Arrow Electronics Offers Online Training to Solution Providers.ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Arrow Enterprise Computing Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. Solutions, a business 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 ), announced today the launch of the "Arrow Value-Added Reseller Enablement Program." This online training curriculum offers a wide range of professional development courses available to Arrow's reseller partners. "Our partners understand the increasing importance of training their employees in order to remain competitive, but they need a cost-effective solution," said Ed Coleman, president, Arrow ECS See eComStation. . "Training and development are core initiatives for our own employees at Arrow, so offering partners affordable access to professional development courses is a natural extension of Arrow helping VARs improve their businesses." The new offering coincides with a current business trend indicating that the number of training hours for employees is on the rise according to statistics from the American Society for Training & Development. It provides Arrow's partner community with professional training in numerous computer and business related areas. Arrow's VARs can access more than 1,500 courses online at a discounted rate through http://arrowecs.technologyskills.com. Online access provides employees the convenience of taking a wide variety of courses and certification training right at employees' desks at times that are most convenient for them. "Arrow's VAR Enablement Program will help us enhance our effectiveness and professionalism in the work place as well as offer competitive training benefits to employees," said George Culbertson, vice president of marketing for NetDirect Systems, an Arrow partner. "There is a large selection of online courses, allowing employees to learn new skills at their own pace - thus increasing the effectiveness and loyalty of our employees." 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 (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) , Sun Microsystems, EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. , NetApp, Hitachi Data Systems See HDS. , and other leading storage networking, software, and security suppliers. Visit us at www.arrowecs.com. |
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