GTDC Announces 2011 'Rising Star' Award Winners
September 21 2011 - 8:00AM
Marketwired
GTDC SUMMIT - In recognition of outstanding
sales growth through U.S. distributors over the past year, the
Global Technology Distribution Council (GTDC) today announced the
recipients of its prestigious Rising Star awards. The 12 winners
were selected from hundreds of manufacturers and publishers who
rely on technology distributors to meet the product and service
requirements of IT solution providers nationwide. GTDC members
annually drive more than $100 billion in worldwide "channel" sales.
Gold, Silver and Bronze Rising Star award winners were chosen
due to their exceptional U.S. revenue growth based on sales data
aggregated by The NPD Group's Distributor Track®. This year's
winners and award categories are as follows:
$500 Million+
Based on highest year-over-year revenue growth
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Company Rising Star Ranking
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NetApp Gold
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EMC Silver
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Apple Bronze
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$100 Million - $500 Million
Based on highest year-over-year revenue growth
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Company Rising Star Ranking
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Riverbed Gold
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Brocade Silver
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Dell Bronze
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$25 Million - $100 Million
Based on highest year-over-year revenue growth
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Company Rising Star Ranking
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Mitsubishi Gold
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Aruba Silver
Network
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Crucial Bronze
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Software Vendor Category - $20 Million+
Based on highest year-over-year revenue growth
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Company Rising Star Ranking
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Nuance Gold
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Kaspersky Silver
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Red Hat Bronze
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GTDC Vendor Summit Today The GTDC Vendor
Summit conference -- the industry's premier gathering of IT
distribution leaders, channel executives and research analysts --
continues today with a broad range of panels, presentations and
breakout sessions focused on key trends, issues and opportunities.
This year's featured keynote speaker is Riverbed Technology
Chairman and CEO Jerry M. Kennelly, and VMware Co-President of
Customer Operations Carl Eschenbach. For more information on the
Summit and other GTDC events, go to
http://www.gtdc.org/events.php
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 using 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 NPD Group, Inc. The NPD Group is
the leading provider of reliable and comprehensive consumer and
retail information for a wide range of industries. Today, more than
1,800 manufacturers, retailers, and service companies rely on NPD
to help them drive critical business decisions at the global,
national, and local market levels. NPD helps our clients to
identify new business opportunities and guide product development,
marketing, sales, merchandising, and other functions. Information
is available for the following industry sectors: automotive,
beauty, commercial technology, consumer technology, entertainment,
fashion, food and beverage, foodservice, home, office supplies,
software, sports, toys, and wireless. For more information on The
NPD Group and Distributor Track, visit www.npd.com.
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 wholesale distribution in a successful and healthy
information technology channel. The Council is comprised of the
computer industry's top wholesale 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. AB S.A (WSE: ABPL),
ABC Data, ALSO-Actebis (SIX: ALSN), Altimate Group/DCC SerCom,
Arrow Electronics (NYSE: ARW), Avnet (NYSE: AVT), Brightstar,
Computer Gross Italia, Computerlinks, Copaco N.V., D&H,
Esprinet (PRT.MI), Ingram Micro (NYSE: IM), Intcomex, Magirus AG,
Officer Distribuidora, Redington (BSE: REDI), SiS Technologies
(HKSE: 0529), ScanSource (NASDAQ: SCSC), SYNNEX (NYSE: SNX), Tech
Data (NASDAQ: TECD), 20:20 Mobile Group, Westcoast LTD and
Westcon.
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