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CRN A NNUAL R EPORT C ARD

SMB NETWORKING

SECURITY MANAGEMENT Tenable

HPE Aruba Networking Channel Executive : Jim Harold, VP, Channels

Channel Executive : Chris Blando, Sr. Director, Channel Sales, Americas

Tenable dominated this technology category with an overall score of 88.1 and recorded the highest average scores across all criteria: 92.3 in product innovation, 85.2 in support, 89.8 in partnership, and 84.3 in managed and cloud services. The product innovation average included an impressive score of 101.0 for product quality and reliability. N-able earned an overall score of 81.7, and IBM scored 81.5.

HPE Aruba Networking narrowly beat out Fortinet in this crucial technology category, scoring 83.3 overall to Fortinet’s 83.2. This marks the fourth of HPE Aruba Networking’s wins in this year’s Annual Report Card. The two companies tied in product innovation with an 88.2 aver- age score. HPE Aruba Networking had higher average scores for the partnership (84.1) and managed and cloud services (79.3) criteria, while Fortinet scored highest in support (81.3) and in several criteria subcategories.

SECURITY MANAGEMENT

SMB NETWORKING

88.1 81.7 81.5

Tenable

92.3 85.2 89.8 84.3 86.9 78.3 81.4 79.2 86.3 79.4 81.6 77.9

83.3 83.2

HPE Aruba Networking

88.2 80.6 84.1

79.3

N-able Technologies

Fortinet

88.2 81.3 83.7 78.7

IBM

Zoom Video Communications was the clear winner in this technol- ogy category. Not only did Zoom have the highest overall score at 79.3, but it also won all four criteria with top average scores of 87.6 in product innovation, 74.1 in support, 75.8 in partnership, and 77.9 in managed and cloud services. Cisco had an overall score of 75.4. The company also had the high- est scores in several specific criteria including 75.7 for post-sales support, 75.8 for marketing support, 74.6 for managing channel conflict, and 83.4 for revenue and profit potential. UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS & COLLABORATION Zoom Video Communications Channel Executive : Todd Surdey, Head of Global Channels, Business Development

SMB EXTERNAL STORAGE HARDWARE Buffalo Technology

Channel Executive : Bill Rhodes, Director, Channel Sales

Buffalo Technology came out on top in this technology category with an overall score of 87.6. Buffalo earned the highest average scores across all four criteria including 89.9 in product innovation, 87.4 in support, 91.9 in part- nership, and 80.8 in managed and cloud services. The product innovation average included a score of 102.4 for product quality and reliability—one of the highest scores in this year’s ARC. HPE scored 85.4 overall in this technology category.

UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS & COLLABORATION

SMB EXTERNAL STORAGE HARDWARE

79.3

Zoom Video Communications Cisco Systems

87.6 74.1

75.8 77.9

87.6 85.4

Buffalo Technology

89.9 87.4 91.9 80.8 88.9 84.4 87.0 80.5

75.4

79.9 72.6 74.4 73.6

HPE

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OCTOBER 2023

SOURCE: ANNUAL REPORT CARD 2023

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