Aug. 24, 2009 (Business Wire) -- FalconStor Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: FALC), the provider of TOTALLY Open™ data protection solutions, today announced that FalconStor Vice President of Sales Wendy Petty has been recognized by Everything Channel’s CRN Magazine as one of the Top 100 Women in the Channel.
The Top 100 Women in the Channel were chosen by the editors of the magazine based on their achievements as executives and the amount of influence they wield over the technology channel. The Top 100 Women in the Channel represent a changing trend in a traditionally all male industry.
“We are very pleased to see women executives reaching the highest levels in a wide range of dynamic companies. It is with great pleasure that we honor the women that have made a profound impact in the technology marketplace,” said Robert C. DeMarzo, senior vice president and editorial director, Everything Channel. “We offer our congratulations to Wendy Petty for her significant contributions to our industry.”
FalconStor works in tandem with its partners through its solution provider program to deliver data protection solutions, programs and tools needed for partners to successfully go to market, sell and deploy solutions to customers. This enables partners to implement solutions quickly and provide immediate, demonstrated ROI, allowing them to deliver incomparable service to their customers – all of which yields mutual success for FalconStor, its channel partners and customers.
“FalconStor has been a channel company from day one, and remains extremely dedicated to the success of its channel partners. Chi is in its seventh year of working successfully with Wendy Petty and FalconStor,” said John Thome, CEO of Chi Corporation, a valued FalconStor channel partner. “We commend FalconStor in its efforts to build stronger partnerships with today´s solution providers by offering channel friendly partner programs, valuable services, education resources and reliable support teams that will help drive results for our business.”
"It is a privilege to be included in CRN’s ranking of the top 100 women in the channel. This recognition is an acknowledgement of the success of our channel partners worldwide and the FalconStor Software channel team," said Ms. Petty. “Our channel partners are an invaluable extension to FalconStor, and we remain dedicated in working closely with them for their success, as well as bringing world-class data protection solutions to market."
A special feature of the Top 100 Women of the Channel is in the August issue of CRN Magazine and expanded coverage will be featured online at www.channelweb.com.
About FalconStor Software, Inc.
FalconStor Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: FALC) is the market leader in disk-based data protection.
