Distribution Agreement with Seagate Technology

Arrow Electronics' North American Components Business Announces Distribution Agreement with Seagate Technology

MELVILLE, N.Y., Nov. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The North American Components business of Arrow Electronics, Inc. will distribute Seagate Technology's industry-leading disc-drive product portfolio to Arrow's broad customer base in the United States and Canada under an agreement announced today.
Arrow will distribute Seagate's product portfolio including its industry- leading EE25 hard-drive series for extreme environments, the DB35 series for digital video recorders (DVRs) and home media servers, the SV35 family for digital video surveillance systems, Savvio 2.5-inch drives for mission- critical enterprise server and storage applications, and the Momentus family for laptop computers.
"Arrow's proven success in technical demand creation with the embedded marketplace will provide broad customer access to the industry's most diverse product portfolio," said Marc Jourlait, Seagate's vice president of global marketing. "We are pleased to be extending our reach with the addition of Arrow as we continue to deliver advanced digital storage that powers mainstream and cutting-edge applications."
"Seagate's demonstrated leadership in disc-drive technology and its commitment to developing unique solutions that meet, and exceed, the diverse storage requirements of our OEM customer base clearly adds to our value proposition," said Robert Behn, vice president of marketing for Arrow's North American Components business.
The proliferation of embedded multimedia applications requiring audio and video, and increasing regulatory requirements across various markets are two important factors driving the storage needs of embedded OEMs.
"These ever-increasing embedded storage requirements are what led Seagate and Arrow to formalize our strategic alliance," said Behn.
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