Avnet Technology Solutions Introduces Cloud Solutions Demonstration Center

Avnet Technology Solutions, the global IT solutions distribution leader and operating group of Avnet, Inc. AVT, today announced its HP-designated Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE) at its Global Solutions Center in Chandler, Ariz. Avnet's HP value-added reseller (VAR) partners in the U.S. and Canada can use the CCoE facility to show prospects the benefits of incorporating cloud computing solutions from HP into their data centers and IT environments. As part of its HP CCoE, Avnet has created a number of cloud solutions templates, enabling partners to rapidly create proof of concept cloud models as well as live and remote demonstrations specific to their prospects' business challenges. “Avnet has offered live and remote solutions demonstration capabilities to our partners for years, and we have consistently seen that participating partners close deals faster and more profitably,” said Tony Vottima, senior vice president and general manager, HP Solutions Group, Avnet Technology Solutions, Americas. “We invested in bringing these exciting demonstration capabilities to our partners around cloud computing to align with HP's business strategy for the data center and capitalize on the growth potential of The Cloud. Using Avnet's HP Cloud Center of Excellence, our partners can reduce much of the upfront time and resource costs associated with creating demos and accelerate their time to market.”