Business Solutions Magazine Announces Best Channel Vendors 2011 Survey Results

(Erie, PA) — Business Solutions magazine (BSM) recently revealed the results of its 3rd annual Best Channel Vendor survey. Business Solutions again partnered with Penn State University to ensure statistical accuracy of the survey, which generated an astonishing 11,504 votes from 2,437 BSM reseller/integrator subscribers.

"One of the largest of its kind, our Best Channel Vendors survey gives VARs and integrators a unique chance to identify the cream of the IT vendor crop," says Sue Bresee, publisher for Business Solutions magazine. "It's invaluable to the channel community to see how one's peers rate vendors in categories like service & support, channel friendliness, and adequate margins." Other grading categories include channel program, product features, product innovation, and product reliability.

Published in the January 2011 issue of Business Solutions magazine, survey technology categories include:

Data Collection Media - includes printer ribbons, labels, and RFID tags
Data Collection/Mobility Hardware - mobile printers
ECM Hardware - personal, workgroup, enterprise scanners
ECM/Data Capture Software - content management, data capture, forms processing software
General Computing - monitors, PCs, microprocessors
Labeling Software - barcode and RFID label printing software
Managed Services - PSA, business management software, cloud
Mobile Computing - handheld mobile computers
Network Security - firewalls, antivirus, malware protection
Networking - switches, routers
Payment Processing - gateways, processors
Physical Security - access control, video surveillance solutions
Point Of Sale Hardware - all-in-one touch computers, cash drawers, touch screens
Point Of Sale Software - retail and hospitality software
Power Protection - UPS
Storage - SAN, NAS, cloud storage
VoIP - IP phones, IP PBX
Wireless Networking - WANs, wireless access points

Complete results of the 2011 survey can be found here. For details on the methodology behind this survey, click here.

About Business Solutions magazine
Business Solutions magazine highlights VAR, integrator, and ISV successes and how these solutions providers can create new applications, sell emerging technologies, and penetrate growing vertical markets. Founded by Jameson Publishing, the magazine provides actionable information for VARs and integrators to increase sales, improve profits, and adapt to changing competition and technologies. For more information, visit www.BSMInfo.com.