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MANHASSET, N.Y., July 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The CMP Channel's ChannelWeb Network (www.channelweb.com) today announced that it has been named one of the '10 Great Media Web Sites' by BtoB Magazine's Media Business.

With over 1.5 million page impressions per month, the ChannelWeb Network is the online destination for up-to-the minute, authoritative content about all facets of the Channel. Solution Providers rely on ChannelWeb for news, opinions, tools, research and community interaction that help them run their businesses more successfully.

The websites were judged according to the following standard requirements: Search engine optimization; Content; Navigation; Community; Presentation; and Interface.

Larry Hooper, editor of the ChannelWeb Network, explained to Media Business that a key distinction of the new ChannelWeb is that it is a single site, not a number of separate sites that are interlinked. ChannelWeb is designed to distinguish itself in the marketplace by delivering software applications customized for solution providers-as well as tools other CMP audiences can use to get closer to VARs.

In March 2007, ChannelWeb.com brought the CRN and VARBusiness' online properties together, offering the most comprehensive Channel content in one place, providing news, product reviews and technical primers from CRN with the strategic research and in-depth features of VARBusiness and GovernmentVAR magazines. ChannelWeb.com's enhanced community-centric platform enables users to communicate with each other and provides new tools, community and research from the comprehensive resources of the CMP Channel.

ChannelWeb.com's tools which help Solution Providers and VARs grow their businesses include:

* CMP Channel Lead Generator enables VARs to send marketing emails to a
targeted, localized list of IT end-user database.
* The Solution Provider Locator allows IT end users to find a Solution
Provider from the readers of CRN, VARBusiness and ChannelWeb.
ChannelWeb.com users can also find partners with complementary skills
to help them win more business.
* ChannelWeb's new white-paper library is free for Solution Providers and
provides access to technical information from vendors. The white
papers are written for the Channel partners' audience.
* The website also includes advanced community features designed to
facilitate user-to-user communication. New features include user
content ratings, user-led communities and enhanced message boards for
targeted Solution Provider communities organized both by technology
specialties and by primary vendors.
* ReviewFinder allows users to compare technical product reviews from
side-by-side, product type, company or category. The new tool, part of
an expansive effort to help users find the information they need
faster, offers Solution Providers technical staff in identifying
products that meet both their technical and channel needs.

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, the Group's XChange worldwide face-to-face conferences 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 Technology (www.cmp.com)

CMP Technology is a marketing-solutions company serving the technology industry. Through its market-leading portfolio of trusted information brands, CMP has earned the confidence of more technology professionals than any other media company. As a result, CMP is the premier provider of access, insight and actionable programs designed to connect sellers and buyers in ways that yield superior return on investment. CMP Technology 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.

Contact
Kate Spellman
CMP Channel
516.562.7383
kspellman@cmp.com

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CONTACT: Kate Spellman of CMP Channel, +1-516-562-7383,
kspellman@cmp.com

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