Ruckus Wireless Honored as Company of the Year By VAR Business at 2008 Tech Innovator Awards Ceremony

Fast Channel Growth, Differentiated Wireless LAN Technology and Growing Revenues Drive Recognition of Ruckus Wireless and Its Award-Winning ZoneFlex Smart WLAN System

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SAN JOSE, CA November 19, 2008 – Ruckus Wireless today announced that is has been named Company of the Year by Everything Channel's VARBusiness magazine as part of its 2008 Tech Innovator awards. The six annual Tech Innovators Awards celebrate the most innovative products, people and personalities in the industry and highlight emerging products and technologies currently sold through the IT Channel.

"Over the last year, Ruckus Wireless has taken the channel by storm," said Cathy Souza, Senior Director of Business Development at CCT Technologies (formerly Computerland), a leading solutions provider based in Silicon Valley. "Ruckus is one of the few companies that has designed a channel-friendly solution that combines high margins, ease-of-use and unique differentiation to help our customers solve some real problems."

The Tech Innovator awards were awarded in the following categories: Managed Services; Voice over IP; Virtualization; Storage; Wireless; Servers; Portables; Display; Connectivity; Security; Business Software Enterprise; Business Software SMB; Desktops; Printing; Editor's Choice and Tech Innovator.

"There's a seemingly insatiable demand for a compelling wireless solution that is priced right, featured right and made right to help the channel sell managed wireless LANs," said Selina Lo, president and CEO of Ruckus Wireless.

"The channel understands that there is a huge revenue opportunity to sell managed wireless LANs to the middle tier of the enterprise market, the ‘unfortunate 50,000,’ that has been overlooked from a solutions perspective. But the solution must be crafted to address the issues important to the channel and its customers: reliability, range, cost and ease-of-use. Ruckus Wireless has nailed these issues and our explosive growth within the channel over the last year is the proof," Lo concluded.

For each category, CRN Test Center technical editors evaluated each entry on characteristics such as whether it delivered new functionality, used innovation to solve a problem in a new way, or overcame previous technical limitations using a new approach. The product that bridged the widest gap between problem and solution, using new technology or methods, was named the winner in each category.

"Innovation is truly the heart of the technology industry, and the winners of this year's VARBusiness Tech Innovator Awards have taken innovation to the next level," said Robert C. DeMarzo, senior vice president and editorial director, Everything Channel. "We congratulate each and every one of this year's Tech Innovator Award winners."

The awards were presented at the XChange Tech Innovators conference in San Jose, CA. The conference brought together over 115 Solution Providers, the latest 'cutting-edge' technology solutions along with the most sophisticated products and live displays in the industry. Event highlights included: educational sessions led by senior editors and analysts of Everything Channel, networking opportunities and the VARBusiness Tech Innovators Awards Gala.

About VARBusiness (www.varbusiness.com)
For the past 20 years, VARBusiness' strategic resources have been the gateway to the commercial and public sector (or government) Solution Provider community. The VARBusiness integrated platform of media opportunities provides strategic insight for technology integrators through industry-defining research, in-depth editorial, channel events and innovative Web services, enabling these IT professionals to make educated decisions for their businesses, partnerships and customers. VARBusiness offerings lead vendors and distributors to unprecedented access to the most powerful strategic Solution Providers in the market. VARBusiness has been the recipient of numerous industry awards for both editorial content and design.  

Everything Channel (www.everythingchannel.com, www.channelweb.com)
Everything Channel is the one-stop-shop for accessing, enabling and accelerating technology sales channels.  From branding and recruiting to marketing and sales, Everything Channel offers technology marketers the unmatched breadth and depth of global brands and market intelligence combined with an unparallel audience loyalty and credibility serving all technology sales channels.  Through innovative sales and marketing solutions, Everything Channel arms the sellers of technology with the resources they need to achieve measurable and significant results. 

About United Business Media Limited (www.unitedbusinessmedia.com)
United Business Media Limited (UBM) is a global media and marketing services company that informs markets and brings the world's buyers and sellers together at events, online, in print, and with the information they need to do business successfully. UBM serves professional and commercial communities, from IT professionals to doctors, from journalists to jewelry dealers, from farmers to pharmacists around the world. UBM employs more than 6,500 people in more than 30 countries.  UBM's businesses operating in the US include CMPMedica, Commonwealth Business Media, Everything Channel, PR Newswire, RISI, TechInsights, TechWeb and Think Services. UBM is listed on the London Stock Exchange (UBM.L) and has a market capitalization of $2.5 billion.