Avnet Services, part of distributor Avnet Technology Solutions, has become an official Veeam Authorised Education Centre (VMAEC) and will deliver the technical courses required for partners, customers and resellers to achieve the Veeam Certified Engineer (VMCE) certification.
Through this collaboration with Veeam Software and its backup, replication and virtualisation management solutions for VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V, Avnet will roll out a VMAEC training program across the UK, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, the Netherlands, Denmark, Italy and Spain from January 2014.
René Albert, director of education solutions for Avnet Services, EMEA, commented: "This partnership with Veeam Software extends our education portfolio at a time when the virtualisation market is growing at a significant rate. This allows our reseller partners across EMEA to gather the right knowledge to successfully seek opportunities and engage in this important IT growth market."