Avnet Enterprise Solutions Named HP National Enterprise Storage Partner of the Year

Business Wire, March 31, 2003

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 31, 2003

Avnet Enterprise Solutions (AES)(NYSE: AVT) has been named the winner of HP's 2002 National Enterprise Storage Partner of the Year Award. The announcement was made at HP's ENSA@Work Enterprise Storage Conference held recently in Orlando, Fla.

Accepting the award, Mark Pero, Avnet Enterprise Solutions director, Enterprise Storage Solutions, said, "We're especially proud of this achievement in that Avnet was selected from among more than 500 HP enterprise storage VARs nationwide." Pero added that Avnet was chosen not only for its 2002 HP storage sales, but for "our storage innovation and investments, value-added services, relationship with HP's Network Storage Sales group, and our overall storage customer satisfaction."

"Winners of the HP Storage Partner of the Year Awards were nominated and selected by the HP field sales team because they embrace and embody what HP sees as the essence of partnership," said Ed Burke, director of partner storage sales, HP Network Storage Solutions. "AES is effective in helping HP deliver adaptive infrastructures for storage because we are true partners -- facing risks and rewards together, dedicating ourselves completely, working seamlessly for customer benefit."

About Avnet Enterprise Solutions

Avnet Enterprise Solutions is a solutions integrator specializing in enterprise server, storage and network solutions that power leading business applications. The company leverages its unique suite of technical and financial professional services to minimize risk, maximize flexibility and optimize IT investment. Avnet Enterprise Solutions integrates hardware, software and services from industry leaders including BMC Software, Brocade, Cisco Systems, Commvault, Computer Associates, HP, IBM, Oracle, Tivoli and VERITAS. Headquartered in Tempe, Avnet Enterprise Solutions (www.es.avnet.com) is a division of $2.4 billion Avnet Computer Marketing, an operating group of Avnet Inc. Avnet Inc. is ranked 161 on the Fortune 500 list and is a global technology marketing, distribution and services company with fiscal 2002 sales of $8.9 billion.