Level Platforms Certified by VARBusiness as a Gold 5-Star Overall Winner in its 2008 Partner Program Guide

March 24, 2008

Ottawa, Ontario, March 24, 2008 – LPI Level Platforms Inc, provider of the industry leading managed services software platform Managed Workplace, today announced that they have been recognized by CMP Channel's VARBusiness as one of North America’s top information-technology (IT) vendors for their Partner Program.

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

“Level Platforms remains exclusively committed to the education, development and success of our partners as they transition and implement their Managed Services strategy,” said Dan Wensley, Vice President of Partner Development. “Receiving the Gold 5-Star Partner designation from VARBusiness, for the second year in a row, is an honor that clearly validates our commitment to the channel, building and delivering the tools, product and resources required for success. I would like to thank and congratulate the entire Level Platforms team; their day to day service and dedication to our partners is reflected in this accomplishment.”

In a true "we succeed, when you succeed" business model, Level Platforms invests in their partner’s success by providing the complete toolset required to create, market, sell and implement a managed service offering. The program introduces partners to the many benefits and revenue opportunities that can be realized with Managed Workplace. Using a practical hands-on approach, the Level Platforms’ Partner Program includes everything needed to successfully launch and evolve a managed services business.

Of the hundreds of vendor program entries reviewed for the 2008 guide, Level Platforms was one of only ten Gold 5-Star Overall Winners chosen in this 14th annual VARBusinesse Partner Programs Guide survey. This certification is in recognition for Level Platforms innovative design that recognizes and rewards partners of all sizes, for not only sales success but also capability- building activities such as training, solution development and customer reference activity. Also acknowledged is Level Platforms’ commitment to IT integrators, resellers and consultants.

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

About Level Platforms
Level Platforms is the leading provider of managed services software for IT solution providers servicing small and mid-sized end customers through its award-winning remote monitoring and management software, Managed Workplace. Managed Workplace provides everything a managed services provider needs to remotely monitor and manage their end customers' IT networks through a single web-based central dashboard. For more information, visit Level Platforms at www.levelplatforms.com.

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.

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.

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