WEST KINGSTON, R.I., Oct 12, 1999 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- American
Power Conversion (APC) announced today that its list of awards for the
third quarter of 1999 highlights the Company's growing presence in new
and emerging markets. Recognition for the Company's solutions was
recorded throughout the Company's comprehensive geographic and product
reach.
"As a Company, we pride ourselves in setting the standards of
excellence in the power protection industry," said Aaron Davis, vice
president of APC's Small Systems Group. "APC has an objective to
continuously raise the bar in customer satisfaction and product
performance in every market in which we operate. We strongly believe
the industry recognition we have been receiving demonstrates our
success at implementing this strategy." Details of the awards include:
APC's Desktop PC Awards and Designations PC Computing named APC's
Back-UPS Pro(R) 500 to the "A-List" every month during the third
quarter, marking five consecutive months on the list;
Computer Shopping in Italy named APC's Back-UPS(R) a "Top 50 Best
Offer" deeming it "...the ideal solution for drastically reducing
manageability and maintenance costs;" and
ComputerWorld in Singapore recognized APC's Back-UPS line as the "Best
Personal Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS)."
APC's Network and Enterprise Awards and Designations ComputerWorld in
Singapore named APC's Smart-UPS(R) the "Best Workgroup UPS;" and Secure
Computing identified the Symmetra(TM) Power Array(TM) as its "Best Buy"
and said "[t]his unit is of particularly attractive and innovative
design and it just could not be beaten on build or PCB quality. Not
only was it intuitive but it looked the part and was obviously designed
to impress, which it certainly did." This marked the second time in two
quarters in which this magazine identified Symmetra as their UPS of
choice. In the second quarter, Secure Computing named Symmetra "Best
Security Hardware."
APC's Business Awards and Designations Power Quality Magazine
highlighted the "Top 50 Power Quality Vendors in North America" and
ranked APC number one. This publication, which identifies itself as the
"leading magazine for ensuring power system reliability" is
particularly well read among consumers of three-phase UPS systems; For
the fourth year in a row, PCQuest in India named APC its "Users'
Choice;" and Computer Reseller News (CRN) named APC "Channel Champion"
in Canada for the second year in a row, with APC receiving top scores
in all nine categories. Additionally, APC won CRN's "Channel Champion"
in the Middle East during the third quarter. In the past year, APC has
also been named "Channel Champion" by CRN in North America (for the
sixth year in a row) and in South Africa.
For more information about all of APC's award-winning power protection
solutions, visit APC's Web site at www.apcc.com or contact APC at
800-877- 4080.
About American Power Conversion Founded in 1981, American Power
Conversion (Nasdaq: APCC) is a leading provider of global, end-to-end
power protection products and services, which include surge
suppressors, uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), power conditioning
equipment, related software, and professional and consulting services
for Nonstop Networking(TM). APC's comprehensive solutions, which are
designed for both home and corporate environments, improve the
manageability, availability and performance of sensitive electronic,
network, communications and industrial equipment of all sizes. APC,
which is headquartered in West Kingston, Rhode Island, reported sales
of $1.126 billion for the year ended December 31, 1998.
All trademarks are the property of their owners. Additional information
about APC and its global end-to-end solutions can be found by accessing
the APC World Wide Web site at www.apcc.com or by calling 800-877-4080.
For more information contact: At APC: Media Jodi Kennedy, APC director
of media relations worldwide, 401-789-5735, ext. 2158,
jkennedy@apcc.com Juli Dexter, APC media relations manager,
800-788-2208 ext. 2373, jdexter@apcc.com Ron Seredian, APC media
relations manager, 661-259-7799, rseredia@apcc.com Peter Rosen, APC
media relations manager, 201-488-6985, prosen@apcc.com
Investors Debbie Grey, APC investor relations manager, 401-789-5735,
ext. 2994, dgrey@apcc.com
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CONTACT: Media: Jodi Kennedy, APC director of media relations worldwide,
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media relations
manager, 800-788-2208 ext. 2373, jdexter@apcc.com or Ron
Seredian, APC media
relations manager, 661-259-7799, rseredia@apcc.com or Peter
Rosen, APC media
relations manager, 201-488-6985, prosen@apcc.com or Investor:
Debbie Grey, APC
investor relations manager, 401-789-5735, ext. 2994,
dgrey@apcc.com
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