OREANDA-NEWS. On July 17, 2007 at the last EM-EMEA Platinum Dell Partner Forum 2007 (Paris) MERLION Company, the leading Russian IT-distributor, was acknowledged the best Dell partner in the EM-EMEA region and favored the highest Partner of the Year Award, reported the press-centre of MERLION.

MERLION achievements in the sphere of distribution of data storage systems were specially marked. MERLION System Solutions, MERLION subsidiary for work with the corporate customers got the status of Partner of The year in the sphere of data storage systems. Thus,  MERLION was the only one company of all forum participants who took home 2 awards of the world leader in the sphere of computer systems development and production.

Dell and MERLION cooperation started in 2002 with distribution of notebooks. In 2003 they decided to broaden product portfolio with the emphasis on corporate segment. In 2005 MERLION System Solutions - MERLION project distribution subsidiary was established on the basis of Dell project group.

Today MERLION offers to Russian companies the full range of production by the world producer for the SMB and Enterprise markets: PCs and notebooks, work stations, monitors, servers, data storage systems, printers, projectors etc.

Considering Dell as a strategic partner, MERLION pays much attention to the development of regional service centers network. Now the company is an official Dell service-provider accomplishing guarantee and service maintenance at 147 authorized centers in 82 RF cities.

According to the results of financial year 2006, MERLION share (including MSS) in the Dell sales structure in Russia makes up over 25%. One of the key MERLION achievements in the history of cooperation with the world manufacturer is popularization of the trade mark in Russia and promotion of Dell production at the regional markets.

About Dell
Dell company (NASDAQ: DELL), having its headquarters in USA, was founded in 1984. Today it is the world leader in the sphere of development and production of computer systems. According to the IDC analytical agency, in 2002 Dell took the first place in the world by the number of the sold devices among the suppliers of notebooks (14,4% of the  market), table PCs (16%), work stations (49,6%) and the second place among servers producers (21,8%). According to the results of 2003 the company's turnover made up  41,4 billion dollars.

MERLION company is the official distributor of Dell in Russia. See specialized site http://dell.merlion.ru to get detailed information of Dell products, news, marketing actions.