Avnet signs Distributor Agreement in India with VMware

BANGALORE, INDIA: Avnet Technology Solutions, a value-added IT distributor and an operating group of Avnet, Inc. announced that the company has signed a value-added distribution agreement in India with VMware. This agreement will enable Avnet to offer the full suite of VMware virtualization products and solutions to the Indian market through the company’s network of resellers.

Under this agreement, Avnet will enhance its current portfolio of products and services by distributing virtualization solutions from VMware that span desktop, datacenter and cloud computing applications. As the global leader in virtualization, VMware solutions are designed to substantially lower IT costs, provide more flexibility in choosing operating systems, and offer more automated and resilient systems infrastructure capable of responding to Indian customers’ variable business demands, enabling them to more efficiently build, run and manage applications within internal and external cloud architectures.

Naresh Desai, General Manager—Business Development, Avnet Technology Solutions, India, said, “Virtualization is rapidly transforming the IT industry, and the traditional model of IT has become inoperable with the arrival of recent technologies like cloud computing. VMware solutions provide customers with an evolutionary path between these two models, and in partnering with VMware, we will work together to expand the use of virtualization in India. Introducing VMware solutions to our broader partner and reseller community aligns with our commitment to provide our partners with a broad range of platforms and products to take to market.”

T Srinivasan, Managing Director, VMware India & SAARC, said, “Avnet is now distributing VMware solutions across the country. Our solutions help organizations drive enhanced efficiency, performance and cost savings. Avnet will enable us to deliver these benefits to an increasing number of customers in India as we expand the potential of virtualization."

Lead by a desire to control IT costs and deliver improved business continuity, SMB and enterprise customers across the country are increasingly turning to VMware as the proven virtualization industry leader that addresses their critical IT needs by delivering the most reliable, best-performing and easiest to manage virtualization solutions. VMware’s customers in India include Atrenta India, Bajaj Auto, Chitale Dairy, Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd., Essel Propack, i2 Technologies, Mahindra & Mahindra, and Reliance General Insurance, to name a few.

VMware recently unveiled VMware vSphere™ 4, which offers customers the highest consolidation ratios in the industry. This could translate into hundreds of thousands of dollars in savings for some customers—according to a new report released by industry analyst firm, Taneja Group. VMware vSphere 4 provides ‘Always On IT’ for SMB customers, bringing the high availability, performance and reliability of the VMware platform together with cost-effective solution packages designed for the business needs of SMBs.