World Wide Technology, Inc., a market-leading systems integrator that
provides innovative technology and supply chain solutions, today
announced that it is the recipient of the 2014 Avnet Government
Solutions Award for the U.S. as part of Avnet’s inaugural Avnet
Partner Awards program. The Avnet Partner Awards recognize Avnet’s
partners for excellence in delivering on customer needs and driving
business results. The awards program tracks, measures and rewards
Avnet’s U.S. and Canadian partners for their performance in the IT
channel with 10 awards across eight categories.
“World Wide Technology is honored to receive this recognition from Avnet
for our success in delivering solutions and services tailored to meet
the evolving needs of the U.S. government,” said Bob Olwig, vice
president of business strategy and innovation with WWT. “We look forward
to strengthening our relationship with Avnet as we help our federal,
state and local government customers reduce costs through the innovative
use of commercial off-the-shelf products, capture cross-agency
opportunities, enhance security and align leading-edge technology with
their long-term strategic vision.”
WWT brings an innovative and proven approach to how organizations
discover, evaluate, architect and implement technology. The company
offers its customers hands-on access to equipment, training and insight
via its Advanced Technology Center – a collaborative ecosystem to
design, build, educate, demonstrate and deploy innovative technology
products and integrated architectural solutions for customers, partners
and employees around the world. Customers also benefit from WWT’s
Integration Technology Center (ITC), global program management,
professional services and award-winning strategic partnerships.
“With this award, we recognize World Wide Technology’s performance and
achievements as an Avnet partner, and look forward to WWT continuing to
raise the bar in delivering business value and market growth,” said Jeff
Bawol, president, Avnet Technology Solutions, Americas. “Together with
our partners, Avnet remains focused on investing in an entire portfolio
of products and services to enable our mutual customers to transform
technologies into complete business solutions and accelerate their
success.”
The Avnet and WWT partnership started in 2007 and has developed
strategically into a relationship supporting 13 lines of business. Both
companies share a passion for excellence in customer care and utilize
the strengths and capabilities of each organization to deliver
technology solutions that solve real business problems and mission needs
for U.S. federal, state and local government customers.
Avnet
Technology Solutions is the world’s leading global IT solutions
provider and an operating group of Avnet,
Inc. (NYSE: AVT).
Leveraging its extensive resources, strategic alliances, technology
expertise and network makes it easier and more affordable to enter and
excel in high-growth technology and vertical markets worldwide. At a
time when solutions delivery equals business performance, Avnet is
committed to offering – together with its partners – the most complete
platform to enable organizations to grow their business and better
leverage global resources. Avnet accelerates its customers’ growth by
providing the tools, resources and services to help them create
competitive advantages. By working with a broad and diverse alliance of
partners, Avnet extends the value of the platform with a range of
implementation, integration and value-added services.
Avnet will formally recognize the winners of the Avnet Partner Awards at
its annual Avnet Technology Solutions Partner Summit to be held in
Phoenix, November 9-11, 2015. This event will bring together hundreds of
Avnet's top partner and supplier executives that span the entire Avnet
Technology Solutions, Americas’ line card, and dozens of industry
leaders to share their perspectives on the evolving IT landscape. To
learn more, contact your Avnet account manager or email: PartnerSummit@avnet.com.
About WWT
World Wide Technology, Inc. (WWT) is a systems integrator with nearly $7
billion in annual revenue that provides innovative technology and supply
chain solutions to large public and private organizations. The company
brings to market a powerful blend of knowledge, infrastructure and
technology to help its customers discover, evaluate, architect and
implement technology products and solutions. Based in St. Louis, WWT
works closely with industry leaders including Boeing (NYSE: BA); Dell
(NASDAQ: DELL); Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO); EMC (NYSE: EMC); HP (NYSE: HPQ);
AT&T Inc., (NYSE: ATT); VMware (NYSE: VMW); Citrix Systems, Inc.;
NetApp, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP); Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and the U.S. Air
Force. WWT employs more than 3,000 people and operates over 2 million
square feet of warehousing, distribution and integration space in more
than 20 facilities throughout the world. For more information about
World Wide Technology, visit www.wwt.com.
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. For more information, visit 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. For more information, visit www.avnet.com.
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