Avnet Distributing Mellanox in Latin America

Avnet, Inc. announced that it is teaming with Mellanox Technologies Ltd in Latin America.

Avnet will distribute Mellanox solutions in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico. Mellanox is a supplier of Ethernet and IB interconnect solutions, as well as services for servers, storage and hyper-converged infrastructure.

“With this vital new alliance, Avnet will offer complete networking connectivity solutions to its value-added channel ecosystem, combining this solution with other strategic suppliers to deliver unmatched end-to-end solutions,” said Eduardo Barron, VP, Avnet Technology Solutions, Latin America and the Caribbean. “With Avnet and Mellanox, our partners will now be able to enhance the performance of their customers’ data centers in new ways. Partners will receive all the necessary training and support for Mellanox through Avnet to help them pursue opportunities in the media/entertainment, petroleum and other industries and deliver efficient networking transmissions through next-generation Ethernet switches.“

Under the distribution agreement, Avnet will provide partners with access to Mellanox offerings that will help them solve end users’ requirements in networking connectivity, storage, converged and hyper-converged infrastructure, big data solutions and more. Business-critical data acceleration with higher throughput and lower latency will be realizable, and partners can help their customers simplify the transition to cloud computing and next-generation data centers – reducing their density footprints in the process. Avnet offers its partners a reseller program that capitalizes on providing product offerings in fast-