Arrow Electronics Hosts Second Annual Enterprise Storage Solutions Customer Summit.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Enterprise Storage Solutions, a division of the North American Computer Products group of Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:ARW), will host its Second Annual AESS Customer Summit on September 14-16. This year's event will be held at the Four Seasons in Dallas, Texas. E[acute accent]This three-day event provides a forum in which Arrow brings together its enterprise storage partners and fastest growing and top producing resellers. Arrow expects about 40 C-level executives representing more than 35 reseller companies to attend this year's event. AESS suppliers attending the Customer Summit include EMC, Hitachi Data Systems, McDATA, Network Appliance, QLogic and Quantum. E[acute accent]"While we continue to research and develop ways to help our resellers work more effectively and efficiently by leveraging the latest technological advancements, we believe face-to-face interaction remains a key factor in forming long-term business relationships," said Mike Arends, vice president, Enterprise Storage Solutions Division, Arrow Electronics. "The AESS Customer Summit is our forum for in-person discussions with our top resellers so we can share experiences and ideas, and brainstorm together about how we can do business even better." E[acute accent]The summit features two industry speakers. On September 14, Mark Diamond, president and CEO of Contoural, Inc., will present "The Five Business Drivers Impacting Storage Sales: What is Motivating Customers to Buy?" Diamond, an industry thought leader in electronic document retention strategies, will address how organizations can develop cost-effective electronic document retention policies. E[acute accent]In addition, on September 15, Heather Clancy, a CMP editor, will present "What's in Store: Trends Shaping Storage Technology." With more than 14 years of experience in journalism and the IT industry, Clancy is known for her deep understanding of the channel. She will discuss industry trends and market drivers within the storage technology industry and how they are impacting the channel. E[acute accent]"The goal of this Summit is to both give and get insight into the storage market regarding how to grow our customers' business," said Lance Sedlak, director of marketing, Enterprise Storage Solutions Division, Arrow Electronics. "Last year's meeting created a great foundation and with the growth we experienced in 2005, we expect to repeat that success with this year's event."

E[acute accent]About the North American Computer Products group of Arrow Electronics

E[acute accent]The North American Computer Products group of Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:ARW) is a leading distributor of enterprise and embedded computing systems to resellers and OEM customers in North America. Based in Englewood, Colo., the group is comprised of four divisions that make up Enterprise Computing Solutions (Support Net, SBM, MOCA, Enterprise Storage Solutions) and OEM Computing Solutions, which serves industrial OEMs and intellectual property-based companies. Visit all of our divisions at www.arrownacp.com. E[acute accent]Arrow Electronics is one of the world's largest distributors of electronic components and computer products and a leading provider of services to the electronics industry.