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InMage Awarded 2010 Everything Channel Partner Program Guide and Five-Star Partner Rating

InMage Partner Advantage Program Recognized as Exceptional by Leading Channel Authority

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – April 6, 2010 --  InMage® (www.inmage.com), the leading independent software vendor of disk-based, business application recovery solutions for mid tier and larger enterprises today announced it has been recognized by Everything Channel as one of North America’s top information technology (IT) vendors for its InMage Partner Advantage Program.  Additionally, the InMage Partner Advantage Program was recognized with a five-star rating representative of an exceptional program.

InMage’s partner program was awarded a Five-Star recognition in Everything Channel’s 16th annual 2010 Partner Program Guide (PPG), acknowledging its commitment and strength of its programs for reseller partners, which include IT integrators, technology solution providers and consultants.

The InMage Partner Program provides the tools and resources necessary to make channel partners even more successful. InMage has a comprehensive recovery solution, covering disaster recovery, local backup, and application recovery, that is unique in the industry. Because InMage implements its technology in software, it gives partners the flexibility to add hardware and services to create tailored recovery solutions that differentiate them from competitors, and result in compelling technology offerings that increase the value of partner portfolios.

“We are thrilled to be recognized by Everything Channel for the high quality and caliber of the InMage Partner Advantage Program,” said Chris Stack, Director of North American Channel Sales. “We’ve invested heavily into channel and OEM events, outreach programs and training that better enable our partners to market to and support the end user community. In 2010, we’re maintaining our partner focus with enhanced lead generation activities, product enhancements, virtualization-focused solution packages, and other initiatives that will keep our valuable partners competitive and successful.”

Research for the 2010 Everything Channel Partner Program Guide and the Five-Star Partner Program rating was conducted by Everything Channel’s research department. Everything Channel analyzed 130 vendor programs rating vendors’ responses to in-depth questions about their partner programs in the five elements of sales support, partner profitability, partner ecosystem development/management, partner communication/marketing, and demand generation. To ensure fair comparisons, companies were placed in one of four categories based on company size (Enterprise, Midsize, Small and Emerging).  Questions from each section were scored individually and weighted appropriately.  The 5-Star Partner Program rating recognizes the elite subset of Partner Program Guide vendors who give solution providers the best partnering elements in their channel programs. The 5-Star rating is bestowed on programs whose overall rating is among the elite based on company size.

“We are pleased to deliver to the Channel an exclusive list of the leading vendor channel programs with details about key technologies, program opportunities, and information on the hottest new program offerings,” said Kelley Damore, VP, Editorial Director, Everything Channel. “The quality of a technology vendor’s partner program determines how profitable its partners will be.  For their commitment to their business partners and their efforts to build quality programs, we congratulate those recognized as this year’s Five-Star Partner Program winners for helping to drive greater revenue in the channel.”

The PPG list and those companies recognized as five-star will appear in the March 29 issue of CRN magazine and online at www.Channelweb.com.

About InMage

InMage is the leading independent software vendor of disk-based, business application recovery solutions for both physical and virtualized environments. The company’s integrated recovery software supports both local and remote backup and disaster recovery, performing exceptionally well in heterogeneous IT infrastructures with mixed platforms and storage. Customers can address stringent disaster recovery requirements, backup problems and application availability with a single solution, where in the past multiple products were once required. InMage solutions are also available as foundation technology for cloud and managed service providers.  InMage is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, with additional offices in Europe and the Asia Pacific region. For more information, visit www.inmage.com.

About Everything Channel (www.everythingchannel.com, www.channelweb.com)

Everything Channel, headquartered in Framingham, MA, is a technology marketing and sales solutions company.  Through its “Complete Technology Channel Solution,” Everything Channel offers the right business tools to accelerate technology sales.  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 field sales and marketing solutions to the sellers of technology to achieve measurable and significant results.


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