Huntington Beach, CA (PRWEB) (June 18, 2006) -  Alvaka Networks today announced that it has been recognized by SonicWALL Inc. (Nasdaq – SNWL), a leading provider of integrated network security and productivity solutions, as one of the company’s top 10 US channel partners. Alvaka Networks was awarded, SonicWall’s, “2005 Channel Champion of The Year” following outstanding performance and innovation in delivering security products and services to its customers during 2005. SonicWALL acknowledged Alvaka Networks at its annual partner conference, Peak Performance, which took place in Las Vegas in April, 2006.

“We are very pleased to honor Alvaka Networks not only for their abilities to grow a successful network security business, but also for their commitment to maintaining best practices,” said John DiLullo, vice president of worldwide sales at SonicWALL. “One common theme linking our award winners is their success in helping their customers use secure networking to compete effectively. SonicWALL is committed to continuing the creation of improved programs and products that enhance their ability to sustain this success.”

Alvaka has spent the last 13+ years building and perfecting an enterprise quality suite of Advanced Network Management Solutions specifically designed for today’s SMB. Alvaka maintains 24x7 a dedicated staff of Expert Advanced Network Management, Managed Security and Infrastructure Support professionals. They are changing the way networks are managed and secured.

“SonicWall is one of very few major vendors who actually understand the MSP model. They have made consistently positive changes that help to support our SonicWall MSP offering.” Said, Unnar Gardarsson, Alvaka’s Director of Managed Services. SonicWall has recently announced it is adjusting its partner programs to better reflect the partner’s business models. Alvaka is a solid and trusted influencer of technology decisions, but is not in the business of relying on hardware for their profits. They make their recommendation based on what is best for the client. SonicWall has worked to be sure that their influencing partners are fully supported and recognized for their contributions. When asked about the award, Alvaka Networks’ Vice President, Kevin McDonald said, “We are proud to be recognized as SonicWall’s 2006 Channel Champions. It is quite an honor to be singled out of the many thousands of resellers. SonicWall executives are superbly aligned in their dedication to the recurring revenue model. They have shown that they can and will adjust to our needs, while not dictating what an MSP should be.”

SonicWALL has a network of some 6,000 channel partners in North America, with a total of more than 10,000 resellers in 19 countries worldwide. For more information on SonicWALL’s channel partner programs, visit http://www.sonicwall.com/channel_partners/partner_index.html.

Alvaka Networks Inc., headquartered in Irvine, CA., is a leading provider of network management, monitoring, security and integration services. Alvaka's core company purpose is to constantly improve the way networks are managed and serviced. AlvakaNet and Netplan, Alvaka's flagship service products, are a bundled set of network management, monitoring, security and Internet access services that provide Alvaka Networks' clients with guaranteed 24x7 uptime and lower Total Cost of Ownership. We leverage 23 plus years of in the field experience and more than 13 years as a leader in the MSP space to deliver the highest quality of service and return on investment to SMB Clients. For more information, contact Alvaka Network's at +1 (949) 428-5000 or visit the company web site at www.alvaka.net.
Alvaka Press Contact: Kevin McDonald, Vice President.

Founded in 1991, SonicWALL, Inc. designs, develops and manufactures comprehensive network security, secure remote access, and continuous data protection solutions. SonicWALL is a recognized global leader in the small and medium business markets and its solutions are deployed in distributed enterprise environments, government, retail point-of-sale and healthcare segments as well as through service providers. For more information, contact SonicWALL at +1 (408) 745-9600 or visit the company web site at http://www.sonicwall.com/.