Arrow Adds EMC VSPEX BLUE to Portfolio

Arrow Electronics, Inc. added the EMC VSPEX BLUE hyper-converged infrastructure appliance to its EMC portfolio.

Solution providers can offer the VSPEX BLUE appliance through Arrow to their customers.

The VSPEX BLUE hyper-converged infrastructure appliance provides virtualization and storage in a protected and managed single, all-inclusive product. The appliance accelerates time to market by enabling customers to go from power-on to VM creation within 15 minutes.

The hyper-converged infrastructure appliance provides linear scaling that grows or contracts based on business needs. A single point of hardware and software support by EMC provides customers with 24X7 support and repair service. The VSPEX BLUE appliance offers SMB, mid-market and enterprise customers a fast, low-risk path to the private/hybrid cloud.

“For over 14 years, Arrow has been a trusted EMC distributor, and we are thrilled to continue to grow our relationship with the addition of the EMC VSPEX BLUE hyper-converged infrastructure appliance to Arrow’s portfolio,” said Gregg Ambulos, SVP, global channel sales, EMC. “EMC shares Arrow’s passion for creating agile solutions that solve business challenges and meet the demands of customers in a rapidly changing IT landscape. The VSPEX BLUE appliance does just that, offering customers one of the fastest, and lowest risk, paths to new application and technology adoption, optimal deployment and consistent operations.“

Jason Nolet, SVP, data center switching, routing and analytics products group, Brocade Communication Systems, Inc., said: “We are excited that the EMC Connectrix IP storage switch, based on Brocade networking technologies, is available as a key component of the new EMC VSPEX BLUE solution. Delivering improved automation, greater agility and higher performance compared to other networking solutions, the Connectrix storage switch is an easy-to-deploy solution that is ideal for hyper-converged infrastructure utilizing VMware Virtual SAN for virtual desktop, cloud applications and similar workloads.“