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DiCentral Certified by CMP Channel's VARBusiness as a Gold 5-Star Overall Winner in its 2008 Partner Program Guide
Hailed by Leading Technology Publication for DiChannels
HOUSTON- April 11, 2008 - DiCentral Corporation, the leading innovator in the EDI and supply chain industry segment, today announced that it has been recognized by CMP Channel's VARBusiness as one of North America’s top information-technology (IT) vendors for its DiChannels partner program.
DiCentral was certified as a Gold 5-Star Overall Winner in VARBusinesses' 2008 Partner Program Guide (PPG), a guide that acknowledges the commitment and strength of a vendor's partner programs for its Channel resellers, IT integrators, and technology consultants.
DiCentral provides highly efficient and versatile global supply chain solutions. DiChannels, the partner program for DiCentral, allows solution providers the opportunity to include software-as-a-service supply chain solutions in their product portfolio. The program includes training and marketing resources, recurring monthly commissions, and dedicated partner support.
Of the hundreds of vendor program entries reviewed for this year's guide, DiCentral was one of only ten Gold 5-Star Overall Winners chosen in this 14th annual VARBusiness Partner Programs Guide survey. DiCentral was also certified a Silver 5-Star Winner in the 4 categories of Marketing Support, Partner Profitability, Communication, and Partner Recruitment.
“The quality of a vendor's partner program reflects the true commitment they have to the thriving Solution Provider Channel, and this years 5-Star Partner Programs Guide winners are the cream of the crop of Channel-friendly vendors," said Robert C. DeMarzo, vice president and editorial director, CMP Channel.
“We are thrilled to be recognized as a Gold 5-Star partner company. Our partners and resellers are vital to our success and this award re-affirms our commitment to the channel,” stated Eric Braswell, Senior Director of Global Channels
The guide appears in the March issue of VARBusiness and can be found online at www.channelweb.com.
About DiCentral
Founded in 2000, today DiCentral is the leading innovator in the EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) industry segment. A broad range of software-as-a-service solutions enables buyers, suppliers, and logistics providers to seamlessly exchange data throughout their supply chain network. These data integration solutions are scalable to the size, growth, and unique requirements of each business. In addition, DiCentral develops and markets a complementary suite of supply chain applications for EDI testing, Distribution and Logistics, Vendor Managed Inventory, Scan-Based Trading, Replenishment, and Data Synchronization.
About VARBusiness
For the past 20 years, About VARBusiness' strategic resources have been the gateway to the commercial and public sector (or government) Solution Provider community. The About 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. About VARBusiness offerings lead vendors and distributors to unprecedented access to the most powerful strategic Solution Providers in the market. About VARBusiness has been the recipient of numerous industry awards for both editorial content and design.
About CMP Channel (www.cmpchannelgroup.com)
CMP Channel is the one stop shop customers turn to in order to meet their global sales channel objectives from access to execution. Through use of its family of channel solutions which include CRN and VARBusiness, the ChannelWeb network, XChange Events and the Institute for Partner Education & Development (IPED), vendors are able to accelerate sales through the channel. CMP Channel provides a worldwide answer to advertising, branding and marketing services, lead generation, market intelligence, branded and custom events, education of solution providers and best practices for vendors.
About CMP
CMP (http://www.cmp.com/) is a media and marketing solutions company serving the technology industry. With the leading online, event and print brands in all technology market categories, and with services and tools that reach beyond traditional advertising, CMP shapes and influences the technology industry worldwide. CMP publishes highly respected media brands such as TechWeb, InformationWeek, ChannelWeb, CRN, EE Times and TechOnline; produces major industry events such as Interop, Web 2.0 Expo, XChange, Game Developers Conference and the Embedded Systems Conferences; and provides business information and marketing services such as the International Customer Management Institute, Semiconductor Insights and Second Life consulting for technology marketers. CMP 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 $3 billion. For more CMP news, go to cmp.com/news.
Contact
Dan Neel
CMP Channel
516.562.7236
Don Quatacker
DiCentral Corporation
281.235.9317
