Avocent's 'Take Command' Program Honored With 2009 5-Star Gold Certification From Everything Channel

HUNTSVILLE, AL, Apr 07 (MARKET WIRE) --
Avocent Corporation (NASDAQ: AVCT), a global leader in IT operations
management, today announced that it has again been recognized as one of
North America's top information technology vendors by Everything Channel
for its 'Take Command'(R) partner program. The win marks the second
consecutive year that Avocent's channel partner program has received the
Five-Star Gold Certification from the CRN Partner Program Guide (PPG), in
acknowledgement of its ongoing commitment to, and the strength of, its
reseller partner programs to the development of partners.

Everything Channel's Institute for Partner Education & Development (IPED)
conducted all research for the 2009 Partner Programs Guide and Five-Star
Program. The IPED analyzed 130 vendor programs rating vendors' responses
to nearly 60 in-depth questions in the areas of sales and marketing
support, partner profitability, channel operations, communications and
partner recruitment, with companies being sorted into four categories
based on their size to ensure fair comparisons. In each of the four
company categories, companies with the highest overall weighted scores
receive the Everything Channel Five-Star Program designation.

"Now more than ever, the quality of a vendor's partner program determines
how profitable its partners will be," said Everything Channel Senior
Vice-President and Editorial Director Robert C. DeMarzo. "So for their
commitment to their partners and their efforts to build high-quality
programs, we congratulate this year's Five-Star Partner Program Guide
winners for helping to drive greater revenue in the channel."

Designed for solution providers, systems integrators and value-added
resellers (VARs) who want to provide customers with cutting-edge
end-to-end IT management solutions, Avocent's Take Command Program
combines a comprehensive set of benefits with strong incentives and
significant profit opportunities for partners at all levels. Avocent's
enterprise-class product offerings include industry-leading data center
management, power management, service processor management, KVM and
serial console solutions.

"Avocent is honored that its 'Take Command' Program has been recognized by
Everything Channel for a second year," said Steve Hammond, Avocent
Director of Global Partner Marketing. "The 5-Star Gold Certification
award reaffirms Avocent's continuing commitment in offering its channel
partners innovative benefits and incentives results ultimately in greater
value to the end customer."

A list of PPG winners appeared in the March 30 issue of CRN magazine and
is available online at www.channelweb.com

About Avocent Corporation

Avocent delivers IT operations management solutions that reduce operating
costs, simplify management, and increase the availability of critical IT
environments 24/7 via integrated, centralized software. Additional
information is available at www.avocent.com

About Everything Channel (www.everythingchannel.com, www.channelweb.com)

Everything Channel is the one-stop shop for accessing, enabling, managing
and accelerating technology sales channels. 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 sales and marketing solutions to arm the
sellers of technology with the resources they need to achieve measurable
and significant results.

Forward-looking Statements

This press release contains statements that are forward-looking statements
as defined within the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
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 the closing of the transactions
and the acquisition and subsequent integration of risks associated with
general economic conditions, risks attributable to future product demand,
sales, and expenses, risks associated with acquisitions and acquisition
integration, risks associated with product design efforts and the
introduction of new products and technologies, and risks associated with
obtaining and protecting intellectual property rights. Other factors that
could cause operating and financial results to differ are described in the
Avocent annual report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on February 27, 2009. Other risks may be detailed from time to
time in reports to be filed with the SEC. Avocent does not undertake any
obligation to publicly update its forward-looking statements based on
events or circumstances after the date hereof.

Avocent and the Avocent logo, are registered trademarks of Avocent
Corporation, its affiliates in the U.S., or other countries.

Press Contacts for Avocent:
Arlena Jackson
Avocent Corporation
Tel: (256) 261-6430
Email: Arlena.Jackson@avocent.com

Gary Good
Trainer Communications
Tel: (707) 837-1718
Email: Avo@trainercomm.com

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