CMP Media's VARBusiness Magazine Lauds Top Technology Integrator Companies and Executives

CMP Media's VARBusiness magazine lauded the top executives and companies among North America's technology integrators at the VARBusiness 500 Awards event held June 15 at the legendary Rainbow Room in New York City. Eighteen individual awards were presented and the top 500 solutions providers were acclaimed.

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Edward Coleman, chairman, CEO and president of CompuCom Systems in Dallas, received the Lifetime Achievement Award for being a career professional who has made both his name and presence known in the solution provider industry, not just through longevity, but by improving the quality of the industry he serves.

VARBusiness Editorial Director Robert C. Demarzo, in bestowing the honor said that Coleman "in his more than 30 years in the business has demonstrated managerial excellence as a principal player in the PC explosion, tapping into LAN/WAN integration, delivering solutions or, most recently, in the front row of the sale of CompuCom to Platinum Equity."

The Executive of the Year award was presented to Rick Kearney, CEO of Mainline Information Systems, in Tallahassee, Fla., who grew his company by 25 percent to $411.4 million in 2003.

  Other individual awards went to the following companies.

   Digital River, Eden Prairie, Minn. -- Top Profit Growth
   BearingPoint, McLean Va. -- Fastest Revenue Growth, Overall
   Siwel Consulting, New York -- Vertical Industry Award, Financial Services
    Sector
   Innovativ Systems Design, Edison, N.J. -- Vertical Industry Award,
    Telecommunications Sector
   Surebridge, Lexington, Mass. -- Vertical Industry Award, Manufacturing
    Sector
   Fusion Storm, San Francisco -- Editor's Choice
   Venture SystemSource, Ridgeland, Miss. -- Editor's Choice
   Pacific Star Communications, Portland, Ore. -- Technology Innovator,
    Network Infrastructure
   Sequel Data Systems, Austin, Tex. -- Technology Innovator, Storage
   Sysix, Oak Brook, Ill. -- Technology Innovator, Servers
   New Technology Management, Reston, Va. -- Technology Innovator, Security
   Computer Software Innovations, Easley, S.C. -- Technology Innovator,
    Application Development
   Helio Solutions, Sunnyvale, Calif. -- Newcomer of the Year
   Future Tech Enterprise, Holbrook, N.Y. -- Ascension Award
   Keane, Boston - Transformer of the Year
   National Network Services, Centennial, Colo -- Transformer of the Year

  VARBusiness 500 Ranking

DeMarzo also hailed the 500 technology integrator firms ranked as the top 2003 revenue producers among approximately 90,000 solution-provider organizations in North America. They account for $324 billion in sales of information-technology (IT) services and products.

  The top 10 solution-provider organizations are:

   1. IBM Global Services, $42.6 billion
   2. EDS, $21.5 billion
   3. Computer Sciences Corp., $13.8 billion
   4. HP Services, $12.3 billion
   5. Accenture, $11.82 billion
   6. T-Systems North America, $10.6 billion
   7. Siemens Medical Solutions, $9.1 billion
   8. Automatic Data Processing, $7.4 billion
   9. Verizon Communications Enterprise Solutions, $7.0 billion
  10. Lockheed Martin Information & Tech Services, $6.6 billion

The complete listing of the VARBusiness 500 and a comprehensive editorial package were published in the June 14, 2004, issue and are posted to the magazine's Web site, http://www.varbusiness.com/.

The awards banquet featured Laura Ingraham, nationally syndicated radio host, author and political commentator, as keynote speaker. The evening's platinum sponsors were IBM, Oracle and Symantec. Gold sponsors were APC, FourJ's, Hitachi, SMC, Sun Microsystems, Toshiba and Veritas.

About VARBusiness Magazine

For the past 17 years, VARBusiness' strategic resources have been the gateway to the Solution Provider community. VARBusiness provides unique strategic business and technology insight for Solution Providers 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 on the magazine's Web site at 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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   CMP Media LLC
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