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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION
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Systems/Enterprise:
TurboWorx JOINS AVNET HALL-MARK'S
ESP PROGRAM
TurboWorx Inc has announced an agreement with Avnet Hall-Mark's IBM
Division
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- a leading value-added distributor of IBM enterprise computing products,
software and services -- to use Avnet's Enablement Services Partnership (ESP)
program to help them deliver turnkey IBM solutions. By leveraging Avnet ESP,
TurboWorx will be able to provide the market with a fully integrated, end-to-
end IBM solution for creating, managing and accelerating compute and data
intensive applications/workflows in heterogeneous distributed computing
environments and Grids. TurboWorx has also established partner alliances and
delivery capacity to address the financial services, process manufacturing,
automotive, energy exploration and production, aerospace and information-based
medicine markets.
"We are excited about the agreement between Avnet Hall-Mark and TurboWorx.
By
leveraging the design, integration, marketing, sales and channel management
strengths of the Avnet ESP program; coupled with the strong application
solutions provided by TurboWorx -- we will collectively provide a 'best of
breed' IBM-based solution for the Life Science community," said Dennis
Constantine, world wide channel sales for IBM Life Sciences.
"Our partnership with Avnet ESP will enable our resellers, our customers
and
ourselves to obtain greater profits and a rapid return on investment due to
savings in increased automation, asset reuse, logistical support, program
management and reduction of development time," said Jeff Augen, president and
CEO of TurboWorx Inc. "Now we can grow both our market and our computing
infrastructures, with minimal business and operational disruption while
protecting existing investments in heterogeneous platforms including
applications, software and hardware."
"Through our ESP program, TurboWorx and our resellers can generate new
revenue
streams and provide a quick and easy business value-added solution for their
combined customers," said Scott Abbott, vice president of Business Development
of Avnet Hall-Mark, IBM Division.
TurboWorx optimizes existing investments in hardware and software in
environments containing a mix of operating systems and dissimilar hardware.
This enables companies to solve enterprise business problems, automate complex
projects and spend less time on managing proprietary third-party applications.
Fortune 50 companies such as IBM, Bayer, DuPont, Dow Chemical and Global 1000
companies including Karo Bio AB, Neurocrine Biosciences Inc and MDS Proteomics
are just some of the firms that depend on TurboWorx every day.
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