Everything Channel to Announce Annual Report Card Results on August 19 at Awards Gala

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FRAMINGHAM, Mass.
Aug 10, 2009

Everything Channel, a division of United Business Media, will name the Annual Report Card (ARC) award winners at an awards event at XChange '09 on Wednesday, August 19 at the Gaylord National Hotel in Washington, D.C. The ARC recognizes outstanding partner programs and superb vendor service in 18 major product technology categories. The ARC is based on partner ratings of satisfaction with their own vendors.

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For 24 years, Everything Channel has asked solution providers to grade their vendor partners on criteria such as product quality and innovation, partner programs and support. Each year, the results of these surveys create the ARC, which reflects the level of commitment vendors have to the channel and to their solution provider partners.

"We are very excited to bring top channel executives and leading solution providers together for the Annual Report Card event; it is one of the most eagerly awaited channel events of the year," said Robert C. DeMarzo, senior vice president and editorial director, Everything Channel. "Being named an Annual Report Card Company of the Year is one of the most prestigious honors in the IT industry. In addition, we will announce which technology executive will be named Everything Channel's Executive of the Year. We look forward to this prominent event."

The ARC awards gala features a formal cocktail reception, an elegant sit-down dinner and an awards presentation.

Sponsors of the ARC event include Cisco, Lenovo, Samsung and Toshiba.

A special report on the ARC award winners will be in the October issue of CRN Magazine and online at www.channelweb.com.

About Everything Channel (www.everythingchannel.com, www.channelweb.com)

Everything Channel is the one-stop shop for accessing, enabling, managing and accelerating technology sales. From branding and recruiting to marketing and sales, Everything Channel offers technology marketers the unmatched breadth and depth of global brands and market intelligence combined with unparalleled audience loyalty and credibility serving all technology sales channels through an extensive database. Everything Channel provides innovative field sales and marketing solutions to arm the sellers of technology with the resources they need to achieve measurable and significant results.

About United Business Media Limited (www.unitedbusinessmedia.com)

UBM (UBM.L) focuses on two principal activities: worldwide information distribution, targeting and monitoring; and, the development and monetization of B2B communities and markets. UBM's businesses inform markets and serve professional commercial communities - from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewelry traders, from farmers to pharmacists - with integrated events, online, print and business information products. Our 6,500 staff in more than 30 countries are organized into specialist teams that serve these communities, bringing buyers and sellers together, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently.

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  Everything Channel
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  mpark@everythingchannel.com

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SOURCE: Everything Channel

CONTACT: Maureen Park, Everything Channel, +1-516-562-5942,
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Web Site: http://www.everythingchannel.com/