SLOUGH, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Expand Networks, www.expand.com, the leader in optimizing WANs for branch office consolidation and virtualization, has once again beaten industry rivals to claim the title of Networking Vendor of the Year, at the MicroScope Awards for Channel Excellence (ACE’s).

Shortlisted by an independent panel of industry judges and voted for by the channel, the winners of each category were announced at a Gala dinner held at the Lancaster Hotel, London on 26^th May. Following a record number of entries and votes for this year’s awards Expand came out on top ahead of the shortlisted finalists that included HP ProCurve, Juniper Networks, Extreme Networks, D-Link UK, Griffin Internet, Viatel and Ruckus Wireless.

Adam Davison, VP corporate sales and marketing, Expand Networks commented, “The result speaks for itself. Winning the award for the second consecutive year is a great achievement. This year we’ve made great strides in product development, which has helped our channel partners differentiate themselves in the market, gain competitive advantage and secure significant business revenues. The market is definitely ripe for advanced WAN optimization today, and we are fully committed to bringing our resellers and partners along with us to maximize the opportunity.”

Simon Quicke, editor of MicroScope, commented, “This year’s awards have been the most highly competitive fought after to date resulting in a record number of entries and votes. The channel continues to play a vital role in bringing new and innovative technologies to market and it is only right that their vote counts when it comes to the vendor categories. By winning Networking Vendor of the Year, the channel has clearly validated Expand Networks’ continued commitment and support of the UK channel. Congratulations to them and all the other winners.”

Cohesive Communications
Zara May/Jennifer Manning
+44 (0) 1291 626200
expand@cohesive.uk.com