First Distribution is proud to announce that it was one of the winners in EMC’s annual EMC Business Partner Update, held at Monte Casino, Johannesburg on 5 December 2013.
The distributor picked up the prestigious Distributor of the Year award for the third year running, having won previously in 2011 and 2012.
The EMC Business Partner Update award ceremony sees EMC recognise excellence in its business partner relationships throughout South Africa.
Award winners were selected based on their relationship and commitment to EMC, as well as their ability to extend EMC’s reach into the marketplace and add value to its information infrastructure solution offerings.
First Distribution’s EMC Brand Manager, Rohan de Beer commented that: “Winning this award for the third time in a row is a fantastic achievement of which I believe we can be proud. Not only do I have a great team around me which helps immensely, but I would like to thank our partners for their commitment, and for supporting and helping us in achieving this award. As always, it’s a pleasure dealing with EMC who is a model vendor in terms of channel enablement.”
Servaas Venter, Country Manager of EMC Southern Africa, said: “First Distribution is a worthy recipient of this award. Not only has First Distribution captured an 88% market share of South African distribution, it has also doubled its core EMC team in two years and built up a competency in a variety of EMC product sets including Isilon and BRS.
“In addition, First Distribution has dramatically increased the number of active EMC resellers and played a pivotal role in building the skills and competencies of the partner community. Congratulations on these fine achievements.”
