APC Named to the CMP Channel Group's CRN Channel Bestsellers List

		Founded in 1981, American Power Conversion (Nasdaq: APCC) is a leading global provider of high availability systems for network-critical physical infrastructure. APC's comprehensive products and services, designed for both home and corporate environments, improve the availability, manageability and performance of sensitive electronic, network, communication and industrial equipment of all sizes. Headquartered in West Kingston, Rhode Island, APC reported sales of $1.7 billion for the year ended December 31, 2004, and is a Fortune 1000, Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 Company. All trademarks are the property of their owners. (PRNewsFoto) WEST KINGSTON, RI UNITED STATES

APC Recognized as Number One UPS Bestseller and for Top Growth in the UPS Category MANHASSET, N.Y., March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- APC announced today that it has been named to the CRN Channel Bestsellers List, the first comprehensive list of product sales through the IT channel. The list recognizes the most popular technology brands and products being sold through the Channel. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20031003/NEAPCLOGO ) CRN partnered with the NPD Group, the world's leading provider of technology market research information to compile the data. The CRN Channel Bestsellers lists represents the top best-selling technologies in 23 technology categories, the leading Channel Bestseller in each category, and the Top Growth Bestseller with the greatest net revenue gain over 2005. "Challenging ourselves to deliver superior products for our users, superior programs for our partners and superior processes for our organization drives the consistent high level of recognition APC receives," said Aaron L. Davis, chief marketing officer for APC-MGE. "APC is pleased to be recognized for our continuous focus on innovation, whether in the data center, at the desktop, in the channel, or with our training programs." "Congratulations to the Channel Bestsellers. Their solutions are the most popular technology brands and products sold in the Channel today. We applaud them on their success," said Dan Dignam, vice-president and publisher, CRN. About APC APC, a leading provider of global, end-to-end solutions for real-time infrastructure, recently combined with MGE UPS SYSTEMS to form the Critical Power & Cooling Services business unit of Schneider Electric. Founded in 1981, 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 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. For more information on APC or MGE, please visit http://www.APC-MGE.com. All trademarks are the property of their owners. About CRN (http://www.crn.com) CRN provides solution providers and technology integrators with the crucial information and analysis they need to drive their company's sales. As an advocate for and voice of the IT channel, solution providers turn to CRN first for immediate information. With nearly 25 years of experience, CRN is the most trusted source for channel professionals. CRN can be found on the web at http://www.crn.com. About CMP Channel Group (http://www.cmpchannelgroup.com) CMP Channel Group is the one stop shop customers turn to in order to meet their global sales channel objectives from access to execution. Through use of its print products, which include CRN and VARBusiness, their accompanying websites, the broader ChannelWeb network, the Group's XChange worldwide face- to-face conferences and the Institute for Partner Education & Development (IPED), vendors are able to accelerate sales through the channel. CMP Channel Group provides a worldwide answer to advertising, branding and marketing services, lead generation, market intelligence, branded and custom events, education of solution providers and best practices for vendors. About CMP Technology (http://www.cmp.com) CMP Technology is a marketing-solutions company serving the technology industry. Through its market-leading portfolio of trusted information brands, CMP has earned the confidence of more technology professionals than any other media company. As a result, CMP is the premier provider of access, insight and actionable programs designed to connect sellers and buyers in ways that yield superior return on investment. CMP Technology is a subsidiary of United Business Media (http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com), a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $3 billion.