Arrow Electronics Launches PowerLinux Program for HP Resellers.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 13, 2003 The SBM SBM - Solution Based Modelling Division of Arrow Electronics Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ARW ARW Air Refueling Wing ARW Advanced Research Workshop ARW Associated Resume Writers ARW Army Ranger Wing (Irish Special Forces) ARW American Revolutionary War ARW Angle Random Walk ARW Aeroelastic Research Wing ), one of the largest value-added distributors of HP enterprise products and integrated services, today launched PowerLinux, a comprehensive support program designed to get resellers on the fast track to building successful and profitable Linux business practices. The new program was announced to Arrow's newly formed Quarterly Linux Advisory Council, meeting for the first time today. The Council, represented by a group of five Linux Elite authorized resellers, was formed to create a forum for resellers to provide feedback to HP and Arrow on what they need from the channel to grow their HP-based Linux business. The PowerLinux offering from Arrow is designed to complement HP's Linux Elite Partner Program by providing marketing, training, technical services, products, and ISV (Independent Software Vendor) A person or company that develops software. It implies an organization that specializes in software only and is not part of a computer systems or hardware manufacturer. teaming for HP Linux Elite authorized resellers. "Arrow's new PowerLinux program is specifically designed to provide a wide range of resources and support so that HP resellers can quickly ramp up Ramp Up To increase a company's operations in anticipation of increased demand. Notes: A company might 'ramp up' operations if they just signed a contract creating substantially more demand for their product. See also: Demand, Economies of Scale to sell Linux solutions," said Charlie McPherson, vice president of sales and marketing, SBM Division. "PowerLinux provides a roadmap for HP Linux sales, preparing resellers for future HP technology by providing everything from lead generation to a training boot camp." PowerLinux provides the following support to resellers: -- Linux O/S and HP Certification Boot Camp: Arrow will kick off a series of Linux Elite Certification Boot Camps in the fourth quarter to give resellers that intend to obtain their HP Linux Elite certification a condensed con·dense v. con·densed, con·dens·ing, con·dens·es v.tr. 1. To reduce the volume or compass of. 2. To make more concise; abridge or shorten. 3. Physics a. , pre-sales technical training designed to get them certified and selling Linux solutions quickly. -- Marketing: Arrow provides resellers with comprehensive marketing support that includes sales roadmaps, sales training, public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most , advertising and sales collateral. -- Technical Support: Resellers will receive support in pre-sales consultation, hardware and software design, solution configuration and Linux cluster services from Arrow's Linux specialists whenever they need it. -- ISV teaming: Arrow will host a series of teaming events beginning in the fourth quarter between ISVs and resellers geared at driving profit opportunities in the Linux market for both parties. -- Lab Access: Arrow will support Linux sales and service initiatives through its enterprise solutions labs, which allow channel partners and their customers to design, develop, test, validate and demonstrate Linux installations to prospective customers from any location. -- Products: Arrow provides the entire SuSE Linux Enterprise Server product line to HP resellers, which seek to extend the strengths of IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) and HP servers and provide excellent performance, reliability and manageability for a wide variety of applications. Resellers interested in enrolling in HP's Linux Elite program or learning more about Arrow's PowerLinux offerings may call Nicole Crawford at 888-228-2101. About the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Computer Products group of Arrow Electronics 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 (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and 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 MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art MOCA Multimedia over Coax MoCA Museum of Chinese in the Americas MOCA Minnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance MOCA Montezuma Castle National Monument (US National Park Service) , Enterprise Storage Solutions) and OEM Computing Solutions, which serves complex and industrial OEM customers. Visit us at www.arrownacp.com. 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. |
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