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BlueStar named Honeywell North American Distributor of the Year

Friday, October 24, 2014 — 10:38:49 (EDT)

Hebron, Ky., Oct. 21, 2014 -- BlueStar, a leading global distributor of ADC, Mobility, Point-of-Sale, RFID, Digital Signage, and Security technology solutions, announced today that it has been named North American Distributor of the Year by Honeywell Scanning & Mobility during its 2014 Performance Partner Conference, held in Dallas, Texas from October 14-16. Honeywell honored leading partners in various award categories, judged on innovation, year-over-year business growth and the ability to integrate new and emerging technology into their customer solutions.

"We are honored to receive this award from Honeywell," said Mark Fraker, Vice President of Marketing for BlueStar. "Innovation is the key to growth in our channel. Honeywell understands and supports this by providing solutions across all operating systems. We are excited for the future with Honeywell and pairing our value-added proposition with our mPOS initiative to drive incremental new business for Honeywell and our reseller partners."

Honeywell Scanning & Mobility and BlueStar have teamed together to provide maximum coverage in the healthcare, mobility and POS verticals. By utilizing BlueStar's value-adds such as tailored financial services-including Hybrid SaaS-as well as In-a-Box bundled solutions, custom configuration, pre- and post-sales support and award-winning business development programs, BlueStar provides a wide array of options for all resellers, regardless of budget or location.

"All of this year's award winners are recognized for their outstanding commitment to serving and supporting our mutual customers. Their exceptional attention toward building solutions based on HSM products and services has created immense value for our customers, resulting in impressive growth in our competitive marketplace," said Ian Snadden, VP & GM, Americas, Honeywell Scanning & Mobility. "I applaud and thank all of our partners for their outstanding business efforts and look forward to continued collaboration and success in the coming year."

For more information on BlueStar and its wide selection of technology solutions across vertical markets, please visit www.bluestarinc.com .

ABOUT BLUESTAR BlueStar is the leading global distributor of solutions-based ADC, Mobility, Point-of-Sale, RFID, Digital Signage, and Security technology. BlueStar works exclusively with value-added resellers, providing them with complete solutions, business development and marketing support. The company brings unequaled expertise to the market, offers award-winning technical support and is an authorized service center for a growing number of manufacturers. BlueStar is the exclusive distributor for the In-a-Box Solutions Series, delivering hardware, software and critical accessories in one bundle with technology solutions across all verticals. For more information, please contact BlueStar at 1-800-354-9776 or visit www.bluestarinc.com .

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Source: Company press release.