A New Venture
Welcome to our second FD Insights issue
for 2014.
In the IT industry nothing ever remains the same and we all need
to ensure we remain relevant to our customers. It is thus that First
Distribution embarked on research a few years ago to ensure we had
a good understanding of the future trends evolving in distribution.
As a result, we are very excited to be able to announce to the channel
and our vendors, the launch of First for Cloud.
As many of you are already aware, First Distribution launched this
cloud services brokerage (CSB), which is the first of its kind on the
African continent, in late May. First for Cloud enables traditional
resellers to offer world-leading cloud services to their customers via
their own branded webstores, with single sign-on access.
Following on with our tradition of representing world-leading brands,
First for Cloud will offer services from vendors like IBM, McAfee and
Microsoft to name but a few.
We look forward to working with each of you in this new venture. It is
a traditional distribution model but the product is now cloud services
and we therefore invite you to join us on this exciting journey, by
allowing you to capitalise on all that the public cloud has to offer by
bringing it to your customers.
Regards,
Debbie Abrahall
The Team
Cape Town Head Office
Tel: +27 (0) 21 529 5555 Fax: +27 (0) 21 529 5529
Bloemfontein
Tel: +27 (051) 422 4609 Fax: +27 (051) 422 4644
Johannesburg
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First Distribution Company Details
Durban
Tel: +27 (0) 31 569 9260 Fax: +27 (0) 31 569 9269
Managing Director Debbie Abrahall General Managers
Tony Abrahall, Ludwig Dedekind, Charlie Murray
Port Elizabeth
Tel: +27 (041) 364 2782 Fax: +27 (021) 413 2458
Disclaimer
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While precautions have been taken to ensure the accuracy of
information, neither the editor, nor First Distribution can be held
liable for any inaccuracies, injury or damages that may arise.
Editorial Team
Editor Tristan Penver ([email protected])
Designer David Less ([email protected])
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