Avnet Technologies has been selected by EMC as the global distributor of the new EMC VSPEX BLUE products

     Avnet Technologies, Inc., a global leader in the distribution of IT solutions and a division of Avnet Corporation, announced that the company will offer its channel partner EMC's newly launched EMC(R) VSPEX(R) BLUE hyperconverged infrastructure solution. In other words, Avnet's channel partners can now design and deploy their new solutions that combine cloud and data center features in hyperconverged infrastructure for SMB, mid-market, enterprise customers, and more, at a price and scale tailored to their needs. EMC's VSPEX BLUE Hyperconverged Infrastructure Equipment (HCIA) will be available through Avnet to customers in the high-end technology channel communities in Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean and North America.

     "Hyperconverged systems are gaining market share and growing exponentially within the IT community, and this new solution addresses our needs in the mid-market, cloud service providers, and remote and branch offices," said William Chu, President of Avnet Technologies Asia Pacific. "EMC has created a unique hyper-converged infrastructure solution tailored to the specific needs of these customers, providing a clear opportunity for partners to address this market issue with an infrastructure of flexible information." Through Avnet's integration, logistics and services at VSPEX BLUE Frame assembly centers across the country, we will be able to accelerate the time to market for our partners' products.

     Based on simple manufacturing and design The EMC VSPEX BLUE system has a fully automated configuration, seamlessly scales out with one click and operates with zero downtime during patches and updates. VSPEX BLUE is small in size and simple in design, and does not require a full IT team to deploy, making it ideal for mid-market applications across industries, cloud service providers and remote and branch offices, such as the public sector, education, technology, and healthcare. Avnet will help partners integrate management, security and information infrastructure into the VSPEX BLUE solution to tailor it to the unique needs of their customers.

     "Converged infrastructure continues to grow and reinvent its definition in the market," said Gregg Ambulos, senior vice president, Global Channel Sales, EMC Corporation. "EMC selected Avnet as the reseller to bring the VSPEX BLUE Hyperconverged infrastructure equipment to market because of their proven ability to quickly and easily translate retrofit technology into real business solutions for partners and customers. Avnet is a global company operating at the cutting edge of technology, and its scale and reach will help us quickly bring this highly differentiated HCIA to market and begin to address our customers' unique business needs."

     Partners can leverage Avnet's global capabilities in integrating and assembling VSPEX BLUE equipment through its EMC Certified engineers. This will reduce deployment time for partners' equipment and provide them with a tested, proven, and fully documented converged infrastructure solution.

     "Customers continue to turn to us to develop new types of solutions to increase their IT efficiency. The VSPEX BLUE device can help them achieve this goal." Said Larry Lim, global chief technology officer of Avnet partner CTC. "We now have mid-market solutions designed specifically for our customers, including EMC's latest technology. This solution gives our customers an incredible choice for all their compute, networking and storage needs, while reaping the benefits of a hyper-converged infrastructure."