Arrow Electronics Holds 10th Annual May Days Event for IBM Business Partners; 800 Expected to Attend.

INDIANAPOLIS -- The IBM Group of Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions (ECS), a business of Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW), announced that it will be holding its annual May Days for IBM Business Partners on May 15-19, 2006. With 82 educational sessions and 25 certification classes, May Days offers participants an opportunity to receive training and earn critical certifications over a concentrated period of time.

"May Days meets an important need among our IBM Business Partners, as demonstrated in the significant growth in attendance and certifications achieved year over year," said Eric Williams, executive vice president, IBM Group, Arrow ECS. "This year, we are hosting more than 800 attendees, ranging from sales and technical experts to executives, who will each use May Days as an opportunity to expand their skill set and improve their ability to sell IBM solutions."

In addition to educational sessions, hands-on training and networking opportunities, May Days offers attendees access to its Certification Lab, consisting of 40 testing stations offering more than 175 IBM hardware and software certifications. Last year, May Days' attendees took more than 1,000 certification tests. That number is expected to be higher this year.

Other key elements of May Days include:

--A Solution Center, comprised of more than 40 exhibits, where Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and IBM Business Partners can showcase their solutions, allowing resellers to see first-hand how the technologies can work together for a competitive advantage.

--A Technology Lab showcasing products and technologies across IBM's entire portfolio, enabling technical engineers to get hands-on experience with the products.

--An executive-level track with the following sessions: Implementing Effective Marketing Strategies, Improving Customer Satisfaction in the 21st Century Workplace and Consultative Selling.

Featured speakers at the event include Jason Jennings, recognized authority on business leadership and author of "Think Big, Act Small," Dean Tucker, author of "The Challenge: Managing in the Information Age," Michelle Bailey, research director from IDC, and Shirley Turner from Intel Corporation.

About Arrow ECS

Arrow ECS is the global business group of Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW) that provides enterprise and midrange computing products, services and solutions to value-added resellers, system integrators, and independent software vendors (ISVs). Based in Englewood, Colo., Arrow ECS connects its customers to an exclusive network of the world's foremost technology suppliers, including HP, IBM, Sun Microsystems, EMC, NetApp, Hitachi Data Systems, and other leading storage networking, software, and security suppliers. Arrow Electronics reported $2.7 billion in worldwide computer products sales in 2005. Visit us at www.arrowecs.com.

Arrow Electronics, Inc. is a major global provider of products, services, and solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic components and computer products. The company reported revenues of $11.2 billion in 2005 and has 11,400 employees worldwide.