2. The VARBusiness 500: Facts & Figures
Combined 2002 Revenue: $320.9B
Growth rate was 5.3% vs. 12.1%
Resulted in $16B in new business
No. 1 was I BM Global with $35B
Entry point was $22.3M vs. $35.2M
Most popular vendor: IBM followed by Microsoft, Cisco
Big boys had big growth: Accenture was up 29%, EDS up 12%
Billion-dollar club grows to 60 firms

3. The VARBusiness 500: Facts & Figures
Top 100 Grew faster than overall list up 6.4%
Turnover amounted 100 companies
Strong M&A activity among 500 and outside the ranks
Surge in Government-oriented business
Ranks of Vendor service arms swelled

4. The VARBusiness 500: Vendor partnerships
VARBusiness 500 Top 10 Vendors
IBM 42%
Microsoft 40%
Cisco 32%
HP 31%
Compaq 26%
Sun 22%
Oracle 19%
Dell 9%
Citrix 6%
Intel 5%

5. The VARBusiness 500: Hot-Growth Companies
Fastest-Growing Companies
Derive Tech $87M +383%
Blackboard $ %%
Divine $ %
WebMethods $ %
Wind River $ %
Aquent $ %
Peregrine PSO $
Trizetto $ %
Planetary Networks $ %
Northrup Grumman $1.7B %

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