EMC Corporation, the world leader in information infrastructure solutions, today announced it has been recognized by CMP Technology's VARBusiness magazine as one of North America's top information technology (IT) vendors. Editors specifically praised the Velocity² Partner Program that EMC offers to solution providers that sell EMC products and services to end users. EMC was certified as a 5-Star Partner, acknowledging the strength of the Velocity² Partner Program and the commitment EMC has made to its channel partners.

Of the more than 250 vendor-program entries reviewed for the past year, only 60 companies received the coveted 5-star rating in the magazine's 13th annual Partner Programs Guide survey. The guide appears in the March 19, 2007 issue of VARBusiness.

"Nowadays, the structure of vendor channel programs is too often reduced to a checklist of must-have elements. The VARBusiness 5-Star Partner Program honor recognizes those select vendors, like EMC, who have the programmatic structure to best serve their solution providers in their specific markets segments and technologies. These programs reflect vendors who have built channel programs that have the capacity to execute on key elements for channel success," says VARBusiness Editor Lawrence M. Walsh.

Pete Koliopoulos, EMC Vice President, Global Channel Marketing, said, "We are honored to receive the 5-Star award as recognition of our efforts and our commitment to EMC's partner community. The EMC Velocity² Program strives to provide the richest set of financial incentives, access to the broadest portfolio of solutions, and comprehensive resources to help our partners advance their businesses."