Avnet Hall-Mark Announces Immediate Support of Next-Generation EMC CLARiiON Products; Early Engagement Assures Channel Readiness for New Products.Business Editors TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 13, 2002 Avnet Hall-Mark, a value-added distributor of enterprise servers, storage, software and services Tuesday announced its immediate support and availability of the next-generation 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. CLARiiON(R) networked storage systems and software -- the CX600 storage system and the new IP (Internet protocol See Internet and TCP/IP. (networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. ) connectivity option for EMC MirrorView(TM) software. "Avnet Hall-Mark is ideally positioned to deliver the new EMC CLARiiON CX600 through the mid-market channel," said Ray Fischer, senior vice president, Avnet Hall-Mark Networked Storage Services. "EMC's advance support has enabled us to install the CX600 in our Storage Solutions Lab to complete training and education programs prior to the product launch. "We're poised to help partners with pre-sales, technical support and lead generation of the CX600." EMC Corp. announcements include two key product additions focused exclusively on mid-market storage solutions. The first is the CLARiiON CX600 storage system. The CX600 addresses the demands for powerful, automated networked storage systems and enterprise-class software functionality at mid-tier price points. Also announced is the new EMC MirrorView software IP connectivity option and addition of EMC PowerPath(TM) software support for CLARiiON. The new releases bring advanced business continuity features of data replication, automated path failover and automated load balancing The fine tuning of a computer system, network or disk subsystem in order to more evenly distribute the data and/or processing across available resources. For example, in clustering, load balancing might distribute the incoming transactions evenly to all servers, or it might redirect them to CLARiiON users. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Jeff Bawol, vice president and general manager of Avnet Hall-Mark's Enterprise Software & Storage Business Unit, "EMC's inclusion of the channel prior to the launch is unprecedented. It's exciting to see EMC's commitment to the channel as an integral part of the CX600 launch." "Our early engagement with Avnet Hall-Mark has been extremely valuable and has assured our readiness in the channel for our new products," stated Terry Richardson For other persons of the same name, see Terry Richardson (ice hockey). Terry Richardson (born 1965) is an American photographer. Richardson was born in New York City, raised in Hollywood, California, and is the son of fashion photographer Bob Richardson. , EMC's vice president of Reseller Sales. "In addition to premier technical support, Avnet Hall-Mark also provides robust marketing programs that assist partners with EMC product lead generation." All CLARiiON software (e.g., ECC (1) (Error-Correcting Code) A type of memory that corrects errors on the fly. See ECC memory. (2) (Elliptic Curve Cryptography) A public key cryptography method that provides fast decryption and digital signature processing. Navisphere(TM), SnapView(TM), MirrorView) is available immediately for the CLARiiON CX600 and remains compatible with prior CLARiiON hardware generations. About Avnet Hall-Mark Headquartered in Tempe, Avnet Hall-Mark, is an industry-leading, value-added distributor of enterprise servers, storage, software and services, marketing exclusively to the reseller channel. Avnet Hall-Mark is a division of the $2.4 billion Avnet Computer Marketing operating group of Avnet Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AVT AVT avian arginine vasotocin. See vasotocin. ), a global distributor of electronic components, embedded systems Embedded systems Computer systems that cannot be programmed by the user because they are preprogrammed for a specific task and are buried within the equipment they serve. and computer products and services from industry-leading manufacturers. Avnet's sales for fiscal 2002 (year ended June 28, 2002) were $8.9 billion. For more information about Avnet Hall-Mark, visit: www.hm.avnet.com. EMC, CLARiiON, and Navisphere are registered trademarks, and MirrorView, PowerPath and SnapView are trademarks of EMC Corp. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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