Avnet Cloud Marketplace Expands Offerings To Include IBM Connections
Avnet Business Partners in the U.S. and Canada will now have access to IBM’s business social network platform to help their customers increase productivity.
Avnet, Inc. has announced that it is the first solutions distributor offering IBM® Connections™ Cloud, including IBM Verse, which provides businesses easier-to-access integrated email, social collaboration software and third-party applications, all delivered through IBM Cloud technology. IBM Connections Cloud will be available through the Avnet Cloud Marketplace to Avnet’s IBM Business Partners, including value-added resellers (VARs), independent software vendors (ISVs), managed service providers (MSPs) and system integrators (SIs), in the U.S. and Canada. IBM Connections Cloud is the first IBM Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) product offered through the Avnet Cloud Marketplace.
“IBM Connections Cloud will help our IBM Business Partners expand their cloud portfolios and allow them to leverage all the benefits of the Avnet Cloud Marketplace,” said Mark Martin, vice president of Avnet’s IBM solutions business unit in the Americas. “IBM Connections allows Business Partners' customers to accelerate collaboration and innovation, and deliver results. In addition, our Business Partners will be able to help their customers confidently share knowledge beyond traditional organizational boundaries and provide improved decision-making integral to long-term success.”