SanDisk Signs Global Distribution Agreement
with Avnet to Broaden Availability of Flash Storage for Use in the
Enterprise and Industrial Markets
SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), a global leader in flash
storage solutions, and Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), a leading global
technology distributor, today announced that Avnet will offer a
wide portfolio of flash-based hardware and software solutions from
SanDisk to its customers throughout North America, Europe, the
Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Asia Pacific and Latin America
through its Avnet Electronics Marketing and Avnet Technology
Solutions operating groups. This worldwide distribution agreement
enables SanDisk to leverage Avnet’s global scale, scope and unique
solutions distribution model, making it even easier for CIOs, IT
leaders and manufacturing decision-makers from around the world to
purchase and implement SanDisk’s cutting-edge solid-state storage
and embedded flash memory solutions.
With this agreement, Avnet becomes one of the first global
distributors for the rapidly growing SanDisk Commercial Business
Channel, which offers client and enterprise-grade solid state
drives (SSDs) and embedded flash computing products through channel
partners. This enables Avnet to make available a variety of
business and commercial solutions to its partners, including
value-added resellers (VARs), embedded original equipment
manufacturer (OEM) developers, system integrators (SIs), system
builders (SBs) and direct market resellers (DMRs).
“Just as flash storage transformed the consumer electronics
market, it is now delivering significant performance and
cost-savings to businesses, including transforming both data center
and client computing economics. Flash storage is also bringing
unprecedented functionality to many industrial sector applications,
such as manufacturing equipment, medical instrumentation and
automotive infotainment,” said Henri Richard, senior vice
president, Worldwide Commercial Sales and Support, SanDisk.
“Avnet’s deep understanding of storage and customer-centric
approach makes them a logical distribution partner for SanDisk’s
flash-based commercial products and enables us to further expand
our leadership in this growing market.”
Starting today, products available through Avnet will
include:
- Solid-state solutions to enhance
data center performance (includes: Lightning® and Optimus® SAS
Enterprise SSDs, CloudSpeed SATA Enterprise SSDs, Lightning® PCIe
Enterprise Solid State Accelerators, and FlashSoft® server
acceleration software from SanDisk);
- Client SSDs to boost PC and notebook
speed, responsiveness and boot-up times (includes SanDisk® X210
SSD and the SanDisk® X110 SSD in a variety of form factors);
and
- SanDisk embedded flash storage
solutions for commercial use in technology products from a wide
range of industries, from automotive to manufacturing to
communications.
SanDisk products purchased through Avnet can be combined with
complementary products offered by Avnet to create complete business
and commercial solutions for end customers. Avnet will also provide
its partners with a wide range of education, resources, services
and tools designed to help accelerate the profitable growth of
their storage businesses. This includes:
- Targeted customer marketing to help
identify sales opportunities.
- The creation of design kits and
participation in evaluation programs to help customers develop
solutions using SanDisk technology.
“The addition of SanDisk further enhances our global technology
portfolio with products from one of the most recognized and trusted
brands in flash storage,” said Phil Gallagher, global president,
Avnet Technology Solutions. “The combination of Avnet’s technical
expertise and sophisticated integration capabilities, with
SanDisk’s proven flash products, enables our channel partners to
not only address the growing demand for flash-based storage
solutions in the commercial market, but also create complete
solutions that provide a competitive edge in the markets they serve
around the globe.”
“Our customers are looking to increase the performance and
efficiency of their data centers while managing costs,” said Mike
Thompson, president and chief operating officer, Groupware
Technology. “Avnet’s new global relationship with SanDisk opens the
door to new opportunities and helps us create exceptional solutions
that meet our customers’ needs.”
About SanDisk
SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), a Fortune 500 and S&P
500 company, is a global leader in flash storage solutions. For
more than 25 years, SanDisk has expanded the possibilities of
storage, providing trusted and innovative products that have
transformed the electronics industry. Today, SanDisk’s quality,
state-of-the-art solutions are at the heart of many of the world's
largest data centers, and embedded in advanced smart phones,
tablets and PCs. SanDisk’s consumer products are available at
hundreds of thousands of retail stores worldwide. For more
information, visit www.sandisk.com.
About Avnet
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 29, 2013, Avnet generated revenue of $25.5 billion.
For more information, visit www.avnet.com.
About Avnet Technology Solutions
As a global IT solutions distributor, Avnet Technology Solutions
collaborates with its customers and suppliers to create and deliver
services, software and hardware solutions that address the business
needs of their end-user customers locally and around the world. The
group serves customers and suppliers in North America, Latin
America and Caribbean, Asia Pacific, and Europe, Middle East and
Africa. It generated US $10.36 billion in annual revenue for fiscal
year 2013. Avnet Technology Solutions is an operating group of
Avnet, Inc. For more information, visit
http://www.ats.avnet.com.
About Avnet Electronics Marketing
Avnet Electronics Marketing is an operating group of
Phoenix-based Avnet, Inc. that serves electronic original equipment
manufacturers (EOEMs) and electronic manufacturing services (EMS)
providers in more than 80 countries, distributing electronic
components and embedded systems from leading manufacturers and
providing associated design-chain, supply-chain and value-added
integration services. The group's website is located at
www.em.avnet.com.
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EMEA @Avnet_TS_EMEA.
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All brands and trade names are trademarks or registered
trademarks, and are the properties of their respective owners.
Avnet disclaims any proprietary interest in marks other than its
own.
© 2013 SanDisk Corporation. All rights reserved. SanDisk is a
trademark of SanDisk Corporation, registered in the United States
and other countries. Lightning, Optimus and FlashSoft are U.S.
registered trademarks of SanDisk Enterprise IP LLC. Cloudspeed is a
trademark of SanDisk Enterprise IP LLC.
This news release contains certain forward-looking statements,
including expectations for markets and customers that are based on
our current expectations and involve numerous risks and
uncertainties that may cause these forward-looking statements to be
inaccurate. Risks that may cause these forward-looking statements
to be inaccurate include among others: the market demand for our
products may grow more slowly than our expectations or our products
may not be available in the capacities that we expect or perform as
expected, or the other risks detailed from time-to-time in our
Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports, including,
but not limited to, our most recent quarterly report on Form 10-Q
and our annual report on Form 10-K. We do not intend to update the
information contained in this news release.
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Brodeur Partners, for Avnet Technology SolutionsMarcia Chapman,
+1 480-308-0284mchapman@brodeur.comorSanDisk CorporationLaura
Bakken, +1 408-801-7653laura.bakken@sandisk.com
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