Everything Channel's VARBusiness Announces the 2008 Annual Report Card WinnersPRNewswire-FirstCall Last night at an awards ceremony at Everything Channel's XChange '08 conference, VARBusiness announced the 23rd Annual Report Card (ARC) award winners. The ARC recognizes outstanding partner programs and superb vendor service in 18 major product categories. "The Annual Report Card has become the defining source in the technology industry on vendor-partner relationships. For years we've asked Solution Providers to rate vendors to determine their level of commitment to the partner community. We congratulate each of the vendors named on this year's list," said Robert C. DeMarzo, vice president and editorial director, Everything Channel. Winners include: -- Client & Server Processors: Intel -- Client Security Software: Kaspersky Labs -- Data & Information Management: IBM -- Display Technologies: Samsung -- Middleware: Oracle -- Midrange (High-End) Servers: HP -- Network Security Appliances: Juniper/Sonicwall (tie) -- Network Security Software: Trend Micro -- Network Storage: EMC -- Networking Infrastructure + Enterprise: Cisco -- Notebooks & Mobile Computers: Toshiba -- SMB Networking Hardware: Cisco -- Storage Management Software: EMC -- Systems & Network Management Software: Novell -- Voice-over-IP Technology: Cisco -- Volume Mainstream Business Servers: IBM -- Wireless Infrastructure: Cisco -- Workgroup Color Printers: Xerox 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 www.channelweb.com and will be included in the October 27, 2008 issue of VARBusiness. About VARBusiness (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. Everything Channel (www.everythingchannel.com, www.channelweb.com) Everything Channel, formerly CMP Channel, is the one-stop-shop for accessing, enabling and accelerating technology sales channels. From branding and recruiting to marketing and sales, Everything Channel offers technology marketers the unmatched breadth and depth of global brands and market intelligence combined with an unparalleled audience loyalty and credibility serving all technology sales channels. Through innovative sales and marketing solutions, Everything Channel arms the sellers of technology with the resources they need to achieve measurable and significant results. Everything Channel 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 $2.5 billion. Contact Dan Neel Everything Channel 212-600-3326 dneel@everythingchannel.com First Call Analyst: SOURCE: Everything Channel CONTACT: Dan Neel of Everything Channel, +1-212-600-3326, or Web site: http://www.everythingchannel.com/ Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/141752.html |