CMP'S VARBusiness Annual Report Card Event Honors Top IT Vendors for Solution-Provider SupportChannel Executive of the Year to be NamedPRNewswire CMP Media's VARBusiness, the biweekly magazine that covers the business of technology integration, will honor the information technology (IT) industry vendors that have been identified by their solution-provider customers as providing outstanding levels of satisfaction. Those companies will be lauded at the VARBusiness Annual Report Card (ARC) Awards Event -- a high-tech, multimedia awards ceremony to be held on Tuesday evening, Aug. 23, at the XChange '05 Conference in Orlando, Fla. In addition, the Channel Executive of the Year will be revealed. The VARBusiness ARC Awards Event is the largest channel gathering of its kind and features a prestigious black-tie banquet, a lively awards ceremony and headline entertainment. The 2005 event features Greg Giraldo, one of New York City's top comedians and a headliner in clubs across the country. Giraldo is socially provocative and yet broadly funny. He is a regular on NBC's "Last Call with Carson Daly," has his own stand-up comedy special, "Comedy Central Presents ... Greg Giraldo" and appears on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien." Now in its 20th year, the ARC is based on a survey of approximately 5,000 solution providers who evaluate vendor programs in 19 product and service categories including desktop computers, servers, storage management, Internet application server software and networking hardware. Participating vendors are selected based on market share data provided by industry analysts. "ARC is only event in the industry that measures solution providers' satisfaction with their vendors," says Robert C. DeMarzo, the magazine's publisher. "We also have the honor of naming the Channel Executive of the Year for outstanding contributions made to the industry." The more than 650 attendees will include the award-winning companies, VIP solution providers, VARBusiness staff and event sponsors. Event sponsors are Business Objects, Cisco Systems, Lexmark, Microsoft, Oracle, Samsung, Seagate, Sun Microsystems, Symantec and Toshiba. About VARBusiness Magazine For the past 18 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 (http://www.cmp.com/) is the leading integrated media solutions company providing "broad and deep" access to the entire technology spectrum - the builders, sellers and buyers of technology worldwide. The company's comprehensive database of technology decision makers enables marketers to reach targeted audiences throughout the purchase process with publications, web offerings, face-to-face events, consulting and other marketing services that deliver actionable results. Contact: Gordon Plutsky VARBusiness Magazine (516) 562-7766 Jason Chupick Plesser Holland Associates (212) 420-8383 x108 SOURCE: CMP Media LLC CONTACT: Gordon Plutsky of VARBusiness Magazine, +1-516-562-7766; Web site: http://www.varbusiness.com/ Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/141733.html |