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Avnet Expands SolutionsPath Enablement Strategy with Data Center University and Workshops

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Avnet Technology Solutions, a global IT solutions distribution leader, has expanded its SolutionsPath enablement strategy with a new training curriculum designed to help reseller partners address the rapidly converging data center environment. Avnet will now provide its U.S. and Canadian reseller partners with a new Data Center University and tailored workshops to develop solutions with interconnected data center specializations, such as those related to virtualization and cloud computing.

Key Takeaways:

  • Avnet's SolutionsPath engagement model for data center solutions will feature a Data Center University, a three-day educational program that will help partners elevate their solutions approach to focus on connected data center solutions and services.
  • The university will include technology specialization tracks that provide in-depth information on profitable growth opportunities related to the intersection of cloud computing, mobility, network, security, storage, and virtualization technologies.
  • Tailored workshops will be available to help individual partners address specific data center areas where they have a skills gap, focusing on more than 30 different data center topics.
  • Avnet's data center enablement services will educate partners on how virtualization can serve as a natural gateway to cloud computing, and how to prepare end-users' infrastructures to transition to cloud-based computing environments.
  • Partners can also take advantage of CloudReady, the cloud-specific component to Avnet's SolutionsPath methodology, which includes education, training, financing solutions, professional services, technical resources, and integrated cloud computing solutions.
  • Avnet's vertical SolutionsPath practices will help partners develop a holistic data center approach for high-growth vertical markets, including energy, finance, government, healthcare, and retail.

Statistics:

  • Avnet Technology Solutions serves customers and suppliers in more than 70 countries worldwide.
  • For fiscal year 2011, Avnet Technology Solutions generated US $11.5 billion in annual revenue.
  • Avnet has a network of more than 100,000 customers globally.
  • Avnet has a revenue of $26.5 billion for the fiscal year ended July 2, 2011.

Sources:

  • Avnet Technology Solutions, a global IT solutions distribution leader
  • Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT), a Fortune 500 company
  • Avnet Technology Solutions, North America
  • Prolifics, a systems integrator and Avnet partner
  • Avnet's SolutionsPath strategy

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