—Channel Sales Director Victoria Zona Named to CRN Magazine’s Top 100 List—

SOMERSET, N.J. (August 24, 2009) - Raritan today announced that Victoria Zona, Channel sales director,  has been recognized by Everything Channel’s CRN Magazine as one of the ‘Top 100 Women in the Channel.’  The editors of the magazine selected Zona based on her achievements over the past year and the impact that she has made on the IT channel.

Under Zona’s guidance, Raritan launched a number of innovative programs to support the company’s growing power and energy management solution portfolio, and recruited hundreds of new resellers.  Her efforts have contributed to Raritan achieving top marks (the coveted five-star partner rating) on the VARBusiness Annual Report Card handed out earlier this year.

The women honored this year have made a profound impact in the technology marketplace, according to Robert C. DeMarzo, senior vice president and editorial director, Everything Channel.  “We offer our congratulations to Victoria Zona for her significant contributions to our industry,” said DeMarzo.

“It is a great honor to be recognized as one of the top influential women in the channel,” said Zona.  “I am very fortunate to be part of a channel-centric company that consistently offers ground-breaking solutions with solid value propositions for customers and new revenue opportunities for partners.  I am very pleased to have a role in creating Raritan’s channel strategy and in delivering best-in-class programs to our partners.”

“With more than 17 years experience in channel sales and marketing of IT infrastructure management solutions, Victoria Zona is a true expert in her field,” said Gary Marks, vice president of Sales and Marketing at Raritan.  “We are proud that the industry is recognizing her efforts, which have helped strengthen our partner relationships and have contributed to Raritan’s success.” 

More on Everything Channel’s CRN Magazine can be found at www.everythingchannel.com.

About Raritan (Raritan.com)

Raritan is a proven innovator of power management, infrastructure management, KVM and serial solutions for data centers of all sizes.  In more than 50,000 locations worldwide, Raritan’s award-winning hardware and software solutions—including intelligent PDUs, energy management software, KVM-over-IP and Serial-over-IP access products—provide IT and facility directors, managers and administrators with the control they need to increase power management efficiency, improve data center productivity and enhance branch office operations. Based in Somerset, N.J., Raritan has offices worldwide serving 76 countries.  For more information, visit Raritan.com.

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