CMP's VARBusiness Wins Six National and Regional Awards from American Society of Business Publication EditorsPreviously Named to BtoB Magazine's Power 50PRNewswire-FirstCall MANHASSET, N.Y., July 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CMP Technology's VARBusiness magazine has won six awards in the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE) 28th annual "Azbee" Awards of Excellence program. The program honors publications for editorial and design excellence. Earlier, it was named to BtoB magazine's Power Media list. At a ceremony held at the society's national conference in Chicago on July 20, VARBusiness, the biweekly that covers the business of technology integration, received two national awards. It won a Gold Award for the Best Front Cover of an Annual, Buyer's Guide, Directory or Supplement for the "The 20th Annual Report Card" issue, published Oct. 17, 2005. It also won a Best Feature Series Bronze Award for "State of the Market," which ran from Nov. 28, 2005, through Jan. 23, 2006. In June, VARBusiness won four Northeast regional awards:
-- Gold Award - Feature Article Design: "Wired for Power," March 21, 2005
-- Gold Award - Front Cover-Computer Generated: "Choke!", Sept. 19, 2005
-- Silver Award - Editorial/Editor's Letter: "Microsoft: On Demand; A
String of Good Ideas," Dec. 5 and 19, 2005
-- Bronze Award - Special Supplement: "Laptops 20 Years on the Go," May
9, 2005
In addition, the magazine's recently expanded companion publication, GovernmentVAR, which focuses on solution providers in the government sector, won its first ASBPE award. "NYPD Tech," which appeared on Sept. 5, 2005, earned a Northeast regional Gold Award in the Case History category. "It is rewarding to be chosen for these honors by our fellow business- publication editors and graphic designers," says Lawrence M. Walsh, editor of VARBusiness and GovernmentVAR. "We are particularly pleased that Scott Gormley and his design team again have been recognized for their work, and that GovernmentVAR, which blossomed into a monthly just this year, has been recognized for its accomplishments," he added. BtoB Magazine Names VARBusiness to Power 50 List In its May 8 issue, BtoB magazine named VARBusiness to its 2006 Power Media list, the annual ranking of advertising venues that covers newspapers, general business magazines, trades, IT magazines, Internet, broadcast/cable and out-of-home. The Media Power 50 selections reflect the array of choices that are available to b-to-b marketers seeking to get their message across to prospects and customers. BtoB cited VARBusiness for "picking up steam with the ascending value-added reseller market." VARBusiness was one of only nine information-technology (IT) publications chosen for the honor. About VARBusiness Magazine For the past 19 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 Technology (http://www.cmp.com/) CMP Technology is a marketing-solutions company serving the technology industry. Through its market-leading portfolio of trusted information brands, CMP has earned the confidence of more technology professionals than any other media company. As a result, CMP is the premier provider of access, insight and actionable programs designed to connect sellers and buyers in ways that yield superior return on investment. CMP Technology is a subsidiary of United Business Media (http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com/), a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $3 billion. Contacts: Jeanne Fico
VARBusiness Magazine
(516) 562-7993
Jason Chupick
Plesser Holland Associates
(212) 420-8383 x108
SOURCE: CMP Technology CONTACT: Jeanne Fico of VARBusiness Magazine, +1-516-562-7993, or Jason Web site: http://www.varbusiness.com/ |