APC Hailed by Leading Technology Publications for Partner Programs
WEST KINGSTON, R.I., March 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Power
Conversion (Nasdaq: APCC) (APC), a leading global provider of end-to-end
infrastructure availability solutions, today was recognized by CMP Media's
VARBusiness and GovernmentVAR magazines as one of North America's top
information-technology (IT) vendors in terms of the partnership programs it
offers to solution providers that sell its products and services to end users.
This is the third consecutive year that VARBusiness magazine's annual program
guide has acknowledged APC for the commitment and strength of its programs for
IT integrators, resellers and consultants. In addition, APC has received the
prominent five-star recognition in GovernmentVAR magazine's first annual
program guide.
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APC was one of more than 250 vendor-program entries reviewed for the
VARBusiness program evaluation. Only the top 70 companies received the
coveted five-star rating in the magazine's 12th annual Partner Programs Guide
survey. The guide appeared in the March 20, 2006, issue of VARBusiness.
GovernmentVAR magazine reviewed more than 100 vendor programs during the
past year and only awarded the coveted five-star rating to the top 25
companies. The guide appeared in the March 20, 2006 issue of GovernmentVAR
magazine.
"We applaud vendors like APC for demonstrating best practices and for the
leadership roles they have achieved within the IT distribution channel," says
VARBusiness and GovernmentVAR Editor Lawrence M. Walsh.
"We are delighted that VARBusiness and GovernmentVAR chose to recognize
the strength of APC's channel programs with these awards," said Aaron Davis,
APC's vice president, worldwide marketing and communications. "With our
enhanced partner programs and a new deal registration program, coupled with
the advancements in our InfraStruXure(R) power and cooling architecture, it
has opened up several new areas of opportunity for our channel partners."
About VARBusiness Magazine
For the past 19 years, VARBusiness' strategic resources have been the
gateway to the Solution Provider community. VARBusiness 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 has been the recipient of numerous industry awards
for both editorial content and design. Additional information about
VARBusiness products, events and services, is available at its Web site,
http://www.varbusiness.com.
About GovernmentVAR
GovernmentVAR -- a focused editorial initiative of CMP Media's
VARBusiness, the biweekly magazine that covers the business of technology
integration -- informs, educates and enlightens solution providers and
integrators about IT product and service opportunities in the federal, state,
local, education and health care branches of the government sector.
GovernmentVAR is published 12 times yearly for the more than 64,000
VARBusiness subscribers who sell into vertical government markets.
About American Power Conversion
Founded in 1981, American Power Conversion (Nasdaq: APCC) (APC) is a
leading provider of global, end-to-end solutions for real-time infrastructure.
APC's comprehensive products and services for home and corporate environments
improve the availability, manageability and performance of sensitive
electronic, network, communication and industrial equipment of all sizes. APC
offers a wide variety of products for network-critical physical infrastructure
including InfraStruXure(R), its revolutionary architecture for on-demand data
centers, as well as physical threat management products through the company's
NetBotz(R) division. These products and services help companies increase the
availability and reliability of their IT systems. Headquartered in West
Kingston, Rhode Island, APC reported sales of $2 billion for the year ended
December 31, 2005, and is a Fortune 1000, Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 Company. All
trademarks are the property of their owners.
For more information contact:
Media:
Juli Dexter, APC senior media relations manager, 401-789-5735, ext. 2373,
juli.dexter@apcc.com
Investors:
Debbie Hancock, APC director, investor relations, 401-789-5735, ext.
2994, debbie.hancock@apcc.com
SOURCE American Power Conversion
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CONTACT:
Media: Juli Dexter, senior media relations
manager, +1-401-789-5735, ext. 2373, juli.dexter@apcc.com; or
Investors: Debbie Hancock, director of investor relations,
+1-401-789-5735, ext. 2994, debbie.hancock@apcc.com, both of APC
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