Avnet Technology Solutions is the Exclusive IT Distribution Sponsor at the 2011 RSGS

Sept. 16, 2011 - PRLog -- Bonita Springs, Florida- Avnet Technology Solutions, the global IT solutions distribution leader and operating group of Avnet, Inc. will be the exclusive IT distribution sponsor at the 2011 Rural Smart Grid Summit (RSGS) being held this September 19-21 at the Hyatt Regency in Bonita Springs, Florida. Avnet  joins GE Digital Energy, AT&T, Northstar Utilities Solutions, Best Buy, Grid 2020, IBEC, West Monroe Partners and many more leading companies exhibiting at this year’s event.

Avnet Technology Solutions provides enterprise-level data center computing solutions for resellers, including software hardware and services.  As the exclusive IT distribution sponsor at this year's RSGS, Avnet and its partners will closely interact with cooperative utility executives helping to shape the future direction of system integration for smart grid technology through innovative and entrepreneurial practices. The ability to communicate with one hundred utility cooperative executives from all over the country is monumental as they begin to establish a channel of distribution for cooperatives.

Bill Booth, general manager of RSGS said, "Avnet is highly regarded as one of the most innovative and respected organizations in the technology sector. Avnet's participation in the Rural Smart Grid Summit will help establish a distribution channel for the rural back office technology that will alleviate a lot of concerns about security and help accelerate the adoption of smart grid initiatives across the country."  

"We are excited to participate in this year’s RSGS event. We look forward to developing a relationship with the rural utility executives in attendance, and working closely with them to better understand their current and future needs so that Avnet and our partners can continue to be highly innovative in providing IT solutions" said Nicole Evans, director, Energy and Utilities, Avnet Technology Solutions, Americas.

As a global IT solutions distributor, Avnet Technology Solutions collaborates with its customers and suppliers to create and deliver services, software and hardware solutions that address the business needs of their end-user customers locally and around the world. For fiscal year 2011, the group served customers and suppliers in more than 70 countries and generated US $11.5 billion in annual revenue. Avnet Technology Solutions is an operating group of Avnet, Inc., a Fortune 500, is one of the largest distributors of electrical components, computer products and embedded technology serving customers in more than 70 countries worldwide.

The RSGS event has a unique format focused on business development through private boardroom meetings where one hundred rural cooperative utility executives aggregate to discuss the latest technological advances and solutions in smart grid technologies, with more than thirty-five participating Summit vendors.