Avnet Enterprise Solutions Storage Initiative Delivers Coast-to-Coast Expertise.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 24, 2003 Avnet Enterprise Solutions, a leading IT solutions integrator, announced it has extended its award-winning storage expertise coast-to-coast, launching a national storage initiative. The initiative combines locally based technical expertise with consistent assessment, design and implementation professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. to lower a client's total cost of ownership for storage technology. As part of this initiative, Avnet Enterprise Solutions launched a national Storage Delivery Services Practice incorporating a network of HP storage-certified engineers, Master Accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. System Engineers (ASE (Adaptive Server Enterprise) A relational DBMS from Sybase that runs on Windows NT/2000, Linux and a variety of Unix platforms. ASE is a comprehensive and robust data management product with a long history dating back to the late 1980s. ) and technology consultants. At the recent HP ENSA ENSA Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture (French) ENSA Enterprise Network Storage Architecture (Compaq) ENSA Entertainments National Service Association (WWII-era UK organization) event, Avnet Enterprise Solutions was named HP's No. 1 National Enterprise Storage Reseller of the Year and is the leading provider of HP Storage Area Network (SAN) Implementation Services. The SAN Implementation Services include the design, implementation, documentation and testing services that ensure successful storage installations and satisfied customers. The combination of local expertise and consistent deployment methodologies has fueled growth for Avnet Enterprise Solutions' storage business, resulting in year-over-year growth of 25 percent. "In today's environment, businesses want to understand how to best invest their technology dollars," said Jeff Beall, senior vice president, Professional Services, Avnet Enterprise Solutions. "We partner with our clients to offer best-in-class solutions optimizing technology to meet business needs. Using proven, consistent methodology allows Avnet Enterprise Solutions to deliver IT solutions customers can rely on that will maximize their investment. Our storage business has grown based on the quality we deliver to customers." "Unifying Avnet service expertise with HP as the No. 1 supplier of SAN technology offers the best possible solution for customers," said Dan Vertrees, vice president and general manager -- enterprise partners group, Americas, HP. "As a leading provider of SAN Implementation Services for HP, Avnet Enterprise Solutions sets the bar for excellent performance and continues to make progress in this market segment." A key component of its storage practice, Avnet Enterprise Solutions also leverages the capabilities of its SAN Center, opened in May 2001, to demonstrate for clients real-world performance of proposed technology solutions. The SAN Center showcases the latest networked storage and data protection storage technologies. Customers who visit the SAN Center can learn how this latest storage technology can reduce their current operating expenses Operating expenses The amount paid for asset maintenance or the cost of doing business, excluding depreciation. Earnings are distributed after operating expenses are deducted. , capital expenses and storage-related management or administration costs. About Avnet Enterprise Solutions Avnet Enterprise Solutions is an IT solutions integrator specializing in enterprise network, server and storage solutions that power leading business applications. The company leverages its unique suite of technical and financial professional services to minimize implementation risk, maximize network flexibility and optimize IT investment. 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Headquartered in Tempe, Avnet Enterprise Solutions (www.es.avnet.com) is a division of $2.4 billion Avnet Computer Marketing, an operating group of Avnet Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : AVT AVT avian arginine vasotocin. See vasotocin. ). Avnet Inc. is ranked 161 on the Fortune 500 list and is a global technology marketing, distribution and services company with fiscal 2002 sales of $8.9 billion. |
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