Avnet’s partners in the U.S. and Canada can enhance their offerings with unified security management and comprehensive threat detection
Avnet,
Inc. (NYSE: AVT),
a leading global technology distributor, today launched a managed
security service program, known as Recon™,
for partners in the U.S. and Canada. The new service provides partners
with a way to easily offer their customers 24x7x365 security monitoring
and management. Recon is designed to enhance partners’ practices and
margins in the security and services markets. Partners can offer the
service either as their own branded offering through a white-label
approach or as an Avnet-branded service.
Security is a high-growth market for IT spending and presents a key
opportunity for partners to solve one of their customers’ biggest
challenges. According to the Ponemon
Institute, the total cost of data breach has increased 29 percent
since 2013, with the average data breach costing a company approximately
$4 million.1
“Threat monitoring and detection is one of the most in-demand aspects of
security among end users. However, offering these types of services
in-house is a personnel- and resource-intensive proposition,” said Alex
Ryals, vice president of security
and networking solutions, Avnet Technology Solutions, Americas.
“With Recon, we have invested on our partners’ behalf to give them a way
to monitor their customers’ security environments without draining their
resources. This provides partners with a critical element in being able
to offer truly comprehensive security solutions.”
Recon can easily be bundled with security technology from leading
security companies, such as Cisco, Checkpoint and F5, to create holistic
security solutions for customers. Recon enables partners to access
continuous threat detection and remediation through a unified security
management system. The service features on-premise collection,
correlation and analysis with cloud-based monitoring and remediation. It
also includes assessment, discovery, and networking capabilities.
Additionally, Recon provides host-based intrusion detection, file
integrity monitoring, compliance reporting and vulnerability assessment
options.
“To us, Avnet’s Recon concept represents so much more than just a
security service,” said Mitch Brown, CEO of Works Computing, an IT data
center solutions provider and an Avnet partner. “It’s a true value
proposition that we’re looking forward to offering our customers to help
them protect their valuable data assets. Avnet Recon will enhance our
security portfolio, without the need to invest in the staff required to
monitor our customers’ security around the clock. Instead, we can rely
on Avnet’s expert team of security professionals to detect and monitor
threats for our customers, which will give both of us peace of mind.”
Recon is the latest example of how Avnet empowers its channel partners
to capitalize on the high-growth, next-generation technologies driven by
software that are redefining the future. Partners will be able to engage
Avnet’s dedicated solutions specialists to develop complete security
solutions and draw upon a wide range of complementary security
offerings, such as deployment and integration services, activity
monitoring, DDoS protection, and penetration tests. Through its
solutions specialist approach, Avnet also provides the channel with
in-depth expertise in related technology market segments, including
cloud, cognitive computing, data analytics, the data center, the
internet of things (IOT), mobility, and enterprise networking.
For partners interested in learning more about Avnet’s security
offerings, please visit the Avnet
Security & Networking webpage, or contact your Avnet account
representative.
To learn more about how Avnet can help partners grow their businesses,
visit ats.avnet.com.
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1 “2016 Cost of a Data Breach Study: Global Analysis,”
Ponemon Institute LLC, June 2016
About Avnet, Inc.
From components to cloud and from design to disposal, Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT)
accelerates the success of customers who build, sell and use technology
by providing a comprehensive portfolio of innovative products, services
and solutions. Avnet is a global company ranked on the FORTUNE 500 with
revenues of $26.2 billion for the fiscal year 2016. For more
information, visit www.avnet.com.
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