Key highlights in 2009 for Magento included:

• Over 1.4 Million downloads, 30,000+ merchants and over $25 Billion in transactions processed through the Magento platform.  Top brands running Magento include Vizio, Lenovo, 3M, Nespresso, The North Face, Homedics, Myla, Stussy, Samsung and many more...
• The Magento Enterprise Edition subscription was released in April, making available the first Enterprise Open Source eCommerce Platform alternative to Enterprise Commercial offerings
• Forrester Research named Magento as an ‘Emerging Player To Watch’ in the eCommerce space
• Magento Connect, Magento’s marketplace for third party extensions and enhancements reaches over 1,500 contributed extensions
• Magento saw continued adoption by some of the world’s largest brands (Magento Spotting: Apparel and Accessories Roundup)
• The new Magento Solution Partner program was announced targeting larger, established eCommerce specialized partners, capable of expanding awareness and adoption of Magento around the world. Over 40 partners were responsible for delivering 100+ Magento Enterprise Edition based projects in the first few months since lauching the Enterprise Edition subscription
• Magento celebrated the 1st anniversary of the production Magento release
• Magento Community Advisory board established to manage community matters and roadmap for Magento Community Edition
• Magento announced a formal code contribution process and the Magento Contributor Agreement
• Magento won an Inforworld Bossie Award for the second consecutive year and running
• Global Events included the Internet Retailer Conference, Shop.org Summit, Mage Camp in the United Kingdom, Meet Magento events in Germany, Bargento events in France, Magento Meetups in the US and Zendcon the PHP Conference
• Magento partnered with Rackspace to offer enterprise grade eCommerce hosting
• Official Magento User Guide and first White Paper released along with several other Magento books in multiple languages - Your Picks: Magento Book Roundup
• Key hires focused on the areas of Sales, Product Development, Marketing, Channel Management and Engineering