Will integrate BladeFusion's Secure Production Environment into the IBM solution bundle.

Avnet Partner Solutions, a distributor of IBM enterprise computing products, storage, software and services, yesterday announced the availability of a blade server offering based on IBM eServer BladeCenter Business Express.

Avnet Partner Solutions will integrate independent software vendor (ISV) BladeFusion's Secure Production Environment into the IBM solution bundle. Integration of the BladeFusion offering will enable value-added resellers (VARs) and ISVs to deliver cost-effective, customized business solutions for their small and midsized enterprise customers. The combined solution streamlines a complex presales, design, integration and support process and offers bundled solutions, claims the company.

"Avnet Partner Solutions has created a seamless design to implementation process for our partners to simplify the sale of IBM eServer BladeCenter Business Express bundles. Avnet Partner Solutions' goal is to help our partners close more business, profitably. By leveraging our relationship with BladeFusion, we are providing our partners with highly specialized services and methodologies that give them a first mover market advantage while delivering exceptional customer service and solution customization," said Scott Abbott, vice president of business development, Avnet Partner Solutions, IBM Americas.