30 April 2012 | News Archive
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We announced our Annual Awards for 2011-2012 on Apr 30th 2012! Our annual sales Awards have just been announced today...would you like to see if you are a Top Publisher or own a Top Product?

This year’s ComponentSource Bestselling Product and Bestselling Publisher Awards have just been announced! There are two separate award lists for our Top 100 Bestselling Products for 2011 and our Top 100 Bestselling Publishers for 2011. The awards are based on the Total Sales $ Value of Sales for the Products/Publishers over the last year from Jan 1st, 2011 to Dec 31st, 2011 through ComponentSource. We give out separate awards to our Top 5, Top 10, Top 25, Top 50 & Top 100 Bestselling Products and also to our Top 5, Top 10, Top 25, Top 50 & Top 100 Bestselling Publishers from last year.

The award winners have been notified by email today and also listed on our Web site. Each winning publisher has been sent an award logo or logos to use on their Web site Awards pages and adverts, so if you see your name on the list and you have not received your email - with the awards logos attached - please get in touch and we will forward it to you again.

We believe that these awards are a true global industry barometer, as they are based on real customer orders, buying software product licenses across 180+ countries worldwide. The awards therefore go to the products with the highest sales value globally - reflecting real customer demand as well as real commercial success. To discuss this award program please email: Chris Brooke in our Atlanta office, or Harry Kelly in our Reading office or Scott Sata in our Tokyo office. Note: Our Japanese Awards will be announced separately during the month of May.

ComponentSource Top 100 Bestselling Product Awards 2011-2012
ComponentSource Top 100 Bestselling Publisher Awards 2011-2012
Microsoft has already released the Visual Studio 11 Beta - with a go live license - so any app that your customers write with the VS 11 Beta will be fully supported by Microsoft in a production environment - which means that customers can already use it to build a deployable app. As we move towards the full release of Windows 8, Windows Server 2012 and Visual Studio 11 you will probably want to get your products working with the Visual Studio 11 Beta as soon as possible! If you haven't downloaded the Visual Studio 11 Beta here is the link:

Visual Studio 11 Beta downloads

ComponentSource has created a new Web site in conjunction with Microsoft for our own ComponentSource Partner Program publishers and for Microsoft Visual Studio Industry Partners (VSIP). Called our Dev11 Web site - see the link below - it features all the products from ComponentSource publishers and VSIP members that already work with the Visual Studio 11 Beta release. The Web site has a fantastic new design and show cases the products in a highly visual manner across the 3 main areas of the software development lifecycle: Define, Develop, Operate - go on take a look!

See our new Dev11 Web site for products compatible with the Visual Studio 11 Beta:
https://vs.componentsource.com

Get your products highlighted on our Dev11 Web site now! If you work with ComponentSource already - then contact Chris Brooke and he will explain how you can get your latest product releases highlighted here. Or if you are a VSIP member then you can also appear on the Dev11 Web site - just contact us and Kerry West will be able to help you get your products listed too.

ComponentSource Publishers: To get your products on the Dev11 Web site, please email: Chris Brooke

VSIP Members: To get your products on the Dev11 Web site, please email: Kerry West
Did you know that we had a record sales month in Feb 2012?

Yes - that's right - we beat our previous Best Ever Sales Month in Feb 2012! Why a record month in February? Well I guess the extra day in the Leap Year helped - plus we had very strong sales in all our offices around the world in the US, Asia/Pac and Europe.
Market News
Microsoft announces that Windows 8 will go RTM or a "release preview" in June:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/04/24/win_8_june_release_preview/

And this is what the schedule might look like for release dates - including the plans for Windows Server 2012:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-updates-the-public-windows-8-countdown-calendar/12533

ComponentSource US News
We have 3 - yes only 3 spaces remaining in our MSDN Magazine advert series - 21 spaces out of the 24 have already gone. So if you do wish to take up those 3 remaining slots in the Aug, Sep & Oct Issues of MSDN Magazine - let Chris Brooke know!

To discuss this further, please email: Chris Brooke

More info: https://www.componentsource.com/services/publisher/marketing-magazine-advertising.html

European, Middle East & Africa News
Will you be attending Microsoft Tech Ed Europe 2012 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands in June? Or Tech Ed USA 2012 in Orlando, FL, US in June? Why not arrange to meet up with us - Harry Kelly will be attending both events - so if you would like to arrange a meeting - email Harry.

To arrange a meeting in Amsterdam or Orlando, please email: Harry Kelly

Asia/Pac News
Don't miss out on sales in Japan! Our Japanese Paper Catalog Issue #17 will be published in Japan with Japanese product descriptions and JPY pricing in July - this is a great way to boost your product sales in the second largest country for software sales in the world!

More info: https://www.componentsource.com/services/publisher/marketing-paper-catalog-japanese.html

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