless LANs; Networking Infrastructure: Voice
Networking (Voice over IP); Security Management Software (tie)
HP -- Networking Infrastructure: Data Networking (Pro Curve); Entry Level
Servers (tie); Network Storage
IBM -- Midrange Servers (I-Series and P-Series); Advanced Desktops and
Workstations; Entry Level Servers (tie); Mobile Computers
Intel -- Client & Server Processors
Maxtor -- Enterprise Disk Drives (tie)
Microsoft -- Data Management Software; Web Infrastructure & Integration
Software
Novell Netware -- Server Operating Systems
Oracle -- Business Software
Samsung -- Display Technology
Seagate -- Enterprise Disk Drives (tie)
SonicWall -- Security Appliances
Tivoli -- Enterprise Storage Management Software
Trend Micro -- Security Management Software (tie)
Xerox -- Network Color Laser Printers
Intel's Dallman Named Channel Executive of the Year
In addition, Steve Dallman, Intel's director of North American distribution and channel sales & marketing, was named CMP Channel Group Channel Executive of the Year. He received the prestigious award based upon the accomplishments that Intel's channel organization made during the past year. In presenting the award, CMP Channel Group President Robert Faletra noted that Dallman's hallmarks have been consistent revenue growth in North American sales plus the ability to slice through bureaucratic obstacles for program members to more easily obtain marketing and advertising dollars to fund their own demand-generation activities. He addresses the solutions needs of resellers by providing marketing tools, training and benefits based on technology and solutions. "Steve Dallman touches nearly every single piece of the IT value chain and has dedicated his career to building and nurturing a wide range of channels for Intel," Faletra says. "He gives new meaning to the phrase 'industry insider.'" The more than 730 attendees included the award-winning companies, VIP solution providers, VARBusiness staff and event sponsors. Event sponsors were Business Objects, Cisco Systems, Lexmark, Microsoft, Oracle, Samsung, Seagate, Sun Microsystems, Symantec and Toshiba. A complete listing of overall and category winners will be posted on the Web at http://www.varbusiness.com/. A comprehensive VARBusiness Annual Report Card editorial package including spotlights and profiles will appear in the magazine's Oct. 17 issue. About VARBusiness Magazine For the past 18 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, http://www.varbusiness.com/. About CMP Media CMP Media (http://www.cmp.com/) is the leading integrated media solutions company providing "broad and deep" access to the entire technology spectrum -- the builders, sellers and buyers of technology worldwide. The company's comprehensive database of technology decision makers enables marketers to reach targeted audiences throughout the purchase process with publications, web offerings, face-to-face events, consulting and other marketing services that deliver actionable results. Contact: Gordon Plutsky VARBusiness Magazine (516) 562-7766 Jason Chupick Plesser Holland Associates (212) 420-8383 x108 CompanyNews On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/gh/cnoc/comp/181993.html SOURCE: CMP Media LLC CONTACT: Gordon Plutsky of VARBusiness Magazine, +1-516-562-7766; or |