Ricoh Corporation, the leading provider of digital office equipment, today announced that CMP Media’s VARBusiness has named Ricoh as the Annual Report Card (ARC) Company of the Year in the Network Color Printers Category. The VARBusiness ARC Awards, now in its 21st year, recognize outstanding partner programs in 19 product and service categories including desktop computers, servers, storage management, internet application server software and networking hardware.
"The VARBusiness Annual Report Card is the industry defining research on vendor/partner relationships," says Lawrence M. Walsh, VARBusiness magazine editor. "It is a significant benchmark because the winners are selected by their own solution provider partners."
Winners were selected based on the survey results of more than 5,000 systems integrators, IT consulting organizations, value-added resellers (VARs), solution providers and software developers. Ricoh received this award for recording the highest overall score in its product category with regard to solution partner loyalty, product performance and innovation, and support and partnership activities.
"It is an honor to be held in such high-esteem by our solutions partners. Ricoh is committed to developing long term partnerships, providing innovative products and delivering outstanding support to our solution provider partners and their customers," said Ann Moser, Senior Vice President, Printing Solutions Division, Ricoh Corporation.
Research was conducted by Bernett Research Services, a Boston-based data collection company, and Answers Research, the Solana Beach, Californian-based market research and consulting firm.
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www.ricoh-usa.com
www.varbusiness.com
