Arrow Adds Rackspace to Cloud Services Portfolio
September 29 2014 - 10:04AM
Business Wire
Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:ARW), today announced a
distribution agreement with Rackspace® (NYSE: RAX), a
leading managed cloud company, that will expand the company’s cloud
service portfolio in the United States and Canada.
Through the agreement, Arrow solution providers can enter the
Rackspace reseller program that provides volume discounts, pre- and
post-sales support and access to helpdesk services and financing
services.
The Rackspace managed cloud portfolio includes among other
services: public multi-tenant, private and dedicated single-tenant
cloud servers, as well as data stores, e-commerce, digital
marketing and VMware®-powered solutions.
“Rackspace is an industry leader in the managed cloud market and
a compelling offering for our solution providers and their
customers,” said Dee Dee Lear, vice president of cloud and business
development for Arrow’s North American enterprise computing
solutions business. “As our priority is to offer best-in-class
services aligned with our solution providers’ core expertise and to
accelerate their on-ramp to the cloud, we are pleased to bring
Rackspace solutions to our solution provider community.”
“Our agreement with Arrow represents a key strategic move
extending the value of Rackspace’s managed cloud offering deep into
the enterprise segment,” said Todd Cione, senior vice president of
America sales at Rackspace. “Through our shared emphasis on
delivering specialized expertise, this collaboration with Arrow
will allow us to extend the reach of our Fanatical Support® to
leading solution providers within the United States and Canadian
market, and eventually expand on a global scale.”
The Rackspace solutions are available through ArrowSphere, a
platform that provides the channel ecosystem, such as managed
service and solution providers and independent software vendors,
with easy access to cloud services. ArrowSphere features
best-of-breed offerings from leading service providers, as well as
customizable webstores through which solution providers can present
Arrow cloud offerings, as well as their own cloud services, to
customers.
For more information, send an email to
ecscloudservices@arrow.com or call 877-558-6677.
About Arrow Electronics
Arrow Electronics (www.arrow.com) is a global provider of
products, services and solutions to industrial and commercial users
of electronic components and enterprise computing solutions. Arrow
serves as a supply channel partner for more than 100,000 original
equipment manufacturers, contract manufacturers and commercial
customers through a global network of more than 460 locations in 58
countries.
Arrow Electronics, Inc.Dawn Small,
303-824-4188dsmall@arrow.com
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