GTDC Honors 2009 Rising Star Award Winners

The Global Technology Distribution Council (GTDC) has announced the winners of its 2009 Rising Star Awards in recognition of outstanding U.S. sales results through GTDC member distributors. GTDC members represent more than $100B in annual worldwide sales to IT resellers, retailers and solution providers that serve end customers ranging from small-and-mid-size businesses to large enterprises as well as home consumers.

The Rising Star winners, announced at the GTDC Summit awards dinner last night, were selected based on U.S. revenue or market share growth over the past year, as reported by market research company The NPD Group in its Distributor Track service. This year's Rising Star Award categories and winners are:

$500M+ (Based on highest year-over-year market share growth)
Cisco
HP
Lexmark

$100M - $500M (Based on highest year-over-year revenue growth)
Sharp
ASUS
NetApp

$15M - $100M (Based on highest year-over-year revenue growth)
Check Point
Philips
McAfee

$15M+ Software Vendor Category (Based on highest year-over-year revenue growth)
Red Hat
IBM
VMware

Rising Star Awards Methodology
Sales results for Rising Star award winners are based on actual U.S. revenue over the past year, as reported by industry research organization The NPD Group in its Distributor Track service. Available by subscription, the Distributor Track aggregates actual distributor sell-through data to enable sharp insight into channel sales and pricing trends with the ability to drill down into specific product subcategories, including detailed attributes based on specific areas of interest. To be eligible for a Rising Star award, vendors are required to have sold corresponding products through IT distributors for a minimum of one year.

About The Global Technology Distribution Council
The Global Technology Distribution Council (GTDC) is a worldwide industry association dedicated to defining and promoting the role of distribution in a successful and healthy information technology channel. The Council is comprised of the computer industry's top distributors dedicated to serving "the channel," a network of skilled value-added resellers and retail stores focused on providing hardware, software, and services to businesses and consumers around the globe.

GTDC members include AB. S.A, ABC Data, Actebis, Arrow Electronics, Avnet, Bell Microproducts, Computer Gross Italia, DCC SerCom, D&H, Esprinet, Ingram Micro, Intcomex, Magirus AG, Redington, ScanSource, Synnex, Tech Data, Westcoast LTD and Westcon.

SOURCE: Business Solutions Magazine