First Distribution Signs
Agreement with Tintri
Distributor Adds Application Aware Storage Offering to Complement
its Existing Virtualisation and Cloud-Based Portfolio
F
irst Distribution, South Africa’s (SA) leading distributor for datacentre, enterprise and cloud solutions,
has announced that it has signed a distribution
agreement with Tintri, a leading producer of VMaware storage (VAS) for virtualisation and
cloud environments.
Tintri VM-aware storage eliminates planning and complex
troubleshooting by providing VM-level visibility, control,
insight and agility, and powers hundreds of thousands of
virtual machines running business critical databases, enterprise apps, desktops and mobile apps, and private
cloud deployments.
The company helps global enterprises such as AMD, F5
Networks, GE, NEC, NTT, MillerCoors and Time Warner
maximise their virtualisation and cloud investments. Now
partnering with First Distribution, the Tintri solution will
available across a wide range of SA sectors such as the
major banking institutions for VDI, medical SP for large SQL
deployments, enterprise media houses for SAP, SQL and
VDI deployment and tertiary education for VDI deployment.
Sally Reade, EMEA Channel Manager, Tintri, said: “The
appointment of First Distribution as a key distributor in
South Africa, matches our channel expansion strategy in
the region. With its large network of channel partners, First
Distribution offers Tintri an ideal platform to build a solid
basis for long term growth in the mid market.”
“We believe we now have put all the key elements in place
to further build our strong sales channel and help businesses across South Africa to improve storage efficiencies in
their virtualised environments. We have set some ambitious
targets for the year ahead, and look forward to working
towards them in close collaboration with First Distribution. ”
storage technologies have shown double-digit growth over
the last few years and show no signs of letting up anytime
soon. All are increasingly relevant technologies in today’s
fast-paced IT environment.”
“Tintri’s technologically advanced product portfolio falls
squarely into these categories, and I am pleased that we
have signed a distribution agreement which will complement our existing product offerings. I look forward to our
collaboration with Tintri and establishing a mutually beneficial relationship going forward.”
For more information on Tintri’s range of flash-based storage products specifically designed for virtualised and cloud
environments, please contact First Distribution on (011) 540
2640 or email [email protected]
About Tintri
Tintri builds smart storage that sees, learns and adapts,
enabling IT organisations to focus on virtualised applications and business services instead of managing storage
infrastructure. Tintri application-aware storage eliminates
planning and complex troubleshooting by providing VM-level visibility, control, insight and agility, with all flash performance for virtualised environment and the cloud.
Tintri powers hundreds of thousands of virtual machines
running business critical databases, enterprise apps, desktops and mobile apps, and private cloud deployments. Tintri
helps global enterprises such as AMD, F5 Networks, GE,
NEC, NTT, MillerCoors and Time Warner maximise their
virtualisation and cloud investments.
For more information, visit www.tintri.com and follow us on
Twitter: @Tintri
Managing Director of First Distribution, Debbie Abrahall
commented that: “Virtualisation, cloud and flash-based
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