apps4biz Americas Earns Five-Star Rating From VARBusiness Magazine For Excellence of its Partnering Programs

apps4biz Americas, Inc., a provider of Internet-centric business applications for small companies, was recognized by VARBusiness magazine as one of North America's top information-technology (IT) vendors in terms of the support it provides to the value-added resellers (VARs) of its products. apps4biz Americas received a Five-Star Rating, reflecting the excellence of its partnering programs for IT dealers and consultants.

apps4biz Americas, Inc., a provider of Internet-centric business applications for small companies, was recognized by VARBusiness magazine as one of North America's top information-technology (IT) vendors in terms of the support it provides to the value-added resellers (VARs) of its products. apps4biz Americas received a Five-Star Rating, reflecting the excellence of its partnering programs for IT dealers and consultants.

Of the more than 300 vendor programs reviewed in four categories, only 48 received the coveted five-star rating in the magazine's ninth annual Partner Programs Guide survey. The Partner Program Guide appears in the March 3, 2003 issue of VARBusiness.

Robert C. Demarzo, VARBusiness editorial director, noted that the solution providers through which apps4biz channels its products are critical to providing the proper IT strategies and systems to corporations and institutions. Through their expertise, solution providers add value to apps4bizs products, ensuring proper, cost-effective implementation of technologies needed to drive business forward."

Peter Lopes, president of apps4biz Americas said, We are gratified to have earned this recognition. Our business success is predicated on a successful channels program so we are highly motivated to do whatever it takes to support our partners."

To determine the top vendor-partner programs and to develop the rankings VARBusiness polled more than 180 solution providers, representing various business segments and sizes, to assess the importance of key program elements. The programs were rated by 16 critical criteria, including training and certification. Results were tabulated by Answers Research, a Solana Beach, Calif.-based market research and consulting firm.

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About apps4biz Holding (www.apps4biz.com)
Founded in 1999, apps4biz delivers industry-specific business applications designed exclusively for smaller companies (less than $50M in revenue). Its tailorable, application subscription approach enables manufacturing and service organizations to advance their established business-to-business processes profitably, without the risks, up-front capital, and information technology infrastructure long associated with pre-Internet designed software.

Based in Wellesley Hills, Mass., apps4biz Americas offers both internally and externally hosted manufacturing; order processing, inventory management, supply chain management, and e-commerce solutions. apps4biz's innovative and patent-pending user-interface and workflow technology deliver leapfrog improvements in ease of use and speed of deployment to its many customers worldwide.