CMP Technology's VARBusiness Honors Leading Vendors at the 4th Annual Tech Innovators AwardsIBM Named Innovative Company of the YearPRNewswire-FirstCall HUNTINGTON, Calif., Oct. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Last night at an awards ceremony, CMP Technology's VARBusiness magazine recognized the winners of its fourth annual Tech Innovator awards program, which recognizes vendors for outstanding achievement in technology innovation. The program represents all major categories of technology products. "Each Tech Innovator Award winner is among a elite group of vendors driving innovative thinking and offering the most exceptional products, programs and technologies," said Lawrence M. Walsh, Editor, VARBusiness. "Congratulations to all of the winning companies. They continue to demonstrate and deliver breakthrough innovations and high quality solutions that result in many satisfied business partners." The awards program is for products introduced, upgraded or completely revised during 2006, in 13 categories. Over 700 entries were received this year, and the winners are: Enterprise Software Business Objects XI Release 2 Sage CRM SalesLogix Voice D-Link Wi-Fi Phone (DPH-540 and DPH-541) Server HP ProLiant DL580 G4 Server Services IBM Express Managed Services Portfolio Client Devices HP Compaq NC 2400 Wireless Iomega StorCenter Wireless Network Storage 1TB Printer Lexmark X644e Security 3Com's TippingPoint X505 SMB Software 01 Communique I'm In Touch Corporate Server Software Infrastructure Altiris Software Virtualization Solution (SVS) Storage IBM Continuous Data Protection for Files Displays ViewSonic NMP-500 Network Media Player and ND4200-LS Net IP Integrated Display Whitebox Components Raritan Computer's KIRA100 Additionally, IBM was named the VARBusiness Tech Innovator Company of the Year and Nat Friedman, VP of Linux Desktop Engineering at Novell was honored as Technologist of the Year. Methodology Nominated products were judged in two stages: a first-round examination by VARBusiness' team of technology editors, followed by a final selection by a panel of judges assembled from the solution-provider community. These judges ran the gamut in terms of knowledge and skill sets, from security technologies to network infrastructure to application development. Judges scored products on number of criteria: how new and improved the technology is, its price/performance ratio and finally, its money-making potential for solution providers. The VARBusiness Tech Innovator awards 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; VARBusiness CONTACT: Laura Mastroberti of CMP Channel Group, +1-516-562-7382, or |