Isilon's Leonard Iventosch Recognized as 2010 Channel Chief by Everything Channel's CRN

SEATTLE, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Isilon® Systems (Nasdaq: ISLN) today announced that Leonard Iventosch, vice president of global channels and OEM, has been named 2010 Channel Chief by the Everything Channel's CRN. Since joining Isilon in October 2008, Iventosch has driven the creation of a unique Preferred Partner Program, which enables resellers to set their own discounts while maintaining at least a 20- to 30-percent margin to maximize the revenue opportunities possible with Isilon's scale-out NAS solutions. Isilon's Preferred Partner Program also establishes a unique professional service opportunity that encourages partners to participate in a channel-driven professional services model, furthering the revenue streams associated with Isilon's solutions. Leveraging this unique program, Isilon's channel contributed record revenue for the company in fiscal year 2009.

Channel Chiefs are leaders in creating effective channel programs for solution providers. They consistently defend, promote and execute effective channel partner programs and strategies. For more information on CRN's Channel Chiefs, please go HERE.

"Not only does Leonard's selection as a CRN Channel Chief reflect his excellent performance in 2009, but it also validates the success of our Preferred Partner Program and the efforts of our world-class channel partners," said George Bennett, senior vice president of worldwide field operations, Isilon Systems. "This honor is a testament to the success of our program in offering our channel partners better margin opportunities than competing solutions and in empowering them to capitalize on the market opportunity for scale-out NAS. We look forward to continuing this success in 2010."

For more information on Isilon's Preferred Partner Program, please go HERE.

"Being named a Channel Chief is one of the most prestigious honors in the IT industry.  This year's Channel Chiefs offers tremendous insight into the who's who of the Channel," said Kelley Damore, vice president and editorial director, Everything Channel. "Top channel executives consistently ensure that the Channel's voice is heard when strategic decisions are being made and continually nurture mutually profitable relationships.  We applaud the 2010 Channel Chiefs for their successful partner programs and strategies."

For the eighth consecutive year the Channel Chiefs were chosen based by Everything Channel editorial on criteria including policy and program innovations made during the past year, the amount of revenue their company generates through partners, their willingness to speak out publicly on behalf of the channel, and the number of years they have dedicated to channel activities.

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.

About Everything Channel

Everything Channel, headquartered in Framingham, MA, is a technology marketing and sales solutions company. Through its "Complete Technology Channel Solution," Everything Channel offers the right business tools to accelerate technology sales. From branding and recruiting to marketing and sales, Everything Channel offers technology marketers the unmatched breadth and depth of global brands and market intelligence combined with unparalleled audience loyalty and credibility serving all technology sales channels through an extensive database. Everything Channel provides innovative field sales and marketing solutions to the sellers of technology to achieve measurable and significant results. (www.everythingchannel.com, www.channelweb.com)

About United Business Media Limited

UBM (UBM.L) focuses on two principal activities: worldwide information distribution, targeting and monitoring; and, the development and monetization of B2B communities and markets. UBM's businesses inform markets and serve professional commercial communities -- from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewelry traders, from farmers to pharmacists -- with integrated events, online, print and business information products. Our 6,500 staff in more than 30 countries are organized into specialist teams that serve these communities, bringing buyers and sellers together, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently. For more information, go to www.ubm.com.

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SOURCE Isilon Systems

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