CMP Technology's VARBusiness Annual Report Card Event Honors Leading IT Vendors for Supporting Solution Provider Community

MANHASSET, N.Y., Aug. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CMP Technology'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, Aug. 15, at the XChange '06 Conference in St. Louis.

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 Colin Quinn who will have the audience in stitches with unique insights on technology and the channel.

Now in its 21st year, the ARC is based on a survey of approximately 5,000 solution providers who evaluate vendor programs in 19 product and service categories from storage to network servers to security-management software to business-class IP services. Participating vendors are selected based on market share data provided by industry analysts.

Lawrence M. Walsh, the magazine's editor, says, "The VARBusiness 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."

Attendees will include the award-winning companies, VIP solution providers, VARBusiness staff and event sponsors: Cisco Systems, Lenovo, Lexmark, Oracle, Samsung, Symantec, Synnex, Toshiba and Websense are the 2006 sponsors.

About VARBusiness Magazine

For the past 19 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 Technology (http://www.cmp.com/)

CMP Technology is a marketing-solutions company serving the technology industry. Through its market-leading portfolio of trusted information brands, CMP has earned the confidence of more technology professionals 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 ways that yield superior return on investment. CMP Technology 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 Channel Group
           (516) 562-7993

           Jason Chupick
           Plesser Holland Associates
           (212) 420-8383 x108

SOURCE: CMP Technology

CONTACT: Jeanne Fico, CMP Channel Group, +1-516-562-7993; or Jason
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