Avnet and DataCore Extend Partnership

Avnet, Inc. announced the extension of its operations with DataCore Software Corporation, in parallel powered software-defined storage and hyper-converged virtual SAN solutions.

Following this agreement, DataCore Parallel-I/O, SANsymphony and Virtual SAN products, among others, are available to Avnet’s business partners in Italy, Spain and Portugal. These products deliver a complementary solution to Avnet’s existing virtualization software product line, creating a broader range of cost-effective solutions to the data infrastructure and storage-related challenges that end-users face.

Andrea Massari, country manager, Avnet Technology Solutions, Italy, said: “Being able to offer DataCore products in Italy is a valuable proposition that allows us to further integrate our portfolio of software-defined storage solutions. This new partnership will deliver a range of products that respond to the market needs of today, allowing end-users to manage a large volume of data at a competitive price.“

Jeroen van Es, country manager, Avnet Technology Solutions, Iberia, said: “DataCore is a leading provider of software-defined storage and adaptive parallel I/O software that offers practical storage virtualization solutions to scale any size data centre. By working together, we can establish a complementary partnership to deliver these storage solutions to end-users, through our expertise as the leading value-add distributor in converged infrastructure.“

Pascal Le Cunff, director, Southern Europe, DataCore, says: “Avnet offers virtualization and storage expertise along with an extensive data centre footprint in EMEA, which provides ample opportunities to work together and transform technology into business solutions for partners and end-users across the region.“

Avnet also works with DataCore in France and Germany and received the SEMEA distributor of the year award in France in 2013.