[July 06, 2011] Avnet Technology Reports on Center in Arizona Tweet Jul 06, 2011 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Avnet Technology Solutions, an IT solutions provider and operating group of Avnet, announced its HP-designated Cloud Center of Excellence at its Global Solutions Center in Chandler, Ariz. In a release, the Company noted Avnet's HP reseller partners in the U.S. and Canada can use the CCoE facility to show prospects the benefits of incorporating cloud computing solutions from HP into their data centers and IT environments. "Avnet has offered live and remote solutions demonstration capabilities to our partners for years, and we have consistently seen that participating partners close deals faster and more profitably," said Tony Vottima, senior vice president and general manager, HP Solutions Group, Avnet Technology Solutions, Americas. "We invested in bringing these exciting demonstration capabilities to our partners around cloud computing to align with HP's business strategy for the data center and capitalize on the growth potential of The Cloud. Using Avnet's HP Cloud Center of Excellence, our partners can reduce much of the upfront time and resource costs associated with creating demos and accelerate their time to market." Avnet's HP CCoE is built on HP's CloudSystem, an integrated and open platform that enables enterprises and service providers to build and manage services. Avnet is a distributors of electronic components, computer products and embedded technology. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]