{"id":2497,"date":"2012-07-05T14:10:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-05T14:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cloudnewsdaily.com\/?guid=7c0b990558166707996f8dfbf0f3f932"},"modified":"2012-07-05T14:10:00","modified_gmt":"2012-07-05T14:10:00","slug":"arrow-ecs-emea-launches-arrowsphere-cloud-services-platform-for-it-channel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/arrow-ecs-emea-launches-arrowsphere-cloud-services-platform-for-it-channel\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrow ECS EMEA Launches ArrowSphere Cloud Services Platform for IT Channel"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/company\/arrow-electronics\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-img-inserted zemanta-img-configured alignleft\" title=\"Image representing Arrow Electronics as depict...\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/assets\/images\/resized\/0010\/4351\/104351v1-max-450x450.png\" alt=\"Image representing Arrow Electronics as depict...\" width=\"131\" height=\"42\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions, a business segment of Arrow Electronics Inc., today unveiled ArrowSphere, a cloud services aggregation and brokerage platform for the European solution provider community, system integrators, independent software vendors and service providers. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Through ArrowSphere, Arrow ECS is adding new growth opportunities for enterprise and midmarket business solutions for the channel. ArrowSphere will enable the Arrow ECS European channel network to resell aggregated cloud services, such as infrastructure-, platform-, storage- and software-as-a-service solutions, from industry leaders around the world. ArrowSphere brings new dimensions to cloud delivery by facilitating access to more than 60 leading-edge cloud services, in addition to adding flexibility with white-label webstores; increasing simplicity by centralizing billing and provisioning; and improving reliability through trusted single-sign-on solutions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy offering turnkey webstores that address the needs of today\u2019s and future businesses, we bridge the gap between cloud service provider innovation and solution provider market reach,\u201d said Laurent Sadoun, president of the Europe, Middle East and Africa region for Arrow ECS. \u201cThis approach represents the much-needed catalyst that can drive significant cloud adoption through the channel over the next five years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ArrowSphere is available to the IT community in the United Kingdom (beginning July 11) and will be available in September in Denmark, France, Germany and Spain, with other countries to follow.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-11099\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMigrating legacy IT systems to the cloud, connecting cloud solutions to existing on-premise infrastructure and supporting these hybrid solutions are complex undertakings for small and midsize enterprises. Solution providers are the trusted advisors that routinely help businesses integrate IT services securely and efficiently,\u201d said Sadoun. \u201cArrow ECS is proud to offer the IT community a unique opportunity to enter into the cloud. This strategy of investments toward added value and the channel will guide innovation forward for our partners as well as the entire IT industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ArrowSphere platform allows us to address new markets and new business in a fast and simple way, and it therefore represents a massive revenue opportunity for us,\u201d said Shamus Kelly, managing director of Portal, an ISV working with Arrow ECS in the U.K. \u201cBeing able to leverage a turnkey webstore with our own solutions and the services portfolio developed by Arrow ECS puts us in a solid position to embrace the cloud. Also, it gives us the flexibility to adapt to our customers\u2019 needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More information about the ArrowSphere marketplace for cloud services, including details about the portfolio, is available online at http:\/\/sphere.arrow.com.<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/pixy.gif?x-id=630c3fca-4eb7-4095-81b6-1da8ee736877\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/cMLan5AtWlqE6hqeo6p2b6NnYIs\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/cMLan5AtWlqE6hqeo6p2b6NnYIs\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/cMLan5AtWlqE6hqeo6p2b6NnYIs\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/cMLan5AtWlqE6hqeo6p2b6NnYIs\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/CloudNewsDaily\/~4\/NsF7y3f8rSI\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PARIS&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211;Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions, a business segment of Arrow        Electronics Inc. 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