“Education is a key element of our value-added services, enabling the market and the channel to support technology suppliers with product and solution readiness,” said Laurent Sadoun, president of the Europe, Middle East and Africa region and global services for Arrow’s enterprise computing solutions segment. “We look forward to our strategic cooperation with New Horizons, an authorised supporter of several leading technology providers and a pioneer in IT training with more than three decades of experience. Arrow and its global training alliance companies will soon complement the portfolio with a solution approach addressing critical business areas such as Big Data, mobility, security and cloud computing, leveraging its strategic IBM relationship in product businesses, combined with Arrow’s unique network of complementary vendors in security, virtualization and mobility.”
“The addition of authorized IBM training to our suite of offerings will allow New Horizons to provide even more training solutions to our customers,” said Earle Pratt, President and CEO of New Horizons. “We are excited to work with Arrow given it uniquely combines high-end technology distribution and value-added services with IT training capabilities. The collaboration will allow New Horizons and Arrow to provide a very comprehensive offering of training and product to our mutual customers.”
Arrow’s global training alliance is being extended and adapted to local customer requirements on an ongoing basis. Arrow's dedicated IBM Global Training website, http://edu.arrow.com/ibm, is subject to continuous update regarding the latest regions and training added. Arrow and the members of Arrow’s global training alliance are in the process of implementing IBM Global Training in 130 countries.
The scope of available training includes:
· IBM Systems training (i.e., IBM Power Systems, IBM PureSystems, IBM System Storage and Storage Networking);
· IBM System x and BladeCenter;
· IBM System z;
· Cloud Computing;
· IBM Software Trainings (i.e., Business Analytics, Information Management, Collaboration, Product Lifecycle Management, Rational, Tivoli and WebSphere).