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NextIO Strikes Partnership with Avnet Technology Solutions

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NextIO today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Avnet Technology Solutions, the operating group of Avnet. Under the terms of the agreement, Avnet will act as NextIO’s primary integration partner and exclusive distributor of NextIO’s I/O virtualization solutions to its IBM reseller partners in the United States and Canada.

The NextIO Express Connect product provides an all-encompassing I/O solution for today’s dynamic data center. NextIO provides customers with the largest breadth of server I/O choice for any-to-any connectivity without the need to change existing infrastructure and lays the foundation for I/O virtualization in any server environment. Express Connect enables servers to access many more I/O devices than are available by default. Server I/O devices are contained in the NextIO Express Connect appliance and are accessed by multiple servers as a flexible and dynamic pool of I/O resources.

NextIO provides customers with cost savings, flexibility and manageability, while protecting their existing infrastructure investments. As the industry leader in next-generation I/O virtualization solutions, NextIO provides enterprise-class servers with faster installations, network transparent I/O upgrades, minimal service disruptions, and less operational management overhead.

Avnet Technology Solutions Introduces Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Solution, Based on VMware Technology

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Avnet Technology Solutions, an operating group of Avnet, today announced a comprehensive solution to assist partners in targeting the emerging virtual desktop market in the US and Canada. Avnet Technology Solutions’ new solution combines VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) software with the services and enablement resources needed to develop market expertise and effectively implement virtual desktop environments. Partners can use virtual desktop solutions to help their customers improve manageability, increase control and enhance the security of their enterprise desktops. The centralization of desktop management through virtualization also helps companies more effectively leverage their IT resources.

Avnet’s new solution is based on VMware VDI, which includes VMware Virtual Desktop Manager and provides simplified management and secure provisioning of virtual desktops and manages user access to the virtual desktops from a wide range of devices such as Windows, Linux and Mac computers, and thin clients. By deploying the VMware platform, partners can extend business continuity and disaster recovery capabilities to their customers’ desktops and streamline desktop management to reduce operating costs, increase control and deliver complete desktop environments with greater application compatibility.

Avnet to Distribute Reflex Security’s “Virtual Security Manager”

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Reflex Security today announced a global distribution agreement with Avnet Technology Solutions, an operating group of Avnet, which will be implemented initially in the U.S. and Canada. Under the agreement, Avnet will distribute Reflex Security’s “Virtual Security Manager” (VSM) solution. The agreement will significantly broaden the market opportunities for Reflex Security, and VARs will benefit from Avnet’s virtualization solutions practice.

While virtualization enables enterprise organizations to optimize IT resources and reduce their costs, there are also critical security implications that need to be taken into account. The first company to introduce a dedicated virtual security solution in the market, Reflex Security provides companies with a simple and cost-effective way to apply an additional layer of security to their virtualized environments.

Avnet Launches VirtualPath University

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Avnet Technology Solutions, an operating group of Avnet, announced a dedicated training program called VirtualPath University for value-added resellers in the United States. Based on Avnet’s HealthPath University and GovPath University programs, VirtualPath University provides partners with virtualization market understanding, knowledge, technology drivers and tools.

VirtualPath University is designed to shorten the ramp-up time for partners to develop virtualization practices and help them quickly begin generating demand for their expertise. The three-day training program educates partners on:

  • The fundamentals of understanding virtualization and its place in the market
  • Business trends affecting the IT marketplace
  • How virtualization solutions fit into the IT fabric of companies
  • The features and compelling business benefits of virtualization solutions
  • Aligning virtualization solutions with business challenges and pain points

The class work will be supported by a step-by-step interactive toolkit. This toolkit outlines each component of the virtualization sales cycle and includes resource information on how to execute more effectively on the workshop concepts.

VirtualPath University is one of many resources available through Avnet’s VirtualPath Practice, a portfolio of services, programs, technology, and tools designed to provide partners with the resources needed to succeed in virtualization and consolidation.

The first VirtualPath University class is scheduled for September 8-10 in Roseland, N.J.