OREANDA-NEWS. Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), a leading global technology distributor, today unveiled an industry-first EMC® software-defined storage solution featuring IsilonSD Edge. Designed for the fast-growing software-defined storage market, this new Avnet-developed offering will initially be available in the U.S. and Canada. Powered by storage expert EMC and utilizing industry-standard servers, the solution delivers a cost-optimized scale-out, network-attached storage (NAS) option for edge applications. Committed to solving for the needs of demanding file-based replication requirements, this solution is easily configured to serve the requirements of remote office/back offices (ROBO) for small, midsize and enterprise customers.

“Software-defined storage solutions are taking the market by storm. They exponentially increase options available to IT professionals and provide enterprise-grade reliability and performance. These solutions also optimize cost by using industry-standard and commercially available servers,” said Eric Barnhart, vice president of Avnet’s EMC solutions business unit in the Americas. “EMC continues to invest in innovative, software-defined storage solutions, such as IsilonSD Edge. EMC software-defined storage solutions are incredibly powerful. When combined with Avnet's assembly, integration, logistics and financial services expertise, these solutions become truly unique in the marketplace.”

The new solution is designed to reduce the costs associated with scale-out-enabled storage, while significantly improving return on investment. This is achieved by using off-the-shelf platforms, which can now run the Isilon® OneFS® operating system, in the IsilonSD Edge form factor. This now gives customers the same enterprise capabilities that are available to them in the appliance form factor. Customers can now take advantage of cloud economics and scale through the Isilon CloudPools™ solution now in a software-defined form factor. This reduces overall storage costs with the Avnet Cloud Marketplace, Avnet’s one-stop shop that offers comprehensive solutions from leading cloud service providers, flexible payment models and a powerful cloud management toolset. This will flatten the cost curve and significantly boost the return-on-investment models for hybrid-cloud-enabled storage.

Additionally, Avnet will incorporate its consumption-based financial service – CapacityNow – into the solution. It enables organizations, both commercial and government, to acquire technology through a flexible managed service. CapacityNow was developed as an alternative to traditional leasing and financing, where the user can now align their payments with actual usage.

“How the IT industry solves complex storage requirements is being revolutionized by software-defined storage solutions,” said Sam Grocott, senior vice president, marketing, Emerging Technologies Division, EMC Corporation. “EMC selected Avnet to create new ways to bring IsilonSD Edge to market because of their proven ability to transform technology into true business solutions, easily and simply. Avnet is a global company at the forefront of technology, and its scale and reach will enable us to quickly bring highly differentiated solutions based on our technology to market that address the unique business needs of our customers.”

Avnet is an award-winning EMC distributor and supports EMC in Asia Pacific; Europe, the Middle East and Africa; Latin America and the Caribbean; and North America. Plus, 2015 marked the 15th anniversary of the Avnet and EMC partnership. Throughout this long-standing relationship, Avnet has helped EMC bring innovative solutions to market. For example, Avnet has enabled EMC partners to adopt their choice of converged and hyper-converged solutions, which allow partners to design and deploy new solutions that offer their SMB, mid-market and enterprise customers the cloud and data center benefits of hyper-converged infrastructure at the price points and sizes that align with their needs.

Avnet at EMC World 2016
At booth #751, Avnet featured live demonstrations of its new software-defined storage solution featuring IsilonSD Edge. Additionally, Avnet hosted an invitation-only partner appreciation event at LAVO, located at The Palazzo, Las Vegas. Avnet is a Silver-level sponsor of EMC World 2016 which was held at The Venetian in Las Vegas, May 2-5, 2016.

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