CMP Technology's VARBusiness Magazine to Announce the 2006 Tech Innovators Awards on October 23

IT Vendors To Be Honored for Outstanding Performance in Emerging Technology

PRNewswire-FirstCall
MANHASSET, N.Y.
Oct 16, 2006

MANHASSET, N.Y., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CMP's VARBusiness Magazine, today announced that the 4th annual VARBusiness Tech Innovator award winners will be honored at a ceremony during CMP's XChange Tech Innovator conference on Monday, October 23, 2006 in Huntington Beach, California.

The VARBusiness Tech Innovator awards define new growth opportunities. Through a self nomination process, vendors submit product applications which are rated by a select group of top solution providers and integrators on characteristics such as usefulness, the new and improved factor, price/performance, and revenue potential. The top scoring product in each category will earns the VARBusiness Tech Innovator Choice Award.

"As a trusted source for channel professionals, we continue to highlight vendors that help Solution Providers achieve success. The Tech Innovators list recognizes technology vendors, both large and small, who have the most innovative products, people and personalities in the industry," said Larry Walsh, Editor, VARBusiness. "We are looking forward to extending our congratulations to the top vendors at the formal awards event during the XChange Tech Innovator conference."

The VARBusiness Tech Innovator award winners will be published in the December 4 issue of VARBusiness. The 4th annual Tech Innovator awards are generously supported by: Adtran, UGS, IBM, Sun, Samsung, and Toshiba.

About VARBusiness Magazine

For the past 19 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 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.

Contact:
  Laura Mastroberti
  CMP Channel Group
  516.562.7382
  lmastroberti@cmp.com

SOURCE: CMP Technology; VARBusiness Magazine

CONTACT: Laura Mastroberti, CMP Channel Group, +1-516-562-7382,
lmastroberti@cmp.com

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