Pivot3 vSTAC VDI Products Distributed by Avnet

Pivot3, Inc. announced a
distribution partnership agreement with Avnet Technology
Solutions, an operating group of Avnet, Inc. to distribute
the Pivot3 vSTAC VDI products to its partner network across EMEA countries.

The vSTAC VDI appliance family makes VMware View deployments simple,
affordable and channel consumable for the 100 to 2,500 desktop target market. vSTAC VDI appliances unify storage and servers eliminating the need for
any specialized IT expertise required to configure and integrate separate SAN
storage, servers and software into a VDI solution.

"The
addition of the Pivot3 vSTAC products to our portfolio of VDI solutions now
enables us to offer a complete out-of-box VMware View VDI solution to countries
such as France, Germany, the UK, Nordics, as well as the fast growing Eastern
European countries," said Ed Bateman, director of software, Wireless
and Mobility Business Group EMEA at Avnet. "Partnering with Pivot3 gives our strong network of VMware resellers a
proven solution that delivers simple, scalable and cost-effective VDI for their
clients’ View deployments."

"Pivot3
provides a packaged VMware View solution which simplifies and eliminates the
complexities and costs generally associated with deploying a VDI environment,"
said Mike Holt, director of channels and strategic alliances at Pivot3. "Together with Avnet’s strong VMware reseller
network, we look forward to providing these new regions with a compelling VDI
proposition that is quick and simple to deploy and also minimizes a customer’s
upfront capital investment needs."

In support of the partnership, Pivot3 has a
VDI Channel Ready program consisting of many elements designed to maximize lead
opportunity and qualification for Avnet resellers and solution providers in
EMEA. There are online tools for VDI self-configuration and ROI analysis.

Additionally, prospects can ‘Test Drive’ a live, hosted 300 to 400
desktop scenario complete with workload simulation, login storms, scale-out of
desktops and performance reporting. The Channel Ready program is also designed
to enhance sell-through with all VMware and Microsoft license revenues flowing
to the resellers. In addition, deal registration is available to partners.

The Pivot3 vSTAC VDI is available and has garnered the interest of several enterprises across various industries,
including healthcare, education, government and financial services. List
pricing starts at $29,999.