Isilon Awarded 2010 Everything Channel Partner Program Guide and Five-Star Partner Rating

SEATTLE, April 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Isilon® Systems (Nasdaq: ISLN) today announced that it has been recognized by Everything Channel as one of North America's top information technology (IT) vendors for its Preferred Partner Program. Additionally, Isilon's Preferred Partner Program was awarded a Five-Star rating, representative of an exceptional program.

Isilon's partner program received this Five-Star recognition in Everything Channel's 16th annual 2010 Partner Program Guide (PPG), acknowledging the company's commitment and strength of its reseller partners programs, which include IT integrators, technology solution providers and consultants.

"Isilon's Preferred Partner Program is designed to empower our partners to maximize the margin and revenue opportunities associated with Isilon's scale-out NAS solutions," said Leonard Iventosch, vice president of global channels and OEM, Isilon Systems. "Isilon's recognition as a Five-Star program is really a testament to our partners' success in doing exactly that and we look forward to continued success in 2010."

Isilon's program differs from those of other major storage vendors by providing unique benefits based on two core principles. The first is Isilon's approach to its pricing and discount model, which enables resellers to set their own discounts, while maintaining 20-plus percent margin to maximize the revenue opportunities possible with the company's scale-out NAS solutions. The program's second core principle is that professional services are driven through the channel, furthering revenue streams associated with Isilon's solutions.

"We are pleased to deliver to the Channel an exclusive list of the leading vendor channel programs with details about key technologies, program opportunities, and information on the hottest new program offerings," said Kelley Damore, vice president, editorial director, Everything Channel. "The quality of a technology vendor's partner program determines how profitable its partners will be.  For their commitment to their business partners and their efforts to build quality programs, we congratulate those recognized as this year's Five-Star Partner Program winners for helping to drive greater revenue in the channel."

The PPG list and those companies recognized as five-star appear in the March 29 issue of CRN magazine and online at www.Channelweb.com.

About Everything Channel

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About Isilon Systems

Isilon Systems (Nasdaq: ISLN) is the proven leader in scale-out NAS. Isilon's clustered storage and data management solutions drive unique business value for customers by maximizing the performance of their mission-critical applications, workflows, and processes. Isilon enables enterprises and research organizations worldwide to manage large and rapidly growing amounts of file-based data in a highly scalable, easy-to-manage, and cost-effective way. Information about Isilon can be found at http://www.isilon.com.

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