Avnet Technology Solutions Expands Its Cloud Offerings in Latin America

Avnet Technology Solutions, the global IT solutions distribution leader and an operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), today announced that it has significantly expanded its cloud offerings in Latin America. As a part of this, Avnet will now provide business partners in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico and Venezuela with products and services from SoftLayer, a cloud infrastructure provider and an IBM company. The addition of SoftLayer to Avnet’s cloud portfolio will help Latin American business partners accelerate the development of their cloud offerings with a scalable, secure base for the delivery of cloud services, spanning IBM's infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and software as a service (SaaS) solutions.

“We are committed to helping our business partners evolve their cloud capabilities to meet the rapidly changing needs of their customers,” said Sergio Farache, senior vice president and general manager of Avnet Technology Solutions, Latin America and the Caribbean. “Today, Avnet became the first distributor in Latin America to provide our partners with access to SoftLayer’s cloud services, which will position them for success as major global companies look to incorporate cloud computing into their IT strategies. Business partners can rely on the knowledge and expertise of the Avnet team to develop and expand their cloud services skills and capitalize on the significant market opportunities related to the cloud.”

“At IBM, we strongly believe that finding and implementing cloud infrastructure solutions requires business insight and technical expertise, and we’re collaborating with Avnet throughout Latin America to help realize this vision,” said Patricio Espinosa, IBM Cloud Leader for Latin America. “Avnet’s value proposition to the business partner community will strongly support its ability to bring cloud solutions to their customers, and expertly guide their SoftLayer resellers through the deployment of cloud infrastructure solutions. This will represent a key element in our capacity to reach thousands of independent software vendors, cloud service providers, system integrators and managed service providers that are already considering using IaaS to provide cloud solutions to their customers."

With the addition of SoftLayer to its portfolio, Avnet’s business partners will be able to resell SoftLayer Cloud Services and build cloud solutions that can be deployed for customers ranging from Web startups to global enterprises. SoftLayer provides a simple on-ramp to cloud for businesses and government that can scale to mission-critical workloads in a secure and reliable cloud environment.

“Cloud services are an elemental force driving the growth and innovation the technology industry is experiencing as part of the third platform,” said Darren Bibby, program vice president, Channels and Alliances Research for IDC. “The decision to engage the channel through a global distributor, such as Avnet, will help SoftLayer capitalize on third-platform-related opportunities and increase its routes to market. Avnet has an intriguing approach to the cloud computing market that aligns with IBM’s strategy and can enable channel partners to quickly deploy cloud services and solutions to end users.”

Business partners will benefit from Avnet’s enablement approach to helping the channel community move their customers’ businesses to the cloud, as well as the extensive experience and knowledge base in related services. Avnet has proven technical expertise to assess and deliver optimal public, private or hybrid cloud solutions that best suit business partners’ and their customers' needs, and helps business partners develop their sales skills related to the cloud.

Avnet is helping business partners grow their cloud offerings around the world. Following successful rollouts in EMEA and North America, Avnet offers SoftLayer solutions to its business partners in more than 30 countries, including: Argentina, Bolivia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay and Venezuela.

Business partners interested in learning more about how Avnet can help them profitably capitalize on cloud market opportunities can visit the Avnet Cloud Solutions website – www.avnetcloudready.com – or contact their Avnet Latin America account development manager.

For more information about Avnet’s cloud solutions, visit www.avnetcloudready.com.

Learn more about Avnet’s cloud solutions through the Avnet Cloud Solutions Blog.

Watch Avnet’s videos on the cloud: http://www.youtube.com/user/AvnetCloudSolutions/featured.

Follow Avnet Technology Solutions, Latin America and Caribbean, on Twitter: @Avnet_Arg, @Avnet_TS_BR, @avnetmex and @AvnetAdvantage.

Click to tweet: Avnet expands #cloud offerings in Latin America by adding @SoftLayer solutions to distribution portfolio http://www.ats.avnet.com/lac.

All brands and trade names are trademarks or registered trademarks, and are the properties of their respective owners. Avnet disclaims any proprietary interest in marks other than its own.

About Avnet Technology Solutions

As a global IT solutions distributor, Avnet Technology Solutions transforms technology into business solutions for customers around the world. It collaborates with customers and suppliers to create and deliver services, software and hardware solutions that address the changing needs of end-user customers. The group serves customers and suppliers in North America, Latin America and Caribbean, Asia Pacific, and Europe, Middle East and Africa. It generated US $11.0 billion in annual revenue for fiscal year 2014. Avnet Technology Solutions is an operating group of Avnet, Inc. For more information, visit http://www.ats.avnet.com.

About Avnet, Inc.

Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), a Fortune 500 company, is one of the largest distributors of electronic components, computer products and embedded technology serving customers globally. Avnet accelerates its partners' success by connecting the world's leading technology suppliers with a broad base of customers by providing cost-effective, value-added services and solutions. For the fiscal year ended June 28, 2014, Avnet generated revenue of $27.5 billion. For more information, visit www.avnet.com.