Avnet Expands Virtualization Portfolio to Create Complete Solutions Addressing Market Demand for Secure Data Centers

ATLANTA, GA -- (Marketwire) -- 08/20/08 -- Reflex Security, the leader in virtualization security management, today announced a global distribution agreement with Avnet Technology Solutions (Avnet), an operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), which will be implemented initially in the U.S. and Canada. Under the agreement, Avnet will distribute Reflex Security's industry leading "Virtual Security Manager" (VSM) solution. The agreement will significantly broaden the market opportunities for Reflex, and value-added reseller partners will benefit from Avnet's virtualization solutions practice that includes the industry-leading products, services, tools and training needed to successfully target the virtualization market.

"Avnet is committed to helping our value-added reseller partners develop expertise and practices in fast growing markets, such as virtualization," said Tim FitzGerald, who leads Avnet Technology Solutions Americas' Virtualization and Consolidation solutions group. "Adding a virtual security solution like Reflex VSM to our technology portfolio offers our partners further opportunities to deliver complete virtualized data center solutions that are more secure and at a lower total cost of ownership."

While virtualization enables enterprise organizations to optimize IT resources and reduce their costs, there are also critical security implications that need to be taken into account. The first company to introduce a dedicated virtual security solution in the market, Reflex Security provides companies with a simple and cost-effective way to apply an additional layer of security to their virtualized environments.

"As adoption of virtualization accelerates for next generation dynamic data centers, organizations understand the urgent need to visualize, secure, audit and control their virtual infrastructure. Our purpose-built Reflex VSM solution provides critical security functionality while addressing virtualization specific considerations such as monitoring the dynamic environment, maintaining secure configuration, separation of duties and regulatory compliance," said David de Valk, VP Business Development of Reflex Security. "This agreement with Avnet strengthens Reflex's channel presence and will provide us with the necessary resources to grow our market share in this burgeoning category."

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