Johannesburg, South Africa, March 2025 – First Distribution is thrilled to announce its partnership with Virtuozzo, an alternative virtualization and cloud platform leader.  

This strategic collaboration represents a significant step forward as First Distribution strengthens its position as a trusted aggregator of innovative cloud solutions. Virtuozzo offers service providers and enterprises a future-proof alternative to traditional virtualization platforms like VMware, delivering operational efficiency and enterprise-grade IT capabilities without vendor lock-in. 

Virtuozzo’s platform enables service providers to build competitive, flexible cloud environments with enterprise-grade performance, simplified operations, and open-source freedom—without the associated complexity. Partners can now leverage Virtuozzo to create scalable, tailored cloud solutions that meet the evolving needs of their customers. 

“We are proud to partner with Virtuozzo, a company that perfectly complements our mission to empower service providers with transformative technologies,” said [David Nel, General Manager for Cloud, First Distribution]. “With Virtuozzo, we can help our channel offer low-cost enterprise IT and profitable virtualisation and cloud services, creating immense value for businesses across Africa.” 

“At Virtuozzo, we are excited to partner with First Distribution to bring affordable, high-performance cloud solutions to the African market,” said Jan-Jaap Jager, COO and President of Virtuozzo. “This collaboration will give alternative cloud providers like CSPs, MSPs, telcos, and SMBs the ability to build and scale cloud services more efficiently, without the high costs and complexity of traditional cloud providers. With First Distribution’s reach and expertise, we can help more partners to launch and grow their own cloud offerings, giving businesses across Africa a better, more cost-effective choice.” 

As organizations increasingly seek alternatives to traditional cloud models, Virtuozzo stands out as a future-ready solution for service providers and enterprises alike. For more information on how this partnership can elevate your cloud offerings, contact First Distribution today. Together, let’s redefine the future of the cloud. 

Learn more https://firstdistribution.com/virtuozzo/ 

About First Distribution 

First Distribution is a value-added distributor of leading global brands, offering complex ICT solutions to the Enterprise and SME markets. Our model focuses on delivering solutions through trusted, established partners. At First Distribution, we are dedicated to our business partners, seeing their success as our own. We strive to understand our partners’ needs deeply, enabling us to bring maximum value to their businesses.  We have been entrusted by some of the largest and most successful IT brands globally to distribute their products and services.  

About Virtuozzo

Virtuozzo is a global leader in alternative cloud platforms, offering complete solutions for service providers to build, sell, and manage public and private cloud services. This full-stack platform enables production-ready OpenStack Infrastructure-as-a-Service, multi-cloud Platform-as-a-Service, Kubernetes hosting, S3-compatible storage, cloud database management, and other cloud services. With a focus on cost-efficiency, security, and scalability, Virtuozzo empowers businesses to embrace hybrid and edge computing while reducing complexity and costs.