Everything Channel's VARBusiness Names Sixth Annual Tech Innovator Award WinnersPRNewswire-FirstCall Everything Channel's VARBusiness, a division of United Business Media, today announced the winners of the sixth annual Tech Innovator awards at the XChange Tech Innovators conference. The awards celebrate the most innovative products, people and personalities in the industry and highlight emerging products and technologies currently sold through the IT Channel. "Innovation is truly the heart of the technology industry, and the winners of this year's VARBusiness Tech Innovator Awards have taken innovation to the next level," said Robert C. DeMarzo, senior vice president and editorial director, Everything Channel. "These awards help introduce Solution Providers to new products and services that can increase sales revenue and improve customer satisfaction." The Tech Innovator award winners include:
-- Business Software Enterprise: IBM's Mashup Center
-- Business Software SMB: Kerio's Mail Server
-- Connectivity: Netgear's Prosafe24 Port Gigabit Switch
-- Desktops: Lenovo's Think Centre M57/M57p Eco uSFF
-- Display: Samsung's A800B
-- Editor's Choice: Lenovo's Thinkpad x200
-- Managed Services: Reflexion's Total Control v 5.3
-- Portables: Toshiba's Protege r500
-- Printing: Lexmark's Legal Partner
-- Security: Checkpoint's UTM-1 Total Security
-- Servers: Intel's Modular Server
-- Storage: Bakbone's NetVault; Backup VMWare Pluggin
-- Tech Innovator: Intel
-- Virtualization: Citrix's Xen Server
-- Voice over IP: Alcatel-Lucent's Omni Touch Advanced Communications
Server (ACS) Platform
-- Wireless: Ruckus Wireless' Wireless SmartMesh WLAN
For each category, CRN Test Center technical editors evaluated each entry on characteristics such as whether it delivered new functionality, used innovation to solve a problem in a new way, or overcame previous technical limitations using a new approach. The product that bridged the widest gap between problem and solution, using new technology or methods, was named the winner in each category. 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 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 unparallel 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. About United Business Media Limited (www.unitedbusinessmedia.com) United Business Media Limited (UBM) is a global media and marketing services company that informs markets and brings the world's buyers and sellers together at events, online, in print, and with the information they need to do business successfully. UBM serves professional and commercial communities, from IT professionals to doctors, from journalists to jewelry dealers, from farmers to pharmacists around the world. UBM employs more than 6,500 people in more than 30 countries. UBM's businesses operating in the US include CMPMedica, Commonwealth Business Media, Everything Channel, PR Newswire, RISI, TechInsights, TechWeb and Think Services. UBM is listed on the London Stock Exchange (UBM.L) and has a market capitalization of $1.6 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, Web Site: http://www.channelweb.com/ Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/181993.html |