SYNNEX Expands Distribution Pact with Symantec To Include Former Veritas Storage Solutions
Company to distribute award winning Symantec Backup Exec 10d for Windows Servers
FREMONT, CA – July 25, 2006 – SYNNEX Corporation (NYSE: SNX), a global IT supply chain services company, announced today it has signed an expanded strategic distribution partnership agreement with Symantec Corporation. The expanded partnership enables SYNNEX to now distribute storage solutions for Windows Servers, including the award winning product, Symantec Backup Exec 10d for Windows Servers.
Symantec Backup Exec 10d for Windows Servers is designed to utilize disk storage, delivering more reliable, faster, and more efficient, true continuous data protection for Windows servers. The Backup Exec product family revolutionizes data and system protection by eliminating backup windows and introduced the industry’s first web-based file retrieval. Combined with its existing family of high performance agents and options for Microsoft Exchange, SQL, SharePoint Portal Server, and other database application data, Backup Exec 10d delivers the only comprehensive disk and tape based solutions.
“We work with SYNNEX because the company provides great customer service and is always looking for ways for Value Added Resellers (VARs) to accelerate potential revenue opportunities,” said Kan Choi, Manager of Logistics and Traffic at SoftChoice. “My customers dictate what products and services I carry. They want a top notch storage backup and recovery solution and Symantec’s Backup Exec 10d foots the bill.”
With the addition of Symantec Backup Exec 10d for Windows Servers, SYNNEX can offer VARs the full line card of Symantec and Veritas products for Windows based solutions.
“We are delighted to be expanding our relationship with a powerhouse company like Symantec,” said John Paget, President of Technology Solutions Division (TSD) at SYNNEX Corporation. “Symantec is a global leader in providing solutions that assure the security, availability and integrity of a company’s most important asset – information.”“SYNNEX has a reputation for working closely with the VAR to identify untapped market opportunities,” stated Randy Cochran, Vice President, Symantec Channel Sales - Americas. “With SYNNEX’ solid distribution capabilities, integration expertise and its ability to offer complete solutions to end customers, Symantec is able to acquire a broader reach to small and mid-sized customers.”
Symantec delivers a broad range of affordable, market-leading security, storage, and availability products to help small and mid-sized businesses protect and manage their information assets. Symantec Backup Exec product family is the industry-leading Windows data and system protection solution designed for disk. It provides small and mid-sized businesses with comprehensive, cost-effective, and certified backup and recovery—including continuous data protection.
About SYNNEX
Founded in 1980, SYNNEX Corporation is a global IT supply chain services company offering a comprehensive range of services to original equipment manufacturers, software publishers and reseller customers worldwide. SYNNEX offers product distribution, related logistics services, demand generation marketing and contract assembly and works with the leading industry suppliers of IT systems, peripherals, system components, software and networking equipment. Additional information about SYNNEX may be found online at www.synnex.com.
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