Forty top distributors of Malta-based GFI software met in Malta this month for GFI's fourth annual GFI EMEA Distributor Conference 2009.

Organised by the Malta office, this annual event is an excellent opportunity for GFI's distributors in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, including Malta, and in emerging markets, to spend a full day with GFI top executives to discuss and learn more about its strategy, market positioning and product roadmap.

The distributors, who hail from more than 10 EMEA countries represent a considerable share of GFI's market and they contribute extensively to the company's growth and success.

The highlight of the event was the presentation of awards to the top-performing distributors in EMEA and emerging markets. Awards are presented on the basis of sales volumes, best sales and marketing initiatives, and best technical reseller, among others. The 10 awards were presented to the winners by Simon Azzopardi, vice-president of sales, EMEA.

Commenting after the conference, GFI's chief executive officer Walter Scott said this annual event provided GFI and the company's distributors with a forum to discuss issues, problems and learn how GFI was moving ahead with its strategy to strengthen its commitment, create new sales opportunities and recurring revenues, as well as outline upcoming product release.

"The feedback and insight we have received after the conference has been excellent. This year's event has been a resounding success and the ongoing discussion throughout the day will help GFI's executive team to focus on those areas that require some polish, while pushing ahead with our plans to become the infrastructure provider for the small and medium sized business."

This year's awards went to ADN Distribution GmbH (Top EMEA distributor); Infinigate AG and Portland Europe (second and third place); Computerlinks ME (Top EMEA emerging markets distributor); PB Com spol.s r.o. and Control Line (second and third place); Sintel Italia (Best EMEA distributor marketing campaign); Africa SD (Fastest growing EMEA distributor); Bjorn Leenen (Best EMEA distributor 'Technical manager'): and Eugene Goncharenko (Best EMEA distributor 'Product manager').

More information about GFI can be found at www.gfi.com.

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