Avnet Partner Solutions, Americas Expands Product Portfolio with EMC Documentum Content Management Solutions.

TEMPE, Ariz. -- Avnet Partner Solutions, Americas, a value-added distributor and provider of enterprise servers, storage, software and services, today announced it has expanded its agreement with EMC Corp., a leader in information storage and management, to distribute EMC Documentum ApplicationXtender. Documentum ApplicationXtender is a best-in-class content management suite for the mid-market, widely regarded for efficiently capturing, storing and managing critical information. The suite will provide another data protection solution for Avnet's partners to utilize as they build their information lifecycle management (ILM) practices.

"Partnering with Avnet enables us to bring more solutions to market," said Mark Stellini, president, Info Systems Inc. "The addition of EMC Documentum ApplicationXtender represents a great value to my organization and will enable us to grow our ILM business."

With its out-of-the-box capabilities, Documentum ApplicationXtender enables customers to quickly deploy an "electronic file cabinet" for business-critical information, so organizations across all industries can effectively respond to the increasing amounts of information.

"The robust capabilities of Avnet's IT DemoCentral are ideal for demonstrating the high-speed image capture and quick deployment capabilities of EMC Documentum ApplicationXtender," said Jeff Bawol, senior vice president and general manager, Enterprise Software and Storage Business Unit, Avnet Partner Solutions, Americas. "This capability will enable Avnet to substantially differentiate EMC's solutions from its competition and will dramatically reduce our partners' sales cycles."

"EMC continues to deliver comprehensive, best-in-class information storage and management solutions, and Avnet is recognized throughout the industry for its exemplary training and services," said Rob Tarkoff, senior vice president, Strategy, Alliances and Business Development, EMC Software. "We are pleased to work with Avnet in helping its partners, resellers and customers implement and extend their ILM strategies."

About Avnet Partner Solutions, Americas

Avnet Partner Solutions, Americas is an industry-leading, value-added distributor and provider of enterprise servers, storage, software and services, with operations in the United States, Mexico and Canada. Avnet Partner Solutions provides solutions from industry-leading manufacturers including Computer Associates, EMC, HP, IBM, Microsoft, Network Appliance, Oracle, StorageTek and VERITAS -- driving growth for partners and manufacturers. Avnet Partner Solutions is a division of the Avnet Technology Solutions operating group of Avnet Inc. For more information, visit: www.aps.avnet.com.

Avnet Inc. (NYSE:AVT) enables success from the center of the technology industry, providing cost-effective services and solutions vital to a broad base of more than 100,000 customers and 250 suppliers. The company markets, distributes and adds value to a wide variety of electronic components, enterprise computer products and embedded subsystems. Through its premier market position, Avnet brings a breadth and depth of capabilities that help its trading partners accelerate growth and realize cost efficiencies. Avnet generated more than $10 billion in revenue in fiscal 2004 (year ended July 3, 2004) through sales in 68 countries. For more information, visit www.avnet.com.

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