MTI Technology Corporation (NASDAQ:MTIC) , a multi-national provider of consulting services and comprehensive information infrastructure solutions, today announced an agreement with Avnet Technology Solutions, an operating group of Avnet, Inc. and a value-added distributor focused on enterprise computer products and embedded subsystems, to become a reseller of IBM's xSeries servers to broaden their suite of information infrastructure solutions. IBM's xSeries servers were chosen because they complemented the suite of solutions offerings MTI delivers such as Microsoft Exchange Server migration, consolidation and protection.

"MTI's mission is to be the Trusted Advisor to our customers," stated Thomas Raimondi, chairman, CEO and president of MTI. "Our focus is to provide our customers with end-to-end solutions built around services, software and hardware. The IBM xSeries was a perfect choice due to the combination of value, performance and reliability it provides."

MTI focuses on selling solutions, not point products. Customers come to MTI to evaluate, design, implement, train and support their information infrastructure environments. In order to deliver a complete solution, MTI provides both the hardware and software components of the solution in addition to services. With the inclusion of the IBM xSeries server, MTI will be able to provide customers with a server platform that is both well suited to data intensive environments while lowering Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

"With this expanded relationship, MTI is holding true to their mission of providing end-to-end information infrastructure solutions," stated Tony Madden, vice president and general manager, IBM business unit, Avnet Technology Solutions. "We look forward to helping MTI accelerate their success by integrating the IBM xSeries server into their solution based offerings."

About MTI Technology

MTI is a multi-national provider of enterprise-class IT infrastructure solutions for mid to large-size organizations. Throughout our 20+ years as technology innovators, we have tested and refined our methodologies through more than 5 million hours of professional, consultative service delivery to some of the largest, most complex and mission critical environments in the world. In addition to the work we perform for our 3,500 direct customers, EMC, Microsoft, Symantec, Cisco and others rely on MTI to deliver complex services to their clients.