Avnet Hall-Mark Wins Six Awards From IBM.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 13, 2001 Avnet Computer Marketing, Hall-Mark Division (Avnet Hall-Mark), a leading worldwide value-added distributor of enterprise computing Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. products, storage, software and services, Tuesday announced it received six awards from 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) , including IBM Distributor Leadership, IBM Rising Star, IBM Global Services IBM Global Services is the world's largest business and technology services provider. It is the fastest growing part of IBM, with over 190,000 professionals serving customers in more than 160 countries. Leadership, IBM Global Financing, zSeries(R) Partner of Distinction and the e-Server Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. 2000 Performance Recognition Award. For the sixth consecutive time, Avnet Hall-Mark was awarded the IBM Distributor Leadership Award. Accepting the award for Avnet Hall-Mark during IBM's PartnerWorld event was Joe Mertens, executive vice president and general manager of the IBM Business Unit. This prestigious award is given only once per year to only one IBM mid-range distributor in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. for performance excellence in consistent volume growth, customer satisfaction, quality processes, and adherence to IBM compliance guidelines. "We are very honored to have received these six awards from IBM and we are especially proud of the sixth consecutive Distributor Leadership Award," said Rick Hamada, president Avnet Hall-Mark, North America. "Our entire IBM team deserves a tremendous amount of credit for the consistent execution that leads to recognition such as this." 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. Daniel Miller People called Daniel Miller include:
"We rely heavily on that expertise. Couple that with their extensive marketing assistance, program management, and the product specialists who are on hand to help us close business, and you have a powerful partnership." The five other awards IBM presented to Avnet Hall-Mark at PartnerWorld 2001 are as follows: The IBM Global Services Leadership Award. The criteria for this award were year-to-year growth, clothing ratio, and overall revenue. The IBM Global Financing Award. IBM issues the Global Financing Award to the leading IBM distributor in overall funding. The e-Server Latin America 2000 Performance Recognition Award which is based on outstanding sales in e-server products, specifically the iSeries. The zSeries "Partner of Distinction" award which is presented to the top zSeries distributor for outstanding sales in 2000. The Beacon "Rising Star" Award for innovative marketing of e-business technology particularly IBM's Host Integration offerings. About Avnet Computer Marketing, Hall-Mark Division Headquartered in Tempe, Avnet Computer Marketing, Hall-Mark Division is an industry-leading, value-added distributor of enterprise computing systems, software, storage and services, marketing exclusively to the reseller An organization that sells hardware and software to the general public. Resellers purchase products from software publishers and hardware manufacturers. channel. With locations in the Americas, Europe and Australia, the Hall-Mark Division is a division of the $2.3 billion Avnet Computer Marketing Group of Avnet Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AVT AVT avian arginine vasotocin. See vasotocin. ), a global distributor of electronic components and computer products and services from leading manufacturers. Avnet is a Fortune 500 company with annual sales exceeding $11.7 billion. For more information about the Hall-Mark Division, please visit its Web site at http://www.hallmark.avnet.com. |
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