Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions Wins IBM Beacon Award for ‘Outstanding RFinancing Program’ - Only IBM Business Partner Recognized for the Award in North America

Englewood, CO, May 22, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions (ECS), a business segment of Arrow Electronics Inc. (NYSE: ARW), today announced it was selected by information technology industry analysts, journalists and IBM executives to receive the IBM Beacon Award for “Outstanding Financing Program in the Americas Group.”

“We are honored to receive this prestigious award, and to be recognized by IBM and the industry for our financial services for reseller partners,” said Bill Corey, vice president of Arrow ECS’ Customer Support Services Group. “Arrow ECS is committed to providing a full range of flexible, customizable financing options for all of our reseller partners’ business needs.”

Arrow ECS won in the IBM Global Financing category based on its approach to using financing to drive the sale of IBM solutions and services. Arrow ECS includes leasing options in each proposal provided to reseller partners, along with dedicated support from its financial services team. In addition, Arrow ECS provides continuous training to enable resellers to generate sales proposals and track payments using IBM’s Rapid Online Financing system to speed transactions thereby quickly generating revenue.

The Beacon Awards program is presented by IBM annually to recognize the best solutions and services offered by IBM business partners. Arrow ECS was among more than 725 applicants considered for a Beacon Award this year.

About Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions
Arrow ECS, a business segment of Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW), provides enterprise and midrange computing products, services and solutions to value-added resellers, system integrators, and independent software vendors. Based in Englewood, Colo., Arrow ECS connects its customers to the world’s foremost technology suppliers, including HP, IBM, Sun Microsystems, EMC, NetApp, Hitachi Data Systems, and other leading storage networking, software, and security suppliers. Arrow ECS reported $4.8 billion in global enterprise computing solution sales in 2007.

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