Avnet Technology Solutions Launches IBM Business Partner Innovation Center; Customer-centric Showcase Provides Opportunity to Test, Design and Evaluate Complete Hardware and Software Solutions.SAN ANTONIO, Texas “San Antonio” redirects here. For other uses, see San Antonio (disambiguation). San Antonio is the second most populous city in Texas, the third most populous metropolitan area in Texas, and is the seventh most populous city in the United States. As of the 2006 U.S. -- Avnet Technology Solutions, Americas, an operating group of Avnet Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AVT AVT avian arginine vasotocin. See vasotocin. ) focused on enterprise computer products and embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. subsystems, announces the grand opening of its 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) Business Partner Innovation Center in San Antonio, Texas, July 19. Avnet's Business Partner Innovation Center, which builds upon the success of its existing WebSphere(R) Innovation Center, will showcase a wide range of IBM software and hardware platforms Each hardware platform, or CPU family, has a unique machine language. All software presented to the computer for execution must be in the binary coded machine language of that CPU. Following is a list of the major hardware platforms in existence today. See platform. available to partners. Previously focused on demonstrating WebSphere(R) software capabilities, the new Business Partner Innovation Center facility will showcase a range of emerging business solutions for a number of industry sectors including multiple software systems and services running on IBM hardware platforms such as IBM System x(R), IBM System i The IBM System i (formerly known as iSeries, AS/400, and Application System/400) is a minicomputer platform produced by IBM. It was officially introduced as the AS/400 in 1988. (R), IBM System p The System p5, formerly known as RS/6000 (for RISC System/6000), is IBM's current RISC/UNIX-based server and workstation product line. History Announced in 1990, the RS/6000 replaced the RT PC. (R), IBM eServer This article is about the IBM family of computer servers. For the open access electronic text archive, see EServer.org. IBM eServer was a family of computer servers from IBM Corporation. Linux(R), IBM BladeCenter The IBM BladeCenter is IBM's blade server architecture. History Originally introduced in 2002, based on engineering work started in 1999, the IBM BladeCenter was a relative late comer to the blade market. servers, and TotalStorage solutions. Using the Business Partner Innovation Center, solution providers can test-drive customer-specific solutions in a fully interactive, real-world environment either on-location or remotely. The Business Partner Innovation Center provides advanced resources to benefit Avnet resellers who will be able to demonstrate solution performance in customer-designed environments, assess the effectiveness of a custom solution before implementation, and help mitigate customer risk when purchasing new solutions. In addition to technology demonstrations, the Business Partner Innovation Center enables Avnet to provide hands-on solution design consultation, proof-of-concept support, custom educational workshops, and create new product awareness to help partners drive additional solution sales. "Avnet's Business Partner Innovation Center is a great tool for Avnet and our solution partners," said Sara Jensen, vice president of Product Marketing, Avnet Partner Solutions, IBM Business Unit. "The Business Partner Innovation Center will help partners demonstrate their solutions and reassure their customers that they are receiving the best solution for their needs." With a wider variety of IBM solutions available, the new Business Partner Innovation Center strengthens Avnet's commitment to IBM solutions providers. Hosting the latest TotalStorage and software solutions from IBM, the Business Partner Innovation Center provides a vehicle to drive sales through innovation, build business through collaboration, and generate demand for new opportunities. "Solution spending is progressively growing. By 2008, it is estimated to be 66 percent of the overall IT market. IBM's Business Partner Innovation Centers are the ideal platform to bring industry and SMB (1) (Small to Medium-sized Business) Also called "SME" (small to medium-sized enterprise), it refers to companies that are larger than the small office/home office (SOHO), but not huge. solutions directly into the customers' hands and showcase IBM products The following is a list of products from the International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation and its predecessor corporations, beginning in the 1890s, and spanning punched card machinery, time clocks, and typewriters, via mainframe computers and minicomputers, to microprocessors, PCs, and related technologies," said Deborah Kestin-Schildkraut, IBM Business Partner Innovation Center program director. "Our Business Partner Innovation Centers are run by a premier group of IBM Business Partners, firms like Avnet, that fully understand the importance of innovation and are investing to translate this understanding into business and technology improvements." About Avnet Technology Solutions Avnet Technology Solutions is an operating group of Avnet Inc. representing more than $4 billion in annual revenue, with locations in more than 30 countries. As a global technology sales and marketing organization, Avnet Technology Solutions has sales divisions focused on specific customer segments and a select line card strategy enabling an exceptional level of attention to the needs of its customers and suppliers. Avnet 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 300 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 and the company it acquired in July 2005, Memec Group Holdings Ltd., together generated more than $13 billion in revenue in the past year through sales in 68 countries. Visit www.avnet.com/. Product and service names mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners. |
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