CMP Channel's VARBusiness Releases Annual Report Card WinnersPRNewswire-FirstCall ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Last night at an awards ceremony at CMP Channel's XChange '07 Conference, CMP Channel's VARBusiness announced the 22nd Annual Report Card (ARC) award winners. The ARC recognizes outstanding partner programs and superb vendor service in 15 product and service categories including mobile computers, mainstream business servers, voice networking hardware, data and information management software and security appliances. "Because vendors taking part in the VARBusiness Annual Report Card are selected by their own Solution Provider partners, the Annual Report Card has over the last 22 years become the defining research on vendor/partner relationships," said Robert C. Demarzo, vice president and editorial director, CMP Channel. "We salute each of the vendors named on this year's list." Winners include: -- Mobile Computers: HP -- Mainstream Business Servers: HP Proliant -- Network Infrastructure: Adtran/Cisco (tie) -- Voice Networking Hardware: Cisco -- Data and Information Management Software: Oracle -- Storage Management Software: EMC -- Security Software: Sophos -- Security Appliances: Juniper -- Network Storage: EMC/HP (tie) -- Workgroup Color Printers: Xerox -- Display Technologies: Samsung -- Wireless Networking: Cisco -- Business Software - Strategic: Sage -- Business Software - Management: Oracle/Sage (tie) -- Client or Server Processors: Intel The following categories were not calculated this year due to declined interest from vendors, revised categories and/or not enough vendors to participate: advanced desktops and workstations; enterprise disk drives; operating systems and integration and infrastructure software. Winners were determined based on a weighted total of product innovation, support and partnership. Winners were selected by VARBusiness editorial based on the survey results of more than 5,000 systems integrators, IT consulting organizations, value-added resellers (VARs), solution providers and software developers. The Annual Report Card winners can be found online at: http://www.channelweb.com/ and will be included in the October 15 issue of VARBusiness. About VARBusiness (http://www.varbusiness.com/) For the past 20 years, VARBusiness' strategic resources have been the gateway to the commercial and public sector (or government) Solution Provider community. The VARBusiness integrated platform of media opportunities 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 offerings lead vendors and distributors to unprecedented access to the most powerful strategic Solution Providers in the market. VARBusiness has been the recipient of numerous industry awards for both editorial content and design. About The CMP Channel The CMP Channel is the one stop shop customers turn to in order to meet their global sales channel objectives from access to execution. Through use of its family of channel solutions which include CRN and VARBusiness, the ChannelWeb network, the Group's XChange worldwide face-to-face conferences and the Institute for Partner Education & Development (IPED), vendors are able to accelerate sales through the channel. CMP Channel provides a worldwide answer to advertising, branding and marketing services, lead generation, market intelligence, branded and custom events, education of solution providers and best practices for vendors. 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 Dan Neel CMP Channel 516.562.7236 dneel@cmp.com SOURCE: CMP Technology CONTACT: Dan Neel, CMP Channel, +1-516-562-7236, dneel@cmp.com Web site: http://www.cmp.com/ Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/181993.html |