Sun will host the iForceSM Partner Excellence Awards, a new awards program co-sponsored by Computerworld to honor U.S. iForce partners who have excelled in providing quality products, innovative solutions and superior services to customers. The awards program is part of Sun's commitment to increase channel partner recognition, as well as help increase profitability. Partners and customers may submit entries in six categories online until January 31, 2003. The awards ceremony will be on April 9, 2003, at the iForce Partner Summit in Orlando, FL.

The six categories are:

• Best iForce Partner Collaboration -- For complementary independent software vendor and reseller partners who have collaborated to create and deliver customer-driven solutions.

• Best Business Transformation -- For the iForce partner whose Sun platform-based solution helped create the most radical business transformation for an end-user customer.

• Most Innovative Solution -- For the iForce partner who has developed and deployed an innovative solution that uses Sun products in a new market or in a unique way to help a customer.

• Best SunTM ONE Enterprise Software Integration -- For the iForce partner who solved a serious business challenge through a comprehensive or innovative integration of SunTM Open Net Environment (Sun ONE) products into a complex IT environment.

• Best Collaboration with Third-Party Software Providers -- Awarded to the iForce partner who builds complementary solutions based on the Sun ONE products and collaborates the most effectively with third-party software providers.

• Best Storage Consolidation Solution -- For the iForce partner who has provided the best storage consolidation solution utilizing Sun's storage hardware and data management software architectures.

The entries will be judged by a panel of Sun executives and members of the press and analyst community. Each category will have one winner, and one of the six category winners will receive the Grand Solution of the Year award. Sun will provide honorees additional funds from the SunFundSM marketing program to promote the award recognition to customers and prospects, as well as a specialized marketing tag added to the iForce Partner logo for partners' Web sites and printed sales materials. Winners will be featured in a special insert in Computerworld.

"Sun partner activities revolve around three goals: profitability for our iForce partners, simplification of Sun's business processes, and recognition for those business partners who invest in and grow their business with Sun," said Michael Walsh, director of marketing for Sun's U.S. partner management and sales organization. "The iForce Partner Excellence Awards give our partners yet another opportunity to tell their customers and prospects, 'We're the best, and here's proof.'"

For more information about the iForce Partner Excellence Awards, or to submit an entry, visit:

http://partner.sun.com/open/awards [...read more...]

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