Avnet Honors Top Partners at Annual Partner Summit
November 18 2015 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
Avnet’s top partners in the U.S. and Canada
recognized for their success in growing the IT channel
Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), a leading global technology
distributor, celebrated the winners of its second annual Avnet
Partner Awards, which were presented at last week’s 2015 Avnet
Technology Solutions Partner Summit. This awards program tracks,
measures and rewards Avnet’s U.S. and Canadian partners for their
performance in the IT channel with nine awards across eight
categories. The winning organizations were presented with their
Avnet Partner Award trophies during the Avnet Technology Solutions
Partner Summit.
The Avnet Partner Awards are part of a unique program designed
by Avnet to recognize its top partners with incentives and rewards
for building stronger relationships with Avnet and growing their
businesses. This year’s awards program was specifically geared
for partners to showcase their knowledge and skills across eight
key IT solutions areas, such as cloud computing, converged
infrastructure, and high-growth vertical market areas including
financial and government.
Avnet announced Sirius Computer Solutions as the winner of the
“Top Performance” award in the U.S., and CDW Canada received this
award for Canada. Additional winners included:
- Avnet Cloud Solutions Award – SVA
Consulting
- Avnet Converged Solutions Award –
AdvizeX
- Avnet Financial Services Award –
Evolving Solutions, Inc.
- Avnet Government Solutions Award –
World Wide Technology, Inc.
- Avnet Maintenance and Renewal Award –
Meridian IT
- Avnet Reference Architecture Award –
SwishData Corporation
- Avnet Services Award – CDW
“The Avnet Partner Awards program recognizes and rewards our
partners’ successes, as well as their contributions to the channel
and Avnet,” said Jeff Bawol, president, Avnet Technology Solutions,
Americas. “The efforts of all partner award winners have
contributed to the growth of our industry and reinforce Avnet’s
commitment to provide our partners with the resources they need to
solve their customers’ business challenges, today, and in the
future.”
Avnet held its annual Avnet Technology Solutions Partner Summit,
in Chandler, Ariz., November 9-12, 2015, at the Sheraton Wild Horse
Pass Resort and Spa. This event brought together hundreds of
Avnet's top partner and supplier executives who span the entire
Avnet Technology Solutions, Americas’ line card, and dozens of
industry leaders to share their perspectives on the evolving IT
landscape. Highlights of this year’s event included compelling
presentations from Guy Kawasaki, chief evangelist at Canva;
Frank Gens, senior vice president and chief analyst for
industry analyst firm IDC; and Haley Ercanbrack, adventurer
and mountain climber.
Avnet made several key announcements in conjunction with its
event, which included the following:
- Avnet Unveils Next-Generation Cloud
Marketplace
Avnet demonstrated its recently launched cloud marketplace at
the Avnet Partner Summit. The Avnet Cloud Marketplace is a one-stop
shop that offers comprehensive solutions from leading cloud service
providers, flexible payment models and a powerful cloud management
toolset. It provides partners with the ability to offer cloud-based
services to their customers through both consumption- and
subscription-based models and create branded storefronts to offer
complete solutions to their customers. The Avnet Cloud Marketplace
features cloud solutions from IBM and Amazon Web Services
(AWS).
- Avnet Government Solutions Opens
Washington, D.C. - Area Office
The Avnet Government Solutions team recently moved into its new
office in the Washington, D.C. area. Partners will now benefit from
Avnet Government Solutions’ new strategic location in Chantilly,
Va., which is near the nexus of the U.S. federal government’s
operations. This move will allow Avnet Government Solutions to
better serve its federal, state, local and education partners, and
continue to broaden their offerings for the public sector. Experts
from Avnet Government Solutions shared insights with partners at
the event on the key growth opportunities in the public sector.
- Avnet Introduces New Partner
Training and Enablement Network in the U.S. and Canada
Avnet launched an innovative, new training and enablement
community – the Avnet Knowledge Network. This new community
harnesses the power of Avnet’s industry-recognized solutions
expertise to create a single source of solution and supplier sales
information and training for Avnet’s partners in the U.S. and
Canada. The Knowledge Network is a private community that provides
Avnet partners with educational resources that empower them to sell
more complex and multi-vendor solutions, expand their knowledge of
vertical markets and technology solutions, and stay up to date on
the latest industry news and information. Partners were able to
demo Avnet’s Knowledge Network at the event.
Follow Avnet Technology Solutions on Twitter: @AvnetAdvantage,
@AvnetEvents and @AvnetTSChannels.
Connect with Avnet Technology Solutions on LinkedIn: Avnet
Technology Solutions.
Read about Avnet Technology Solutions on its Avnet Advantage
blog: http://blogging.avnet.com/ts/advantage/.
For more information on Avnet Technology Solutions, please visit
ats.avnet.com.
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About Avnet, Inc.
From components to cloud and design to disposal, Avnet, Inc.
(NYSE: AVT) accelerates the success of customers who build, sell
and use technology globally by providing them with a comprehensive
portfolio of innovative products, services and solutions. Avnet is
a Fortune 500 company with revenues of $27.9 billion for the fiscal
year 2015. For more information, visit www.avnet.com.
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