Avnet, Smart Partner for Plasmon
Of newly-acquired U.S. resellers in 2007, nearly 65% attributed to its agreement with Avnet.
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on March 13, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Plasmon announced the company has experienced significant
reseller growth as a result of its partnership with Avnet Technology
Solutions, Americas, a value-added distributor of enterprise computing
products, embedded subsystems, software and services and an operating
group of Avnet, Inc. Of Plasmon’s newly-acquired U.S.
resellers in 2007, nearly 65 percent are attributed to its agreement
with Avnet to distribute and provide services and support for Plasmon’s
archival products and solutions to authorized value-added reseller
partners in North America.
"Avnet’s reseller partners are
seeing increased demand for archival solutions and are relying on
companies such as Plasmon to help them expand their sales opportunities
in the storage market,"Â? said Jeff Bawol, senior vice president and
general manager, Avnet Technology Solutions, Americas, Enterprise
Software and Storage Solutions group. "The growth Plasmon is seeing
from the Avnet reseller community is the result of the value of
Plasmon’s advanced archival solutions and Avnet’s focus on partner
enablement."
"With the addition of these
geographically-dispersed resellers to our already strong partner
portfolio, Plasmon continues to expand its opportunity and reach into a
new customer base,"Â? said Steven Murphy, CEO, Plasmon. "We are
confident that this momentum will continue as businesses are seeing a
growing need for archiving solutions that mitigate the business risk
around retention and compliance requirements."Â?