The 12 Winners of the Brocade Partner Program

Brocade announced the winners of its Partner Awards Program. The 12 award recipients were recognized for their exceptional performance in delivering Brocade-based solutions and services in 2007.

"At Brocade, our distribution and reseller partners are an extension of our own sales and services organizations. Our recognition of their success is designed to bring them even closer to our business, and to ultimately help our customers implement their next-generation data center infrastructure solutions," said Tony Craythorne, Brocade Director of Worldwide Channel Sales. "Brocade is privileged to recognize these outstanding partners for their achievement in being trusted advisors to our customers."

The Brocade Partner Program global 2007 award winners are:
Americas Award Recipients:

Reseller of the Year — CMT
Files Reseller of the Year — FlexITy Solutions, Inc.
Distributor of the Year — Bell Microproducts, Inc.
Enterprise Distributor of the Year — Tech Data Corporation
Most Valuable Channel Account Manager — Lyle Freeman, Bell Microproducts, Inc.

Asia, Pacific, and Japan (APJ) Award Recipients:

Master Reseller Award for Japan OEM — Tokyo Electron Device, Ltd.
Most Committed Partner for Extension Products, New Customers — Kanematsu Electronics Ltd.
Most Committed Partner for Extension Products, Installed Base Customers — Sumisho Computer Systems Corporation
Korea Distributor Award for Channel Development — Minmactech Co., Ltd.
Korea Distributor Award for Account Focus — NURI Telecom Co., Ltd.
Greater China Distributor Award — Sichuan Changhong Zarva Co., Ltd.
Greater China Fastest Growing Distributor Award — Digital China, Ltd.

Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Award Recipient:

Technical Excellence Reseller EMEA — becom Informationssysteme GmbH

The second annual Brocade Partner Summit attracted 160 worldwide distributors and Value-Added Resellers (VARs) to discuss best practices, share selling solutions, participate in one-on-one meetings with Brocade executives, and network with peers. Summit attendees chose from three unique educational tracks for executives, engineers, and sales/marketing professionals. In addition, 24 storage architects received their Brocade Certified SAN Manager (BCSM) certifications.