F5 Networks and Avnet sign distribution agreement for ASEAN
Avnet Technology Solutions has expanded its relationship with F5 Networks (F5) in Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia. With the agreement, Avnet Technology Solutions will offer application delivery solutions developed by F5 that provide high availability, security and performance for business-critical servers and applications in complex IT environments. "We are now able to offer our VARs and business partners solutions for high network and application availability, performance and security," said William Chu, Vice-President, Avnet Technology Solutions, ASEAN. "Driven by the steadily increasing number of Internet users and services, this strategic partnership provides an ideal addition to our networking portfolio in the application optimization area, serving existing and new business partners and their customers. "The continuing growth of Internet protocol services means enterprises and service providers alike have to ensure their IT infrastructures are scalable. F5's solutions provide strategic points of control throughout the IT infrastructure to enable organizations to scale, adapt and align their infrastructure to changing business demands,"said Teong Eng Guan, Managing Director, ASEAN, F5 Networks. "We chose Avnet Technology Solutions as our distributor in ASEAN due to their extensive channel partner ecosystem. We intend to leverage our synergies and work closely to meet customer needs in the growing markets in ASEAN."Avnet Technology Solutions will sell the entire product portfolio offered by F5, including: Availability Solutions (BIG-IP LTM: Local Traffic Management, BIG-IP GTM: Global Traffic Management), Security Solutions (Application Security Manager, FirePass), Acceleration Solutions (Web Accelerator, WAN Optimization), and Storage Optimization Solutions (ARX Series). For More Details See www.varindia.com |