CMP's GovernmentVAR Magazine to Honor IT Solution Providers and Vendors in the Government SectorPRNewswire CMP Media's GovernmentVAR magazine will acknowledge the leading information-technology (IT) solution providers and vendors serving the national, state, local and education branches of government in its 2006 GovernmentVAR Awards program. Winners will be lauded at a presentation ceremony to be held Thursday, May 4, during a reception at the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. "This awards program, which had its debut in 2005 to great acclaim, has become one of the highest honors in the public sector," says GovernmentVAR Editor Lawrence M. Walsh. "The individuals and companies that we praise have made significant contributions toward ensuring that all levels of government have access to the latest, most important IT solutions." The second annual GovernmentVAR Awards will be presented in nine categories: Government Channel Lifetime Achievement Award; Government Channel Executive of the Year; Government Channel Program of the Year; Government Solution Provider of the Year; Federal Solution Provider of the Year; State Solution Provider of the Year; Local Solution Provider of the Year; Education Solution Provider of the Year; and GovernmentVAR's Editors Choice Award. The GovernmentVAR Awards will be presented in conjunction with the second annual XChange Government Integrator event convened by the CMP Media Channel Group's XChange Conferences unit at the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., May 3-5, 2006. Awards event sponsors are Cisco, Lexmark, Oracle and Symantec. Selection criteria for the awards are based upon factors such as company growth and presence in a particular segment, as well as specific wins that the company has achieved. Companies receiving honors all demonstrated success in the particular segment of the market for which they are being recognized, as reflected both in their own company financials as well as in the verified data collected for GovernmentVAR's annual listing of leading integrators. About GovernmentVAR GovernmentVAR -- a focused editorial initiative of CMP Media's VARBusiness, the biweekly magazine that covers the business of technology integration -- informs, educates and enlightens solution providers and integrators about IT product and service opportunities in the federal, state, local, education and health-care branches of the government sector. GovernmentVAR is published 12 times yearly for the nearly 64,000 VARBusiness subscribers who sell into vertical government markets. About CMP Media (http://www.cmp.com/ ) Through its market-leading portfolio of trusted information brands in the technology, healthcare and lifestyles industries, CMP Media has earned the confidence of more professionals and enthusiasts in these fields than any other media company. As a result, CMP is the premier provider of access, insight and actionable programs designed to connect sellers and buyers in each of these industries in ways that yield superior return on investment. CMP Media is a subsidiary of United Business Media (http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com/ ), a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $3 billion. Contact: Jeanne Fico CMP Media Channel Group (516) 562-7993 Jason Chupick Plesser Holland Associates (212) 420-8383, ext. 108 Web sites: http://www.cmp.com SOURCE: CMP Media LLC CONTACT: Jeanne Fico of CMP Media Channel Group, +1-516-562-7993; or Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/181993.html |