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Avnet Technology Solutions and Solarflare Join Forces to Develop Solutions for Optimising High-Performance Data Centres
Avnet Technology Solutions
is joining forces with Solarflare, the company pioneering low latency, 10
Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE). This new distribution agreement expands the
high-performance network and data centre solutions available for value-added
resellers (VARs) in the EMEA region. Avnet will be distributing Solarflare's
complete family of products, including high-performance, low-latency 10GbE
server adapters for enterprise and midrange computing environments.
"Avnet continues to
invest in fostering growth opportunities for our business partners in
EMEA," said Julie Reininger, product business manager, storage networking,
Avnet Technology Solutions EMEA. "Our business partners can now position
Solarflare's solutions along with complementary hardware and software products
from Avnet supplier partners such as Brocade, Force10 Networks and Juniper
Networks to provide a comprehensive solution. By including Solarflare's
low-latency 10GbE server adapters, partners can better support the
high-performance demands being placed on their data centres."
Solarflare offers
innovative, comprehensive 10GbE solutions in a wide range of applications
including cloud networking, virtualisation, high-performance computing and
storage, in addition to industry verticals such as financial services and
pharmaceutical. Solarflare's 10GbE and open source-based solutions accelerate
computing processes by improving the input / output (I/O) in their server
infrastructures. Through its new partnership with Avnet, Solarflare will be
able to expand the reach of its channel across EMEA.
"We selected Avnet to
become our new distribution partner not only because of their global scale and
scope, but also due to their extensive regional relationships with both VARs
and complementary technology suppliers," said Peter Jones, director of
worldwide channels sales, Solarflare. "Avnet is the only pan-EMEA
distributor that can provide complete high-performance, low latency solutions
that combine Solarflare products with technology from Force10, Juniper and
Brocade. Avnet will help Solarflare rapidly expand our market leadership
by equipping channel partners with complete solutions that solve the
performance pain points of their customers' data centres."
"The opportunity for
Avnet's business partners is twofold," added Bruce Hockin, head of
business strategy, Avnet Technology Solutions,