SteelEye Technology has been chosen by CRN as a CRN Emerging Tech Dynamo for its LifeKeeper product line. CRN's Emerging Tech list captures companies that are delivering high margins for solution providers with innovative and easy-to-use technology that undercuts industry giants .SteelEye's LifeKeeper® software solutions offer high availability clustering, data replication and disaster recovery for business continuity on Linux and Windows. The leading provider of informaton replication, high availability clustering and disaster recovery solutions for business continuity has reseller partners that rely on the technology to inoculate their overall implementations from downtime. LifeKeeper provides this protection for both physical and virtual IT environments.

    Heather Clancy, vice president and editor of CRN, stated: "Successful Solution Providers are always looking for new and innovative partners, and the CRN Emerging Tech list provides a way for them to discover a large number of potential new partners who offer a wide range of emerging technologies.". According to the 2007 CRN Emerging Tech Survey, among the top reasons solution providers add emerging technologies we can find:  

    * Emerging vendors offer higher margins
    * Emerging vendors pay better attention to partners
    * The technology compliments a solution providers' existing practice areas
    * The technology is superior to other products in the market segment
    * Emerging vendors provide better services opportunities
    * Emerging vendors have better joint marketing programs
    * Customers want alternative product choices


    Vendors must demonstrate that its direct sales mix is trending down as evidenced by the company's revenue history, a channel positive or channel neutral strategy for internal sales compensation, and not be a dominant market share player. Final selection to the Emerging Technology list was made at the discretion of the CRN editorial team after a review of the submitted data and conversations with current or targeted partners.

    In addition, SteelEye VP of Strategic Alliances, Bonni-Jo Salazar, stated: "We are very pleased to be included among an impressive group of emerging vendors. This recognition by CRN demonstrates our commitment to provide cost effective solutions and the best support to our reseller partners. It's also a testament to the growing number of solution providers seeking data replication, high availability clustering and disaster recovery applications."

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