ConnectWise CEO Arnie Bellini Named on 'Channel Chief' List by Everything Channel's CRN for Third Consecutive Year

TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ConnectWise, the leading business management solution designed exclusively for IT service providers, VARs and MSPs, today announced CEO Arnie Bellini has been named in Everything Channel/CRN magazine's elite industry list, Channel Chiefs, for the third year in a row.

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This year's Channel Chiefs were chosen by the CRN Editorial staff.  Applicants were judged based on 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 continued 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:

• Reached a milestone of more than 49,000 users and improved revenue growth more than 30 percent over its previous year.
• Thanks to new developer tools, added integrations with third-party suppliers to give users more options for financial management, backup/recovery, voice over IP (VoIP), remote monitoring and management (RMM), and more.  
• Added more mobile and web-based tools for iPhone, Android and Windows Mobile phones.
• Hosting its sixth annual IT Nation summit, attended by a record number of attendees (more than 1,400)
• Earning multiple business and technology awards including best software, best vendor, best place to work, partner growth, and industry-wide recognition of influential team members.

"The CRN Channel Chiefs list is a comprehensive listing of the leading channel executives at vendor organizations and their accomplishments," said Kelley Damore, VP, Editorial Director, Everything Channel.  "This prestigious list serves as a valuable must-read for solution providers looking to get to right contacts within the vendor community. We applaud this year's Channel Chiefs for their successful partner programs and strategies."

"The success of ConnectWise and our partners in 2010 is frankly all the reward I need, and this award emphasizes that we are on the right track in serving the IT Nation," said Bellini. "I thank CRN for featuring ConnectWise and for its support these last three years in helping us better reach and serve the channel community."

For additional information on the CRN Channel Chief list, visit www.crn.com.  The Channel Chief list was published in the February 21, 2011 issue.

About ConnectWise

Designed exclusively for the IT Channel, ConnectWise is the leading business management solution for service providers, MSPs, technology consultants, integrators, and developers. Today more than 49,000 IT professionals rely on ConnectWise to achieve greater accountability, operational efficiency and profitability. According to the 2010 MSP mentor 100 list, more than half of the top 100 IT-based managed serviced providers worldwide use ConnectWise. ConnectWise fully integrates CRM, sales, help desk ticket and tracking, project tracking, IT service management, SLAs, dispatch scheduling, mobile IT services, time and expenses into a singular IT management software to dramatically streamline IT companies. Over the last 28 years, ConnectWise has become the premier business operating system for IT solution providers. ConnectWise APIs are accessed by over 300 organizations, including ConnectWise partners and industry leaders of the IT Nation. For more information visit www.ConnectWise.com or call 800-671-6898.

About Everything Channel

Everything Channel is the premier provider of IT channel-focused events, media, research, consulting, and sales and marketing services. With over 30 years of experience and engagement, Everything Channel has the unmatched channel expertise to execute integrated solutions for technology executives managing partner recruitment, enablement and go-to-market strategy in order to accelerate technology sales. Everything Channel is a UBM company. To learn more about Everything Channel, visit us at http://www.everythingchannel.com. Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/everythingchnl.

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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