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Chicago, IL (January 2, 2009)—Tripp Lite, a world-leading manufacturer of power protection equipment, is proud to announce that it has been selected as a 2008 Best Channel Vendor in the General Computing category by Business Solutions magazine (BSM).

The 2008 Best Channel Vendor award winners were chosen via a Web-based survey of BSM VAR subscribers. A total of 17,771 votes were cast by 1,064 unique resellers, making this one of the largest and most detailed surveys of its kind. The participating resellers represent an estimated $10.5 billion in annual sales—an average of $6.6 million per reseller. Channel vendors were rated in seven areas: Service/Support, Channel Friendly, Channel Program, Product Reliability, Product Features, Product Innovation and Adequate VAR Margins. more

PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 2, 2009 — Rodin, parent company of the Phoenix Gold®, AudioSource®, and Carver® brands in the mobile audio and home audio/video markets, is proud to announce that it has named Montreal, Canada-based AVS Technologies its Canada distributor. AVS Technologies, a division of Synnex Corporation, will distribute all Rodin brands. more