Seagate Wins Two 2006 DICE Awards: For Best Channel Programs and External Storage Products

Seagate Wins Two 2006 DICE Awards: For Best Channel Programs and External Storage Products

Strengthening its position in digital storage for the home and small offices, Seagate Technology (NYSE:STX) today won two of Digital Connect Magazine’s inaugural Digital Integration Channel Excellence (DICE) awards: for best channel partner programs and technologies as well as top honors for its branded external storage products. Seagate was the only hard drive company to win a DICE award in this survey of 250 North American system builders who rated computer vendors in 13 product and service categories ranging from wireless networking and flat panel televisions to PC security and storage.

“We commend Seagate and other leading vendors recognized as DICE winners,” said Keith Newman, chief strategist for Digital Connect, which targets readers who install and integrate high-end automation systems and applications in their homes and offices. “These companies are recognized as the best by digital integrators who recommend them to their customers.” Digital Connect’s DICE award recognizes companies that consistently promote and execute premier channel partner programs and technologies in the digital and home integrator marketplace.

“It’s recognition like this that reflects Seagate’s strong commitment to providing our channel partners with the products and programs they need to deliver powerful systems that efficiently move, manage and store growing volumes of digital content,” said Jeff Loebbaka, senior vice president of Global Channel Sales and Corporate Marketing at Seagate. “And our branded external solutions are designed to meet the growing demand for storage that provides the highest levels of performance, capacity and reliability in the digital home and small business, where consumers are storing more and more movies, computer games, photos, files and other digital content.”

Seagate won the overall channel award based on system builder assessments of channel program technical support, margins and profitability, responsiveness and service revenue opportunities. Seagate’s flagship Seagate Partner Program (SPP) gives system builders and resellers channel programs and tools to expand their server, desktop PC and notebook business. The program provides national, regional and local whitebox and whitebook system builders with the technical expertise and marketing resources to help expand their customer base, accelerate time-to-market and increase profits with best-in-class hard drives and programs. More information about SPP is available at http://spp.seagate.com.

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