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The solution integration division of Avnet is making significant changes to help enterprise companies take their businesses online, company executives say. For starters, executives at the distributor changed the division's name to Avnet Enterprise Solutions from Avnet Computer and named 18-year veteran Brian Armstrong as its president,
The change continues a three-year evolution to transform the infrastructure of Avnet's Fortune 2000 customers toward the Internet.
Solution providers do not have the financial capabilities to address this issue with Fortune 2000 customers, Armstrong says. "We're not competing with [solution providers]. In the last 10 years, it's only happened once, but...