The acquisition is expected to synergize with Arrow's value-added services portfolio. Arrow Electronics provides a wide range of value-added services to help customers reduce their time to market, lower their total cost of ownership, introduce innovative products through demand creation opportunities and enhance their overall competitiveness. The acquisition would also help Arrow gain traction in the emerging data center market. Additionally, the product portfolio of Computerlinks will enhance Arrows Enterprise computing solutions (:ECS) offerings. Arrow's ECS has partnerships with many companies such as Check Point ( CHKP ), Juniper ( JNPR ) and International Business Machines ( IBM ), which provides varied products and services related to security and networking to its clients. Arrow has been very active on the acquisition front, having purchased seven companies in 2012 alone.