Alternative Technology - Arrow ECS’ Alternative Technology Group Presented with 2008 North American Value Added Distributor of the Year Award from CA

Award marks third year that Arrow ECS has accustomed top ceremoniousness from CA

CA WORLD 2008, LAS VEGAS (Nov. 18, 2008) – Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions, a business articulation of Arrow Electronics Inc. [NYSE: ARW], today appear that it accustomed a 2008 North American “Value Added Distributor of the Year” accolade from CA, Inc. Arrow ECS’ Alternative Technology accumulation was accustomed for the accolade based on its above efforts in appeal conception and abutment of CA products, accomplishing the No. 1 position a allotment of CA’s North American distributors.

“Arrow ECS is captivated to already afresh accept this celebrated accolade from CA,” said Andy Bryant, admiral of Arrow ECS. Arrow ECS aswell was accustomed with the accolade in 2007 and 2005. “Our Alternative Technology accumulation provides outstanding approach and bazaar development abetment to CA and its resellers. I congratulate them on this honor.”

“We accept formed carefully with CA to authorize and assassinate on accepted goals and to advantage our accumulated assets to bear aberrant solutions through our North American approach ally to CA customers,” said Bill Botti, admiral and arch operating administrator of Alternative Technology. “Arrow ECS has formed with CA back 1998 and we attending advanced to acknowledging them in the years ahead.”

“Alternative Technology’s approach ally play a axial role in our business action and in our amount hypothesis to our barter in North America,” said Bill Lipsin, accumulated chief carnality admiral for common channels at CA. “Our Distributor of the Year accolade gives us the befalling to admit the harder plan and adroitness that Alternative Technology has put into the marketing, accomplishing and abutment of our industry-leading IT administration solutions.”

Information about Alternative Technology’s solutions and abutment for CA barter is accessible at www.alttech.com or by calling 800-544-7674 (USA), or 866-240-9991 (Canada).

Alternative Technology is a arch specialty benefactor for value-added resellers who charge articles and casework targeted at thin-client/server-based computing, bend infrastructure, virtualization, security, and wireless markets. Driving the boundless acceptance of leading-edge technologies by bridging the gaps amid articles and casework to break analytical business problems, Alternative Technology identifies business issues that are key to its markets and offers multivendor solutions that drive appeal aback through its reseller partners. Alternative Technology, headquartered in Englewood, Colo., has offices in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Carlsbad, Calif., and Mississauga, Canada. Alternative Technology is a wholly endemic accessory of Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions, which is a business articulation of Arrow Electronics, Inc. [NYSE: ARW]. For added information, go to: www.AltTech.com, e-mail: sales@AltTech.com or alarm toll-free: 800-544-7674 (USA), or 866-240-9991 (Canada).

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Media Contacts
Dawn Small
For Arrow ECS
303-824-4188
dsmall@arrow.com

Mark Rieger
For Alternative Technology
303-520-4524
markr@proamericas.com

For CA
Michael Kornspan
michael.kornspan@ca.com
631-342-2463