CMP Channel's CRN and The NPD Group Announce the Mid-Year CRN Channel Bestsellers List

MANHASSET, N.Y., Nov. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- CMP Channel in conjunction with The NPD Group, a leading provider of market research information, today announced the Mid-Year CRN Channel Bestsellers List, that 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 sold through the Channel today.

The Mid-Year CRN Channel Bestsellers represent the top five best-selling technologies in 22 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 June 2007, while the #1 Top Growth Bestseller is determined by the change in share between January through June 2007 and January through June 2006.

"The CRN Bestsellers List is the authoritative technology guideline for readers as they make their product decisions and recommendations," said Robert C. DeMarzo, vice president and editorial director, CMP Channel. "It recognizes companies that might not lead their particular sector in overall market share according to traditional research firms, but that are formidable drivers of dollar volume revenue through the Channel. We applaud the companies on this mid-year listing."

    The 2007 mid-year CRN Channel Bestsellers include:

    SMB Wireless Networking (less than $500)
    Top Five Bestsellers:  Linksys Group, Cisco Systems, Netgear Inc., D-Link
    Systems, Trendware
    #1 Channel Bestseller: Linksys Group
    #1 Top Growth Bestseller: D-Link Systems

    Mid-Market Wireless Networking (greater than $500)
    Top Five Bestsellers:  Cisco Systems, Nortel Networks, Motorola, D-Link
    Systems, Hewlett-Packard
    #1 Channel Bestseller: Cisco Systems
    #1 Top Growth Bestseller: Nortel Networks

    SMB Routers
    Top Five Bestsellers: Cisco Systems, Linksys Group, Netgear Inc., D-Link
    Systems, Adtran
    #1 Channel Bestseller:  Cisco Systems
    #1 Top Growth Bestseller:  Cisco Systems

    Mid-Market Routers
    Top Five Bestsellers:  Cisco Systems, Nortel Networks, Hewlett-Packard,
    IBM, Adtran
    #1 Channel Bestseller: Cisco Systems
    #1 Top Growth Bestseller:  IBM

    19"-30" LCDs
    Top Five Bestsellers:  Samsung, Viewsonic¸ NEC Display Solutions, Hewlett-
    Packard, Acer
    #1 Channel Bestseller:  Samsung
    #1 Top Growth Bestseller:  Samsung

    LCDs (greater than 30")
    Top Five Bestsellers:  Samsung, NEC Display Solutions, Sony, Sharp,
    Philips
    #1 Channel Bestseller:  Samsung
    #1 Top Growth Bestseller:  Samsung

    Document Scanners
    Top Five Bestsellers:  Fujitsu, Canon, Hewlett-Packard, Visioneer, Kodak
    #1 Channel Bestseller: Fujitsu
    #1 Top Growth Bestseller: Fujitsu

    Multi-function Printers
    Top Five Bestsellers:  Hewlett-Packard, Lexmark, Xerox, Brother, Canon
    #1 Channel Bestseller: Hewlett-Packard
    #1 Top Growth Bestseller:  Lexmark

    Color Laser Printer
    Top Five Bestsellers:  Hewlett-Packard, Xerox, Lexmark, Okidata, Ricoh
    #1 Channel Bestseller: Hewlett-Packard
    #1 Top Growth Bestseller: Hewlett-Packard

    Projectors
    Top Five Bestsellers:  In Focus, Epson, NEC, Viewsonic, Panasonic
    #1 Channel Bestseller:  In Focus
    #1 Top Growth Bestseller:  Epson

    UPS
    Top Five Bestsellers:  APC, Tripp Lite, Powerware, IBM, Hewlett-Packard
    #1 Channel Bestseller:  APC
    #1 Top Growth Bestseller:  Hewlett-Packard

    Disk Drives
    Top Five Bestsellers: Seagate, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Western Digital,
    Hitachi
    #1 Channel Bestseller: Seagate
    #1 Top Growth Bestseller: Hewlett-Packard

    NAS
    Top Five Bestsellers: Buffalo Technology, Hewlett-Packard, Network
    Appliance, Adaptec, IBM
    #1 Channel Bestseller: Buffalo Technology
    #1 Top Growth Bestseller: Hewlett-Packard

    Blade Servers
    Top Five Bestsellers: IBM, Hewlett-Packard, all other
    #1 Channel Bestseller:  IBM
    #1 Top Growth Bestseller: IBM

    Desktop PCs
    Top Five Bestsellers:  Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Apple, Acer, Sony
    #1 Channel Bestseller: Hewlett-Packard
    #1 Top Growth Bestseller: Hewlett-Packard

    Notebooks
    Top Five Bestsellers:  Lenovo, Hewlett-Packard, Panasonic, Sony, Apple
    #1 Channel Bestseller:  Lenovo
    #1 Top Growth Bestseller:  Hewlett-Packard

    Relational Data Bases
    Top Five Bestsellers:  Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, Filemaker Inc., Sybase
    #1 Channel Bestseller:  Microsoft
    #1 Top Growth Bestseller:  Microsoft

    VPNs
    Top Five Bestsellers:  Check Point, Watchguard Technologies, Sonicwall
    Inc., Netgear Inc., all other
    #1 Channel Bestseller: Check Point
    #1 Top Growth Bestseller: Watchguard Technologies

    Security Suites
    Top Five Bestsellers:  Symantec, CA Inc., Trend Micro, Kaspersky Lab,
    McAfee Inc.
    #1 Channel Bestseller:  Symantec
    #1 Top Growth Bestseller: Kaspersky Lab/Trend Micro (tie)

    Storage Management Software
    Top Five Bestsellers:  Veritas Software, IBM, CA, Inc., Symantec, EMC
    Corporation
    #1 Channel Bestseller:  Veritas Software
    #1 Top Growth Bestseller: Veritas Software

    Firewalls
    Top Five Bestsellers: Check Point, Symantec, Cisco Systems, Sonicwall
    Inc., Novell
    #1 Channel Bestseller: Check Point
    #1 Top Growth Bestseller: Check Point

    Email Security
    Top Five Bestsellers:  Trend Micro, Symantec, CA Inc., PGP Corporation,
    IBM
    #1 Channel Bestseller: Trend Micro
    #1 Top Growth Bestseller: PGP Corporation

    Network security hardware
    Top Five Bestsellers:  Cisco Systems, Sonicwall Inc., Watchguard
    Technologies, 3Com, Netgear Inc.
    #1 Channel Bestseller: Cisco Systems
    #1 Top Growth Bestseller: All trending was negative

About CMP Channel (www.cmpchannelgroup.com)

CMP Channel is the one stop shop customers turn to in order to meet their global sales channel objectives from access to execution. Through use of its family of channel solutions which include CRN and VARBusiness, the ChannelWeb network, XChange Events and the Institute for Partner Education & Development (IPED), vendors are able to accelerate sales through the channel. CMP Channel provides a worldwide answer to advertising, branding and marketing services, lead generation, market intelligence, branded and custom events, education of solution providers and best practices for vendors.

About CRN

CRN provides solution providers and technology integrators with the crucial information and analysis they need to drive their company's sales. As an advocate for and voice of the IT channel, solution providers turn to CRN first for immediate information. With nearly 25 years of experience, CRN is the most trusted source for channel professionals.

About CMP

CMP (http://www.cmp.com/) is a media and marketing solutions company serving the technology industry. With the leading online, event and print brands in all technology market categories, and with services and tools that reach beyond traditional advertising, CMP shapes and influences the technology industry worldwide. CMP publishes highly respected media brands such as TechWeb, InformationWeek, ChannelWeb, CRN, EE Times and TechOnline; produces major industry events such as Interop, Web 2.0 Expo, XChange, Game Developers Conference and the Embedded Systems Conferences; and provides business information and marketing services such as the International Customer Management Institute, Semiconductor Insights and Second Life consulting for technology marketers. CMP is a subsidiary of United Business Media (http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com/), a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $3 billion. For more CMP news, go to cmp.com/news.

About The NPD Group

The NPD Group is the leading provider of reliable and comprehensive consumer and retail information for a wide range of industries. Today, more than 1,600 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, visit www.npd.com.

    Contact
    Dan Neel
    CMP Channel Group
    (516) 562-7236
    dneel@cmp.com

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