News from IBM's technology partners at PartnerWorld in Las Vegas.Avnet Hall-Mark Announces New Services, Partnership Avnet Hall-Mark,
a value-added distributor of IBM enterprise computing products, storage, software and services, made a series of announcements.
The company has teamed with VBS Software, LLC, to offer a back-office solution specifically designed for resellers. Visual Business Suite is an ERP solution that focuses on reseller operations, accounting, and installed base marketing. VBS is pre-configured to integrate with Avnet's systems.
Avnet Hall-Mark also announced a suite of services called the Avnet Enablement Services Partnership (Avnet
ESP) program for ISVs and application developers. The program builds on Avnet Hall-Mark's Life Sciences Program introduced last year to build collaborative relationships between Avnet Hall-Mark resellers and ISVs targeting the Life Sciences market.
In a separate announcement, the company introduced a new unit that will focus on solutions that combine IBM software and Intel-based xSeries servers.
Viacore Introduces Hub Deployment Solution
Viacore, a B2B hub deployment solutions provider, has joined the IBM Value Advantage Plus (VAP) incentive program. The company's BusinessTone B2B hub deployment solution for IBM's WebSphere will be featured in IBM's e-business on demand pavilion during PartnerWorld.