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Westcon Group Earns “Distributor of the Year” Awards from QuesCom and Juniper Networks

Tarrytown, NY, July 11, 2007 – Westcon Group, Inc., the leading specialty distributor in networking, security, mobility and convergence, received Juniper Networks’ (NASDAQ: JNPR) ‘EMEA Distributor of the Year’ award and QuesCom’s ‘Distribution Partner of the Year’ award for 2007. 

Juniper Networks’ award was presented to Westcon’s NOXS security practice at a gala dinner during the vendor’s EMEA Partner Conference in Alicante, Spain, on 15^th May, an event that attracted more than 300 active partners from around the region. Meanwhile, QuesCom’s award was presented during its Distributor Summit early last month in Nice, France.

Barry Shakespeare, Executive Vice President of Westcon Group Europe, commented: “These awards are the result of hard work by our entire European organization, including our new NOXS employees. Over the last year, we have dramatically increased our competitiveness in our chosen technology areas--being recognized by Juniper Networks and QuesCom validates the overall positive effect our efforts have had on customers.” 

Philippe Oros, CEO of QuesCom, added: “Over the past year, Westcon Group has excelled in serving small and medium-scale enterprises — a critical customer base for QuesCom. We are especially impressed with Westcon Group’s strong focus on reseller development, one of the reasons they represent the ideal partner for us.”QuesCom is part of Westcon Group's solutions programs, OneVoice, VoicePoint and MobilityPoint. 

“Juniper Networks recognizes partners who achieve customer-centric qualitative, all-round success, rather than just focusing upon revenue delivery,” said David Small, vice president of channels, EMEA for Juniper Networks. “NOXS Europe has consistently achieved this, and over the past year has also developed its geographical reach for Juniper Networks. We are pleased to be able to acknowledge its value to us as a distributor accordingly.” 

Westcon Group’s programs combine best-of-breed and best-in-class solutions with the Company's unparalleled expertise in high-end networking, security and convergence. Active since early 2006, the solution programs provide VARs with the ultimate competitive advantage by giving them a single resource of tools, strategies and resources to succeed in security, convergence and mobility. To access Westcon Group’s solutions programs, please visit:  

http://www.eu.comstor-onevoice.com/
http://www.voicepoint.westcon.com/
http://www.securitypoint.westcon.com/   


About Westcon Group
Westcon Group, Inc. is the leading specialty distributor of networking, security, mobility and convergence equipment for leading technology vendors, including Cisco Systems, Inc., Nortel Networks Corporation and Avaya, Inc.  Through its Voda One, Westcon and Comstor divisions, Westcon Group sells products and services to resellers, systems integrators and service providers. Westcon Group has particular expertise in the convergence of voice, data and video applications and technologies, including voice-over Internet protocol, or VoIP, security for networking and communications systems, remote access, Internet and e-business, virtual private networks, videoconferencing and wireless connectivity. For more information, visit http://www.westcongroup.com/.  


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Contact:
Jeff Touzeau
Westcon Group, Inc.
+1 914-829-7388
jtouzeau@westcon.com