over the next 12 months with products like vSAN (which
changes the way we address storage), and NSX which is
launching in the 3rd quarter of this year. VMware NSX is
set to revolutionise the network in the same way virtualisation revolutionised the way in which we deal with servers.
Sascha
SchmidtRies
Role: Product Manager
Brand: EMC
Bio: Originally from a production and operational planning
background, I joined the IT industry in 2006 and have
worked at Apple, Sennheiser Consumer Electronics and
EMC before joining First Distribution in 2012.
An Overview of Your Brand or Product, and Its Inherent Strengths and Features
EMC focuses on complete datacentre storage and management solutions. A great strength is that EMC integrates
well with other vendor products to enable a partner to
offer a complete solution, whilst using EMC to compliment
any existing or preferred solutions. EMC is regarded as
the global leader in storage solutions and purpose-built
backup appliances, offering an end-to-end solution to all
storage / backup needs in the datacentre.
What Sets First Distribution Apart
First Distribution provides our partners with the support
to be able to offer complete solutions to their customers.
FD also has technical and sales resources that will assist
the partner in offering the right solution and being able to
close it. FD also focuses on the operational side, from deal
registration, pricing and ordering, to the logistics infrastructure ensuring on-time delivery.
Where Do You See Your Brand in the Next 12-18
Months?
After experiencing exponential growth over the last two
years, we want to grow the business further in areas that
were previously not focused on, such as the software
defined datacentre, Syncplicity and Isilon, all the while
maintaining and growing the existing and traditional storage and backup products.
FIRST DISTRIBUTION
Helena Svoboda
Samsung and Toshiba Product Manager
Helena
Svoboda
Role: Product Manager
Brand: Samsung and Toshiba RSS
Role: National Product Manager for the Brands, and
Account Manager for the Western Cape. My role is to look
after the best interests of not only the sales team and First
Distribution, but also to have a lasting relationship with the
vendor. Only then can we be successful in what we want
to achieve.
Bio: I started out in Johannesburg working on IBM System
x, then moved down to Cape Town in a sales position.
After six months I became the Product Manager for Samsung Large Format Displays and Toshiba Point of Sales.
I have been in this position for four years, and have been
with First Distribution for seven.
An Overview of Your Brands or Products, and Their
Inherent Strengths and Features
Samsung Digital Signage has an integrated Smart Signage Platform integrated solution that combines hardware
and software onto one platform. This approach to digital
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