SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Everything Channel, a division of United Business Media, announces the Fast Growth award winners and the Fast Growth 50 Up-And-Comers at the 2009 CRN Fast Growth 100 Conference & Awards, which took place at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco. The CRN Fast Growth Conference was a one-day executive conference that brought together top channel executives with the fastest-growing solution provider organizations in North America.

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Robert C. DeMarzo, senior vice president and editorial director for Everything Channel, said, "The companies that we honored at our event are channel industry leaders. They offer business-oriented IT consulting and work closely with their customers to integrate multivendor IT solutions as well as cutting-edge technologies. In addition, they understand the importance of strong sales philosophies."

Fast Growth award winners include:

    --  Top CRN Fast Growth Company -- Under $50 Million:  Fedstore
    --  Top CRN Fast Growth Company -- $50 to $250 Million:  Bluewater
    --  Top CRN Fast Growth Company -- $250 to $500 Million:  Carasoft
    --  Top CRN Fast Growth Company -- $500 Million+:  Genpact
    --  CRN Managed Services Specialist:  Netelligent
    --  CRN Unified Communications Solutions Specialist:  Microtech
    --  CRN Fast Growth Network Security Specialist:  Nexum
    --  CRN Fast Growth Storage Specialist in Enterprise Storage Management
        Software:  Softchoice
    --  CRN Fast Growth Data Center Specialist:  ePlus

The Fast Growth 50 Up-And-Comers is an exclusive list of technology integrators, VARs, resellers and consultants that have experienced above-average sales growth. Winners include:

    1. Lilien LLC
    2. American Digital Corporation
    3. Harris Corp.
    4. Syntel, Inc.
    5. Manatron Inc.
    6. Hagerman&Company INC
    7. Red River Computer Co. Inc.
    8. ITT Defense Electronics and Services
    9. Net@Work
    10. Marlabs
    11. DLT Solutions, Inc.
    12. Alexander Open Systems
    13. Perficient, Inc.
    14. Open Systems Technologies, Inc.
    15. Spectrum INC
    16. AMS.NET
    17. United Data Technologies
    18. Sykes Enterprises Inc.
    19. BAE Systems plc
    20. MICROS Systems
    21. Calsoft Systems
    22. Spectrum Systems, Inc.
    23. Ness Technologies, Inc.
    24. Project Leadership Associates
    25. CACI International
    26. Park Place International
    27. Gotham Technology Group LLC
    28. Annese & Associates, Inc.
    29. Maverick Networks, Inc.
    30. IVCi, LLC
    31. Austin Ribbon & Computer
    32. ePlus
    33. Infinity Info Systems
    34. Zanett, Inc.
    35. NWN Corporation
    36. Atrion Networking Corporation
    37. Alvarez Technology Group, Inc.
    38. SRA International
    39. DYNTEK SERVICES, INC.
    40. Lighthouse Computer Services
    41. First Data
    42. Patni Computer Systems Ltd.
    43. Dynamix Group, Inc
    44. CSG Systems International, Inc.
    45. Edgewater Technology, Inc.
    46. NewMarket Technology, Inc.
    47. AvcomEast
    48. Perot Systems
    49. Eclipsys
    50. Advanced Technical Solutions

The Fast Growth 50 Up-And-Comers is a listing of IT solution providers that experienced above-average sales growth between 2006 and 2008. This exclusive group includes technology integrators, VARs, resellers and consultants, every one of which has reported revenue increases of between 20 percent and 54 percent.

For additional information on the Fast Growth award winners and the Fast Growth 50 Up-And-Comers, visit www.channelweb.com.

Platinum sponsors of the Fast Growth Conference included EMC, IBM, Motorola and RSA, gold sponsors were ADTRAN, Arrow, Dell and Eaton and the breakfast sponsor was Google.

About Everything Channel (http://www.everythingchannel.com, http://www.channelweb.com)

Everything Channel is the one-stop shop for 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.

Contact Maureen Park Everything Channel (516) 562-5942 Maureen.park@ec.ubm.com

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