Trend Micro Incorporated (TSE: 4704), a global leader in Internet content security, was named a 2008 CRN Channel Champion overall in the Client Security Software Category (firewall, anti-spam, anti-virus) and Network Security Software Category at an awards ceremony in Los Angeles, California, on 6 March.
The CRN Channel Champion awards programme, now in its 17th year, is sponsored by Everything Channel's CRN, the number one destination for technology vendors and marketers looking to reach the $390 billion sellers of technology channel.
The CRN Channel Champions study measures overall solution provider perceptions of vendor products and services. The survey is the largest and broadest-based technology integrator market study in the industry. The result is a premier resource used by VARs and technology integrators throughout the industry to evaluate vendors and their programs.
"Trend Micro is honoured to be recognised by our partners on the value of our solutions within the client security software and network security software categories," said Nancy Reynolds, VP Channel and SMB sales, Trend Micro North America.
"Winning these awards is again a direct result of team collaboration - Trend Micro and its partners. As a channel-driven company, providing partners the right tools, solutions, and services to ensure their success is important. It is equally important to Trend Micro that we continue to earn our partners' business and respect within this competitive arena."
"For the last 17 years solution providers have come to rely on the CRN Channel Champions study as a way to evaluate the leading technology vendors in the channel today. We congratulate the winners for delivering high quality solutions that satisfy business partners," said Robert C DeMarzo, senior vice-president and editorial director, Everything Channel.
This is the second time in the last three years Trend Micro has been recognised as the top vendor in CRN's Channel Champion Security Software categories. In 2006, Trend Micro swept all three awards for 2006 CRN Channel Champion in the Client Security Software category -- consisting of Overall Winner, Channel Criteria Winner and Technical Criteria Winner -- and also received Overall Winner and Technical Criteria Champion honours for the Network Security Software category.
Nancy Reynolds was recently named a CRN 2008 Channel Chief in Everything Channel's annual list of the channel's most critical players. Reynolds was also recognised by CRN as one of the "25 Channel Chiefs You Should Know", 25 executive leaders of the channel, building strategies that will shape the future for solution providers.
The survey rated more than 100 vendors in 29 key product and service categories. The categories included: Client & Server Processors; Client Security Software (Firewall, Anti-Spam, Anti-Virus); Collaboration Software; Data and Information Management; Enterprise Business Software Suites; Enterprise Networking Hardware (excluding wireless LANs and Voice); Enterprise Wireless LANs; External Data Backup; Flat Panel Displays 19-30"; Flat Panel Displays 30"+ (includes Large Screen TV's); High Capacity Hard Drives (300 GB & Above); Infrastructure Integration Software/SOA; Midrange Servers (> $25,000); Multifunction Printers; Network Security Appliances; Network Security Software; Network Storage (SAN or NAS); Notebooks/Mobile Computers; Projectors; (SIEM) Security Information and Event Management; SMB (Small and Midsize) Wireless LANs; SMB (Small and Midsize) Business Software Suites; SMB (Small and Midsize) Networking Hardware (excluding wireless LANs and Voice); SMB Volume Servers (< $25,000); Storage Management Software; Systems and Network Management Software; UPS Data Centre Power Management; Voice-over-IP Technology; and Workgroup Colour Printers.
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