ANDOVER, MA -- August 20, 2004 -- Enterasys Networks (NYSE: ETS), the Secure Networks CompanyTM, today announced it won three awards for its work with channel partners at VARBusiness magazine's Annual Report Card (ARC) event in Chicago on August 17. Enterasys was honored for Partnership and Support in the Business Class Wireless LANs category and for Partnership in the Networking Infrastructure category.
The ARC survey measures how satisfied resellers are with the vendors whose products and solutions they distribute and has been the benchmark for channel satisfaction for two decades. Enterasys competed against other leading networking technology providers in each category.
"These awards reflect what our channel partners have been telling us for a long time, that they appreciate working with Enterasys because we share their commitment to achieving strong financial results," said Jim Harold, vice president of Americas partner sales for Enterasys. "We and are partners are completely focused on delivering the full business benefits of Secure NetworksTM to enterprises around the world. The solutions we offer through our highly qualified partners enable all types of enterprises to use the capabilities of Secure Networks to ensure business continuity, protect data from unauthorized access and control the threat of network attacks quickly and easily.
"Enterasys continues to invest in our partnerships as we build our worldwide channel model region by region, and the results speak for themselves both in terms of achieving our revenue goals and in the satisfaction and effectiveness of our partners," Harold said. "Successful channel sales are all about relationships and it's an honor to receive awards that are based on the opinions of the companies that bring our industry-leading Secure Networks solutions to our customers."
The Enterasys Secure Networks Advantage
Enterasys' industry-leading Secure Networks technology and solutions provide the highest level of infrastructure security available today. Secure Networks delivers the most granular level of security, providing visibility and control down to the network device, individual user and application level. This enables enterprises to quickly and easily detect, assess, locate and protect against attacks. This unmatched security comes from the integrated policy-based management software architecture that works with the embedded security capabilities Enterasys designs into its entire product line. This unique approach offers significant operational and business benefits, unmatched by vendor offerings that add hardware or software to multiple network access points in an attempt to increase security. In fact, Secure Networks technology can even make networks with competitors' equipment more secure.
About Enterasys Networks
Enterasys Networks (NYSE: ETS) is a global provider of Secure NetworksTM for enterprise customers. Enterasys' innovative network infrastructure offerings deliver the security, productivity and adaptability benefits required by Global 2000 organizations, coupled with the industry's strongest service and support. For more information on Enterasys and its products, including multilayer switches, core routers, WAN routers, wireless LANs, network management, and intrusion defense systems (IDS), visit enterasys.com.
