IT Distributor Avnet's CEO: Software, Solutions Sales Stabilize

IT Distributor Avnet’s CEO: Software, Solutions Sales Stabilize

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Jessica Davis
Jessica Davis
Apr 24, 2009
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Avnet’s Chief Operating Officer Rick Hamada believes the impact of Oracle’s (NASDAQ:ORCL) acquisition of Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:JAVA) will likely have a further positive effect on Avnet going forward, but that Avnet would be conservative in its forecasts along those lines. Sun makes up about 8 percent of Avnet’s enterprise revenues, and Sun is Avnet’s number 2 global partner. Oracle isn’t quite as large, says Hamada, but is among the top 15 at Avnet.
“It’s too early for us to make any prognostications or offer any opinions on what their plans are or how it will affect their customers,” Hamada says. “But it seems like it will add a bit of confidence because of the commitment Oracle has said it has to Sun’s product lines. Oracle’s commitment has to have a calming affect on the customers overall.”
During a conference call following Avnet’s earnings announcement, Hamada told financial analysts that no news had been the worst news for Sun, but it’s good news that Sun will now have a financially stable parent and that could help Avnet in Q4.

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Jessica Davis

Jessica Davis has been a professional writer since 2005. She has worked in various media outlets, writing for a bricklaying trade publication, several research companies and her favorite: a major entertainment company in Washington where…

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