Bengaluru: Avnet Technology Solutions has taken a step to facilitate its channel partners and their customers to develop, implement and maintain business solutions that rely on Lenovo technology. Avnet’s training division, Avnet Academy, is expanding its education portfolio to include comprehensive training courses for Lenovo’s System x and Flex products. This is now available to partners and their customers in all the countries where Avnet operates around the globe.
Avnet continues to invest in delivering IT training and certification services, principally around the high-growth technologies that align with its solutions specialist approach. Lenovo is an existing strategic supplier for Avnet.
According to IDC, certified IT professionals take training at a far greater rate than their uncertified colleagues. The study showed that certified professionals are: Almost three times more likely to take classroom training; Seven times more likely to take self-paced e-learning courses and; Ten times more likely to take instructor-led e-learning classes.
“We are providing our partners with tools and training to help their end customers accelerate their careers. With our Lenovo training path, we will help guide IT professionals to ensure they have the skills, certifications and tools needed to handle real-world, next-generation technology environments,” said, Hees Ham, vice president of Education Services, North America at Avnet Technology Solutions.
“The launch of this program by Avnet makes it simpler for partners and their customers to build up knowledge and become more highly qualified, which in turn helps them to transform technology into business solutions and further accelerate their success,” said, Alex M. Badia, director, Data Center Group Services Training at Lenovo.
Supporting the new Lenovo agreement, Avnet is running pilot partner programs to encourage the successful promotion of training. They will offer rewards for positioning training effectively, with the aim of driving accelerated growth in education services.