First Distribution Appointed as Distributor
for Hitachi Data Systems (HDS)
Distribution rights extend into South Africa and SADC,
as First Distribution signs its third major agreement
within a month.
irst Distribution, South Africa’s leading distributor
for datacentre, enterprise and cloud solutions,
today announced that it has been appointed as
the distributor for Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) for
South Africa and the SADC region.
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This brings to three, the number of major distribution agreements (the others being
Veritas and Microsoft CSP)
signed by the distributor
within the last month,
demonstrating the unique
value that First Distribution
brings to its vendors.
HDS is a wholly owned
subsidiary of the Hitachi
Group and provides modular mid-range to high-end
storage systems, software
and services, in order to
help companies manage
disparate data, turning
them into business-critical
information.
HDS’ products and solutions extend into the areas of cloud,
big data analytics, converged infrastructure, storage, servers, data protection, and application and industry solutions.
In reshaping how business and society work together, HDS
is part of Thomson Reuters ‘Top 100 Global Innovators’ and
commits 4 900 employees, and more than US$2.8 billion
annually to research and development in order to develop
solutions to customers’ challenges.
As is the case with most of First Distribution’s key vendors,
the distributor will be creating a specialised and dedicated
HDS team to manage the business, but will also operate a
shared sales model outside of the key First Distribution and
HDS business partners’ ecosystems.
First Distribution General Manager, Tony Abrahall stated:
“I’m very pleased that, following an intensive RFP process,
First Distribution has been awarded distribution rights for
Hitachi Data Systems, not only in South Africa, but for the
SADC region as well. It’s been a fantastic month for First
Distribution in terms of signing new vendor agreements as
we broaden our datacentre and cloud offerings, and I believe this not only sends a
strong signal to the channel regarding the value
which First Distribution can
bring to any vendor’s distribution strategy, but now
positions us as the premier
distributor for Information
Management and Data
Storage solutions. HDS
is yet another premier
technology company with
whom we’re proud to be
associ