WESTCON GROUP wins "EMEA Distributor of the year" at the recently held Juniper NetworksPartner Conference in Barcelona

Online, August 8, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Westcon Group, Inc., the leading specialty distributor in networking, convergence, security and mobility has announced that Westcon Group has been named EMEA Distributor of the Year 2010 by Juniper Networks.

"Westcon Group has invested heavily in training, marketing and sales resources in 2009. Their focus has come in many ways: management time, planning, resources, and inventory. The investment has paid off. We are delighted with the progress being made and are happy to award them EMEA Distributor of the year," said Taj El-Khayat, Juniper Networks Regional Director, Channels and General Business, MEA.

Venu Menon, Sales and Marketing Director of Westcon ME Group, commented: "I am extremely proud that we have managed to win this award. This is a reflection on our continued efforts and focus, while underscoring Westcon Group's growing partnership and collaboration with Juniper Networks across the Middle East and Africa. Juniper's leadership in security, as well as its continued success in complete infrastructure solutions, provides us with more opportunities to serve our customer base with total solutions. We look forward to the continued success of our partnership."

About Westcon Group

Westcon Group (Westcon) is a leading distributor of networking and communications technologies. For over 25 years, we have helped both manufacturers and resellers of IT solutions become more successful by offering a highly-targeted product portfolio and an innovative range of services. Westcon specializes in the complex markets of networking, convergence and voice, defense and security, mobility and wireless. We listen to, and focus on, making our customers the most successful they can be. We do that by giving direct access to the products, solutions, software and services that turn existing and prospective end-user customers into satisfied business partners and, ultimately, profitable annuity streams of services and renewals.

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