Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW), today announced it is now an
authorized North American Lenovo distributor System X and related
solutions following the transition of IBM’s System X server business to
Lenovo effective Oct. 1. Additionally, Lenovo’s ThinkServer rack
servers, tower servers and enterprise storage product lines are
available through Arrow. Future offerings from Lenovo through Arrow will
include the low-end storage and associated networking products to be
announced in the coming weeks.
“As one of the largest System X distributors for IBM globally, Arrow is
pleased to be able to continue offering System X to our channel
community, and to extend the offering to include Lenovo ThinkServer and
Lenovo storage,” said Mark Taylor, vice president of North American
servers, systems, and software within Arrow’s enterprise computing
solutions segment. “We look forward to supporting Lenovo in this
capacity and introducing our solution provider community to Lenovo
solutions and services.”
Working with Lenovo, Arrow will continue to distribute System X,
BladeCenter and Flex System blade servers and switches, System X-based
Flex integrated systems, NeXtScale and iDataPlex servers and associated
software, blade networking and maintenance operations.
Arrow has been a value-added distributor for IBM for the better part of
the past two decades. Arrow will continue to support IBM and the
solutions, services and programs that are not part of Lenovo’s
acquisition of the System X line, including support for power systems,
storage systems, Power-based Flex servers, and PureApplication and
PureData appliances, as well as IBM training services.
“We look forward to expanding our relationship with Arrow to include
support across the enterprise IT channel for System X solutions,” said
Sammy Kinlaw, executive director, Channel Sales, North America, Lenovo.
“Lenovo is committed to tier-two distribution and we look forward to
continuing to support solution providers with selling System X servers
through our channel programs.”
Arrow has been Lenovo’s “partner of choice” for new asset retirement
services offered at the point of sale for Lenovo's relationship
customers.
About Arrow Electronics
Arrow Electronics (www.arrow.com)
is a global provider of products, services and solutions to industrial
and commercial users of electronic components and enterprise computing
solutions. Arrow serves as a supply channel partner for more than
100,000 original equipment manufacturers, contract manufacturers and
commercial customers through a global network of more than 460 locations
in 58 countries.
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