#1: Belkin
Belkin didn't have a good start to 2009. In January, the company investigated an employee who allegedly offered money to reviewers on Amazon's Mechanical Turk Web services affiliate in exchange for good reviews of Belkin products. And on the news side, Belkin's home wireless and digital signage offerings have garnered a lot more attention than its UPS line. But the company remains steadfast in its commitment to data center products -- in CRN's 2009 Channel Contenders Study, Belkin was the most frequently mentioned alternative to market segment dominator APC.
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