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Lanamark Inc., a global provider of virtualisation sales and services automation platform to the IT channel, today announced a partnership with Avnet Technology Solutions, a leading distributor of enterprise computing products, software and services with locations in more than 30 countries. The partnership will enable value-added resellers, system integrators and system builders working with Avnet Technology Solutions to use Lanamark Suite to accelerate design and delivery of desktop virtualisation, server virtualisation and storage solutions to enterprises in EMEA.

“Lanamark has a strategically important toolset which will enable our channel to engage in early conversations with enterprises around desktop and server virtualisation initiatives, and then design and deliver end-to-end virtual infrastructure solutions using hardware and software products offered by Avnet,” said Mickey

Bharat, Product Business Group Director at Avnet Technology Solutions, EMEA. “Lanamark strengthens our existing virtualisation portfolio in a way which will leverage significant opportunities for infrastructure products from our existing supplier partners like EMC, IBM and Sun Microsystems.”

Lanamark Suite enables value-added resellers, system integrators and consultants to accelerate design and delivery of supplier-neutral virtualisation solutions to enterprises looking to virtualise applications, desktops and servers. Solution providers can gather vital information about enterprise environments, analyse desktops, servers and storage to identify most suitable candidates for virtualisation, and then design optimal end-to-end virtualisation solutions with hardware, software and service components. Lanamark Suite supports servers, blade enclosures, storage arrays, SAN switches, HBAs and thin clients from Brocade, Cisco Systems, EMC, Emulex, Fujitsu, Hitachi, HP, IBM, NetApp, QLogic, Sun Microsystems, Wyse and other supplier partners working with Avnet. To learn more, please visit www.lanamark.com/avnet : .

“Qcubed has been leveraging Lanamark Suite to shorten sales cycles and offer more effective IT solutions to clients seeking to virtualise their desktops and servers,” said Glenn Robinson, Managing Director of Qcubed Limited, a leading solution provider in the UK. “With Avnet Technology Solutions and Lanamark joining forces, we now have a single gateway with Avnet for building virtual infrastructure solutions using Lanamark Suite and for procurement of all the key hardware and software components in those solutions.”


“To maintain triple-digit quarter-over-quarter revenue and channel growth, Lanamark was looking for a strategic distribution partner to expand its global reach while providing partners with first-class access to Lanamark products and services,” said Mark Angelo, CEO of Lanamark.
“Avnet Technology Solutions has a product, supplier and channel partner mix which makes it the ideal distributor for Lanamark Suite. The combined Avnet and Lanamark partnership will ensure that Avnet’s channel partners are able to accelerate the delivery of desktop virtualisation, server virtualisation and storage solutions using the virtualisation sales and services automation platform from Lanamark.”


About Lanamark

Lanamark is a global provider of virtualisation sales and services automation platform to the IT channel. Its flagship software Lanamark Suite enables solution providers to accelerate design and delivery of supplier-neutral desktop virtualisation, server virtualisation and storage solutions. Led by CEO Mark Angelo, Lanamark is a privately held corporation headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.


About Avnet Technology Solutions

Avnet Technology Solutions is an operating group of Phoenix-based Avnet, Inc. As a global technology sales and marketing organization, Avnet Technology Solutions has sales divisions focused on specific customer segments and a select line card strategy enabling an exceptional level of attention to the needs of its customers and suppliers. For fiscal year 2009, the group served customers in more than 30 countries and generated US $7.04 billion in annual revenue. For more information, visit www.ts.avnet.com/emea : .


About Avnet

Avnet Inc. (NYSE:AVT), a Fortune 500 company, is one of the largest distributors of electronic components, computer products and embedded technology in the world. Avnet accelerates its partners' success by connecting the world's leading technology suppliers with a broad base of more than 100,000 customers and providing cost-effective, value-added services and solutions. For the fiscal year ended June 27, 2009, Avnet generated revenue of $16.23 billion. For more information, visit www.avnet.com : .


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