Not long ago, managed hosting provider Verio (verio.com) publicized the recipients of its viaVerio Partner Awards, five solution provider distinctions acknowledging outstanding performance in different areas of business.

Award winners were announced last Friday at the viaVerio Partner Summit in Las Vegas, where leading partners were recognized across categories like top international annual growth, top domestic annual growth, viaVerio visionary, viaVerio advocate and viaVerio outstanding new partner.

Award winners included RapidSite Japan for top international annual growth, Alpine Web for top domestic annual growth, Accrisoft for viaVerio visionary, PrecisionPros.com Network for viaVerio advocate and Jandaco as outstanding new partner for 2007.

Kiyoshi Maeda, president and CEO for Verio, commented: "The viaVerio awards benchmark excellence both in the delivery of services and support to end user customers and in the extension of our values in the managed business services marketplace. By driving strong results, helping customers see the benefits of working with Verio and demonstrating consistent innovation, these partners have raised the channel performance bar and have been key to maintaining our leading market position."