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MaintenanceNet, Inc. to Present at Avnet Partner Solutions' 2005 HP Partner Summit

Phoenix, AZ – December 7, 2005 - MaintenanceNet, provider of maintenance contract management solutions for Avnet and their partners, today announced that Shayne Skaff, Vice President of Business Development for MaintenanceNet, will be presenting at the Avnet Partner Solutions 2005 HP Partner Summit on December 12-16th. The MaintenanceNet session is entitled “Building and Managing a Services Annuity Business” and will educate resellers on using technology to profitably sell and manage their services contracts. Avnet Partner Solutions, Americas is a division of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT)

During the breakout session, Mr. Skaff will highlight the benefits of MaintenanceNet, Avnet’s maintenance contract management offering. MaintenanceNet, a web-enabled application, helps organizations and their customers manage, track and audit IT maintenance contract data. Mr. Skaff will also discuss how resellers can mine their account base to grow services revenue.

The breakout session, “Building and Managing a Services Annuity Business”, will be held on December 13th at 11:10am (MST) and December 15th at 10:10am (MST). MaintenanceNet executives will also be available at the MaintenanceNet booth in the Solution Expo to give live demonstrations of the web-enabled application.
For more information or to register, visit http://www.maintenancenet.com/pages/company/maintenancenet_news_and_media.htm.

The MaintenanceNet tool allows Avnet resellers to maximize the maintenance revenue opportunity and accelerate the maintenance annuity engine. Avnet resellers can view their entire HP maintenance contract portfolio and ensure customer's contracts are current. The secure, online application not only generates automatic renewal notifications when maintenance contracts are up for expiration, it enables Avnet and their resellers to:

• Sell more maintenance with a value-added differentiator
• Increase maintenance renewal rates by increasing exposure to previously sold contracts
• Improve attached business by holding sales accountable for maintenance up-selling
• Increase technology refresh business by helping customers implement new solutions to replace expiring infrastructure
• Improve operational efficiencies, and drastically reduce man hours
• Easily audit contract data and research all previously purchased contracts facilitating contract consolidations

MaintenanceNet has enabled Avnet’s resellers to become more efficient in managing renewals and has provided for an increase in service revenue and net new business.

About MaintenanceNet
MaintenanceNet™ helps customers manage IT maintenance contracts by providing integration, visibility and access to supplier and customer data. Through a collaborative web-enabled application and a set of data services, MaintenanceNet enhances the productivity and profitability of its customers. Leading organizations trust MaintenanceNet to help them increase sales, reduce cost and risk, and improve operational efficiencies within their distributed maintenance environments. For more information, contact us at 1.800.441.MNET or visit www.maintenancenet.com.

MaintenanceNet is a registered trademark of MaintenanceNet Incorporated. Avnet and Avnet Partner Solutions is a registered trademark of Avnet, Inc.