Avnet Technology Solutions (NYSE:

), and Syncsort today announced an agreement to provide Avnet Technology Solutions' reseller partners in the U.S. and Canada with Syncsort's BEX data protection software. As a result of this new distribution agreement, Avnet Technology Solutions' community of NetApp (Nasdaq:

) reseller partners will now be able to leverage a combined offering featuring integrated backup capabilities from Syncsort and NetApp's industry-recognized storage products. In addition, new partners to Avnet's Syncsort program will have an opportunity to help customers solve their most pressing backup and disaster recovery challenges while simultaneously maximizing revenue opportunities.