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Johannesburg, 07 September 2022 – The major disruptions of the last two and a half years are behind us, but they have left a lasting legacy in the way businesses and individuals connect, collaborate, and communicate. During the months and years of lockdown, people become accustomed to online meetings and classes, and the new waysRead more

14 June 2022 – Leading value-added distributor First Distribution has been appointed as the African distributor for Morpheus. Morpheus is a hybrid multi-cloud management platform. It is a unified and composable platform that allows companies to modernise apps and manage hybrid cloud ecosystems. The agnostic application automation platform supports self-service provisioning into an unpredictable mixRead more

First Distribution to distribute Nozomi Networks solutions as its preferred provider for OT and IoT cybersecurity and anomaly detection in sub-Saharan Africa Johannesburg, Gauteng, 27 May 2022 — First Distribution, the leading pan-African distributor for Cybersecurity, Datacentre, Cloud, Surveillance, and IoT Solutions, has been appointed as a preferred provider and distributor by Nozomi Networks Inc,Read more

Johannesburg, Gauteng – 28 April 2022. First Distribution, the leading pan-African distributor for Cybersecurity, Datacentre, Cloud, Surveillance, and IoT Solutions, has become Master Distributor for Fortinet, a global leader in broad, integrated, and automated cybersecurity solutions. First Distribution has now the ability to propose Fortinet’s entire portfolio in the SADC (Southern African Development Community) region*.Read more

Johannesburg – South Africa – 4 April 2022 – First Distribution, the leading pan-African distributor for IT, Datacentre and Networking Solutions, announces its distribution partnership with Arista Networks for South Africa and the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC). Arista Networks is an industry leader in data-driven, client to cloud networking for large datacentre, campus andRead more

Johannesburg – South Africa – 24 February 2022 – BeyondTrust, the worldwide leader in intelligent identity and access security, has appointed First Distribution, the leading pan-African distributor for cybersecurity, datacentre, cloud, surveillance, and IoT solutions as the South African distributor for BeyondTrust’s range of cybersecurity solutions. The pan-African distribution agreement covers South Africa, the SouthernRead more

Johannesburg – South Africa – 09 February 2022 – First Distribution, the leading pan-African distributor for Cybersecurity, Datacentre, Cloud, Surveillance and IoT Solutions, is furthering their partnership with BCD – the security industry’s most trusted source for video data infrastructure solutions. The distribution partnership aims to reinforce FD’s value proposition of providing turnkey security andRead more

First Distribution, the leading pan-African distributor for Cyber Security, Datacentre, Cloud, Surveillance and IoT Solutions, have entered into a partnership with Mimecast, to sell Mimecast managed services in South Africa and through Africa in collaboration with select managed service providers (MSP’s). The partnership aims to reinforce FD’s value proposition of providing turnkey security solutions toRead more

Protecting data in the cloud is increasingly complex and challenging, but it has to be a priority and should start with basic data good practice. This is according to speakers participating in a webinar hosted by Obsidian Systems, in partnership with First Distribution and IBM. In a poll of webinar participants, asking whether their businessesRead more

Cloud computing has finally come of age, with the unique circumstances of the last two years accelerating its adoption across the world. In South Africa, and across Africa, a surge in public cloud availability has been welcomed by end-users and partners alike as new solutions have helped to solve both traditional and modern business challenges.Read more