Arrow Electronics Signs North America Distribution Deal with Flash Storage Provider Violin Memory
April 06 2015 - 04:44PM
Business Wire
Strategy Will Help Accelerate Disk-to-Flash
Storage Adoption
Arrow Electronics (NYSE: ARW) today announced a North American
distribution agreement with Violin Memory, a global provider of
award-winning flash storage platform solutions.
The agreement will provide Arrow resellers with access to
Violin’s extensive Flash Storage Platform solutions, all-flash
product portfolio and enterprise data services. In turn, Violin
Memory will leverage Arrow’s sales support and technical expertise
to continue its expansion into the all-flash array market in North
America.
“This distribution agreement with Violin will provide Arrow’s
customers with a broad set of enterprise-class flash storage
products and data management solutions,” said Joe Burke, vice
president and general manager of Arrow’s Enterprise Storage,
Security, Networking and Virtualization Group. “Arrow looks forward
to partnering with Violin to expand the rapidly maturing flash
storage market in North America.”
Violin’s flash storage solutions store more data with a smaller
footprint and drive faster application performance at a cost
comparable to traditional storage solutions. Violin’s Flash Storage
Platform utilizes a vertically integrated design of software,
firmware, and hardware that can facilitate the transition of
primary storage from legacy solutions to all flash.
“Arrow’s expertise in the storage arena is synergistic with our
go-to-market strategy, and their desire to push further into the
all-flash marketplace with Violin’s Flash Storage Platform is an
exciting proposition for both of us,” said Jeff Nollette, worldwide
vice president of channel sales for Violin Memory. “The market
opportunity for all-flash arrays in North America is white-hot
today and growing larger by the month. We both expect to benefit
from the marriage of our enterprise-hardened solutions and Arrow’s
extensive expertise and market coverage in North America.”
Arrow’s extensive global sales and distribution network includes
technical application teams and expert specialists who help
customers find the technology solutions that are right for them and
who assist resellers with selling to end customers. These Arrow
specialists will benefit from Violin’s newly launched global
partner program, which provides targeted product support, services
and tools.
The two companies signed a similar distribution agreement for
Europe, the Middle East and Africa earlier this year.
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 56
countries.
About Violin Memory
Business in a Flash. Violin Memory, the industry pioneer in
All Flash Arrays, is the agile innovator, transforming the speed of
business with enterprise-grade data services software on its
leadership Flash Storage Platforms. Violin’s Concerto™ OS 7
delivers complete data protection and data reduction services and
consistent high performance in a storage operating system fully
integrated with Violin’s patented Flash Fabric Architecture™ for
cloud, enterprise and virtualized business and
mission-critical storage applications. Violin’s Flash Storage
Platforms are designed for primary storage applications at costs
below traditional hard disk arrays and accelerate breakthrough
CapEx and OpEx savings while helping customers build the next
generation data center. Violin's Flash Storage Platforms and All
Flash Arrays enhance business agility while revolutionizing data
center economics. Founded in 2005, Violin Memory is
headquartered in Santa Clara, California. For more information,
visit www.violin-memory.com.
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