First Distribution Becomes Only Amazon
Web Services (AWS) Authorised Distributor
in Africa
First Distribution now offers a choice of 18 different
vendors and over 300 different products via its cloud
brokerage platform, First for Cloud.
irst Distribution is proud to announce that it is now
working with Amazon Web Services (AWS), joining
a small number of AWS distributors globally taking
cloud technologies to a partner channel, and the
only distributor in Africa to do so. The services will
be supplied through First for Cloud, a subsidiary of First
Distribution and South Africa’s original cloud
services brokerage.
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This will enable First Distribution’s partners to not
only sell IaaS, but the entire
range of AWS powered
technologies available
including compute, storage,
database, mobile, analytics,
application, and deployment
services which help organisations move faster, lower
their IT costs and scale
applications.
First for Cloud’s system
offers direct integration into
AWS, allowing its business
partners’ customers to be
able to configure and spin
up a virtual server from the
partners’ very own branded
webstores. What’s more,
business partners are enabled to maintain the billing
relationship with their customers.
General Manager for Cloud and Hosted Solutions at First
Distribution, Kevin Derman, stated that “We’re excited to
add AWS powered technologies to our portfolio of cloud
solutions. The cloud marketspace is moving very fast and it
is First Distribution’s intention to keep our partners relevant
in today’s IT world. First Distribution has always brought
premium solutions to the channel, and AWS is recognised
by many as a leader in IaaS.”
Leveraging South Africa’s leading distributor’s relationships
with multiple world-class cloud providers, First for Cloud
ensures that resellers have access to global and local cloud
products and services.
First Distribution is investing
heavily in ensuring it has the
right team of product managers and certified technical
resources to be able to take
its resellers through a ‘Recruit
– Enable – Transact’ cycle,
allowing them to become part
of one of the largest cloud
ecosystems available today
for African businesses.
Russell Warne has been appointed as the AWS Product
Manager for First Distribution.
“AWS brings immense
opportunity to the African
partner channel. I encourage
partners to connect with me
to learn about how we can
assist in building your AWS business” said Warne.
For more information on AWS and First Distribution’s
partner cloud solutions, please contact Russell Warne
on (011) 540 2640 or at russell.warne@firstdistribution.
co.za
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