Kaspersky Lab, a leading provider of Internet threat management solutions that protect against viruses, spyware, hackers and spam, today announced it was named Tech Data Corporation’s (NASDAQ: TECD) “Fast Start Business Partner” award winner for 2007 at the recent annual Tech Data Business Partner Summit.

The award comes in the inaugural year of a key distribution agreement between Kaspersky Lab and Tech Data. Launched in late 2006, Kaspersky quickly established a focused channel strategy to provide Tech Data resellers with access to the company’s premium protection solutions and margin-rich sales opportunities. Throughout the year, Kaspersky also successfully engaged a wide array of resellers through Tech Data, enabling Kaspersky to grow its business and build share in the highly competitive security software market.

“We identified Tech Data as a key partner in our business-to-business sales model, and the combined success of our first year together showcases we made the right choice,” said Steve Orenberg, president, Kaspersky Lab, Inc. “The Fast Start Business Partner award highlights our understanding of the unique needs of the value-added reseller channel, and we look forward to continually making a positive impact on the thousands of Tech Data reseller customers.”