WD Ranked as Top IT Vendor by North American Distributors
LAKE FOREST, Calif., Oct. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Western Digital Corp. (NYSE: WDC) today announced that it was ranked by major information technology distributors in North America as one of the vendors most important to their businesses in a recent survey conducted by VARBusiness magazine. WD was the only hard drive company amongst the top five vendors, which included Microsoft, Intel, HP and IBM.
North America's 33 largest IT distributors, based on revenue, were asked to name their top vendor lines, as well as their fastest growing vendors. WD was ranked in the top five by both measures.
The survey was part of VARBusiness' recent editorial feature titled "Special Report: The State of Distribution," published in its print issue dated September 19, 2005, and on its Web site at: varbusiness.com/sections/research/research.jhtml?articleId=171000177.
"Storage is central to many value-added resellers' businesses, and distributors know the hallmarks of great vendors: high quality, responsive service and consistent availability of products," said Robert C. DeMarzo, vice president/publisher, VARBusiness magazine.
"Recognition from North America's major distributors tells us that they value high product quality and reliability and superior service and support," said Stacy Hand, director of marketing, worldwide distribution, of WD. "It also underscores our commitment to delivering hard drive product attributes that matter most to distributors' customers: high performance and cool and quiet operation. Our SelectWD reseller program in North America embodies our commitment to supporting distributors' and value-added resellers' businesses, and is being replicated across the globe."
About WD
WD, one of the storage industry's pioneers and long-time leaders, provides products and services for people and organizations that collect, manage and use digital information. The company's core business produces reliable, high-performance hard drives that keep users' data close-at-hand and secure from loss.
WD was founded in 1970. The company's storage products are marketed to leading systems manufacturers and selected resellers under the Western Digital and WD brand names. Visit the Investor section of the company's Web site (www.westerndigital.com) to access a variety of financial and investor information.
Western Digital is a registered trademark and WD and the WD logo are trademarks of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. All other brand and product names mentioned herein are the property of their respective companies.
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