FusionStorm has received the 2008 Backup, Recovery and Archive Partner of the Year Award at the EMC(R) North America Partner Council in October.

EMC’s Gregg Ambulos, Vice President Americas Channel Sales, said, “FusionStorm has been an invaluable partner to EMC because of its expertise in Backup, Recovery and Archive. The FusionStorm team’s commitment to expanding their breadth of knowledge on solutions that address the growing backup, recovery and archive market opportunity allowed them to successfully exceed their sales goals by providing customers with industry-leading products that solve their key business challenges. We congratulate FusionStorm on winning this year’s Backup, Recovery and Archive Partner of the Year award.”

The Partner of the Year awards recognize valuable partners who have exceeded joint sales and business goals, achieved significant market penetration, and provided superior support throughout the year. The Backup Recovery and Archive Award honor those partners who have achieved immense success and provided depth of knowledge helping customers achieve their business goals through EMC backup recovery and archive technologies.

Jason Forrest, National Practice Director at FusionStorm, said, “We are very honored to receive the Partner of the Year designation from EMC. This award validates our expertise and success in delivering world-class professional storage and managed storage solutions in partnership with EMC technologies to clients across the country.”