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Tempe, Ariz. -- Avnet Technology Solutions, the global IT solutions distribution leader and an operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), today announced that it has been recognized with an esteemed Partner in Excellence Award for HP Enterprise Distribution in the Americas at the 2012 HP Global Partner Conference (GPC) in Las Vegas.
Selected by a panel of HP channel executives, the HP Partner in Excellence Awards were given to 16 HP partners across the United States, Latin America and Canada who demonstrated outstanding performance in the areas of market leadership, portfolio sales, overall growth and performance, and IT innovation through philanthropic activities in their local communities.
The Partner in Excellence Award for HP Enterprise Distribution in the Americas honors Avnet for demonstrating the highest year-over-year growth. Avnet was recognized for its remarkable ability to accelerate the profitable growth of its solution providers in 2011 by enabling them to sell complete data center solutions that include high-value services, software and hardware. Avnet's continued success is driven by its methodologies, practices and resources that help solution providers target high-growth, specialized markets, such as healthcare, energy, finance, government, and retail, through Avnet's SolutionsPath® vertical market practices.
"Avnet is constantly looking for new ways to connect our HP solution provider partners with new markets, customers and solutions that expand their sales opportunities," said Tony Vottima, senior vice president and general manager, Avnet Technology Solutions, Americas, HP Solutions group. "Last year, our team introduced several innovative resources to help our HP partners pursue data center solution sales and address their end-customers' business challenges. These included CapacityNow™ which allows Avnet's partners to offer their customers dedicated, on-site storage and blade servers that they pay for based solely on how much capacity they utilize, and the creation of an HP Cloud Center of Excellence facility where partners can show prospects the benefits of incorporating cloud computing solutions from HP."
"Congratulations to this year's HP Partner in Excellence Awards winners. Each of these partners has fully demonstrated exceptional dedication and expertise in addressing the business and technology challenges of its customers," said Frank Rauch, vice president and general manager, ESSN Channel Sales, Americas at HP. "We are honored to recognize Avnet for its success and we thank them for their ongoing partnership and commitment to HP."
Additional information on the HP Global Partner Conference is available at www.hp.com/go/GPC2012.
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About Avnet Technology Solutions
As a global IT solutions distributor, Avnet Technology Solutions collaborates with its customers and suppliers to create and deliver services, software and hardware solutions that address the business needs of their end-user customers locally and around the world. For fiscal year 2011, the group served customers in more than 70 countries and generated US $11.5 billion in annual revenue. Avnet Technology Solutions (www.ats.avnet.com) is an operating group of Avnet, Inc.
About Avnet
Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT), a Fortune 500 company, is one of the largest distributors of electronic components, computer products and embedded technology serving customers in more than 70 countries worldwide. Avnet accelerates its partners' success by connecting the world's leading technology suppliers with a broad base of more than 100,000 customers by providing cost-effective, value-added services and solutions. For the fiscal year ended July 2, 2011, Avnet generated revenue of $26.5 billion. For more information, visit www.avnet.com.
Media Contacts
Marcia Chapman
Brodeur Partners, for Avnet Technology Solutions
Phone: 480-308-0284
Email: mchapman@brodeur.com
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