Orlando, Fla. – At its fourth annual Solutions Business Partner Conference, HP today announced its 2010 Partner of the Year – Capella Technologies – as well as winners of three additional partner awards.

The awards recognize solution partners that have made significant offerings to customers through collaboration with HP, sales contributions and innovations in technology over the past year.

The HP Solutions Business Partner Conference is an annual gathering of the leading members of the HP Solutions Business Partner Program.

For the second consecutive year, the Partner of the Year award was given to Capella Technologies for its unmatched customer responsiveness, innovation, quality development, technical support and shared HP vision.

"Partners are vital to HP's success and extend our ability to address a variety of customer business needs," said John Johasky, vice president and general manager, Worldwide Sales and Services, Imaging and Printing Group, HP. "Partners dedicated to excellence, such as two-time award winner Capella Technologies, offer high-quality solutions – from forms automation to job accounting to security – that augment HP's robust offering and deliver the best for our customers."

Three additional partners received special recognition:
- Omtool received the HP Outstanding Partner for Technical Innovation and Collaboration award for significant advances in the use of HP technology. The company's responsiveness and engagement around every product distinguished it from the competition. Also, the company showed a strong commitment to meeting customer needs, resulting in the delivery of consistent and high-quality solutions.
- SafeCom received the HP Outstanding Partner for Sales Engagement award for unrivalled sales engagement and collaboration with HP to win customers, improve overall solutions sales and continuously deliver an exceptional customer experience.
- TROY Group received the HP Outstanding Partner for Customization award for customizing its secure document and check printing solution to a customer's strict banking policies and security procedures. TROY also was the first HP Solutions Business Partner to incorporate the latest HP Open Extensibility Platform 1.5 with Solution Installer into its standard production process, enabling HP Managed Print Services customers to receive updates remotely.

The HP Solutions Business Partner Program provides customers with a comprehensive portfolio of high-quality, highly reliable solutions that are developed on an extensible platform to work across new and legacy HP devices. The program enables HP to efficiently address customer needs with tailored solutions designed to manage, secure and improve their imaging and printing environments.