25 Coolest Emerging Vendors Of 2009

Sick of single-digit product margins, lackluster service and the runaround from the same old, same old? Then partner up with one of our emerging vendors that are packing more innovative technology at a better price for your customers and putting significantly more cash in your pockets. Here is our pick of the 25 coolest from this year's list of 140 Emerging Vendors.

Product Line: Private-labeled online backup, local backup and e-mail archiving services



Channel Recruitment Goal: 250 partners to 500 partners

Recruitment Goal Reach: Limited international recruitment

Ideal Partner: Managed service provider [read more]

Product Line: Virtual IT services that enhance existing IT networks and, in some cases, eliminate the need for servers and network software

Channel Recruitment Goal: 250 partners to 500 partners





Recruitment Goal Reach: N/A

Ideal Partner: Managed service provider [read more]

Product Line: Virtual hosted desktop software for enterprises to achieve large-scale desktop virtualization

Channel Recruitment Goal: 50 partners or fewer

Recruitment Goal Reach: Broad international recruitment

Ideal Partner: Enterprise solution provider [read more]

Product Line: Digital pen and paper that provides fast and reliable transmission of handwritten text into a digital format



Channel Recruitment Goal: 51 to 250 partners





Recruitment Goal Reach: Broad national U.S. recruitment

Ideal Partner: Midmarket-focused solution provider [read more]

Product Line: Ubuntu open-source software products and services

Channel Recruitment Goal: 50 partners or fewer

Recruitment Goal Reach: Limited international recruitment

Ideal Partner: Enterprise-focused solution provider [read more]

Product Line: The company's "Dead On Demand" products assure data on hard drives that is lost, stolen, or redeployed is destroyed beyond forensic reconstruction



Channel Recruitment Goal: 50 partners or fewer

Recruitment Goal Reach: Limited international recruitment

Ideal Partner: Enterprise-focused solution provider [read more]

Product Line: Integrated suite of Web-based management software

Channel Recruitment Goal: 50 partners or fewer

Recruitment Goal Reach: Limited international recruitment

Ideal Partner: Midmarket-focused solution provider [read more]

Product Line: Helps enterprises prioritize the specific parts of the IT infrastructure that need to be addressed or improved to ensure continuous business operations

Channel Recruitment Goal: 50 partners or fewer

Recruitment Goal Reach: Broad national U.S. recruitment

Ideal Partner: Enterprise-focused solution provider [read more]

Product Line: A family of enhanced single and multifactor authentication systems delivering next-generation One Time Passwords (OTPs) for access to computers, networks and the Internet



Channel Recruitment Goal: 50 partners or fewer

Recruitment Goal Reach: Broad national U.S. recruitment

Ideal Partner: Enterprise-focused solution provider [read more]

Product Line: Patent Pending Tier 0 Solid state disk (SSD) storage array





Channel Recruitment Goal: 50 partners or fewer

Recruitment Goal Reach: Broad national U.S. recruitment

Ideal Partner: Enterprise-focused solution provider [read more]

Product Line: Call recording appliances for VoIP



Channel Recruitment Goal: 50 partners or fewer

Recruitment Goal Reach: Broad international recruitment

Ideal Partner: Small-business-focused solution provider [read more]

Product Line: A family of injury avoidance ergonomic keyboards, mice and other peripherals



Channel Recruitment Goal: 50 partners or fewer



Recruitment Goal Reach: Broad international recruitment



Ideal Partner: Enterprise-focused solution provider [read more]

Product Line: Compellent Storage Center SAN, which manages data at the block level



Channel Recruitment Goal: 51 to 250 partners



Recruitment Goal Reach: Broad international recruitment

Ideal Partner: Midmarket-focused solution provider [read more]

Product Line: Online data storage and backup service



Channel Recruitment Goal: 51 to 250 partners



Recruitment Goal Reach: Broad international recruitment





Ideal Partner: Small-business-focused solution provider [read more]

Product Line: A centralized, federated and unified business service management database





Channel Recruitment Goal: 50 partners or fewer



Recruitment Goal Reach: Limited international recruitment





Ideal Partner: Enterprise-focused solution provider [read more]

Product Line: A Storage Virtual SAN appliance that unlocks the resources of VMware ESX Server



Channel Recruitment Goal: 250 to 500 partners





Recruitment Goal Reach: Broad international recruitment





Ideal Partner: Midmarket-focused solution provider [read more]

Product Line: A complete hardware and software solution for centralized virtual desktops



Channel Recruitment Goal: 51 to 250 partners





Recruitment Goal Reach: Broad national U.S. recruitment





Ideal Partner: Midmarket-focused solution provider [read more]

Product Line: An end-to-end, Web-based electronic invoicing, payment and management system



Channel Recruitment Goal: 50 partners or fewer





Recruitment Goal Reach: Broad national U.S. recruitment





Ideal Partner: Managed service provider [read more]

Product Line: A full data loss prevention solution that eliminates the risk of data theft and data loss





Channel Recruitment Goal: 51 to 250 partners





Recruitment Goal Reach: Limited U.S. regional recruitment





Ideal Partner: Midmarket-focused solution provider [read more]

Product Line: A strategic enterprise encryption framework for shared user and key management, policy and provisioning



Channel Recruitment Goal: 50 partners or fewer





Recruitment Goal Reach: Broad international recruitment





Ideal Partner: Enterprise-focused solution provider [read more]

Product Line: An employee access management appliance and platform that strengthens user authentication to desktops and networks







Channel Recruitment Goal: 51 to 250 partners



Recruitment Goal Reach: Broad international recruitment



Ideal Partner: Midmarket-focused solution provider [read more]

Product Line: Data center Transaction Performance Management (TPM) software aimed at automating infrastructure management





Channel Recruitment Goal: 50 partners or fewer





Recruitment Goal Reach: Broad international recruitment





Ideal Partner: Midmarket-focused solution provider [read more]

Product Line: Avocado software converts CCTV security images generated by security cameras into Business Intelligence (BI) in the form of graphs, charts and business metrics





Channel Recruitment Goal: 50 partners or fewer





Recruitment Goal Reach: Limited international recruitment





Ideal Partner: Midmarket-focused solution provider [read more]

Product Line: A cloud storage platform that gives managed service providers, IT Hosters, SaaS providers and others the ability to provide multiple cloud storage offerings





Channel Recruitment Goal: 51 to 250 partners





Recruitment Goal Reach: Broad international recruitment





Ideal Partner: Managed service provider [read more]

Product Line: Next-generation e-mail, calendaring and collaboration software





Channel Recruitment Goal: 51 to 250 partners





Recruitment Goal Reach: Broad international recruitment





Ideal Partner: Midmarket-focused solution provider [read more]