Agreement streamlines access to NetApp technology for systems OEMs
Avnet (NYSE: AVT),
a leading global technology distributor, today announced a new agreement
designating the company as the first OEM distributor authorized to sell
NetApp, Inc. enterprise storage solutions, such as the All Flash FAS A-Series
arrays and E-Series
hybrid flash systems, in the Americas. Effective immediately, OEM
customers building systems in segments such as media and entertainment,
network security, surveillance, telecommunications, energy, and
manufacturing will have access to NetApp’s focused storage and data
management portfolio, supported by Avnet’s state-of-the-art technical
resources and comprehensive programming, integration and supply chain
optimization capabilities.
The addition of NetApp to Avnet’s enterprise storage solutions portfolio
expands Avnet customers’ access to leading technologies from the top
three vendors in the market, representing greater than 50 percent of
global market share, based on metrics released in a recent Worldwide
Enterprise Storage Market report from IDC.
“NetApp continues to distinguish itself as a strategic player in
enterprise storage space, helping users to transform their businesses
and capture the full value-creating potential of their data,” said Scott
MacDonald, Avnet’s vice president of global integrated solutions. “Avnet
appreciates the confidence NetApp has demonstrated in our integrated
solutions team by trusting us to support its portfolio in a manner
previously afforded strictly to value added resellers. Working together,
we will make it easier for OEMS to build their products around a NetApp
solution, enabling them to meet the needs of their customers more
quickly, comprehensively and cost effectively.”
“By 2025, the global ‘datasphere’ is projected to reach 163
zettabytes or one trillion gigabytes. At NetApp, our goal is
to help organizations turn this enormous volume of data into dollars as
it moves from the enterprise to the edge and back again,” said Dave
Mooney, vice president, OEM Solutions for NetApp. “This collaboration
with Avnet will give a broader range of customers easier access to our
pioneering storage and data management solutions, enabling them to more
readily leverage a combination of on premise, private, and public cloud
resources to unlock a wealth of new business opportunities and drive
competitive differentiation.”
For more information on the NetApp solutions available through Avnet,
visit https://www.avnet.com/wps/portal/us/solutions/integrated-solutions/datacenter-solutions/netapp.
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to access NetApp’s Data Thriver research. Click here
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Excellence, supporting customers’ integrated and data center solutions.
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