Everything Channel Announces the 2009 CRN Channel Bestsellers ListList Showcases Top Revenue Producing Technologies Sold through the IT Channel; Assists Solution Providers Make Strategic Decisions about Top Selling ProductsPRNewswire-FirstCall Everything Channel, a division of United Business Media, today announced the 2009 CRN Channel Bestsellers List which helps technology Solution Providers make strategic decisions about the top selling products in the IT Channel. The list recognizes the most popular technology categories and brands being sold through the IT Channel today. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080505/NYM117LOGO-a ) CRN partnered with the NPD Group, the world's leading provider of technology market research information to compile the data. The CRN Channel Bestsellers list represents the top five best-selling technologies in 20 technology categories, the leading Channel Bestseller in each category, and the Top Growth Bestseller. The #1 Channel Bestseller is determined by market share data from January through December 2008, while the #1 Top Growth Bestseller is determined by change in share between January through December 2007 and January through December 2008. "The CRN Channel Bestsellers List helps Solution Providers make important product decisions and educated recommendations. We applaud the vendors who made the list," said Robert C. DeMarzo, senior vice president and editorial director, Everything Channel. The 2009 CRN Channel Bestsellers list follows:
Systems Top 1 Top 2 Top 3 Top 4 Top 5
($Volume ($Volume ($Volume ($Volume ($Volume
Share) Share) Share) Share) Share)
Desktops Hewlett- Lenovo Apple *** Acer -------
Packard **
Notebooks Hewlett- Lenovo Panasonic Sony Apple ***
Packard **
Blade Hewlett-
Servers IBM Packard * ------- ------- -------
Peripherals:
Color LCD Hewlett- NEC Display
19-30" Samsung ** Packard *** Solutions Viewsonic Acer
Peripherals:
Color LCD NEC Display
(> 30") Solutions ** Samsung Panasonic *** LG Sharp
Document Hewlett-
Scanners Fujitsu * Packard Canon Kodak Visioneer
MFP Hewlett-
Packard ** Lexmark *** Brother Xerox Canon
Color Laser Hewlett-
Printers Packard * Xerox Lexmark Okidata Ricoh
Projectors Epson * In Focus NEC Panasonic Viewsonic
UPS APC by Tripp Eaton
Schneider Lite Powerware Liebert Hewlett-
Electronics * Packard
Network
Security McAfee Watchguard
Hardware Cisco ** SonicWall Nokia *** Technologies
VPN CheckPoint * Watchguard SonicWall
Technologies Inc ------- -------
E-mail
Security TrendMicro * Symantec CA, Inc. Microsoft IBM
Security Kasperky
Suites Symantec * Trend Micro McAfee Inc. Lab CA, Inc.
SMB Routers Cisco
Systems (incl.
Linksys) ** D-Link *** Netgear Inc Adtran Nortel
SMB Wireless Cisco
Routers Systems (incl.
Linksys) ** D-Link *** Netgear Inc Apple Trendware
External Seagate
Hard Western (incl. Buffalo
Drives Digital * Maxtor brand) LaCie Iomega Technology
NAS Buffalo Hewlett- Network Netgear Sun
Technology ** Packard Appliance Inc. Micro-
Systems ***
Business
Software
(Rel. Filemaker,
Databases) Microsoft * IBM Oracle Inc. -------
Storage Mgmt Symantec/ EMC
Software Veritas ** IBM *** CA, Inc. Acronis Corporation
* #1 Best Seller + Biggest Share Gain
** #1 Best Seller
*** #1 Biggest Share Gain
For additional information on the CRN Channel Bestsellers List, visit: www.channelweb.com. Everything Channel (www.everythingchannel.com, www.channelweb.com) Everything Channel is the one-stop shop for accessing, enabling, managing and accelerating technology sales channels. From branding and recruiting to marketing and sales, Everything Channel offers technology marketers the unmatched breadth and depth of global brands and market intelligence combined with unparalleled audience loyalty and credibility serving all technology sales channels through an extensive database. Everything Channel provides innovative sales and marketing solutions to arm the sellers of technology with the resources they need to achieve measurable and significant results. About United Business Media Limited (www.unitedbusinessmedia.com) UBM (UBM.L) focuses on two principal activities: worldwide information distribution, targeting and monitoring; and, the development and monetisation of B2B communities and markets. UBM's businesses inform markets and serve professional commercial communities - from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewellery traders, from farmers to pharmacists - with integrated events, online, print and business information products. Our 6,500 staff in more than 30 countries are organised into specialist teams that serve these communities, bringing buyers and sellers together, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently. Contact Maureen Park Everything Channel 516 562 5942 mpark@everythingchannel.com First Call Analyst: http://photoarchive.ap.org/ PRN Photo Desk, photodesk@prnewswire.com SOURCE: Everything Channel CONTACT: Maureen Park, Everything Channel, +1-516-562-5942, Web Site: http://www.channelweb.com/ |