SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Yosemite Technologies, Inc. today announced a distribution agreement with Avnet Partner Solutions, Americas with immediate availability through Avnet of the Yosemite Technologies line of Backup and Data Recovery products. The new distribution agreement brings together the strength of Avnet's industry-leading partner programs and Yosemite Technologies' innovative, simplified and scalable approach to backup software solutions from desktops through the enterprise.
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"Avnet has a solid track record of identifying and bringing forward innovative technologies that will help resellers build complete solutions for their customers," says Jeff Bawol, senior vice president, general manager, Avnet Partner Solutions, Enterprise Software and Storage Business Unit. "With Yosemite's state-of-the art technology, 100% commitment to the reseller channel and Product Builder, a world-class configuration tool, Yosemite enables Avnet resellers to offer solutions that will differentiate them in the marketplace and help them grow their businesses."
Avnet resellers will have access to Product Builder through Channel Connection, Avnet's award-winning partner portal. In addition, Avnet will be delivering Yosemite Technologies software electronically, streamlining distribution and reducing the total cost of delivery.
"Avnet's technical evaluation resulted in Yosemite Backup receiving very high marks," said Dave Ochser, director, Strategic Development, Avnet Technology Solutions. "We were particularly impressed with the usability, ease of configuration, the innovative disk-to-disk-to-any (D2D2Ne) technology and bare metal restore capabilities."
The partnership with Avnet represents a further strengthening of Yosemite Technologies' partner community.
"We are delighted that Avnet has chosen to partner with Yosemite Technologies to provide state-of-the-art backup solutions to its reseller community. As a global leader in distribution, Avnet represents a commanding presence with the partners that Yosemite appeals to," said Kevin Reinis, CEO and Chairman of Yosemite Technologies. "We strongly believe that this partnership will deliver high value and growth for Avnet's partner base." Avnet will make available Yosemite's entire product portfolio, with particular focus on Yosemite Backup Advanced, the latest product offering from Yosemite, which represents a new class of data protection software for the midsize and Global 2000 enterprise.
The companies plan a launch of their relationship to reseller partners of both companies, with recruitment and demand generation programs designed to accelerate the recognition and acceptance of Yosemite's new products.
About Avnet Partner Solutions, Americas
Avnet Partner Solutions, Americas is part of the Avnet Technology Solutions operating group of Avnet, Inc. An industry-leading, value-added distributor and provider of enterprise servers, storage, software and services, Avnet Partner Solutions serves value-added resellers, independent software vendors (ISVs) and systems integrators in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Avnet Partner Solutions provides enterprise solutions from industry-leading manufacturers, focusing on driving growth for partners and manufacturers. For more information, please visit http://www.aps.avnet.com/.
Yosemite Technologies(TM) is a global provider of backup software solutions that span from single server environments to the enterprise. Yosemite develops heterogeneous solutions that protect environments running Microsoft(R) Windows, Linux, Novell NetWare(R) and UNIX. Yosemite's flagship product, Yosemite Backup(TM) Advanced, represents the next generation of enterprise backup software with Self Tuning Logic(TM) for fast backup and restore operations and an integrated Virtual Library option, D2D2Ne(TM), that provides multi-level, heterogeneous "disk to disk to any" backup. Yosemite has developed strong technology and channel partnerships with leading companies including HP, Dell, Microsoft, Quantum, Gateway and Iomega. The company's commitment to Backup Simplified(TM) represents Yosemite's focus on delivering products that offer unmatched performance, ease-of-use and value. For more information, visit http://www.yosemitetech.com/.
NOTE: Yosemite Backup and Backup Standard are registered trademarks of Yosemite Technologies, Inc. All other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their registered owners.
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