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Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions, a business segment of Arrow Electronics Inc [NYSE: ARW], has been named an authorized distributor of the full suite of EMC® Data Domain® deduplication storage solutions for North America and the United Kingdom.

“The need for more robust backup, recovery and archive solutions continues to rise and Arrow ECS is committed to providing industry-leading solutions to support

resellers in this high-growth market,” said Andy Bryant, president, Arrow ECS. “Adding EMC’s Data Domain solutions to our portfolio improves the ability of our resellers to more effectively address their customers’ storage related pain points.”

EMC Data Domain deduplication storage systems span the full range of backup and recovery needs for remote offices through regional and corporate enterprise data centers. A single Data Domain system can be used for backup and recovery, protection of enterprise applications, archiving and online reference storage. The Data Domain Replicator software option can be used with all of its systems to create efficient disaster recovery topologies and to consolidate data stores across distributed environments.

EMC Data Domain solutions are scalable to support a variety of enterprise sizes and integrate easily and seamlessly with existing infrastructures and application workloads. The solutions support backup and archive solutions from Atempo, Bakbone, CA, CommVault, EMC, HP, IBM, Microsoft, and Symantec among others.

“Arrow ECS has a record of providing outstanding support to storage resellers through education, training, and marketing support,” said Shane Jackson, Senior Director of Product Marketing and Channel Marketing, EMC Backup Recovery Systems Division. “In addition, the Arrow ECS line card includes many EMC Data Domain technology partners, which gives resellers the ability to confidently assemble and deploy best-of-breed solutions.”

Resellers can learn more about the EMC Data Domain solutions available through Arrow ECS by calling 800-229-3475 in the United States and +44 (0)1423 519229 in the United Kingdom.


ABOUT ARROW ENTERPRISE COMPUTING SOLUTIONS

Arrow ECS, a business segment of Arrow Electronics Inc. [NYSE: ARW], provides enterprise and midrange computing products, services and solutions to value-added resellers, system integrators, and independent software vendors. Based in Englewood, Colo., and with offices in 26 countries, Arrow ECS connects its customers to the world’s foremost technology suppliers, including HP, IBM, Sun Microsystems, EMC, NetApp, Hitachi Data Systems, and other leading storage networking, software, and security suppliers. Arrow ECS reported $5.4 billion in global enterprise computing solution sales in 2008. Subsidiaries include Asplenium, DNS/DNS Arrow, FINOVIA, Internet Security, IPvista, ITL, LOGIX, REL and Soft-Tronik. Visit www.arrowecs.com : for more information.

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