Systems/Enterprise:
TECH DATA AND SUN SIGN FIRST
DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
Tech Data Corporation, a leading worldwide provider of IT products,
logistics
management and other value-added services, has gained its enterprise-scale
offerings through a distribution agreement with Sun Microsystems Inc.
Tech Data will carry the manufacturer's new LX50 server and StorEdge 3310
SCSI
Array, providing U.S. channel partners with an opportunity to sell and support
advanced server and storage products in small-to-midsize-business (SMB)
markets.
Tech Data will support Sun's LX50 server and StorEdge 3310 SCSI Array
through
a comprehensive channel program that includes technical services, marketing,
business development and enterprise-level solutions for its reseller
customers. Tech Data currently offers Sun Cobalt appliances to its reseller
customers.
"Resellers are looking to satisfy end-user customers by providing
high-quality, affordable server and storage technologies with enterprise-class
performance and management functionality," said Elio Levy, Tech Data's senior
vice president of marketing.
"From the high-end, to entry-level, Tech Data will now provide resellers
with
Sun Microsystems technologies that meet the business, technical and cost
requirements of SMB customers."
"This agreement provides us with a strategic avenue for engaging customers
in
the SMB/Linux market and furthering Sun Linux in the marketplace through Tech
Data's network of resellers," said Gary Grimes, vice president U.S. Partner
Management and Sales of Sun Microsystems Inc.
"We chose to work with Tech Data because of its breadth of knowledge in
high-quality server technologies and the premium customer service displayed by
its
sales professionals." Sun's LX50 is a general-purpose 32-bit x86 system and
includes software for edge applications, compute farms, high-performance and
technical computing or custom application deployment.
The software can be used for Web serving, e-mail, grid computing, streaming
media, databases and Web commerce. Software applications include: Java 2 SDK
Standard Edition, Sun ONE ASP for Linux, TomCat (JSP), MySQL (Database),
Apache (Webserver), WU-FTPD (FTP), Sendmail (Email Server), Bind (DNS Server),
Sun Grid Engine and Sun Streaming Server.
The Sun StorEdge 3310 SCSI array meets a variety of workgroup requirements
by
providing affordable enterprise-class performance and availability features,
management functionality, and configuration flexibility.
The product also holds one or two RAID controllers and supports up to two
2U-high/12-drive expansion arrays, for a total of up to 36 disks. As a key
component in a storage network, the system connects to host servers via
industry-standard PCI SCSI host bus-adapters, and to local/remote management
consoles via standard SCSI, serial, and Ethernet connections.
Resellers interested in the Sun LX50 server and/or Sun StorEdge 3310 SCSI
Array should contact Tech Data's sales team at 800-237-8931.
About Sun Microsystems Inc
Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision --
"The Network Is The Computer" -- has propelled Sun Microsystems Inc to its
position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and
services that make the Net work.
About Tech Data
Tech Data Corporation, founded in 1974, is a leading worldwide
provider of IT products, logistics management and other value-added services.
Ranked 117th on the Fortune 500, the company and its subsidiaries serve more
than 100,000 technology resellers in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean,
Latin America, Europe and the Middle East.
Tech Data's extensive service offering includes pre- and post-sale training
and technical support, financing options and configuration services as well as
a full range of award-winning electronic commerce solutions.
The company generated sales of $17.2 billion for its most recent fiscal
year,
which ended January 31, 2002.
http://www.techdata.com
http://sun.com
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