As per the terms of the agreement, Avnet will distribute Sonasoft's (
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"Sonasoft brings tremendous knowledge in backup/recovery, high availability and disaster recovery for Microsoft (
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"SonaSafe products are a great fit for Avnet's HP solutions business. Our HP team will work closely with Sonasoft to identify sales opportunities for our channel partners and bring them the resources they need to be successful in their target markets," added Alvarez.
Established in 2002, Sonasoft has been offering software-based solutions with integrated backup and recovery, replication and email archiving functionality. The key features of its SonaSafe software include disaster recovery, protection for data in virtual servers, support for e-mail archiving, offer reliable information for legal discovery and investigations, remote management, failover or failback, performance and security monitoring and total business protection.
Sonasoft recently announced the expansion of its channel program, where the company will help all its new and existing Sonasoft partners acquire new customers.
"Avnet is an influential and respected distributor of technology products and has been working with HP's channel for 30 years. Partnering with Avnet will help Sonasoft broaden its reach across North America," said Andy Khanna, president and chief executive officer at Sonasoft.
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