Everything Channel's CRN Test Center Extends The Sprout Awards Nomination Deadline to July 17, 2009Awards Program Recognizes Leading Technology Startups Creating Promising New Technologies; Award Winners to Be Announced at XChange '09PRNewswire-FirstCall Everything Channel, a division of United Business Media, today announced that the CRN Test Center is extending the nomination deadline for The Sprout Awards to July 17, 2009 at 5PM ET. The Sprout Awards spotlight companies that are in the earliest stages of promising technology and product development in areas including Client application, Client hardware, Server application, Server hardware, Cloud computing, Storage, Networking, Wireless, Mobility, Social Networking, Consumer Electronics and more. Award winners will be announced and recognized August 18, 2009 at the XChange '09 event in Washington D.C. The Sprout awards were created in conjunction with The Sightline Group to recognize leading technology startup companies. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090708/NY43638LOGO) Startup companies interested in applying for The Sprout Awards can apply at http://www.sproutstartup.com/events/washington2009.asp. The awards program is free to enter. The nomination form requires companies to communicate their company status, vision and images. Products will be evaluated by the CRN editorial department and the CRN Test Center. Selection criteria is based upon a variety of aspects such as the type of product or service, the compelling story of the background of their founders, to the back-story of "born in a garage" or "designed on a coffee shop napkin." "Due to the very strong quality and rising interest we decided to keep submissions open for The Sprout awards. We are very excited to showcase tech start ups that are creating promising new technologies and are on track to become the next hot company," said Robert C. DeMarzo, senior vice president and editorial director, Everything Channel. Ed Moltzen, Managing Editor, CRN Test Center, added, "We've begun looking at applications to date and are incredibly impressed with the startups and technologies we've looked at so far. We are looking forward to sharing our top picks next month at the XChange conference." The Sprout Awards will be featured in the August issue of CRN as well as on www.channelweb.com. For additional information, contact Ed Moltzen via email at emoltzen@everythingchannel.com. About The Sightline Group The Sightline Group offers sales and marketing strategy, execution assistance and product launch expertise across numerous consumer technology product categories. The firm works with clients ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. The firm has earned an unparalleled reputation for forging vital alliances. Using its strong relationships with key executives across all major channels -- retailers, e-commerce vendors, catalogers, VARs, SIs and OEMs -- the Sightline Group can quickly introduce clients and their products to the right people. Past clients include Logitech, iRobot, Acer, Qualcomm and Eye-Fi. For more information, visit sightlinegroup.com. Everything Channel (www.everythingchannel.com, www.channelweb.com) Everything Channel is the one-stop shop for accessing, enabling, managing 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 unparalleled audience loyalty and credibility serving all technology sales channels through an extensive database. Everything Channel provides innovative field sales and marketing solutions to arm the sellers of technology with the resources they need to achieve measurable and significant results. About United Business Media Limited (www.unitedbusinessmedia.com) UBM (UBM.L) focuses on two principal activities: worldwide information distribution, targeting and monitoring; and, the development and monetization of B2B communities and markets. UBM's businesses inform markets and serve professional commercial communities -- from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewelry traders, from farmers to pharmacists -- with integrated events, online, print and business information products. Our 6,500 staff in more than 30 countries are organized into specialist teams that serve these communities, bringing buyers and sellers together, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently. Contact Allison Cohen Everything Channel 516 562 7870 accohen@everythingchannel.com First Call Analyst: PRN Photo Desk, photodesk@prnewswire.com SOURCE: Everything Channel CONTACT: Allison Cohen of Everything Channel, +1-516-562-7870, or Web Site: http://www.everythingchannel.com/ |