2010

Black Box Named a Top 100 IT Integrator by 2010 VAR 500
CRN Magazine recognized Black Box Corporation as one of North America's top technology integrators. This marks the ninth year in a row that Black Box is named a top 100 IT solution provider in the prestigious VAR 500. The VAR 500 lists the leading technology integrators with headquarters in North America based on worldwide gross revenue and earnings from professional and managed IT services. It's the who's who of the solution provider community. Black Box climbed to number 69, up from number 88 last year, with $1 billion in revenue.

Black Box Receives Honda's 2010 Supplier of the Year Award
Black Box has served Honda for more than five years, and this year it received the company's 2010 Supplier of the Year Award. The honor was awarded to suppliers in 12 unique categories and recognized safety, quality, cost, development, and management for Honda's Maintenance, Repair and Operational (MRO) business areas. Black Box received the award for Information Systems — Managed Services, which encompasses the management of servers, related hardware, and various software and mobile devices. Black Box supports Honda's NEC and Cisco voice infrastructure as well as the integration of Cisco voice into Honda's data infrastructure.

iCOMPEL receives TMC Solutions Product of the Year Award
For the second year in a row, Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) named the Black Box® iCOMPEL™ digital signage appliance its Communications Solution Product of the Year. Black Box received this honor in 2009 and 2008. TMC picks award recipients that have brought " the most innovative products and services to the market," and cited iCOMPEL as an "outstanding" contribution to the communications industry for its simplicity, flexibility, and advanced capabilities.

SpaceGAIN Cables and Patch Panels from Black Box win Reader Trust Award from NPG
Network Products Guide (NPG), the industry's leading information technology research and advisory guide, has named SpaceGAIN cables and patch panels a winner of the 2010 Best Products and Services Award. This respected annual award honors products and services that represent the rapidly changing needs and interests of the end-users of technology worldwide. Exclusively from Black Box, SpaceGAIN, introduced in November 2009, is a family of space-saving cables and panels for high-density infrastructures, crowded cabinets, and the desktop.

Black Box Catalog wins Multichannel Merchant Award
The 2009 Black Box Catalog won a Silver award at the 27th annual Multichannel Merchant Awards. This marks the 15th consecutive year that Black Box has received honors from MCM. This marks the 15th consecutive year that Black Box has received honors from MCM. The ceremony was held during the new 2010 Retail Marketing Conference in Orlando, FL. The 620-page catalog, nicknamed the Big Book, showcases the company's vast line of 118,000+ communications, networking, and infrastructure products. The award is based on a points system for creative, merchandising, copy, customer service/navigation, and marketing execution.

Network Products Guide Names Veri-NAC a 2010 Product Innovation
Network Products Guide, the industry’s leading technology research and advisory guide, named Veri-NAC™ a 2010 Product Innovation in the Network Access Control category. Unlike most NAC solutions on the market, the Black Box Veri-NAC provides maximum security in a simple, agentless design that’s also very affordable and doesn’t require network upgrades or extensive training.

Optinet Named a 2010 Product Innovation by Network Products Guide
Optinet™ was named a 2010 Product Innovation in the Internet Filtering category by Network Products Guide. The technology research and advisory guide noted what makes Black Box’s Optinet innovative is that it’s a deep-packet, inline device that sits directly behind the firewall, which provides unparalleled visibility into network traffic.

Aspect Service Excellence Award for the Third Consecutive Year
For the third year in a row, Black Box Network Services has been honored by Aspect for exceptional service performance. Black Box received the highest satisfaction ratings of any Aspect North American partner for resolving customer issues. Additionally, the award recognized Black Box for the quantity and quality of technical resources it devoted to Aspect unified communications applications for contact center and services offerings.

Intelli-Pass Awarded Five Stars by SC Magazine
SC Magazine, a top magazine for IT security professionals, awarded Black Box’s biometric access control five stars in each one of its ratings categories. It honored the Intelli-Pass™ for its split-architecture design, which provides “solid security.”

Award of Excellence for SpaceGAIN from Cabling Business Magazine
Cabling Business Magazine gave Black Box’s new SpaceGAIN CAT5e and CAT6 45-Degree Angled-Port Patch Panels its Award of Excellence for January. The magazine cited the 45-degree angled design of the connectors as a unique and cost-effective solution because it makes patching easier, eliminates horizontal cable management, and saves space.

2009

SC Magazine declares Veri-NAC one of the 20 most influential security products of the last two decades.
SC Magazine—the number one magazine for IT security professionals—has named Veri-NAC™ one of the 20 most influential security products of the last two decades. SC Magazine says, “This is a product that solves a very important problem—network access management—in an inexpensive and simple manner.”

Veri-NAC Awarded Five Stars by SC Magazine
SC Magazine cited the Black Box Veri-NAC™ for its “solid suite of hardcore NAC products with a clear focus on keeping unauthorized systems and users off the network.” The industry-leading magazine gave the network access control solution five stars in all categories.

ShoreTel Circle of Excellence Award
Black Box Network Services was recognized as a Circle of Excellence winner and awarded first place in its category by ShoreTel, provider of IP phone systems with Unified Communications (UC). The award is based on world-class customer satisfaction and strong revenue achievement, and is the highest partner award given by ShoreTel.

Polycom Voice Communications Reseller of the Year Award
Polycom recognized Black Box as the top Polycom U.S. Reseller Channel Partner in Voice Communications for 2008. These annual awards are based on outstanding sales performance and excellence in meeting customer solution, service, and support needs. Black Box was one of only 19 award recipients in four categories: Voice Communications Resellers, Visual Communications Resellers, Regional Resellers, and Marketing.

iCOMPEL receives TMC Solutions Product of the Year Award
Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) named the Black Box® iCOMPEL™ digital signage appliance its 2008 Communications Solution Product of the Year. TMC picks award recipients that have brought “the most innovative products and services to market,” and cited iCOMPEL as an “outstanding” contribution to the communications industry for its simplicity, flexibility, and advanced capabilities.

Black Box Catalog wins Multichannel Merchant Gold Award
This marks the 14th consecutive year that the company has won top honors in the Computer and High-Tech Equipment category. The 620-page catalog, nicknamed the Big Book, showcases the company’s vast line of 118,000+ communications, networking, and infrastructure products. The Gold award, conferred as a “tribute to excellence,” is based on a points system given by a panel of experts through a series of three judging sessions. Evaluations are based on creative, merchandising, copy, customer service/navigation, and marketing execution.

Named to the 2009 VAR 500 by CRN magazine
Black Box Network Services was named to the VAR 500, which is the definitive list of the largest IT solution providers, system integrators, IT consultants, and services companies with headquarters in North America. Black Box came in at number 88 with more than $1 billion in revenue for FY 2008. For the eighth year in a row, Black Box was a Top 100 IT solution provider.

2008 Boeing Performance Excellence Award
Black Box was recognized as a supplier who has achieved superior performance in the areas of quality, delivery, and business management.

Siemens Enterprise Communications 2007/2008 Partner of the Year Award
In addition to being honored as Siemens Enterprise Communications 2007/2008 Partner of the Year, Black Box Network Services has been named the 2008 winner of the Siemens “Go For It!” incentive program in North America. “Go For It!” is a global program that rewards top growth partners. Black Box has also won the Siemens Sales Pinnacle–Enterprise Market Award.

Aspect Service Excellence Award for the Second Year in a Row
Black Box Network Services received the award by once again earning the highest satisfaction ratings of any Aspect North American Partner for resolving customer issues. The award also encompasses the quantity and quality of technical resources Black Box has devoted to Aspect products and services.

2008

Named One of Information Week's Most Innovative Users of Business Technology
Black Box Network Services has been named one of InformationWeek’s 500 most innovative users of business technology. The annual list, in its 20th year, tracks the business and technology best practices of the nation’s most innovative companies by analyzing their IT budgets, technology deployment, strategies, and staffing.

Siemens Sales Pinnacle – Enterprise Market Award
This marks the fourth consecutive year that Black Box Network Services has won this award for outstanding sales of the HiPath 4000®. In 2007, Black Box sold more HiPath units than any other Siemens enterprise partner and achieved the highest revenue of any partner.

Aspect Service Excellence Award
Awarded for the quantity and quality of technical resources Black Box Network Services has dedicated to the Aspect Software solutions and for having the highest partner response rate in North America for customer resolutions.

2008 Business-to-Business (B-to-B) Multichannel Merchant of the Year Award
This top honor for multichannel marketers recognizes superior cross-channel marketing of a print catalog and Web site, and the synergy between the two.

2008 Multichannel Merchant Print Channel Gold Award
Awarded by Multichannel Merchant, the gold award marks the thirteenth year in a row that one of our catalogs has been recognized as best in the Computer and High Tech Equipment category.

2008 Multichannel Merchant Web Channel Silver Award
Multichannel Merchant awarded Black Box Network Services a silver award in the Computer and High Tech Equipment category for its Web site.