Each year, we bring you the details on hundreds of vendor partner programs in our Partner Programs Guide. Of those, a few get our five-star award, based on their commitment to the channel, breadth of program offerings and services offered to their partners. What follows are our second set of five-star partner program winners for 2010. You'll find information about each program, their goals for recruiting solution providers in 2010, and the technology markets they serve.

Name of channel program: SafeNet United Partner Program

Channel Program Manager: Theresa Damato

Year this program was established: 2003

Market Segments Served: Security
Cloud Computing

Number of partners, North America: 244

Percentage increase in partner base planned for 2010: 10%

Name of channel program: Sage Partner Advantage Program

Channel Program Manager: Joo Sohn

Year this program was established: 2003

Market Segments Served: Business Productivity Software
Services
Cloud Computing

Number of partners, North America: 5,000

Percentage increase in partner base planned for 2010: 2%

Name of channel program: Salesforce.com Partner Program

Channel Program Manager: Mark Trang

Year this program was established: 2003

Market Segments Served: Business Productivity Software
Cloud Computing

Number of partners, North America: 1,000

Percentage increase in partner base planned for 2010: 35%

Name of channel program: Samsung P3 Program

Channel Program Manager: Richard Hutton

Year this program was established: 2007

Market Segments Served: Peripherals
Personal Computing

Number of partners, North America: 20,300

Percentage increase in partner base planned for 2010: 5%

Name of channel program: SAP PartnerEdge Channel Partner Program

Channel Program Manager: Paul LaRochelle

Year this program was established: 2006

Market Segments Served: Business Productivity Software

Number of partners, North America: 460

Percentage increase in partner base planned for 2010: 20%

Name of channel program: SAP PartnerEdge Program for Channel Partners for the SAP BusinessObjects Portfolio

Channel Program Manager: Paul LaRochelle

Year this program was established: 1999

Market Segments Served: Business Productivity Software

Number of partners, North America: 460

Percentage increase in partner base planned for 2010: 20%

Name of channel program: SGI Channel Network

Channel Program Manager: Nancy Pierce

Year this program was established: 2009

Market Segments Served: Servers
Services
Storage

Number of partners, North America: 66

Percentage increase in partner base planned for 2010: 5%

Name of channel program: Champion Program

Channel Program Manager: Annette Lorenz

Year this program was established: 2008

Market Segments Served: Business Productivity Software

Number of partners, North America: 875

Percentage increase in partner base planned for 2010: 10%

Name of channel program: Go Forward! Partner Program

Channel Program Manager: Stephanie Sissler

Year this program was established: 2008

Market Segments Served: Business Productivity Software
Networking
Security
Services
Software Infrastructure

Number of partners, North America: 76

Percentage increase in partner base planned for 2010: 75%

Name of channel program: Siemens PLM Software Solution Partner Program

Channel Program Manager: Dane Moorefield

Year this program was established: 2005

Market Segments Served: Business Productivity Software
Services
Software Infrastructure

Number of partners, North America: 100

Percentage increase in partner base planned for 2010: 10%

Name of channel program: SonicWALL Medallion Partner Program

Channel Program Manager: Ted Hulsy

Year this program was established: 2002

Market Segments Served: Networking
Security
Services

Number of partners, North America: 7,000

Percentage increase in partner base planned for 2010: 15%

Name of channel program: Sophos Partner Program

Channel Program Manager: Christopher Doggett

Year this program was established: 2008

Market Segments Served: Security

Number of partners, North America: 1,700

Percentage increase in partner base planned for 2010: 20%

Name of channel program: Sourcefire Global Security Alliance

Channel Program Manager: Michael Guiterman

Year this program was established: 2009

Market Segments Served: Networking
Security

Number of partners, North America: 79

Percentage increase in partner base planned for 2010: 15%

Name of channel program: SpectraEDGE

Channel Program Manager: Betsy Doughty

Year this program was established: 2001

Market Segments Served: Storage

Number of partners, North America: 350

Percentage increase in partner base planned for 2010: 20%

Name of channel program: SugarCRM Partner Program

Channel Program Manager: Dana Testa

Year this program was established: 2004

Market Segments Served: Business Productivity Software

Number of partners, North America: 160

Percentage increase in partner base planned for 2010: 30%

Name of channel program: Symantec Partner Program

Channel Program Manager: Sue Smith

Year this program was established: 1999

Market Segments Served: Security
Services
Software Infrastructure
Storage
Cloud Computing

Number of partners, North America: 13,246

Percentage increase in partner base planned for 2010: 2%

Name of channel program: TANDBERG enVision Partner Program

Channel Program Manager: Jason Gallo

Year this program was established: 2008

Market Segments Served:

Number of partners, North America: 701

Percentage increase in partner base planned for 2010: 2 %

Name of channel program: TippingPoint Security Partner Program

Channel Program Manager: ReseAnne Sims

Year this program was established: 2004

Market Segments Served: Security

Number of partners, North America: 200

Percentage increase in partner base planned for 2010: 0%

Name of channel program: Preferred Partner Program

Channel Program Manager: Darren McGeorge

Year this program was established: 2003

Market Segments Served: Personal Computing

Number of partners, North America: 6,800

Percentage increase in partner base planned for 2010: 5%

Name of channel program: Trend Micro Partner Program

Channel Program Manager: Jean Lozano

Year this program was established: 2005

Market Segments Served: Security
Cloud Computing

Number of partners, North America: 13,000

Percentage increase in partner base planned for 2010: 10%

Name of channel program: Finch Club

Channel Program Manager: Melinda Beecher

Year this program was established: 1987

Market Segments Served: Peripherals
Personal Computing

Number of partners, North America: 2

Percentage increase in partner base planned for 2010: 10%

Name of channel program: VMware Partner Network

Channel Program Manager: Colleen Kapase

Year this program was established: 2003

Market Segments Served: Business Productivity Software
Security
Services
Software Infrastructure
Cloud Computing

Number of partners, North America: 8,000

Percentage increase in partner base planned for 2010: 10%

Name of channel program: WatchGuard Secure Partner Program

Channel Program Manager: Mark Romano

Year this program was established: 2004

Market Segments Served: Security

Number of partners, North America: 750

Percentage increase in partner base planned for 2010: 10%

Name of channel program: Channel Edge Partner Program

Channel Program Manager: Eric Snyder

Year this program was established: 2006

Market Segments Served: Security
Services
Cloud Computing

Number of partners, North America: 60

Percentage increase in partner base planned for 2010: 1%

Name of channel program: Websense ChannelConnect Global Partner Program

Channel Program Manager: Kristi Houssiere

Year this program was established: 2006

Market Segments Served: Security
Cloud Computing

Number of partners, North America: 3,000

Percentage increase in partner base planned for 2010: 15%

Name of channel program: Xerox Peak Reseller Program

Channel Program Manager: Paul Criswell

Year this program was established: 2000

Market Segments Served: Business Productivity Software
Peripherals
Services

Number of partners, North America: 7,500

Percentage increase in partner base planned for 2010: 15%