March 10 2012 -- Naresh Desai, General Manager, India of global IT solutions distributor, Avnet Technology Solutions, has been named the Asia Pacific and Japan recipient of a VMware Partner Network Award in the Partner Executive Most Valuable Player category by VMware. The award was presented last month at VMware Partner Exchange 2012, VMware’s annual partner event, in Las Vegas, Nev (US). “We are proud to acknowledge the achievements made in 2011 by members of the VMware partner ecosystem and Avnet Technology Solutions, India on winning a VMware Partner Network Award,” said Vicki Batka, senior director, Channels, VMware Asia Pacific Japan. “We look forward to future successes of Avnet Technology Solutions India in 2012, as well as the rest of our partner ecosystem.”
Said Naresh Desai: “I am honoured to receive this award and take pride in our team efforts and the acknowledgement that we have received from VMware. Avnet Technology Solutions, India has always focused on accelerating the success of our partners and vendors through our solution based approach, hard work, dedication, sharp business acumen and team spirit. I hope our continual efforts will be mutually beneficial and be acknowledged in the future as well”.

VMware Partner Exchange 2012 is the leading global event for virtualization and cloud partners, bringing thousands of members from the VMware partner ecosystem together to discuss the future of the industry. www.vmwarepartnerexchange.com
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