Bangkok--27 Nov--Oasis Media
NetApp (Thailand) Ltd. has expanded its business partnership with Avnet Technology Solutions Thailand Ltd. as a value-added distributor for NetApp’s storage products. Targeting midsize enterprises, both companies will offer cost-effective data and storage management solutions which combine hardware, software and services.
Mr. Weera Areeratanasak, Country Manager of NetApp Thailand Ltd., said: “The collaboration between NetApp and Avnet has proved successful in the global and regional markets. To further build on both companies’ success, NetApp plans to leverage our partnership with Avnet to capture business opportunities in Thailand’s growing market. Our customers in the midsize enterprises have continuously invested in IT, but they lack storage professionals so they are looking for easy-to-use, flexible and affordable products that can address their ever-changing requirements. As a result, we have expanded our partnership with Avnet Technology Solutions Thailand in order to strengthen our market presence and together we will deliver an outstanding customer experience.”
NetApp products incorporate a wide range of innovative technologies including Thin Provisioning, Deduplication, RAID-DP?, Snapshot. These standard features will enable efficient information management. Furthermore, NetApp has recently introduced Data ONTAP? 8 with new technologies and solutions that support cloud infrastructures now and in the future. This will allow customers to transform their data centers as well as migrate to IT-as-a-Service (ITaaS) model. NetApp plays a leading role in providing cost-effective products that can satisfy changing demands in information management.
In this partnership, NetApp will fully support Avnet by providing product and technology updates, consulting, support services for end customers, enabling them to effectively take advantage of the full capabilities of NetApp’s storage products.
Mr. Kenneth Koh, regional director of Avnet Technology Solutions, ASEAN, commented, “NetApp plays a leading role in providing cost-effective products that can satisfy changing demands in information management. The extension of this strong partnership in Thailand allows NetApp and Avnet to leverage their existing business alliance and accelerate the speed with which they are able to offer solutions, including software, that address business needs, such as protecting data and quickly restoring data in disaster-recovery situations. The NetApp range of storage products fits into Avnet’s strategies and complements our existing portfolio of market-leading solutions.”
About NetApp
NetApp creates innovative storage and data management solutions that accelerate business breakthroughs and achieve outstanding cost efficiency. Discover our passion for helping companies around the world go further, faster at www.netapp.com.
About Avnet Technology Solutions
Avnet Technology Solutions is an operating group of Phoenix-based Avnet, Inc. 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. For fiscal year 2009, the group served customers in more than 30 countries and generated US $7.04 billion in annual revenue. For more information, visit www.ats.avnet.com
About Avnet
Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT), a Fortune 500 company, is one of the largest distributors of electronic components, computer products and embedded technology serving customers in more than 70 countries worldwide. Avnet accelerates its partners’ success by connecting the world’s leading technology suppliers with a broad base of more than 100,000 customers and by providing cost-effective, value-added services and solutions. For the fiscal year ended June 28, 2009, Avnet generated revenue of $16.23 billion. For more information, visit www.avnet.com
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