MANHASSET, N.Y., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- CMP Channel has expanded its portfolio through organic initiatives and strategic partnerships including MTC Performance, a spiff workflow tool; eXalt, a multi-vendor workflow tool; and M&A Forum, a business growth and management tool in 2007. CMP Channel will continue to expand its offerings for the IT Channel in the coming year through partnerships and key acquisitions and has formalized the process through quarterly meetings.

CMP Channel's brand now includes a portfolio of tools that maps directly to how the Channel does business from "Access to Execution." CMP Channel's online presence has expanded with community tools such as MTC Performance's spiff solutions and eXalt's multi-vendor workflow tool which can be found at http://www.channelweb.com/.

CMP Channel plans on adding additional workflow tools for the Solution Provider community and new events to its portfolio. CMP Channel will continue to grow in international markets throughout the coming year, bringing together customers and revenue opportunities for Solution Providers and technology vendors including turnkey event production.

CMP Channel is interested in training, research, global capabilities, certification, sales training as well as technology companies with Channel education, intelligence and analysis to develop, deploy and execute channel strategies and programs that drive revenue. Companies interested in partnering with CMP Channel should contact Kate Spellman, SVP Marketing Strategy and Business Development at kspellman@cmp.com or 516.562.7383.

About CMP Channel (http://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, XChange Events 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

CMP (http://www.cmp.com/) is a media and marketing solutions company serving the technology industry. With the leading online, event and print brands in all technology market categories, and with services and tools that reach beyond traditional advertising, CMP shapes and influences the technology industry worldwide. CMP publishes highly respected media brands such as TechWeb, InformationWeek, ChannelWeb, CRN, EE Times and TechOnline; produces major industry events such as Interop, Web 2.0 Expo, XChange, Game Developers Conference and the Embedded Systems Conferences; and provides business information and marketing services such as the International Customer Management Institute, Semiconductor Insights and Second Life consulting for technology marketers. CMP 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. For more CMP news, go to cmp.com/news.

Contact Kate Spellman CMP Channel 516.562.7383 kspellman@cmp.com

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