According to Avnet ASEAN vice president and general manager, William Chu, said this move would help to offer a more complete data migration and disaster recovery solution to local markets.

"As Double-Take Software complements offerings in Avnet's portfolio from Citrix, HP, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, and VMware, our partners now have the ability to create comprehensive data protection and disaster recovery solutions with hardware, software and services," said Chu.

"Data is one of the most valuable assets of any organisation, and companies have a vested interest in its protection and recoverability," he said.

Every second counts

"Every second counts when a company's systems go down," said Double-Take Asia Pacific sales director Matt Thatcher. "We're committed to providing the data migration and virtualisation tools that let companies get back up and running quickly. Avnet recognises the business value of this type of solution to customers. By working together, we'll be able to expand our customer base through their channels and enable organisational information to be safeguarded in the event of disasters and outages."