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Computing Technology Industry Association Presents Best of Show Awards at Breakaway, CT Summit Conferences

Posted on: Tuesday, 15 August 2006, 15:01 CDT

The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), the leading trade association for the global information technology (IT) industry, recently recognized 13 companies that have demonstrated creativity, innovation and leadership in the technology sector.

The 13 organizations were recognized with "best of show" awards at the CompTIA Breakaway 2006 and CT Summit conferences held earlier this month in Orlando, Fla. Award winners were selected based on the voting of some 300 VIP value-added resellers and technology solution providers who participated in the two conferences.

"Each year we use the occasion of our annual Breakaway and CT Summit conferences to recognize some of our industry's best and brightest," said John Venator, president and chief executive officer, CompTIA. "Our challenge gets greater each year as our industry continues to find new ways to use technology to change our lives for the better. The fact that these companies were singled out by their reseller partners for special recognition is testament to the quality of the products, services and solutions they are providing to their customers."

The overall Best of Show award was presented to Intel Corporation, the world leader in silicon innovation, and the developer of technologies, products, and initiatives to continually advance how people work and live.

Other Breakaway awards went to:

-- Best Software Product (Backup Exec, Backup Exec System Recovery, Symantec AntiVirus, Symantec Client Security, Symantec Ghost Suite, and Symantec pcAnywhere) - Symantec Corp., the world leader in providing solutions to help individuals and enterprises assure the security, availability, and integrity of their information.

-- Best Hardware Product - Lexar Media, Inc., a subsidiary of Micron Technology, Inc., and a leading marketer and manufacturer of NAND flash memory products.

-- Best Sales Solution - Secure Resolutions, Inc., a leading global provider of managed security solutions for value added resellers, and the MSP channel servicing the small- and medium-sized business market.

-- Best Presentation - Autotask Corporation, provider of innovative, web-based business management solutions to help IT service providers and other professional services businesses automate and manage people, projects, and processes more efficiently.

-- Best Distribution and Support - Ingram Micro Inc., the world's largest technology distributor; and a leading technology sales, marketing and logistics company.

-- Best Channel Strategy - Websense, Inc., a global leader in web security and web filtering productivity software.

Awards also were presented at the CompTIA CT Summit, a conference targeted at the convergence technology channel. Best of CT Summit awards went to:

-- Best Software Product - Objectworld Communications Corp., a leading provider of unified communications software for Microsoft(R) Windows(TM) platforms.

-- Best Hardware Product - Plantronics, Inc., the world's leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of lightweight communications headset products.

-- Best Sales Solution - Stage 2 Networks, an IP telephony business innovator that is helping clients achieve extraordinary results using state-of-the-art managed PBX solutions.

-- Best Presentation - 3Com Corporation, a leading provider of secure, converged voice and data networking solutions for enterprises of all sizes.

-- Best Distribution and Support - Paracon, an international value-added distributor of converged communications products.

-- Best Channel Strategy - Cisco Systems, Inc., the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet.

About CompTIA

The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) represents the business interests of the information technology (IT) industry. For 24 years CompTIA has provided research, networking and partnering opportunities to its 20,000 member organizations in more than 100 countries worldwide. CompTIA initiatives extend to areas such as convergence technologies, electronic commerce, information security, IT services, public policy, skills development, and software. CompTIA helps organization maximize the benefits they receive from their investments in technology; and assists IT workers to obtain the skills they need for productive careers in technology. For more information, please visit: www.comptia.org.

Source: Business Wire

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