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Arrow Selected As IBM Global Training Provider

By TechTaffy Desk

Arrow Electronics has been selected as an IBM Global Training Provider for IBM’s Software Group and Systems and Technology Group.

Arrow has been working closely with IBM to test elements of the new model in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Nordics. In the next 12 months, Arrow ECS Education will implement its IBM Global Training program in up to 130 countries. It is anticipated that the program will be available in 10 countries to start, and that it will be offered in more than 50 additional countries by the end of 2013 and to the remaining countries by Summer 2014.

Arrow has been an IBM distributor since 1989, and its IT training group, Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions Education, is one of the largest IBM Training providers.

 

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