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Ixia Signs Agreement with SYNNEX Corporation to Provide Two-Tiered Distribution in the U.S.
[November 18, 2014]

Ixia Signs Agreement with SYNNEX Corporation to Provide Two-Tiered Distribution in the U.S.


CALABASAS, Calif. --(Business Wire)--

Ixia (Nasdaq: XXIA) announced that it has signed an agreement with SYNNEX (News - Alert) Corporation (NYSE: SNX), a leading distributor of IT products and services, to establish a two-tiered distribution model in the U.S. for SYNNEX to offer - through its resellers - Ixia's (News - Alert) network visibility architecture and certain test solutions to the IT Channel. Through SYNNEX, resellers will have access to many of Ixia's industry-leading solutions that help customers solve real-world enterprise IT challenges in physical and virtual networks and data centers.

As a result of the agreement, Ixia's U.S.-based resellers will also have the opportunity to take advantage of SYNNEX' deep knowledge of local markets and robust fulfillment capabilities. In addition, SYNNEX resellers have the opportunity to join Ixia's Channel Xcelerate™ partner program, which gives them access to Ixia solutions including:

Network Visibility Architecture- a portfolio of solutions consisting of network access solutions, network packet brokers, application and session visibility solutions, and an integrated management platform.

IxChariot® solutions - a portfolio of solutions that provide end-to-end analysis of application performance across networks to assess the performance caracteristics of applications running in a wired or wireless network.



The Ixia and SYNNEX agreement gives resellers the ability to implement innovative programs that target new markets, while generating a wealth of new opportunities.

Industry Commentary:


"SYNNEX helps us further increase our responsiveness to our resellers which, in turn, helps resellers fast-track new opportunities and increase response time to end customers. Our goal is to continue to build strategic alliances with companies that share our commitment to helping enterprises optimize application delivery," said Lori Cornmesser, Vice President of Global Channel Sales for Ixia. "Through our agreement with SYNNEX, we also expect to attract more resellers to the Ixia Channel Xcelerate partner program."

"Ixia is an industry-leader in providing solutions that validate, secure and optimize physical and virtual networks to help enterprises maintain real-time views into IT performance," said Mike Van Gieson, Senior Vice President, Product Management, SYNNEX Corporation. "Coupling Ixia's technology solutions with our extensive network and portfolio of convergence strategies gives resellers the ability to deliver optimized network visibility and testing solutions to meet the requirements of a range of business needs."

To learn more about Ixia through SYNNEX Corporation, email [email protected].

About SYNNEX

SYNNEX Corporation (NYSE: SNX), a Fortune 500 corporation, is a leading business process services company, optimizing supply chains and providing customer care solutions for its clients. The Company distributes a broad range of information technology systems and products, and also provides systems design and integration services. The Concentrix segment offers a portfolio of end-to-end outsourced services around process optimization, customer engagement strategy and back-office automation to clients in ten identified industry verticals. Founded in 1980, SYNNEX has over 50,000 employees worldwide. Additional information about SYNNEX may be found online at www.synnex.com.

About Ixia

Ixia develops amazing products so its customers can connect the world. Ixia helps its customers provide an always-on user experience through fast, secure delivery of dynamic, connected technologies and services. Through actionable insights that accelerate and secure application and service delivery, Ixia's customers benefit from faster time to market, optimized application performance and higher-quality deployments. Learn more at http://www.ixiacom.com.

Safe Harbor under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

Certain statements made in this press release are forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, statements regarding Ixia's future business. In some cases, such forward-looking statements can be identified by terms such as may, will, should, expect, plan, believe, estimate, predict, or the like. Such statements reflect Ixia's current intent, belief, and expectations, and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from the results predicted include, among others, the risk that Ixia will not realize all of the expected benefits from the distribution relationship with SYNNEX, Ixia and SYNNEX will not be able to implement the distribution program as currently planned, competition, Ixia's success in developing and producing new products, market acceptance of Ixia's products, and other circumstances that could, among other consequences, reduce the demand for Ixia's products, disrupt Ixia's supply chain, and/or impact the delivery of Ixia's products. Such factors also include those factors identified in Ixia's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, and in Ixia's other filings with the SEC (News - Alert). Ixia undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Ixia, the Ixia logo, Channel Xcelerate, Network Visibility Architecture, and IxChariot are trademarks or registered trademarks of Ixia. SYNNEX and Concentrix are registered trademarks of SYNNEX Corporation. All other trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owners.


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