Contents
UPFRONT
02
Managing Director’s Welcome Letter
FIRST DISTRIBUTION NEWS
04
First Distribution Joins Riverbed’s Value Added Distributor
Programme
05
Oracle Partner Day
06
Nelson Mandela Day: Taking 67 Minutes to Feed Hungry
Tummies
07
CBS Africa Launches to Become the First Dedicated Cloud
Brokerage Supplier and Consultancy in South Africa
08
Local Exposure
09
First Distribution Awarded Microsoft Gold Partner Status
10
McAfee Partner Summit 2014: An Interview with Tony Abrahall
VIRTUALISATION FOCUS
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Virtualisation Infographic
Virtually Unstoppable: An Investigation into Virtualisation
VMworld 2014 US Roundup (VMware)
IT Must Adapt or Become Irrelevant (VMware)
Meeting Fred Baumhardt (VMware)
Streamline Your Transition to the Cloud with vCloud Air
(VMware)
FIRST DISTRIBUTION VENDOR FOCUS
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Leading the Way: How IBM’s software is taking advantage of
certain mega-trends (IBM)
EMC ScaleIO (EMC)
SMART Signage Solutions (Samsung)
THE FIRST DISTRIBUTION STACK
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Client Computing
Hosted Solutions
Security
Software
Virtualisation
Storage
Servers
Networking
First for Cloud