Collaboration will enable partners to provide their customers in the financial and retail industries with customized solutions
Avnet,
Inc. (NYSE: AVT),
a leading global technology distributor, and Micro
Focus (LSE: MCRO.L), a global enterprise software company, are
collaborating to provide partners with security and enterprise software
solutions in Mexico. As a result of this agreement, Avnet partners will
have access to the Micro Focus portfolio, which is founded on more than
40 years of industry expertise. With Micro Focus and its SUSE product
line, partners will be able to help their customers innovate faster and
with less risk. Partners can use Micro Focus’ products to create
solutions for heterogeneous IT environments, enabling them to meet the
customers’ demands, especially with regard to increasingly complex and
industry-oriented trends such as mobility, cloud and security.
“The rapid pace of technology innovation today has created not only an
incredible increase in the demand for applications and access to
information, but has also resulted in highly complex IT infrastructure
architecture,” said Eduardo Barron, vice president, Avnet Technology
Solutions, Latin America and the Caribbean. “We added Micro Focus to our
portfolio to provide our partners with a new way to help them deal with
the complexity their customers are facing. Partners can rely on Avnet’s
solutions specialist expertise to enhance their capabilities to build,
operate and secure their customers’ IT systems.”
The Micro Focus portfolio available to Avnet partners includes the
following:
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Application delivery and testing
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COBOL development and mainframe solutions
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Collaboration
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Solutions for the data center
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Endpoint devices management
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Network and files services
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Identity and access management
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Security management
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Terminal emulation
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Migration of workloads and disaster recovery
In addition, Avnet business partners will also have access to the SUSE
portfolio, which includes the following:
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SUSE Linux Enterprise, market-leading operating system, for x86, POWER
and System Z architectures
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Management of environments with Linux solutions
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Cloud solutions based in OpenStack
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Storage defined by software
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Identity access and security solutions
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Development and IT operations management tools
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Host connectivity solutions
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Collaboration and networking solutions
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A separate SUSE portfolio, including solutions for Enterprise Linux,
OpenStack private cloud, software-defined storage and other IT
infrastructure management
“Avnet is the ideal partner to help Micro Focus grow our partner
ecosystem and customer base in Mexico,” said Pedro Lopez, pre-sales
manager, Micro Focus, Mexico. “Avnet’s strength in developing complete
value-added solutions focused on customer needs, consultative technical
and market-area expertise, and a solutions specialist approach will give
partners the ability to quickly grow their security and enterprise
software businesses. With Micro Focus and Avnet, partners can help their
customers innovate faster and with less risk by building, operating and
securing applications and business-critical infrastructure.”
The new relationship with Micro Focus enhances Avnet’s ability to enable
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 and enterprise software solutions. Through its
solutions specialist approach, Avnet also provides the channel with
in-depth expertise in complementary technology market segments,
including the cloud, cognitive computing, data analytics, the data
center, the internet of things (IOT), mobility, and enterprise
networking.
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Avnet Technology Solutions, Latin America and the Caribbean
Karina Seir, +1-305-542-0049
Karina.Seir@avnet.com
or
Avnet Technology Solutions, Americas
Wally Campbell, +1-480-794-7426
Wally.Campbell@avnet.com
or
Brodeur Partners, for Avnet, Inc.
Marcia Chapman, +1-480-308-0284
Mchapman@brodeur.com