Four Companies Win Best of Show Awards at CompTIA Managed Services Summit.OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. -- Four companies have been recognized by the Computing Technology Industry Association See CompTIA. (CompTIA) for their leadership in advancing the emerging market for managed technology services. CompTIA announced today that e-Folder, Intel, Kaseya, and Level Platform received Best of Show awards at the recent CompTIA Managed Services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality Summit in Coronado, Calif. Award winners were chosen by the votes of VIP managed services providers and technology resellers. "Organizations are using managed services for their technology needs to obtain much needed expertise, to reduce costs in their operations, or to gain greater flexibility to respond to the dynamics of changing business and market conditions," said John Venator, president and chief executive officer, CompTIA. "In their own way, each of the companies recognized at the CompTIA Managed Services Summit is delivering a solution that's helping customers achieve their business objectives." Best of show award winners are: * e-Folder, a provider of Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the Protocol-based backup services, won awards for Best Product: Software and Best Channel Strategy. * Intel, the world leader in silicon innovation and developer of technologies, products and initiatives to continually con·tin·u·al adj. 1. Recurring regularly or frequently: the continual need to pay the mortgage. 2. advance how people work and live, received the award for Best Product: Hardware. * Kaseya, a global provider of managed service automation software, won the overall Best of Show award and the award for Best Solutions Sales Strategy. * Level Platforms Level Platforms is a provider of remote monitoring and management software products for IT service providers and VARs that provide IT support services for small and medium size businesses (SMBs). , a provider of remote monitoring (protocol) remote monitoring - (RMON) A network management protocol that allows network information to be gathered at a single computer. Whereas SNMP gathers network data from a single type of Management Information Base (MIB), RMON 1 defines nine additional MIBs that provide a and management software, won awards for Best Presentation and Best Distribution and Support. The inaugural CompTIA Managed Services Summit, which attracted a capacity crowd, was part of CompTIA's efforts to promote industry growth of managed services. CompTIA is working with the industry to develop new best practices tools for managed services providers; offer educational programs, events and networking opportunities for professionals working with managed services; and provide research aimed at helping solution providers find the right opportunities for their service offerings. Breakaway break·a·way adj. 1. Designed to break, bend, or fall apart easily upon impact, especially to create an illusion, as with a theater prop, or for safety, as with a highway sign or barrier. 2. , the annual conference for CompTIA members, will feature a managed services educational track. Titled "Capitalizing on Managed Services Opportunities," the track will include presentations on the latest industry research related to managed services; how to sell managed services to new and existing customers; and a panel discussion on overcoming challenges in becoming a managed services provider. Breakaway 2007 is scheduled for July 31-Aug. 3 at the Mirage Resort and Casino casino or cassino (both: kəsē`nō). 1 Card game played with a full deck by two to four players. Its origins are obscure though it probably traces back to the Italian game of Scopa. in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , Nev. About CompTIA In 2007, CompTIA is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Just as the information technology (IT) industry it serves has grown, CompTIA has also enjoyed remarkable growth over the past 25 years. The organization was founded by representatives of five micro-computer dealerships working together to find better ways to do business. Today, CompTIA has more than 22,000 member companies in over 100 countries around the world; and serves as the voice of the world's $1 trillion-plus IT industry. CompTIA is committed to advancing the long-term success and growth of the IT industry by helping organizations maximize the benefits they receive from their investments in technology; and by helping individuals to obtain the skills and credentials CREDENTIALS, international law. The instruments which authorize and establish a public minister in his character with the state or prince to whom they are addressed. If the state or prince receive the minister, he can be received only in the quality attributed to him in his credentials. they need for productive careers in IT. For more information, please visit: www.comptia.org. |
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