ENGLEWOOD, Colo. June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions (ECS), a business unit of Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW), today announced that it was rated the most important value-added distributor among the 500 largest information technology solution providers in North America, according to VARBusiness magazine. This is the second consecutive year that Arrow ECS has received this distinction by VARBusiness 500 solution providers.

"To be named by VARBusiness 500 companies as the most important value- added distributor to their businesses is a clear indication that Arrow ECS is delivering on its commitment to help our partners grow faster than the market," said Kevin Gilroy, president, Arrow ECS. "I congratulate my colleagues at Arrow ECS for their unwavering dedication to our partners and I salute all of the companies that were selected for the VARBusiness 500."

Arrow ECS offers comprehensive services to help its partners grow their business. In addition to providing pre-sales technical support and order fulfillment management for multi-platform and single-platform solutions, Arrow ECS offers business planning and marketing services, flexible financing and customized configurations to provide a high-level of support for all of its partners' business needs.

"Partnerships play a vital role in the success of the channel, and the close relationships solution providers forge with their valued distributors is key to that success," said Robert C. Demarzo, vice president and editorial director, CMP Channel.

ABOUT VARBUSINESS

About VARBusiness (http://www.varbusiness.com) For the past 20 years, VARBusiness' strategic resources have been the gateway to the commercial and public sector (or government) Solution Provider community. The VARBusiness integrated platform of media opportunities provides strategic insight for technology integrators through industry-defining research, in-depth editorial, channel events and innovative Web services, enabling these IT professionals to make educated decisions for their businesses, partnerships and customers. VARBusiness offerings lead vendors and distributors to unprecedented access to the most powerful strategic Solution Providers in the market. VARBusiness has been the recipient of numerous industry awards for both editorial content and design.

ABOUT ARROW ENTERPRISE COMPUTING SOLUTIONS

Arrow ECS, a business unit of Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW), provides enterprise and midrange computing products, services and solutions to value-added resellers, system integrators, and independent software vendors. Based in Englewood, Colo., Arrow ECS connects its customers to the world's foremost technology suppliers, including HP, IBM, Sun Microsystems, EMC, NetApp, Hitachi Data Systems, and other leading storage networking, software, and security suppliers. Arrow ECS reported $2.5 billion in worldwide computer products sales in 2006. Visit us at http://www.arrowecs.com.

SOURCE Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions

CONTACT: Dawn Small of Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions,
Communications Manager, +1-303-824-4188, or dsmall@arrow.com
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