May 8, 2015

Bracknell, UK - Avnet today announced it has received the 2014 EMC EMEA VSPEX Distributor Partner of the Year Award from EMC Corporation.

The award was presented on Wednesday 6th May to Avnet at the Global Partner Summit at the 2015 EMC World. The award recognises Avnet for their commitment to EMC, as well as their proven ability to add value to EMC's offerings and drive innovative solutions for customers.

Dieter Lott, vice president business development, EMEA, at Avnet Technology Solutions EMEA commented, "We have enjoyed a decade long partnership with EMC. In fact, our partnership in North America celebrates its 15-year anniversary, this year. This award showcases our expertise in delivering global scale and local expertise as a value-added distributor in EMEA."

"Avnet's demonstrated leadership in EMEA has helped transform technology into business solutions for customers across EMEA," said Philippe Fossé, vice president channels EMEA for EMC. "With VSPEX® technology, Avnet is helping customers leverage EMC's best-in-breed converged infrastructure to drive IT innovation. It is my pleasure to recognise Avnet as EMC's EMEA VSPEX Distributor Partner of the Year."

In February this year, EMC launched VSPEX BLUE, a hyper-converged infrastructure solution. EMC® VSPEX BLUE enables SMB, mid-market and enterprise customers with cloud and data centre benefits of a hyper-converged infrastructure, at the price points and sizes that align with their needs. The VSPEX Blue solution is available through EMC's business partners, including Avnet's highly knowledgeable channel community in Asia Pacific; Europe, the Middle East and Africa; Latin America and the Caribbean; and North America .

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About Avnet Technology Solutions
As a global IT solutions distributor, Avnet Technology Solutions transforms technology into business solutions for customers around the world. It collaborates with customers and suppliers to create and deliver services, software and hardware solutions that address the changing needs of end-user customers. The group serves customers and suppliers in North America, Latin America and Caribbean, Asia Pacific, and Europe, Middle East and Africa. It generated US $11.0 billion in annual revenue for fiscal year 2014. Avnet Technology Solutions is an operating group of Avnet, Inc.http://www.ats.avnet.com.

About Avnet, Inc.
Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), a Fortune 500 company, is one of the largest distributors of electronic components, computer products and embedded technology serving customers globally. Avnet accelerates its partners' success by connecting the world's leading technology suppliers with a broad base of customers by providing cost-effective, value-added services and solutions. For the fiscal year ended June 28, 2014, Avnet generated revenue of $27.5 billion.www.avnet.com. (AVT_IR)

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