Mumbai  GIGABYTE Technology CO. LTD. a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards is pleased to announce that it has won the best motherboard vendor award at the Channel Champion 2009 hosted by CRN magazine. The CRN Channel Champion online survey was undertaken by more than 1159 unique respondents from 150 cities.

The motherboard category was a fiercely contested one and GIGABYTE emerged a winner based on its aggressive pricing expanded distribution aggressive channel marketing and excellent post-sales support. GIGABYTE was rated as the best post-sales provider in 2009.

Channel partners rated GIGABYTE as top motherboard vendor in the following criteria:

It is a moment of great honour to receive this recognition by the channel partners who are our greatest assets in driving the business. This latest award reflects GIGABYTE\'s commitment to working with our partners and maintaining the leadership spot in the motherboard market\'\' said Rajan Sharma GM Sales and Marketing Mother Board Unit GIGABYTE India

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Gigabyte products are distributed in India by Avnet (India) Ingram Micro Redington (India) and Neoteric Infomatique Ltd.

About Channel Champion Survey and CRN

CRN Channel Champions survey is carried out by CRN India popular channel magazine of United Business Media a leading Global Business Media company. CRN is the number one source for the Channel market.

The CRN Channel Champions survey was put together to provide a definitive index of plotting channel satisfaction in the country. The US edition of CRN has been conducting the survey for over 18 years now. While the basic methodology comes from CRN US CRN India has customized it to factor in local market dynamics and ground realities. The main objective of the entire exercise is to lend a voice to channel perception and experience in dealing with vendors who drive their business. At the same time the survey aims to provide vendors a neutral view on channel expectations and how well they are managing channels and helping them grow.

About GIGABYTE Upgrade Your Life

GIGABYTE headquartered in Taipei Taiwan is known as a global leading brand in the IT industry with employees and business channels in almost every country. Founded in 1986 GIGABYTE started as a research and development team and has since taken the lead in the world\'s motherboard market. On top of motherboards and graphics accelerators GIGABYTE further expanded its product portfolio to include notebook and desktop PCs digital home entertainment appliances networking servers communications mobile and handheld devices servicing every facet of people\'s lives at home or business. Everyday GIGABYTE aims to Upgrade Your Life with the most innovative designs and impeccable quality and services.