LAS VEGAS -- March 10, 2004 -- Proactive Technologies of Carrollton, Texas earned the 2004 Intel/CRN "Best of Show - SMB" for it's innovative deployment of standards-based infrastructure in the digital prepress, printing and publishing industry. The award was given at the Intel Solutions Summit in Las Vegas at the annual event for Intel Premier Provider partners. It is the second time in three years that the Intel/CRN “Best of Show” has been awarded to Proactive Technologies for their work in the digital prepress/printing/publishing industry; no other company has been awarded this honor more than once. Winners of the award are selected from an elite group of systems manufacturers and integrators by representatives of both Intel and CRN. The Intel/CRN “Best-of-Show” awards highlight superior performance by Intel Premier Provider partners in developing creative solutions for customers’ significant business needs. There are fewer than five hundred Premier Providers in the Western Hemisphere, and Proactive Technologies is the only Premier Provider serving the printing and publishing industry. Proactive Technologies earned top honors for the breadth of technology and skill sets required to meet the unique requirements of their customers in the graphic arts community. Since 1997, Proactive Technologies designs and delivers fail-safe servers and storage technology to it's clientele in the printing and publishing industries. Their systems are designed to provide a standards-based digital infrastructure that supports the high-speed transfer of large [image] data objects over gigabit networks and SANs (Storage Area Networks). They manufacture servers and storage systems (as authorized Intel Premier Providers) to meet the unique requirements of digital prepress, printing and publishing environments. More importantly, Proactive Technologies is placing new emphasis on the importance of standards-based infrastructures in today's digital printing world. Visit Their Web Site at http://www.proactivetechnologies.com