Arrow Electronics Introduces Sun Managed Services Portfolio to Partner Community
SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 9 -- From its 14th annual Net@Work Partner Conference, the MOCA Group of Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions (ECS), a business unit of Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:ARW), today announced its new Sun Managed Services portfolio offering to the reseller community.
Designed to optimize, manage and support its partners, the MOCA Group will now offer its resellers the opportunity to engage with Sun to take advantage of its new Managed Services collaborative programs. Sun's Managed Services allow partners to provide their customers with a remote solution to effectively run all components of their IT business infrastructure.
MOCA has deployed a dedicated team of managed services resources to collaborate with Sun and proactively create training and education programs for Arrow partners.
Key features surrounding Sun's Managed Services offering include:
Operations Management
o 24/7 monitoring and management services provided remotely or as part of
broad management services relationship
o Network through application layer support to maximize operational
efficiencies and availability in heterogeneous environments
Tailored Services
o Adaptable solutions to optimize the operational infrastructure
Infrastructure Services
o Support-based services to help ensure flawless technology execution in
multi-vendor environments
Dedicated Resources
o Committed account engineers who understand the customer environment
Flexible Approach
o Selective sourcing model that offers the customer incomparable choice and control
"Sun is pleased to collaborate with Arrow to offer its Managed Services portfolio to MOCA's channel community," said Kevin Coyne, vice president, Managed Services, Sun Microsystems. "Together with Arrow, we are broadening partner opportunities allowing them to provide Sun's Managed Services approach to meet critical business objectives while maintaining flexibility, choice and control."
Rich Severa, president, MOCA Group, Arrow ECS, added, "Arrow's announcement of the Managed Services program is another strategic offering designed to help our partners drive organic growth in 2007. This offering provides partners with new possibilities for increased revenue as they embrace services and solutions."
About Arrow ECS
Arrow ECS, a business unit of Arrow Electronics, Inc., provides enterprise and midrange computing products, services and solutions to value-added resellers, system integrators, and independent software vendors (ISVs). Based in Englewood, Colo., Arrow ECS connects its customers to an exclusive network of 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 Electronics reported $2.7 billion in worldwide computer products sales in 2005. Visit us at www.arrowecs.com.
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Public Relations Coordinator,
+1-631-847-5487,
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