SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwired - Sep 10, 2015) - GTDC SUMMIT - The Global Technology Distribution Council (GTDC) has announced the recipients of its esteemed U.S. Rising Star Awards, which recognize technology companies with exceptional sales growth through U.S. distributors over the past year. GTDC members are the world's most successful technology distributors, driving more than $135 billion in annual product sales across the globe. The GTDC's 10^th U.S. Rising Star Awards were presented Sept. 9 in Burlingame, Calif., at the annual dinner event kicking off the organization's two-day Summit at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport.

The 12 U.S. Gold, Silver and Bronze GTDC Rising Star winners, listed below by revenue categories, were selected based on year-over-year sales growth rates within The NPD Group's Distributor Track®.

Rising Star Awards Methodology
Sales results for Rising Star award winners are based on actual U.S. revenue over the past year, as reported by industry research organization The NPD Group using its Distributor Track® service. Available by subscription, the Distributor Track aggregates actual distributor sell-through data to enable sharp insight into channel sales and pricing trends with the ability to drill down into specific product subcategories, including detailed attributes based on specific areas of interest. To be eligible for a Rising Star award, vendors are required to have sold corresponding products through technology distributors for a minimum of one year.

2015 GTDC Summit NA
The 2015 GTDC Summit NA -- the industry's premier gathering of technology distribution leaders, channel executives and research analysts -- continues today with a broad range of panels, presentations and breakout sessions focused on key trends, issues and opportunities. For more information on the Summit and other GTDC events, go to http://www.gtdc.org/events.php.

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About The Global Technology Distribution Council
The Global Technology Distribution Council is the industry consortium representing the world's leading tech distributors. GTDC members drive more than $135 billion in annual worldwide sales of products, services and solutions through diverse business channels. GTDC conferences support the development and expansion of strategic supply-chain partnerships that continually address the fast-changing marketplace needs of vendors, end customers and distributors. GTDC members include AB S.A (WSE: ABPL), ABC Data, ALSO (SIX: ALSN), Arrow Electronics (NYSE: ARW), Avnet (NYSE: AVT), Computer Gross Italia, D&H Distributing, Esprinet (PRT.MI), Exertis, Ingram Micro (NYSE: IM), Intcomex, Logicom (CSE: LOG), Redington (BSE: REDI), SiS Technologies (HKSE: 0529), ScanSource (NASDAQ: SCSC), SYNNEX (NYSE: SNX), Tarsus, Tech Data (NASDAQ: TECD), Westcoast LTD and WestconGroup.