VIBY, Denmark--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions, a business segment of Arrow Electronics Inc. [NYSE: ARW], today announced a distribution agreement with Riverbed Technology in the Nordics. The agreement enables Arrow ECS to distribute Riverbed® solutions in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. It represents an expansion of the already established global relationship between Arrow ECS and Riverbed.
The addition of Riverbed further enhances Arrow ECS’ solution-focused value-added distribution model in the Nordic region. The Riverbed suite of solutions provides enterprises with the platform they need to understand, optimize and consolidate their IT. The solutions complement Arrow ECS’ existing offerings available in the Nordics.
“We look forward to offering solutions from Riverbed,” said Jørgen Winther, vice president of Arrow ECS in the Nordics. “We see a significant opportunity in the Nordic region for adding Riverbed solutions to the data-center projects already addressed by our resellers. The ability to offer Riverbed solutions will enable resellers to bring more value to their customers, and at the same time help them to embrace new solutions much faster.”
“Riverbed has developed a strong alliance with Arrow ECS in the U.S., U.K., Germany and Austria,” said Andreas Hartl, senior director, Europe, Middle East and Africa channels, for Riverbed. “This agreement with Arrow ECS in the Nordics further expands that relationship while addressing the storage, applications and mobility opportunities in the Nordic markets.”
The Arrow ECS Nordic team covers Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Greenland and the Baltics. The team’s focus is on bringing solutions within the server, storage, virtualization and security markets to resellers and their customers. Arrow ECS follows a channel-management model that combines classic value-added distribution support with a portfolio of market-oriented services and training offerings. For more information about the Arrow ECS Nordic team, visit www.arrowecs.eu.
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Arrow ECS, a business segment of Arrow Electronics Inc. [NYSE: ARW], provides enterprise and midrange computing products, services and solutions to value-added resellers, system integrators, and independent software vendors. Based in Englewood, Colo., and with offices in 29 countries, Arrow ECS connects its customers to the world’s foremost technology suppliers. Arrow ECS reported $5.6 billion in global enterprise computing solution sales in 2010. Visit ecs.arrow.com for more information.