The List: 100 Alternative Vendors

Data Networking Alternatives

1 Netgear

2 D-Link

3 Belkin

4 3Com

5 Juniper

6 SonicWall

7 IBM

8 Foundry

9 Extreme Networks

10 Microsoft

Market Leaders: Cisco, HP and Linksys

• Why VARs sell products from an alternative vendor in this category
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• 1 Dell
• 2 White Box/Custom
• 3 Intel
• 4 Apple
• 5 Acer
• 6 Gateway
• 7 SuperMicro
• 8 Tyan
• 9 Fujitsu
• 10 Rackable Systems
• Market Leaders: HP, IBM and Sun
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• 1 Netgear
• 2 D-Link
• 3 Belkin
• 4 3Com
• 5 Proxim
• 6 SonicWall
• 7 Apple
• 8 Motorola
• 9 Buffalo
• 10 Symbol Technologies
• Market Leaders: Cisco, Linksys and HP ProCurve
• Why VARs sell products from an alternative vendor in this category
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• 1 Grisoft (AVG)
• 2 Trend Micro
• 3 CA
• 4 Microsoft
• 5 Panda Software
• 6 Zone Labs
• 7 Kaspersky Labs
• 8 Sunbelt Software
• 9 RSA
• 10 Websense
• Market Leaders: Cisco, McAfee, Symantec and Check Point
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• 1 WatchGuard
• 2 Symantec
• 3 Barracuda
• 4 Netgear
• 5 Check Point
• 6 Secure Computing
• 7 HP
• 8 3Com
• 9 Linksys
• 10 IBM
• Market Leaders: Cisco, Juniper and SonicWall
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• 1 Seagate
• 2 Dell
• 3 Western Digital
• 4 Maxtor
• 5 Hitachi
• 6 Iomega
• 7 Intel
• 8 Network Appliance
• 9 Buffalo
• 10 Sun
• Market Leaders: HP, IBM and EMC
• Why VARs sell products from an alternative vendor in this category
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• 1 Linksys
• 2 ShoreTel
• 3 Digium/Asterisk
• 4 Nortel
• 5 Aastra
• 6 Zultys
• 7 AllWorx
• 8 NEC
• 9 Mitel
• 10 PolyCom
• Market Leaders: Cisco, 3Com and Avaya
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• 1 Toshiba
• 2 Dell
• 3 Acer
• 4 Sony
• 5 Asus
• 6 White Box
• 7 Panasonic
• 8 Apple
• 9 Fujitsu
• 10 VBI (Verified by Intel)
• Market Leaders: HP and Lenovo
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• 1 Acer
• 2 Dell
• 3 BenQ
• 4 LG
• 5 AOC
• 6 HP
• 7 KDS
• 8 Sony
• 9 CTX
• 10 Princeton
• Market Leaders: Samsung, NEC Display Solutions and ViewSonic
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• 1 Epson
• 2 Brother
• 3 Samsung
• 4 Canon
• 5 Oki Data
• 6 Konica/Minolta
• 7 Dell
• 8 Ricoh
• 9 Printronix
• 10 Panasonic
• Market Leaders: Xerox, HP and Lexmark
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