Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions Expands E-mail Archiving Program With Solutions for IBM Partners

 

IBM CommonStore preloads with Content Manager are now available through Arrow ECS

ARROW ECS
7459 South Lima Street
Englewood, Colorado 80012
www.arrowecs.com

Media Contact
Dawn Small
Communications Manager
303-824-4188
dsmall@arrow.com

 

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (MARCH 6, 2007) – Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions (ECS) today announced that IBM CommonStore e-mail archiving preloads with Content Manager software are now available to Arrow ECS’ reseller partners.  The IBM hardware and software is an expansion of Arrow ECS’ information lifecycle management (ILM) program, which also includes HP, Sun Microsystems, EMC, NetApp and Hitachi Data Systems solutions, as well as collaborative services, engineering support, demand generation and training services.

“Arrow ECS is pleased to offer this e-mail archiving solution to our IBM partners,” said Kevin Gilroy, president of Arrow ECS.  “Through turnkey solutions such as the IBM preloads, our information lifecycle management program enables our partners to make inroads into solutions selling and capture a larger share of their customers’ total information technology budget.”

Gilroy continued, “ILM is a burgeoning opportunity for resellers and Arrow ECS is committed to enabling our partners to leverage our ILM solutions to grow their business.  In 2006 alone, our ILM solutions generated more than 900 sales leads and $10 million in direct sales for our partners.”

The IBM preloads are preconfigured and tested at Arrow ECS’ IBM integration center, which received the highest rating in quality worldwide in the 2005, 2004 and 2003 IBM Solution Delivery Integration audits.  Arrow ECS offers in-depth sales training for the preloads to assist partners with selling the solution to customers.  Arrow ECS has also assembled a team of select partners in regions across the United States to assist other IBM partners with configuring the pre-loaded solution.

 

ABOUT ARROW ECS

Arrow ECS, a business unit of Arrow Electronics, Inc. [NYSE: ARW], provides enterprise and midrange computing products, services and solutions to value-added resellers, system integrators, and independent software vendors.  Based in Englewood, Colo., Arrow ECS connects its customers to an exclusive network of the world’s foremost technology suppliers, including HP, IBM, Sun Microsystems, EMC, NetApp, Hitachi Data Systems, and other leading storage networking, software, and security suppliers.  Arrow ECS reported $2.8 billion in worldwide computer products sales in 2006.  Visit us at www.arrowecs.com .

 

ARROW ECS
7459 South Lima Street
Englewood, Colorado 80012
www.arrowecs.com

Media Contact
Dawn Small
Communications Manager
303-824-4188

dsmall@arrow.com