Avnet Partner Solutions Announces Distribution Relationship with PolyServe.TEMPE, Ariz. -- Proven clustering solutions for Linux and Windows provide high value for partners in the industry-standard server space Avnet Partner Solutions, the leading 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, today announced that it has signed a distribution agreement to offer the PolyServe clustering solutions for Linux and Windows 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. . PolyServe is a new generation of systems software that provides applications management and high-availability features specifically designed for thin, high-density servers. The relationship with PolyServe is one of a number of Avnet initiatives focused on industry-standard servers. Support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services range from sales and technical training, go-to-market strategies and enablement, joint field resource mapping and ISV (Independent Software Vendor) A person or company that develops software. It implies an organization that specializes in software only and is not part of a computer systems or hardware manufacturer. solutions optimized for industry-standard servers. All are designed to enable Avnet partners to succeed, whether traditional UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). partners looking to fill in gaps in their sales coverage model with an industry-standard solution, or partners currently in that space looking to provide additional value. Companies worldwide are turning to clustering solutions to drastically reduce the costs and management of their data center infrastructure and ensure availability of their mission-critical data and applications. 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. IDC, the market for clustering and availability for Linux and Windows will grow to $544 million in 2006. Gartner Group (company) Gartner Group - One of the biggest IT industry research firms. Address: Connecticut, USA. further estimates that 20 percent of all servers will be clustered by 2006. "We are always looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ways to help our business partners capture new opportunities, and PolyServe is well positioned to deliver substantial value in capturing the quickly growing clustering market," said Jack Morris, vice president of software at Avnet Partner Solutions, 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) Americas. "PolyServe provides the key to enable our IBM partners to deliver a comprehensive clustering solution centered around IBM's industry-standard xSeries and BladeCenter, including storage, middleware and services." Jim Kleeman, vice president and general manager of the HP Business Unit for Avnet Partner Solutions, agrees that PolyServe provides a proven and cost-effective solution for those partners who are looking to provide ways to reduce the cost and complexity of managing server farms. "With PolyServe, we have a strong, viable consolidation solution; Avnet backs it up with the resources, tools and support services to make it easy for our partners to ramp quickly and succeed," he said. Both Avnet and PolyServe believe that open-systems platform migration/consolidation, virtualization An umbrella term for enhancing a computer's ability to do work. Following are the ways virtualization is used. Hardware Virtualization Partitioning the computer's memory into separate and isolated "virtual machines" simulates multiple machines within one physical computer. and clustering will be key components in making existing industry-standard server farms more efficient. "We see our partnership with Avnet as a key part of our strategy to successfully tap into this segment," said Ian Miller, vice president of Worldwide Sales and Business Development at PolyServe. "The mid-market is an important growth area for us and Avnet has a clear leadership position there with industry-standard server leaders like HP and IBM." According to Miller, PolyServe enables data centers to capitalize on the modular computing advantages that are possible with clusters of industry-standard servers running Linux or Windows across a SAN, providing a tremendous financial advantage for the data center. The PolyServe Matrix Server product for Linux and Windows allows many x86 servers to appear as a large multiprocessor system or "one from many." The other primary application with PolyServe revolves around migration of large databases -- such as Oracle -- running on legacy UNIX systems to x86. PolyServe solutions range across IBM, Microsoft and Oracle database workloads, network-attached storage (NAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular ) file serving, e-mail and Web content serving, and have been implemented in markets as diverse as biosciences, telecommunications, financial services, media, retail and government. About Avnet Partner Solutions 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 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. , HP, IBM, Microsoft, Network Appliance, Oracle, StorageTek and VERITAS -- driving growth for partners and manufacturers. Visit: www.aps.avnet.com. Avnet Partner Solutions, Americas is part of the Avnet Technology Solutions operating group of Avnet Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AVT AVT avian arginine vasotocin. See vasotocin. ), which 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 which 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. Visit www.avnet.com. Product and service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners. |
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