Telarus VAR Network Hailed by Leading Technology Publication

Telarus, Inc., premier telecom master agent and creator of VARNetwork.com,today announced that it has been recognized by CMP Channel's VARBusiness as one of North America's top information-technology (IT) vendors for its VAR Network.

Telarus was certified as a Gold 5-Star Overall Winner in VARBusinesses' 2008 Partner Program Guide (PPG), a guide that acknowledges the commitment and strength of a vendor's partner programs for its Channel resellers, IT integrators, and technology consultants.

"This award is huge recognition for our company," said Adam Edwards, president of Telarus. "We work very hard to make telecommunication carrier sales easy for equipment and IP networking VARs through our proprietary real-time quote technology and in-house CRM tool. Allowing our VAR partners instant access to complex carrier pricing information has allowed them to succeed in an area of business that instantly adds to their bottom lines."

Of the hundreds of vendor program entries reviewed for this year's guide, Telarus was one of only ten Gold 5-Star Overall Winners chosen in this 14th annual VARBusiness Partner Programs Guide survey. Telarus was also certified a Silver 5-Star Winner in the Partner Profitability, Communication and Partner Recruitment categories.

"The quality of a vendor's partner program reflects the true commitment they have to the thriving Solution Provider Channel, and this years 5-Star Partner Programs Guide winners are the cream of the crop of Channel-friendly vendors," said Robert C. DeMarzo, vice president and editorial director, CMP Channel.

"The Telarus VAR Network is second to none" added Robert Butler, director of the Telarus VAR Program. "We are the only telecom master agent who has invested substantial time and money into creating software to support a truly unique and streamlined program whose sole focus is making carrier sales easy for VARs."

The guide appears in the March issue of VARBusiness and can be found online at www.channelweb.com.

About Telarus

Telarus is a premier master agency whose goal is to make agents more successful than they can be on their own or with any other master agency. Telarus provides agent tools, automation, and superior support in an atmosphere of cooperation and ethical community. One example of the tools Telarus provides its agents is real-time voice and data price quoting through its patent-pending GeoQuote technology. GeoQuote makes it possible for business shoppers to access instant pricing and availability information for over 30 broadband data and voice service providers which include ACC Business, AireSpring, AT&T, Cavalier, Covad, Level3, MegaPath, Network Innovations, NewEdge Networks, Nuvox, PAETEC, One Communications, PowerNet Global, Qwest, TelePacific, Telnes, Time Warner Telecom, UCN, and XO Communications. If you are interested in making Telarus your Master Agent, please contact Adam Edwards, Telarus President, at (877) 346-3232 or click here further information.

About VARBusiness
For the past 20 years, VARBusiness' strategic resources have been the gateway to the commercial and public sector (or government) Solution Provider community. The VARBusiness integrated platform of media opportunities provides strategic insight for technology integrators through industry-defining research, in-depth editorial, channel events and innovative Web services, enabling these IT professionals to make educated decisions for their businesses, partnerships and customers. VARBusiness offerings lead vendors and distributors to unprecedented access to the most powerful strategic Solution Providers in the market. VARBusiness has been the recipient of numerous industry awards for both editorial content and design.

About CMP Channel (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.

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