Avnet Technology Solutions Signs Distribution Agreement with Sonasoft
Avnet to Distribute Sonasoft Products in North America
Sonasoft Corp., provider of SonaSafe integrated backup, high availability and disaster recovery software, signed a North America distribution agreement with Avnet Technology Solutions, an operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT). Avnet will distribute Sonasoft’s Point-Click Recovery software for Microsoft Exchange, SQL and Windows File Systems as a standalone software product offering or as part of a fully integrated appliance solution using HP servers.
Sonasoft recently announced the expansion of its channel program to capitalize on the momentum it has already built in the marketplace. The new initiative builds upon the company’s increased traction in high availability and data protection markets. The Sonasoft partner program is designed to help new and existing Sonasoft partners acquire customers through such benefits as partner marketing, joint sales engagement opportunities with dedicated sales and technical resources, and sales and technical training.
Sonasoft brings tremendous knowledge in backup/recovery, high availability and disaster recovery for Microsoft Exchange, SQL and Windows servers, said Rick Alvarez, vice president and general manager, Avnet Technology Solutions, Americas, HP Solutions group. SonaSafe products are a great fit for Avnet’s HP solutions business. Our HP team will work closely with Sonasoft to identify sales opportunities for our channel partners and bring them the resources they need to be successful in their target markets.
Avnet is an influential and respected distributor of technology products and has been working with HP’s channel for 30 years. Partnering with Avnet will help Sonasoft broaden its reach across North America. Avnet’s reputation, expertise and reseller-focused services will enable a broad range of resellers to offer Sonasoft software with added benefits to the end user. We are very delighted to have Avnet as our partner, said Andy Khanna, president and CEO at Sonasoft.
About Avnet Technology Solutions Avnet Technology Solutions is an operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT) representing US$6 billion in annual revenue for fiscal year 2007, with locations in more than 30 countries. 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. Visit www.ats.avnet.com.
About Avnet
Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT) is one of the largest distributors of electronic components, computer products and technology services and solutions with more than 300 locations serving more than 70 countries worldwide. The company markets, distributes and optimizes the supply-chain and provides design-chain services for the products of the world’s leading electronic component suppliers, enterprise computer manufacturers and embedded subsystem providers. Avnet brings a breadth and depth of capabilities, such as maximizing inventory efficiency, managing logistics, assembling products and providing engineering design assistance for its 100,000 customers, accelerating their growth through cost-effective, value-added services and solutions. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007, Avnet generated revenue of $15.68 billion. For more information, visit www.avnet.com. For more information, please visit www.avnet.com.
About Sonasoft
Sonasoft Corp. provides compliance, disaster recovery and data protection solutions for the Microsoft platform. Sonasoft is the only company that provides a three in one solution, namely, archiving, replication and backup as part of an integrated solution. Typically, customers have to buy multiple solutions from different vendors to get similar capability. Also, it would cost three to four times more to get comparable functionality offered by Sonasoft’s SonaSafe solution.
For more information, please visit www.sonasoft.com.
