Progress Software's Colleen Smith Recognized by Everything Channel's CRN Magazine as One of the Top 100 Women in the Channel
BEDFORD, Mass.
24-Aug-2009
Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS), a global provider of application infrastructure software used to develop, deploy, integrate and manage business applications, today announced that Colleen Smith, Managing Director of SaaS and OpenEdge marketing, has been recognized by Everything Channel’s CRN Magazine as one of the Top 100 Women in the Channel. The Top 100 Women in the Channel was chosen by the editors of the magazine based on their achievements as executives and the amount of influence they wield over the technology channel. The Top 100 Women in the Channel represent a changing trend in a traditionally all male industry.
Colleen has played an integral role in evolving and enhancing the SaaS Partner Program to include additional offerings such as training for emerging technology which has contributed to a 30% increase for SaaS revenue in the past year from its partners.
“We are very pleased to see women executives reaching the highest levels in a wide range of dynamic companies. It is with great pleasure that we honor the women that have made a profound impact in the technology marketplace. We offer our congratulations to
"Under Colleen’s leadership, we have introduced new programs to help
A special feature of the Top 100 Women of the Channel is in the August issue of
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Everything Channel ( www.everythingchannel.com, www.channelweb.com)
Everything Channel is the one-stop shop for accessing, enabling, managing and accelerating 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 arm the sellers of technology with the resources they need to achieve measurable and significant results.
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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.
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Source:
Progress Software
Lisa Coulouris, +1 781-280-4995
lcoulour@progress.com
or
Everything Channel
Maureen Park, +1 516-562-5942
mpark@everythingchannel.com
