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| NETGEAR tops international competition NETGEAR Inc., a worldwide provider of technologically advanced, branded networking products, today announced it was awarded the title of Computer Reseller News (CRN) Networking Vendor of the Year 2005 at an awards ceremony on Nov. 24, 2005, in London, U.K. Awarded by CRN's U.K. edition, in one of the most strongly contested categories in The Channel Awards, industry judges and the CRN's readers rated NETGEAR tops in service and support provided to its channel partners. NETGEAR, which entered the contest for the first time this year internationally, was selected as tops in the Networking Vendor of the Year category from a short-list of strong entries that included Avaya, 3Com, Juniper, and Cisco. "A key aim with the Channel Awards in 2005 is to recognize the contribution, service and support of individuals, teams and organizations and offer the opportunity for the channel community to come together to celebrate their achievements over the past year, " stated Sara Driscoll, Editor of the U.K. edition of CRN. "Having almost doubled the number of entries, the competition within each of the categories has been tougher than ever. As such, the winners have even more reason to be extremely proud of their achievement." According to Keith Humphreys, consultant at analyst EuroLAN and one of the judges, "NETGEAR has done remarkably well over the past couple of years. From the time it was spun off from Nortel until it floated, it doubled its revenue, and it has doubled it again since then. NETGEAR also respects the channel, especially distribution." "The receipt of this prestigious award is of particular importance and pride to us as it reflects the attitudes and experiences of both the industry analysts and, more importantly, our international channel partners and resellers, " explained Patrick Lo, NETGEAR Chairman and CEO. "NETGEAR's dedication to the channel is evidenced by continued improvements to our Powershift Partner Program, the recent launch of our extensive ProSupport service programs, the strengthening of the warranty programs for our ProSafe product line, and a diverse and growing line of ProSafe wired and wireless networking solutions that enable the reseller to provide a complete end-to-end infrastructure solution to SMB and midmarket customers with the confidence that NETGEAR is there to provide them industry-leading support and service 24/7." A full list of winners can be found athttp://www.channelawards.net/winners.asp?id=0. write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Networking News :: home page |