PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Avnet Technology Solutions (NYSE: AVT),
today announced that its training division, Avnet Academy, is expanding
its education portfolio to include comprehensive training courses for
Lenovo’s System x and Flex products. This is now available to partners
and their customers in all the countries where Avnet operates around the
globe.
Avnet continues to invest in delivering IT training and certification
services, principally around the high-growth technologies that align
with Avnet’s solutions
specialist approach. Lenovo is an existing strategic supplier for
Avnet, and this agreement will further support partners and their
customers to develop, implement and maintain business solutions that
rely on Lenovo technology.
IT education and certification training enables IT professionals to
become more highly qualified. According to IDC*, certified IT
professionals take training at a far greater rate than their uncertified
colleagues. The study showed that certified professionals are:
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Almost three times more likely to take classroom training
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Seven times more likely to take self-paced e-learning courses
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Ten times more likely to take instructor-led e-learning classes.
Hees Ham, vice president of Education Services, North America at Avnet
Technology Solutions, said, “We’re providing our partners with tools and
training to help their end customers accelerate their careers. With our
Lenovo training path, we will help guide IT professionals to ensure they
have the skills, certifications and tools needed to handle real-world,
next-generation technology environments.”
Alex M. Badia, director, Data Center Group Services Training at
Lenovo, said, “As a leading solutions specialist, the launch of this
program by Avnet makes it simpler for partners and their customers to
build up knowledge and become more highly qualified, which in turn helps
them to transform technology into business solutions and further
accelerate their success.”
Supporting the new Lenovo agreement, Avnet is running pilot partner
programs to encourage the successful promotion of training. They will
offer rewards for positioning training effectively, with the aim of
driving accelerated growth in education services.
* Source: Training Buyer Perception Survey, IDC, November 2015
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