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Avnet Technology Solutions, approved to support Oracles BEA’s channel

• BEA VAR's can now purchase through Oracle distribution
• BEA products now available to Oracle VAR's
• BEA price reductions by signing as an Oracle partner

Horizon Software, part of Avnet Technology Solutions, has announced that they are now able to support BEA VAR's and to transact licence sales for them following the recent acquisition of BEA by Oracle.  Horizon Software can also assist BEA partners to become Oracle partners to gain access to an extensive range of cost effective and valuable products to add value to their solutions portfolio.

Mickey Bharat, Horizon Software Director commented "Horizon is a safe pair of hands for BEA partners as we are a 100% channel distributor with no conflict of interest. Our pricing is competitive and our primary focus is on providing a host of support services and facilities to make life easy, particularly when a BEA partner needs to navigate around the Oracle organisational structure which is unknown to them and on massive scale." 

Together, Oracle and BEA provides a complementary best-in-class middleware portfolio that spans Java Application Servers, transaction processing monitors, SOA and business process management, user interaction and Web 2.0, identity management, business intelligence, enterprise content management and vertical-specific technologies.

Bharat continued: "Oracle's addition of BEA will accelerate innovation by the bringing together of two companies with a common vision of a modern service-oriented architecture (SOA) infrastructure. Our aim at Horizon Software is to further increase the value we offer to the Oracle partner community by broadening our range of support services for partners to include BEA."

"Our ‘Software team' is one of the most significant Oracle distribution support teams in the world, and we have implemented training so that we can provide BEA pricing, advice, access to pre-sales support resources and assistance with understanding the changes to the BEA product portfolio since the Oracle acquisition.

"Horizon's remit is to help Oracle enable and develop their partner channel. Former BEA and current Oracle partners can therefore benefit from a full support programme including business development consultation, access to product specialists, marketing and demand creation facilities, dedicated account managers to help secure deals and transaction operations support to smooth the ordering process."

Horizon Software is Oracle's sole Value Added Distributor in the UK, supporting all of Oracle's key technology growth areas including Database, Database Options, Security and Identity Management, Business Intelligence, SOA and Fusion Middleware. Providing a wide range of value-add support services to its Oracle partner community Horizon Software will focus on the development and support of System Integrators; Value Added Resellers and Independent Software Vendors.

ENDS

About Avnet Technology Solutions

Avnet Technology Solutions is an operating group of Phoenix-based Avnet, Inc. As a global technology sales and marketing organization, Avnet Technology Solutions has sales divisions focused on specific customer segments and a select line card strategy enabling an exceptional level of attention to the needs of its customers and suppliers. For fiscal year 2008, the group served customers in more than 30 countries and generated US $7.6 billion in annual revenue.

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About Avnet Inc

Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT), a Fortune 500 company, is one of the largest distributors of electronic components, computer products and embedded technology in the world. Avnet accelerates its partners' success by connecting the world's leading technology suppliers with a broad base of more than 100,000 customers and providing cost-effective, value-added services and solutions. For the fiscal year ended June 28, 2008, Avnet generated revenue of $17.95 billion. For more information, visit www.avnet.com.

For more information please contact:

Mickey Bharat - Director Horizon Software, Avnet Technology Solutions
Tel : 07796 330024
email : Mickey.Bharat@avnet.com

Simon Welch - Marketing Director, Avnet Technology Solutions                   
Tel: 07796 330015
email: simon.welch@avnet.com