Avnet Technology Solutions has been recognized by solution providers as the #1 specialty distributor across six categories in CMP Channel's 22nd annual CRN Sourcing Study. The CRN Sourcing Study recognizes the industry supplier organizations solution providers are most satisfied with and most commonly do business with. In addition to the #1 Sourced Specialty Distributor, Avnet honors include:

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Supplier Recognition       IBM

IBM Global Services U.S. Sales Leadership Award IBM PartnerWorld Beacon Award for Most Innovative Distributor Finance Program IBM Authorized Assembler Program Partner

AMD

Top Distributor Overall in North America, 2007 Top Opteron Distributor in North America, 2007 Global Distributor of the Year, 2003 - 2006

HP

HP PartnerOne Portfolio Distributor status

Intel

Top Value-Added Distributor Server Platform Revenue, 2006 Top Value-Added Distributor Server Design Wins, 2006

Microsoft

Operational Excellence Award, 2006 - 2008

Motorola

Services Award for growth in [Symbol] Services

Other Awards and Recognition:

• Avnet Named as One of Forbes’ Largest Global Companies (May 2008)
• Avnet Rises to No. 163 on Fortune 500 (April 2008)
• Avnet Again Named to Forbes’ Best Big Companies List (January 2008)
• Avnet Awarded ISO 14001:2004 Environmental Management Certification (October 2007)
• Avnet Named a Computerworld 'Best Practices in Business Intelligence' Awards Honoree (October 2007)
• Avnet Named to InformationWeek 500 for Its Business Intelligence and Order Management Systems (September 2007)
• Avnet Ranks Among Fortune's "Most Admired Companies" (March 2007)
• Avnet Wins Corporate Social Responsibility Award (April 2007)