Dewpoint Ranked Among North America’s Top 500 Technology Integrators by Everything Channel

Lansing, Mich; May 25, 2009 – Dewpoint, a leading enterprise technology solution provider for the Midwest, has been recognized by Everything Channel as one of North America’s top technology integrators. Dewpoint placed number 446 in the 15th annual VAR500 ranking.

The VAR500 list details the leading revenue producers among technology integrators and technology Solution Provider organizations in North America. The list’s ranking is based on gross worldwide revenue of hardware and software sales, as well as earnings from professional and managed information technology (IT) services.

The 2009 VAR500 list includes 92 new companies with 10 percent of them in the Top 100 of the list.  The starting point of the list is company #500 with revenues of $26.8 million, ending with company #1 with revenues of $57.3 billion.  This list reflects the strength of the technology reseller channel.

“The VAR500 represents today’s largest and most influential solution providers who collectively generate nearly $600 billion in service, consulting and product revenue. Their business models span the strong regional VAR to the highly specialized players to the global services giants. The VAR500 serve today’s leading businesses whether they are at the top of the Fortune 500 or one of the small businesses that powers the U.S. economy. All of those customers turn to the VAR500 for advice on technology and product selection and ways to improve their business performance. They are the cream of the crop when it comes to the solution provider community. Oracle’s Larry Ellison, Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer and Cisco’s John Chambers are all highly reliant on the VAR500 to meet their goals. There is no more powerful network in the IT industry today than the VAR500,” said Robert C. DeMarzo, senior vice president and editorial director, Everything Channel.

“Dewpoint’s success comes from the strength of our talented team,” explained president and CEO Andy Kotarba, “along with strong industry partners that work with us to bring best of breed solutions to our customers across a variety of industries.”The complete listing of the VAR500 is published in the May 25, 2009 issue and can be found online at www.channelweb.com.

To complete the 2009 ranking of the 500 largest North American solution providers, system integrators, VARs and IT consultants, companies were asked to complete an online questionnaire to determine prequalification.  In February 2009, Everything Channel conducted extensive research and analyzed the data.  Independent data sourcing (e.g., SEC filings, annual reports, etc.) also was conducted.  Finalists were ranked according to their fiscal year 2008 revenue, based only on their reseller-related services business.

About Dewpoint

Dewpoint experts help companies tackle complex IT solutions to secure and best utilize critical data, increase efficiency and manage costs. Unique to Dewpoint is its strong team of certified project managers, who participate throughout process to ensure best practices and on-target delivery. Industry leaders such as Sun Microsystems, Oracle, Microsoft, Symantec, Cisco and other key providers partner with Dewpoint in order to deliver the latest hardware and software solutions available.
 
Founded in 1996, Dewpoint has grown to be a key business partner for major companies throughout the Midwest, significantly impacting enterprise practices across numerous industries, including healthcare, higher education, state and local government, financial services, manufacturing, retail, media, publishing, commercial banking and insurance. Over the past 12 years, key acquisitions and success have allowed Dewpoint to expand from its headquarters in Lansing, Mich. to additional locations in Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and Tennessee. Additional information is available at www.dewpoint.com.

Everything Channel

Everything Channel is the one-stop shop for accessing, enabling, managing 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 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

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