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Allaire Among Top Ranked Tech Companies in 2000 VARBusiness Annual Report
Card Company receives top honors with "Breakthrough Player of the Year" award
and takes first place in Internet Software and Enterprise Development Tools
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NEWTON, Mass., Oct 17, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Allaire Corporation
(Nasdaq: ALLR), a leading provider of Internet software and services for
companies building their business on the Web, was one of the big winners at
VARBusiness' Annual Report Card (ARC) awards ceremony held on September 28,
2000. Allaire was presented with the "Breakthrough Player of the Year" award and
also won first place in the Internet Software and Enterprise Development Tools
categories. Allaire was also a finalist in two other areas, Best
Products/Pricing & Partnership for Enterprise Development Tools and Best
Products/Pricing for Internet Software. VARBusiness' ARC awards are held
annually and given to a select group of companies who provide vendor
satisfaction in products, support and partnership. This year, more than 5,000
New Economy digital business architects were surveyed to determine the winners.
VARBusiness chose Allaire because of its strong performance coupled with high
scores in product availability, communication, revenue/profit potential, channel
strategy and ease of doing business.
"Solution providers told us Allaire has terrific products, excellent technical
support, extremely productive pre-sale support and they are an easy company to
do business with," said Robert DeMarzo, editorial director at VARBusiness.
"Allaire has also made impressive strides this year building a solution provider
program and that made the company the natural choice for the 'Breakthrough
Player' of the Year award."
"Allaire is thrilled to receive these coveted awards from VARBusiness," said
George Favalaro, vice president of business development, who accepted the awards
for Allaire.
"This industry benchmark illustrates our solid commitment to the channel. Our
partners drive over 60% of our revenue. We recognize how important they are to
our overall business strategy and will continue to strengthen and expand our
partner program."
About Allaire
Allaire Corporation is a leading provider of Internet software products and
services for companies building their businesses on the Web. Supported by a
community of 450,000 developers and global network partners, the Allaire
Business Platform enables tens of thousands of companies worldwide to seize new
business opportunities by creating e-commerce content management, customer
service and business automation systems. Headquartered in Newton, Mass., Allaire
has offices in Europe and Asia Pacific and can be found on the World Wide Web at
www.allaire.com.
ColdFusion is a U.S. registered trademark and Allaire, JRun, Allaire Spectra and
HomeSite are trademarks of Allaire Corporation. All other company names, brand
names and product names are trademarks of their respective holder(s).
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of
risks and uncertainties. Important factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements
include, but are not limited to, Allaire's limited operating history,
fluctuations in our quarterly results, our ability to gain market acceptance of
our products, competition, Allaire's ability to integrate any acquisitions, and
other risks listed from time to time in our reports filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, which factors are incorporated herein by reference.
SOURCE Allaire Corporation
CONTACT: Kim Walker Borst of Allaire Corporation,
617-219-2231, kwborst@allaire.com or Alyssa Ross of FitzGeral
Communications,
617-588-2271, aross@fitzgerald.com
URL: allaire.com
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