F5 Networks and Avnet Sign Distribution Agreement for ASEAN

March 9, 2011 - PRLog -- Singapore, Mar 10 2011  -- Avnet Technology Solutions, a value-added solutions distributor of enterprise computing products and an operating group of Avnet, Inc. , today announced it has expanded its relationship with F5 Networks (F5) in Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia. F5 is a leading global manufacturer of application delivery networking products. With the agreement, Avnet Technology Solutions will offer application delivery solutions developed by F5 that provide high availability, security and performance for business-critical servers and applications in complex IT environments.

“At Avnet, we are proud to embark on a strategic partnership with F5 that focuses on meeting customers’ needs through a one-stop shop, value-added distribution model.  We are now able to offer our VARs and business partners solutions for high network and application availability, performance and security," said William Chu, vice president, Avnet Technology Solutions, ASEAN. “Driven by the steadily increasing number of Internet users and services, this strategic partnership provides an ideal addition to our networking portfolio in the application optimization area, serving existing and new business partners and their customers.

“Everywhere you look convergence is upon us. The continuing growth of Internet protocol services means enterprises and service providers alike have to ensure their IT infrastructures are scalable. F5’s solutions provide strategic points of control throughout the IT infrastructure to enable organizations to scale, adapt and align their infrastructure to changing business demands,” said Teong Eng Guan, managing director for ASEAN, F5 Networks. “We chose Avnet Technology Solutions as our distributor in ASEAN due to their extensive channel partner ecosystem.  We intend to leverage our synergies and work closely to meet customer needs in the growing markets in ASEAN.”

In addition to the distribution of F5 products in Singapore and Malaysia, Avnet Technology Solutions will distribute F5 products in Indonesia via PT Avnet Datamation Solutions, which has its headquarters in Jakarta and a representative sales office in Surabaya. Avnet also represents F5 Networks as distributor in the UK, Mexico, Germany and the Netherlands.

Avnet Technology Solutions will sell the entire product portfolio offered by F5, including:
·       Availability Solutions (BIG-IP LTM: Local Traffic Management , BIG-IP GTM: Global Traffic Management)
·       Security Solutions (Application Security Manager, FirePass)
·       Acceleration Solutions (Web Accelerator, WAN Optimization)
·       Storage Optimization Solutions (ARX Series)


About Avnet

Avnet, Inc. , a Fortune 500 company, is one of the largest distributors of electronic components, computer products and embedded technology in the world. Avnet accelerates its partners’ success by connecting the world’s leading technology suppliers with a broad base of more than 100,000 customers and providing cost-effective, value-added services and solutions. For the fiscal year ended July 3, 2010, Avnet generated revenue of $19.16 billion. For more information, visit www.avnet.com.

About Avnet Technology Solutions

As a global IT solutions distributor, Avnet Technology Solutions collaborates with its customers and suppliers to create and deliver effective solutions that address the business challenges of their end-user customers locally and around the world. For fiscal year 2010, the group served customers in more than 70 countries and generated US $8.19 billion in annual revenue. Avnet Technology Solutions (www.ats.avnet.com) is an operating group of Avnet, Inc.

About F5 Networks

F5 Networks is the global leader in Application Delivery Networking (ADN), focused on ensuring the secure, reliable, and fast delivery of applications. F5’s flexible architectural framework enables community-driven innovation that helps organizations enhance IT agility and dynamically deliver services that generate true business value. F5’s vision of unified application and data delivery offers customers an unprecedented level of choice in how they deploy ADN solutions. It redefines the management of application, server, storage, and network resources, streamlining application delivery and reducing costs. Global enterprise organizations, service and cloud providers, and Web 2.0 content providers trust F5 to keep their business moving forward. For more information, go to www.f5.com.

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