Avnet Offers Resellers Cisco HyperFlex Systems Solution

Avnet, Inc., a technology distributor, is the first distributor to sell the Cisco HyperFlex Systems to its reseller partners in EMEA.

Built on Cisco’s industry UCS compute platform, HyperFlex Systems combine computing, storage, and networking into a simplified, easy-to-use platform for customers deploying enterprise applications in their data centres, and for remote and branch offices.

Cisco’s portfolio of HyperFlex products launched March 1, 2016, allowing Avnet to offer partners an end-to-end software-defined infrastructure, from network to servers and storage.

Marcus Adae, VP for core suppliers and technology groups, Avnet Technology Solutions, EMEA, said: “Offering partners this innovative new solution in EMEA  helps them unlock the potential of hyper-converged infrastructure. Cisco is uniquely positioned to understand customer’s data centre challenges due to its experience working across converged platforms. The HyperFlex portfolio ensures partners continue to have access to the best next-generation technologies, and it simplifies the complex in the growing storage marketplace.“

Patrick Schmidt, MD, data center and virtualisation EMEAR, Cisco, commented: “Avnet has strong  experience with taking converged solutions to market quickly and effectively, and we look forward to being able to offer our mutual reseller partners the benefits that come with Avnet’s dedicated converged infrastructure team and training programmes. HyperFlex offers customers new levels of agility, efficiency and adaptability with their systems by combining computing, storage and networking into a simplified, easy-to-use platform.“

Avnet and Cisco have been working together for six years in EMEA expanding their agreement into Turkey.

Avnet has received multiple awards for helping Cisco grow its data centre business, including Cisco’s Global Distribution Partner of the Year in 2013 and 2014 and Cisco’s Data Centre Distributor of the Year in EMEA in 2013, 2014 and 2015.