Still, other HP enterprise distribution partners are wary of the deal."[HP] keeps saying the concerns people have will not happen," said Jim Kleeman, general manager and vice president of Avnet's HP business unit. "We're all waiting to see how this affects the market place," he said.
But Michael Haley, vice president of the SBM division of Arrow Electronics, said, "CDW faces a stiff challenge selling enterprise-level products through its current business model. This is not a commodity sale," he said.
Joseph F. Kovar contributed to this story.
This article appears courtesy of CRN.
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