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For example: • Business Intelligence helps customers automate data analysis and reporting to improve decision making. • Dynamic Infrastructure enables firms to respond to changes in business and/or technology more rapidly. • Smart Products and Smart Work solutions enable organisations to implement better products and services through more effective collaboration and communication. IBM Software helps clients build the capabilities to transform their industries and ultimately the world. What’s your vision for your organisation? Your industry? Your world? Getting the right software will be important. Because on a smarter planet, software matters. What Sets First Distribution Apart Allison Flynn Role: Product Manager Brand: Oracle Hardware Bio: I am an energetic and loyal individual with a passion to see the already globally successful Oracle brand grow within our company. We are the market leader in terms of IBM Software, and with a strong and committed team, we have been recognised as leaders by winning awards for two consecutive years. One in 2013 for ‘Outstanding Achievement and Excellence’ and another in the beginning of this year for ‘Best Business Development for MEA’. These awards definitely put us into a different category altogether when it comes to being an IBM Software VAD. I have been a part of the Oracle brand team at First Distribution for a year and a half now, previously facilitating the operations for both the hardware an