| PALO ALTO, Calif., August 25, 2005 - ProCurve Networking by HP announced that it was lauded in VARBusiness' Annual Report Card (ARC) award program and recognized by readers of the CMP Media publication for the outstanding satisfaction levels that ProCurve provides to its solution providers. ProCurve received honors, sweeping the Networking Infrastructure: Data Networking award category by being named "Company of the Year." The company also beat out competitors in three subcategories, including "Best Product," "Best Support" and "Best Partnership." VARBusiness, a biweekly magazine that provides strategic insight to technology integrators, recognized ProCurve solution provider executives at an awards ceremony held on Aug. 23 held in conjunction with the XChange '05 Conference in Orlando, Fla.
"Our solution providers are a critical part of helping us successfully bring innovative networking solutions to market," said Darla Sommerville, vice president and general manager - Americas, ProCurve Networking by HP. "We listen carefully to the needs of our partners and customers to ensure we are focusing on the right things. We are committed to working with our customers and solution providers to continue to deliver superior product, support and partnership experiences."
Now in its 20th year, the VARBusiness ARC Awards recognize outstanding partner programs in 19 product and service categories including desktop computers, servers, storage management, Internet application server software and networking hardware. Winners were selected based on the survey results of more than 5,000 systems integrators, IT consulting organizations, value-added resellers (VARs), solution providers and software developers.
"The VARBusiness Annual Report Card is the industry standard for measuring excellence," says Publisher Robert C. DeMarzo. "It is a meaningful benchmark because the winning companies are selected by their customers."
Research was conducted by Bernett Research Services, a Boston-based data collection company, and Answers Research, the Solana Beach, Calif.-based market research and consulting firm.
About VARBusiness Magazine
For the past 18 years, VARBusiness' strategic resources have been the gateway to the Solution Provider community. VARBusiness 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. VARBusiness has been the recipient of numerous industry awards for both editorial content and design. Additional information about VARBusiness products, events and services, is available at its Web site, www.varbusiness.com.
About ProCurve Networking by HP
The ProCurve Networking business unit of HP delivers enterprise networking solutions comprising wired and wireless LAN and WAN networking products, services and solutions. Recognizing the necessary migration of intelligence and functionality to the network edge, the ProCurve Adaptive EDGE Architecture (AEA) strategy is the industry's only comprehensive and inclusive network design strategy that is adaptable, scalable and completely interoperable for achieving command from the center with control to the network edge. ProCurve was positioned in the challenger quadrant in research and advisory firm Gartner, Inc.'s 2004 Magic Quadrant Report for Global Campus LANs.
Further information on ProCurve networking solutions and products is available at ProCurve Web site.
About HP
HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and institutions globally. The company's offerings span IT infrastructure, global services, business and home computing, and imaging and printing. For the four fiscal quarters ended July 31, 2005, HP revenue totaled $85.2 billion. More information about HP (NYSE, Nasdaq: HPQ) is available at HP Website.
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