OREANDA-NEWS. December 12, 2011. CRN/RE publication house has summed up the ranking "Best Russian IT distributors in 2011". Again, in three out of five nominations, MERLION has entered the top 5 best distributors, winning 1st position in one of them, reported the press-centre of MERLION.

The activities of distributors in this ranking were evaluated multilaterally. The survey respondents were resellers – representatives of 339 IT companies from 39 cities. In the 2011 ranking, as before, the publishing house did not constitute an initial list of candidates – resellers themselves had to name those suppliers who, in their opinion, deserve the title "Best IT distributor". Respondents were asked to fill out a questionnaire consisting of six tables with 12 criteria of the activities of distributors.

According to the survey, MERLION won the 1st position in the category "Best Distributors for IT retailers". Respondents gave the company highest scores in five of the twelve criteria proposed: "Marketing support", "Availability of B2B system", "Availability of goods in the warehouse", "Profit generation programs", and "Range of products".

In the category "Best Distributors for System Integrator", MERLION entered the top 5 best distributors, having received the highest scores under the criteria "Prices" and "Range of products".

In the category "Best Distributors for Assemblers", MERLION also entered the Top 5, having received the highest scores under the criteria "Marketing Support", "Availability of B2B", "Availability of goods in the warehouse", "Range of products".

It should be noted that in these nominations, MERLION is among the best distributors for the third consecutive ranking (previous rankings were published in 2007 and 2009).