LANDesk Named a Gold 5-Star Overall Winner by VARBusiness Magazine's 2008 Partner...

LANDesk Named a Gold 5-Star Overall Winner by VARBusiness Magazine's 2008
Partner Program Guide
LANDesk(R) Expert Solution Provider Channel Program recognized by leading
technology publication

SALT LAKE CITY, March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- LANDesk Software, a leading
provider of systems, security and process management solutions, today
announced that it has been recognized by Everything Channel's VARBusiness
magazine as one of North America's top information-technology (IT) vendors.
The Gold 5-Star Overall Winner recognition from VARBusinesses' 2008 Partner
Program Guide (PPG) acknowledges the commitment and strength of LANDesk Expert
Solution Provider Program for its channel resellers, IT integrators, and
technology consultants.
After reviewing hundreds of vendor program entries for this year's guide,
LANDesk was one of the top twelve Gold 5-Star Overall Winners chosen in the
14th annual VARBusiness Partner Programs Guide survey. LANDesk also received
top ranking as a Silver 5-Star Winner in all six subcategories-Sales Support,
Marketing Support, Partner Profitability, Communication, Channel Operations
and Partner Recruitment.
"Much of LANDesk's success can be attributed to building and maintaining
strong relationships with our Expert Solution Provider (ESP) resellers around
the world," said Mike Hall, vice president of sales at LANDesk. "Our long
corporate history, expertise and commitment to channel partners of varying
sizes make LANDesk an ideal partner. We are fully committed to providing our
partners solutions that enable the best business and growth opportunities."
The LANDesk Expert Solution Provider (ESP) program is centered on a
creating a close working relationship with its channel partners, with a
significant level of engagement and support to assure maximum value to
customers. Where some companies engage channel partners and do direct selling,
LANDesk is almost exclusively channel driven.
Through the ESP program each LANDesk channel partner is assigned an
account manager to assist in successfully developing winning business plans
and engaging with LANDesk. Additionally, field sales representatives work
closely with channel partners to create and close business opportunities.
Field systems engineers are also available to assist with presale support. An
inside sales team is actively involved in the sales process as well, with
liaison and business development resources.
LANDesk has also instituted a channel partner advisory council to provide
a structured setting for partners to provide input/feedback on technology
roadmaps, initiatives and channel program issues and structure.
"By committing to build the highest quality partner programs in the
industry, this year's 5-Star Partner Programs Guide winners are poised to
continue to experience extraordinary growth and ongoing profitability," said
Robert C. DeMarzo, senior vice president and editorial director, Everything
Channel.
The guide appears in the March 2008 issue of VARBusiness and can be found
online at www.channelweb.com .
About LANDesk, an Avocent Company
LANDesk Software, an Avocent company, is a leading provider of systems,
security, and process management solutions for desktops, servers and mobile
devices across the enterprise. LANDesk enables thousands of organizations to
easily deploy and use end-to-end management solutions. LANDesk is
headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, with offices located in the Americas,
Europe and Asia, and can be found on the Web at www.landesk.com or by calling
1-800-982-2130.
Avocent (Nasdaq: AVCT) delivers IT infrastructure management solutions
that reduce operating costs, simplify management and increase the availability
of critical, "always on" IT environments via integrated, centralized in-band
and out-of-band hardware and software. Additional information is available at:
www.avocent.com .
About VARBusiness
For the past 20 years, VARBusiness' strategic resources have been the
gateway to the commercial and public sector (or government) Solution Provider
community. The VARBusiness integrated platform of media opportunities provides
strategic insight for technology integrators through industry-defining
research, in-depth editorial, channel events and innovative Web services,
enabling these IT professionals to make educated decisions for their
businesses, partnerships and customers. VARBusiness offerings lead vendors and
distributors to unprecedented access to the most powerful strategic Solution
Providers in the market. VARBusiness has been the recipient of numerous
industry awards for both editorial content and design.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains statements that are forward-looking statements
as defined within the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
These include statements regarding market opportunity, product development,
engineering and design activities, and product availability and operability.
These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that
could cause actual results to differ materially from the statements made,
including the risks associated with general economic conditions, risks
attributable to future product demand, sales, and expenses, risks associated
with product design efforts and the introduction of new products and
technologies, risks associated with reliance on a limited number of component
suppliers and single source components, and risk associated with obtaining and
protecting intellectual property rights. Other factors that could cause
operating and financial results to differ are described in Avocent's reports
on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission.
Copyright (C) 2008 Avocent Corporation or its affiliates. All rights
reserved. Avocent and LANDesk are either registered trademarks or trademarks
of Avocent Corporation or its affiliates. All other trademarks are the
property of their respective owners.
SOURCE LANDesk Software

Dan Cook of LANDesk Software, Ltd., +1-801-208-1569, dan.cook@landesk.com