Long Beach, CA, – Laserfiche, a software company that creates electronic digital document and records management solutions, announced today that Chris Wacker, their senior vice president of sales and marketing, has been recognized by VARBusiness magazine as one of the “Top 25 Channel Executives You Need to Know.”

According to VARBusiness Editor, Lawrence M. Walsh. leadership is never easy, especially when building and sustaining a channel program. He explained that executives who accept this mission are faced with a variety of challenges, and that those on this list are faced with some of the greatest challenges and opportunities in the channel.

“The channel is a collaboration between vendors and solution providers, and a good channel executive is one who helps set the business agenda and enables partners for mutual success,” said Walsh. “VARBusiness recognizes Chris Wacker as a channel chief who goes above and beyond to ensure Laserfiche partners have the support, tools, training and technology to service their customers and grow their businesses.”

“Our goal for 2007 is to open new opportunities in the government and commercial markets through our VARs,” said Wacker. “To do this, we will continue to work very closely with our VARS. They are an important part of our team.”

Founded in 1987, Laserfiche provides organizations with sophisticated software solutions that allow an organization to strategically store, index, and retrieve paper and electronic images. With headquarters in Long Beach, California, Laserfiche is the pioneer in bringing document imaging and full text search to the PC. The software developer is dedicated to working closely with its customers to ensure that they have the innovations they need to “run smarter.” Today, Laserfiche has more than 25,000 installations worldwide.

For the past 20 years, VARBusiness’ strategic resources have been the gateway to the commercial and public sector (or government) Solution Provider community. The VARBusiness integrated platform of media opportunities provides strategic insight for technology integrators through industry-defining research, in-depth editorial, channel events and innovative Web services, enabling these IT professionals to make educated decisions for their businesses, partnerships and customers. VARBusiness offerings lead vendors and distributors to unprecedented access to the most powerful strategic Solution Providers in the market. VARBusiness has been the recipient of numerous industry awards for both editorial content and design. For additional information on VARBusiness, visit: www.channelweb.com.