Avnet starts Storage Academy for its HP partners

HP Storage Academy

Avnet Technology Solutions recently launched its “Storage Academy” in association with HP to educate its channel partners the importance of designing efficient storage solutions and enhancing their skill-sets. With data growing at an explosive rate, storage has become a main component of HP’s Converged Infrastructure model.

“We believe Information is key to success, hence we decided to roll out such a unique program to train and educate our partners to offer the best possible solution at the most competitive price called Storage Academy in association with HP & Brocade”, says, Jamal Qaffaf, Managing Director, Avnet Technology Solutions Middle East and Africa.

Avnet took Storage Academy to Kuwait, Riyadh, Beirut, Cairo and was overwhelmed by the large participation of HP Channel Partners everywhere. During the program both Avnet and HP highlighted various techniques that can be used to design an effective storage infrastructure, such as data tiering, thin provisioning, data de-duplication, archiving and backup strategies to protect precious data. Brocade added value to the academy with a presentation about the latest developments in SAN infrastructure. It also covered key topics like cost competitiveness, margins. Another important topic was Storage Virtualization and the advantages of this technology compared to others.

Abdalla Al-Muzaini, INC Technologies from Kuwait said, “it was a great seminar and he found it quite helpful to know about the latest technologies & solutions available and how it stands out against our competitors.”

With the overwhelming response received from its channel partners Avnet Technology Solutions plans to take Storage Academy to other parts of the region with a greater focus on Africa.

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