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We encourage you to submit your entry for the 2012 Solution Provider 500 (formerly the VAR500). The Solution Provider 500 is an all-inclusive report on the top 500 solution providers, VARs and IT consultancies with North American headquarters.

Submit your application today - it's easy and free!

The deadline is 5 p.m. EST on March 2, 2012, with winners being announced at the 2012 Solutions Provider 500 event on June 6, 2012 in Charlotte, North Carolina. To learn more and register to attend click here.

Terri Thomas / Senior Marketing Project Leader / 480-794-2561

Register now for Avnet's first Data Center University! We are currently offering an Early Bird Special until Sept. 30, for $799 for the first attendee from a company, and $599 for each additional attendee. After Sept. 30, the cost increases to $999 and $749 respectively.

University Registration

Avnet's Data Center University offers an in-depth training curriculum designed to help you serve your customers as a trusted advisor, understand the major market trends affecting the data center and also understand your customer's business pains and respond with more effective and profitable solutions to address the needs of the business.

During this 3-day course, we will address topics that will allow you to solve your customers' business pains and articulate the effects that changing market conditions have on the data center solutions you sell.

For more information about the University’s agenda, click here.

Questions? Email SolutionsPathtraining@avnet.com.

Shannon Cronin / Marketing Project Leader / (303) 544-6672

Grow Your Pipeline With Marketing in 2012

Avnet's new marketing project guide is out and has over 25 projects and 8 Avnet/IBM programs to help you grow your pipeline in Q1.

For the first time, we are running a Q1 marketing promo where you can earn free appointments if you enroll in either the Blue Diamond project or Gold Mine project. The minimum investment in the previously mentioned program is required in order to qualify for the promo. Don't wait, the promotion only runs through February 15th, 2012. Ask your marketing rep for details.

Click here to see the full project guide!

Courtney Campbell /

The Smarter Systems Widget has gone mobile - and is now the STG Sales Navigator. To use the new Navigator from your desktop or a smartphone, click here.

You'll have access to the same content that you had via the Widget, but now you can access it any time, any place. Note that you'll have to register first to use the new Navigator, and you will need a w3-enabled device to access much of the content.

And, if you're are a Mac or Linux user, you can use the Navigator, too!

Be sure to check out all the new content that has been added recently. Good selling!

Nancy Ann West / Power Systems Marketing / (256) 774-2642

Avnet’s new and improved SolutionsPath® University program is now open for registration.

We’ve revamped our class structure to accommodate partner feedback and align with your business goals. The result is a schedule of industry-focused trainings sponsored by several suppliers, and a new data center training designed to accelerate your solutions growth by increasing specialization and expansion into adjacent market spaces.

Sept. 20-21: Healthcare University (click to register) (Chicago)
Dec. 6-7: Financial University (Location TBD)
Jan. 24-25: Government University (Washington D.C.)
Feb. 22-23: Retail University (Location TBD)
March 13-14: Data Center University (Location TBD)
April 11-12: Healthcare University (Location TBD)
June 5-6: Energy University (Location TBD)
July 24-25: Government University (Location TBD)

We’ve released a full 12-month calendar so you can plan ahead to attend the training that best fits your training needs and schedule. Be sure to check the Know-How Center’s Training and Enablement page regularly for training schedule updates and registration links.

Questions? Email SolutionsPathTraining@avnet.com.

Jessica Truman / Marketing Project Leader / (210) 247-1313