DALLAS, TX -- (Marketwire) -- 08/19/08 -- IBM (NYSE: IBM), today announced that it has
received high marks in the 2008 Annual Report Card (ARC) from Everything
Channel's VARBusiness. Now in its 23rd year, the VARBusiness ARC Awards
recognize outstanding partner programs and superb vendor service in 18
major product categories. The ARC awards were held at an awards ceremony
held on August 18 at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center in
Dallas.
IBM was named the ARC Overall Winner and Company of the Year in the Data &
Information Management software category and received mention for the
Volume Mainstream Business Servers category. The company was also awarded
first place in the Support subcategory and in the Partnership subcategory.
"For 23 years we've asked Solution Providers to grade their vendor partners
on criteria such as product quality and innovation, partner programs and
support, and each year the results of these grades have created the
VARBusiness Annual Report Card which reflects the level of commitment
vendors have to the channel and to their Solution Provider partners.
Congratulations to all of the winners," said Robert C. DeMarzo, senior vice
president and editorial director, Everything Channel editorial.
Winners were selected by VARBusiness editorial based on the survey results
of more than 5,000 systems integrators, IT consulting organizations,
value-added resellers (VARs), solution providers and software developers.
"IBM graciously accepts these awards as a testament to our leadership in
the industry and the value that we add for our Business Partners and the
channel," said Michael Gerentine, vice president of Global Channel and
Solutions Marketing for IBM. "These mentions reinforce the fact that we are
taking our business in the right direction and we will continue to expand
to meet the needs of our partners."
For the past 20 years, VARBusiness' strategic resources have been the
gateway to the commercial and public sector (or government) Solution
Provider community. The VARBusiness integrated platform of media
opportunities 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
offerings lead vendors and distributors to unprecedented access to the most
powerful strategic Solution Providers in the market. VARBusiness has been
the recipient of numerous industry awards for both editorial content and
design.
Everything Channel, formerly CMP Channel, is the one-stop-shop for
accessing, enabling and accelerating technology sales channels. 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 an unparallel audience loyalty and
credibility serving all technology sales channels. Through innovative
sales and marketing solutions, Everything Channel arms the sellers of
technology with the resources they need to achieve measurable and
significant results. Everything Channel 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 $2.5 billion.
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