Arrow ECS Leads EMEA in Distributor Awards at Citrix Conference in Munich

Receiving significant recognition of support for its value-added programs and services for Citrix and its resellers in Europe, Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions, a business segment of Arrow Electronics Inc. [NYSE: ARW], received nine awards ranking it as the best distributor in multiple aspects of its business at the Citrix Distribution Conference in Munich held in November.

“We are honored to receive this EMEA recognition from Citrix that highlights the achievements and skills of our team,” said Laurent Sadoun, president of Arrow ECS’ Europe, Middle East and Africa region. “I am particularly pleased that Citrix not only recognized our performance but also the richness of Arrow ECS value model. This is a clear validation that Arrow ECS’ evolution toward a channel management model is producing tangible benefits for suppliers and resellers by enabling the skills of our partners and supporting their development activities.”

The Arrow ECS teams that received awards at the event include:

• DNS Arrow group in the United Kingdom, which received a total of four awards including being named the “Best Training Distributor” in EMEA as well as “Best Training Distributor,” “Best Distributor” and “Best Market Development Distributor” in the U.K.
• DNS group in Germany, which received three awards including the highly coveted distinction as “Best Citrix Distributor” in EMEA, as well as the “Best Citrix Distributor” and “Fastest Growing Citrix Distributor” in Central Europe.
• Arrow ECS in Denmark, which was recognized for having the “Best Citrix Training Center” and for being the “Best Marketing Developer” in the Nordic region.

“Arrow ECS is a leading distributor for Citrix in the EMEA region, and their outstanding support for our business is greatly appreciated,” said Carsten Thomsen, vice president of Channels EMEA for Citrix. “Its focus on channel management for suppliers and resellers is creating a new standard for excellence among distributors. I congratulate Arrow ECS on its wins.”

ABOUT ARROW ENTERPRISE COMPUTING SOLUTIONS

Arrow ECS, a business segment 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., and with offices in 26 countries, 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 $5.4 billion in global enterprise computing solution sales in 2008. Subsidiaries include Asplenium, DNS, FINOVIA, Internet Security, ITL, LOGIX, REL and Soft-Tronik. Visit www.arrowecs.com for more information.