CMP Media's VARBusiness 500 Awards Event Honors North America's Top IT Solutions Providers

Radio Host Laura Ingraham to be Featured Speaker

PRNewswire
MANHASSET, N.Y.
Jun 8, 2004

North America's top information- technology (IT) solution providers will be honored at the fourth annual VARBusiness 500 Awards event, on Tuesday evening, June 15, at the legendary Rainbow Room in New York City. The event, sponsored by CMP Media's VARBusiness, the biweekly magazine that covers the business of technology integration, features Laura Ingraham, nationally syndicated radio host, author and political commentator, as keynote speaker.

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Robert C. DeMarzo, the magazine's editorial director, explains that the awards event "not only celebrates the vitality of the solution provider community, but also affords a unique occasion that brings together the IT industry's leading SPs, consultants, integrators and service organizations to meet with sponsoring vendor companies and the VARBusiness editorial and management teams."

The awards event, along with seminars held during the day, provides a unique opportunity for sponsoring IT vendors to access key executives from the solution provider community. This year's platinum sponsors are IBM, Oracle and Symantec. Gold sponsors are APC, FourJ's, Hitachi, SMC, Sun Microsystems, Toshiba and Veritas

Laura Ingraham will give her views on the current political and cultural landscapes. In addition to her own nationally syndicated radio program, Ingraham is an author, frequent columnist and television commentator. Her latest book, "Shut Up & Sing: How the Elites of Hollywood, Politics and the UN are Subverting America," was published last year.

The VARBusiness 500 awards event celebrates the top-placed firms among North America's approximately 90,000 third-party companies that help corporations and institutions best apply IT strategies and systems. The definitive revenue-based ranking is derived from formal research among solution providers, IT consultants, integrators and service organizations.

About VARBusiness Magazine

For the past 17 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 Media

CMP Media LLC (http://www.cmp.com/) is a leading integrated media company providing essential information and marketing services to the entire technology spectrum -- the builders, sellers and users of technology worldwide. Capitalizing on its editorial strength, CMP is uniquely positioned to offer marketers comprehensive, integrated media solutions tailored to meet their individual needs. Its diverse products and services include newspapers, magazines, Internet products, research, direct marketing services, education and training, trade shows and conferences, and custom publishing.

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             VARBusiness Magazine
             (516) 562-7766

             Jason Chupick
             Plesser Associates
             (212) 420-8383 x208
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CONTACT: Gordon Plutsky of VARBusiness Magazine, +1-516-562-7766; or
Jason Chupick of Plesser Associates, +1-212-420-8383 x208

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