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Race to the CLOUD – make sure you are on the grid Get into the Fast Lane with First Distribution The cloud has enabled a truly global world. Cloud transformation is no longer simply a buzz word but in fact a reality. During the last five years, Microsoft has been encouraging partners to get readyRead more

BitTitan appoints First Distribution as Distribution partner 10 January 2017 Johannesburg, South Africa First Distribution, South Africa’s leading distributor for data centre, enterprise and cloud solutions, has been appointed as a distribution partner in South Africa by BitTitan.  BitTitan is a revolutionary cloud service enablement and managed services automation solution that empower service providers to sell,Read more

No this isn’t your average hard-drive backup. Assuming your company has a (really) large amount of data which needs to be shifted to the cloud, Amazon’s new Snowmobile service will now deliver a truck to your premises. Not just any truck mind. AWS Snowmobile sends a 45-foot long ruggedized shipping container, (pulled by a semi-trailerRead more

Tintri recently announced a new release of its operating system and expanded orchestration and automation capabilities, simplifying deployment and management of enterprise cloud for organisations and service providers. Architecture Web services framework: Tintri offers a control plane for the orchestration of storage for virtual machines and other storage abstractions. Users assemble new applications by integratingRead more

Veeam Availability Suite 9.5, engineered to support enterprises seeking the ability to run their businesses uninterrupted as they adopt more virtualised, cloud-first technologies, is now generally available for customers across the globe. This latest version of Veeam’s flagship solution, an integral part of Veeam Availability Platform for the Hybrid Cloud, heralds a new era forRead more

Nutanix has extended its one-click data centre automation capabilities to include network visualisation, security and orchestration, and has expanded its existing set of APIs. The company says digital transformation, the emerging Internet of Things (IoT) and proliferation of mobile-first apps have triggered a major rethink in the way software is built, deployed and scaled. ModernRead more

Oracle has introduced the Oracle Cloud Marketplace to meet the demand from customers and business partners for innovative, trusted business applications in the realm of cloud, mobile, and social technologies. Leveraging Oracle Cloud Platform Services, Oracle partners can quickly build applications, extend and integrate with Oracle SaaS applications, and publish their applications on the OracleRead more

In the non-stop battle between criminals and the security systems which they attempt to hack, the two parties are driven to develop increasingly complex and advanced solutions in an attempt to thwart the other. This was evident when IBM recently announced new behavioral biometric analysis capabilities in its digital banking fraud prevention technology. Its TrusteerRead more

License Mobility through Software Assurance provides customers with a licensing solution to move certain Volume Licensing licensed applications to a shared hardware infrastructure in the cloud. The License Mobility Program requires that your company be on the list of Authorized License Mobility Partners. To keep the License Mobility Program as a true benefit and competitiveRead more

First Distribution is hosting an Office 365 Partner Enablement Session ideal for Administrators, Pre-Sales, Technical Support and Business Owners at our Cape Town offices on Tuesday the 22nd of November 2016. The Office 365 technical session will focus on: *  Best practices cloud setup *  Active Directory Sync using the Azure AD connect tool * Read more