TRACE3 Ranked Among North America's Top 500 Technology Integrators by Everything Channel

IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- TRACE3, a leading IT Systems Integration firm that provides solutions for reducing IT infrastructure complexity, today announces it has been recognized by Everything Channel as one of the top 500 Technology Integrators in North America. Ranking for the third consecutive year on the VAR500 list, Trace3 placed number 246 in the 2010 publication, 39 positions up from 2009 & 59 from its inaugural showing in 2008.

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The core of Trace3's growth is its continuous investments in talent development, best of breed technologies, and service offerings including; security, storage, backup & archiving, virtualization, network, cloud and managed services. Trace's philosophy of Define Your X, X being your strategic plan, has been the company's key approach in understanding their client's goals and transforming them into a successful plan. "Having goals is a necessity for success but defining a plan that can be carried out is key to achieving them," said Sandy Salty, Trace3's VP of Marketing and Business Development who was named in Everything Channel's CRN Magazine: Most Powerful Women in the Channel 2010.

The 16th annual VAR500 list details the leading producers among technology integrators and technology solution provider organizations in North America based on gross worldwide revenue of hardware and software sales, as well as earnings from professional and managed IT services. This year's list reflects the strength of the technology reseller channel as the ranking includes 182 new companies with four percent of the new entrants landing in the Top 100.

"We are very proud to once again be listed in the VAR500 list," said Hayes Drumwright, CEO of TRACE3. "I think 2009 was a challenging year for every business but we still grew in revenue and increased our bottom line. I attribute our success to our team, who continued the momentum into 2010. I am very excited to see the move we make in next year's VAr500 list as we will increase revenue for 2010 by over 60%."

"The VAR500 is the who's who of the solution provider community. Microsoft, HP, Cisco, Symantec among others are highly reliant on the VAR 500 to sell their products to businesses and collectively this audience generated more than $500B in sales in 2009. Even more importantly they solve customers' biggest IT business problems through product integration, training, consulting and services. In companies large and small, the VAR500 are considered integration experts, trusted business advisors and invaluable partners. We are honored to compile this list and represent this audience," said Kelley Damore, VP, Editorial Director, Everything Channel.

To view the complete VAR500 list, visit www.crn.com.

Web Resources

• CRN Most Powerful Women 100 2010: Sandy Salty
• Follow Trace3 on Facebook: Trace3 Facebook Fan Page
• Trace3's CEO Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2010: Hayes Drumwright
• Trace3 Partner Program: TRACE3

TRACE3 is a leading regional IT Systems Integrator in the Southwest United States that specializes in developing custom solutions that reduce complexity within a corporate IT infrastructure.  TRACE3 helps clients maximize their IT infrastructure ROI by simplifying data management, virtualization, network security and application acceleration, disaster recovery services and new cloud computing initiatives.

For more information on TRACE3, go to http://www.trace3.com or call +1-949-333-2300.

About Everything Channel:

Everything Channel is the premier provider of IT channel-focused events, media, research, consulting, and sales and marketing services. With over 30 years of experience and engagement, Everything Channel has the unmatched channel expertise to execute integrated solutions for technology executives managing partner recruitment, enablement and go-to-market strategy in order to accelerate technology sales. Everything Channel is a UBM company. To learn more about Everything Channel, visit us at http://www.everythingchannel.com.

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