Avnet now delivers cutting-edge HGST-brand storage offerings,
including Mobile and Enterprise-Class HelioSeal™ Hard Disk Drives, Solid
Stage Drives, and External Storage Solutions
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Inc. (NYSE: AVT),
a leading global technology distributor, today announced that it will
now offer HGST-branded
products and solutions in China. This agreement builds on Avnet’s
successful relationships with Western
Digital Corporation and its HGST brand in South Asia, Australia, the
Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. With the addition of
China, Avnet has become one of the key global distributors of the HGST
brand supporting its solution providers, system builders, system
integrators and value-added reseller partners to help them grow their
business and meet the challenges of today’s proliferating data growth
and data center economic challenges.
HGST products will be available through the Avnet
Global Computing Components (AGCC) business unit, which specializes
in offering computing components and non-branded server solutions from
industry-leading manufacturers. Avnet will focus on distributing HGST
NAS, mobile and enterprise hard-disk drives, solid-state drives, and
external storage products and services. Additionally, Avnet will offer
HGST JBOD system, which is designed for data center environments.
“HGST-branded products provide a great opportunity for our partners to
serve their current customers’ storage needs and significantly expand
their storage solutions offerings for client and data center
applications,” said Jaideep Malhotra, global president, Avnet Global
Computing Components. “With Avnet’s global footprint and in-depth
storage, components and systems expertise, we serve as a global partner
for HGST-branded solutions. AGCC has made it easy for our partners to do
business around the world and accelerate their time to market.”
Solution providers, system builders, system integrators, managed service
providers and value-added resellers will be able to engage with Avnet’s
storage specialist sales and marketing experts to propel their business
forward. Additionally, Avnet’s global logistics, inventory and programs
provide them with consistency, scale and cost-efficiency.
“Avnet has demonstrated its ability to incorporate value in the
distribution of technology over the entire channel ecosystem,” said
James Ho, vice president of sales and marketing, Asia Pacific region,
HGST, a Western Digital brand. “We look forward to working with AGCC to
provide our world-class storage solutions in China and around the world
as our customers are confronted with an ever-increasing demand for new
solutions, new services and new ways of doing business to help collect
better insights from the data they store.”
For more information, contact your Avnet account representative or visit
the AGCC
website.
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proprietary interest in marks other than its own. HelioSeal is a
registered trademark or trademark of Western Digital Corporation or its
affiliates in the U.S. and/or other countries.
About Avnet, Inc.
From components to cloud and from design to disposal, Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT)
accelerates the success of customers who build, sell and use technology
by providing a comprehensive portfolio of innovative products, services
and solutions. Avnet is a global company ranked on the FORTUNE 500 with
revenues of $26.2 billion for the fiscal year 2016. For more
information, visit www.avnet.com.
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