- Below: Ranked by size and growth of partner ecosystem.
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| Company/Partner Site | 2009 Partners | 2008 Partners | Specialty | Channel Chief | Title |
| Red Hat Inc. | 6960 | 5168 | Linux, middleware, virtualization | Mark Enzweiler | VP, Global Channels |
| Novell Inc. | 3503 | 2812 | Linux | John Dragoon | CMO and Chief Channel Chief |
| Astaro Corp. | 2500 | 2100 | Internet security | David Rogers | Vice President, Americas |
| Zimbra (owned by Vmware | 1050 | 750 | Email, collaboration software | Andy Pflaum | VP, Global Channels & Biz Development |
| Digium Inc. | 838 | 494 | Asterisk open source IP PBX | Steve Harvey | Vice President of World Wide Sales |
| DotNetNuke Corp. | 822 | 200 | Web content management platform | Doug Howell | Director of Alliances |
| Jaspersoft Corp. | 645 | 510 | Business intelligence | Jose Morales | VP Business Development |
| Vyatta Inc. | 325 | 180 | Networking | Jenna Chow | Sales Director |
| Alfresco Software Inc. | 273 | 138 | Enterprise content management | Bill Robinson | VP Sales Americas |
| SugarCRM Inc. | 250 | 150 | Customer relationship management | Jeff Campbell | VP of WW Sales |
| Pentaho Corp. | 240 | 95 | Business intelligence | Richard Baldwin | Worldwide Channel Director |
| ClearCenter | 234 | 35 | Linux network gateway server | Michael Proper | CEO |
| Talend Inc. | 200 | 90 | Data integration software | Madeleine Biskintaoui | Manager, NA Channel & Alliances |
| Opengear | 165 | 60 | Console servers | Todd Rychecky | VP Sales & Marketing, North America |
| Open-Xchange | 150 | 80 | Email, collaboration software | Frank Hoberg | Founder and Executive VP Sales |
| Zarafa | 150 | 100 | Collaboration software | StijnMeysen | Business Development Manager |
| Acquia | 150 | n/a | Drupal content management | Bryan House | Sr. Director, Marketing |
| Openbravo L.C. | 130 | 100 | ERP, POS | Andreu Bartoli | Global Channel Director |
| Intalio Inc. | 80 | 40 | Enterprise cloud | Arnaud Blandin | VP, Alliances |
| EnterpriseDB | 73 | 28 | Databases | John Insko | Director |
| KnowledgeTree Inc. | 70 | 50 | Document management | Tim Spink | VP of Sales |
| Compiere Inc. | 60 | 60 | Enterprise resource planning | Kyle Rosier | Director of Sales |
| Kaltura Inc. | 60 | 5 | Open source video | Mike Deskewies | VP Channel Sales & Development |
| Nuxeo | 50 | 40 | Enterprise content management | Arnaud Lefevre | Executive VP of Sales |
| xTuple | 40 | 20 | Enterprise resource planning | Danielle Kerner | Director of Business Development |
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