| Raritan Recognizes DirectNET's 42U as Top Selling VAR for Fifth Consecutive YearBroomfield, CO - February 1, 2007: 42U, the nation's largest independent value-added reseller (VAR) of datacenter and server management solutions, has achieved the distinction of being Raritan's top selling VAR for the fifth year in a row.
"We are very happy to have been recognized again by Raritan for achieving top VAR honors for the fifth consecutive year. I applaud our 42U Solutions division for providing the superior service, support, and value to our customers that has enabled us to once again achieve this honor," said Alan Mamane, CEO of DirectNET. "Year after year, Raritan has produced excellent and innovative products to simplify data center management. That is why Raritan's products are some of our most popular server management solutions," Mamane added.
Through their vendor/reseller relationship, Raritan and 42U have worked closely together to provide tailored, cost-effective, and expandable datacenter management solutions to customers in a variety of industries nationwide. 42U's top-selling products in 2006 were Raritan's Paragon II Cat5 and Dominion KX digital KVM switches.
"42U has again demonstrated outstanding performance in delivering Raritan solutions to customers," said Richard Moscioni, President, Raritan Americas. "42U and its superb team are successful because they are customer focused, are experts in IT management, and have in-depth knowledge of our KVM- and Serial-over-IP solutions and centralized management offerings. We look forward to growing together in 2007."
Raritan has recognized 42U as its top VAR for sales completed during 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. For more information about Raritan's products, call 1-800-638-2638, or visit http://www.42u.com/raritan.htm. Raritan products can also be purchased online at http://www.kvm-switches-online.com.
About DirectNET, Inc. DirectNET (http://www.directnet.us), founded in 1995, is comprised of three independent companies/business units: 42U (http://www.42u.com), the leading value-added reseller (VAR) of enterprise KVM Switch Solutions; KVM Switches Online (http://www.kvm-switches-online.com), the largest KVM Switch e-commerce store in the US; and Server Racks Online (http://www.server-rack-online.com), the largest "click and build" online rack superstore.
About Raritan Raritan, based in Somerset, N.J., is a leading provider of products for managing IT equipment and the mission-critical applications and services that run on it. For more information, visit www.raritan.com.
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