FD Insights Issue 10 | Page 6

First Distribution News Some of the latest developments concerning the distributor. First Distribution Launches FD Academy Resource to offer training and skills development to IT channel community F irst Distribution is proud to announce the launch of their FD Academy to the South African and African IT channel community. In partnership with Ingram Micro, the Academy will offer a wide variety of training and skills development to its channel partners, and comes as the result of First Distribution looking for and finding new ways to bring value to its customers. First Distribution and Ingram Micro’s partnerships with the world’s leading technology companies like IBM, Oracle, VMware and HP to name but a few, has enabled the FD Academy to provide education and training focused on skills development and certification enablement. IT knowledge is essential to achieving professional success today, and it is becoming ever more crucial for companies and individuals to not only develop, but to maintain upto-date skill sets with a trusted partner like Ingram Micro Training. In a recent IBM Smarter Workforce study, IBM looked at best performing companies and worst performing companies to see if skills had a pa