VARBusiness 500 Awards Event Features CNN's Tucker CarlsonCMP Media's VARBusiness Magazine Honors North America's Top IT Solution ProvidersPRNewswire Tucker Carlson, co-host of "Crossfire," CNN's popular and lively political debate program will be the featured speaker at the third annual VARBusiness 500 Awards event, on Tuesday evening, June 24 at the Rainbow Room in New York City. The activities, which honor the leading information technology (IT) solution providers in North America, are hosted by CMP Media's VARBusiness, the biweekly magazine that covers the business of technology integration. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20010808/UNEWYLOGO ) Carlson's presentation will explore the political environment and how it impacts business and technology. In addition to his "Crossfire" assignment, Carlson is a CNN political analyst, based in the network's Washington, D.C., bureau. Formerly a staff writer at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in Little Rock, Carlson is a contributor to New York magazine and The Weekly Standard. He has written for dozens of newspapers and magazines including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, GQ and Forbes. The VARBusiness 500 awards event celebrates the top-placed firms among North America's approximately 90,000 third-party companies that help corporations and institutions best apply IT strategies and systems. The definitive revenue-based ranking is derived from formal research among solution providers, IT consultants, integrators and service organizations. Robert C. DeMarzo, the magazine's editorial director, explains that the awards event "is a one-of-a-kind opportunity that brings together executives from top VARBusiness 500 firms, sponsoring vendor companies and the VARBusiness editorial and management teams." The evening will include an awards presentation and DeMarzo's overview of the 2003 VARBusiness 500 research findings. The awards event and seminars held during the day provide a unique opportunity for sponsoring IT vendors to access key executives from the solution provider community. This year's platinum sponsors are Hewlett-Packard Company, Oracle Corp., Sony Corp. and Symantec Corp. Gold sponsors are American Power Conversion, MCI, Sybase Inc. 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
(516) 562-7766
Jason Chupick
Plesser Associates
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