ConnectWise CEO Arnie Bellini Named to Elite 'Channel Chief' List by Everything Channel's CRN for the Second Consecutive Year

TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- ConnectWise, the leading business operating system designed exclusively for IT service providers, today announced CEO Arnie Bellini was once again named in Everything Channel/CRN magazine's elite industry list, Channel Chiefs. Bellini was first named in the list in 2009.

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This year's listing marks the eighth consecutive year that CRN has developed the Channel Chief list. Top Channel Chiefs were chosen based on criteria including policy and program innovations made during the past year, the amount of revenue their company generates through partners, their willingness to speak out publicly on behalf of the channel, and the number of years they have dedicated to channel activities.

Bellini was appointed to this prestigious listing for his commitment to the success of ConnectWise partners and the IT Nation at large. In the past 12 months, Bellini and ConnectWise have made significant strides in the channel, such as:

• Forming an investment fund, ConnectWise Capital, to incubate other exclusive IT channel vendors
• Releasing ConnectWise 2010, with many new features added at the suggestion of members of the ConnectWise Partner community
• Completing a number of technology and business partnerships with companies such as Xerox, Corelytics, Intronis, MSPSN, and others
• Launching ConnectWise Network 2.0, its partner portal that matches solution providers in different geographic areas or with different skill sets
• Hosting its fifth Partner Summit, attended by more than 900 users and recognized as one of the must-attend events in the channel
• Earning nearly a dozen other business and technology awards including best product, best vendor, best place to work, fastest growing company, and industry-wide recognition of influential team members.

"Being named a Channel Chief is one of the most prestigious honors in the IT industry.  This year's Channel Chiefs offer tremendous insight into the who's who of the Channel," said Kelley Damore, VP, Editorial Director, Everything Channel.  "Top channel executives consistently ensure that the Channel's voice is heard when strategic decisions are being made and continually nurture mutually profitable relationships.  We applaud the 2010 Channel Chiefs for their successful partner programs and strategies."

"Being named a Channel Chief by Everything Channel is an award that I will share with everyone at ConnectWise and all of our ConnectWise Partners," said Bellini. "We've experienced this amazing growth because we've listened and responded to the needs of the IT Nation."

For additional information on the CRN Channel Chief list, visit www.channelweb.com.  The Channel Chief list was published in the February 22, 2010 issue.

About ConnectWise

Designed exclusively for the IT Channel, ConnectWise is the leading business operating system for IT service providers, MSPs, technology consultants, integrators, and developers. Today more than 36,000 IT professionals rely on ConnectWise to achieve greater accountability, operational efficiency and profitability. ConnectWise fully integrates CRM, sales, help desk tickets, projects, managed services, SLAs, dispatching, time and expenses to streamline IT companies.  Over the last 28 years, ConnectWise has become a standard in the IT industry with over 300 API integration partners. For more information please visit www.ConnectWise.com or call 800-671-6898.

About Everything Channel (www.everythingchannel.com, www.channelweb.com)

Everything Channel, headquartered in Framingham, MA, is a technology marketing and sales solutions company.  Through its "Complete Technology Channel Solution," Everything Channel offers the right business tools to accelerate technology sales.  From branding and recruiting to marketing and sales, Everything Channel offers technology marketers the unmatched breadth and depth of global brands and market intelligence combined with unparalleled audience loyalty and credibility serving all technology sales channels through an extensive database.  Everything Channel provides innovative field sales and marketing solutions to the sellers of technology to achieve measurable and significant results.

About United Business Media Limited

UBM (UBM.L) focuses on two principal activities: worldwide information distribution, targeting and monitoring; and, the development and monetization of B2B communities and markets. UBM's businesses inform markets and serve professional commercial communities -- from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewelry traders, from farmers to pharmacists -- with integrated events, online, print and business information products. Our 6,500 staff in more than 30 countries are organized into specialist teams that serve these communities, bringing buyers and sellers together, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently. For more information, go to www.ubm.com.

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