Arrow Electronics recognized as NetApp North America Distributor of the Year for 2026

CENTENNIAL, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global technology solutions provider Arrow Electronics has been named NetApp North America Distributor of the Year for NetApp’s fiscal year 2026. The award recognizes Arrow’s enterprise computing solutions business for driving significant year-over-year (YoY) growth in its NetApp channel partner ecosystem while exhibiting demonstrated value in operations, sales and technical enablement, marketing, and financial services.

"Now more than ever, we must empower customers with AI-ready data that is secure by default and built for hybrid environments so they can achieve their business outcomes," said Alvaro Celis, senior vice president, chief commercial, partner and ecosystem officer at NetApp. "I want to congratulate Arrow on being named North America Distributor of the Year. Their use of the NetApp Platform to help customers simplify data ecosystems and solve complex problems exemplifies what it means to drive innovation in the AI era."

Arrow was honored among a field of top NetApp channel partners that have exemplified NetApp’s goal of being customer-centric and understanding and selling NetApp solutions across its cloud, flash and NetApp Keystone^® portfolios.

"We're honored to be recognized as NetApp's North America Distributor of the Year,” said Ben Klay, president of Arrow’s enterprise computing solutions business in North America. “This award reflects the power of collaboration and the results we've achieved with NetApp through strong operational execution, technical enablement and a relentless focus on channel partner success.”

To learn more about the Arrow-NetApp collaborations, visit https://www.arrow.com/globalecs/na/vendors/netapp/.

The full list of NetApp 2026 North America Partner Awards winners can be found here.

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