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In the rapidly evolving digital landscape, safeguarding data resilience has become a top priority for CIOs worldwide, with concerns escalating about cyber threats, exfiltration risks, and privacy breaches. In response to these challenges, First Distribution and Druva have joined forces to offer a streamlined solution for data resilience, security, and management. Andre Human, General ManagerRead more

Veritas Backup Exec Strengthens Ransomware Resilience for SMBs – available through First Distribution! Latest release of all-in-one data protection solution features new malware detection, role-based access control and faster backup and recovery. SANTA CLARA, Calif. – March 21, 2024 – Veritas Technologies, the leader in secure multi-cloud data management, today announced enhancements to Veritas Backup Exec, theRead more

Leading value-added distributor First Distribution is making it easier for its Dell resellers to get quotes, check inventory, and order products through the FDOnline platform. “With everyone moving to buying online, First Distribution has decided to join the trend and build our own online platform,” says Engela Minnaar, Dell CSG Brand Manager, at First Distribution.Read more

First Distribution and Smart Optics bringing cost affective, high bandwidth connectivity across Africa. Oslo, Norway – 23 January 2024 – Smartoptics, a leading provider of optical networking solutions, today announced that First Distribution, Africa’s leading value-added distributor for Datacentre, Cloud, Networking and Security products and services, will distribute Smartoptics products across Africa. The products willRead more

Join the revolution with First Distribution and Huawei Earlier this year, we proudly unveiled a dynamic partnership between HUAWEI and First Distribution at the eco-connect event. Beyond the renowned HUAWEI cloud offering, our Datacentre and Networking Business Units are thrilled to present the EBG and HUAWEI SME portfolios, marking a significant expansion in our techRead more

First Distribution voted Best Cloud and Cybersecurity Distributor by ChannelWatch We are proud to announce that we have recently been voted Best Cloud and Best Cybersecurity Distributor for 2023 by CONTEXT ChannelWatch. This is a massive achievement, one which we are very proud of. This is one of the largest online reseller surveys conducted acrossRead more

By Natasha Bezuidenhout, Business Executive: Microsoft at First Distribution. First, we had the ‘new normal’ with people working from home during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic; that was later modified to a hybrid working model where employees juggled between home and office working; and now, today, we are seeing a growing move by employersRead more

First Distribution (FD) has signed up as a value-added Huawei Cloud partner.   FD reseller partners will now be able to offer their customers a range of Huawei Cloud services, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS), including storage, compute, network, database, container, big data andRead more

FDOnline launches with Dell CSG portfolio Leading value-added distributor First Distribution is making it easier for its Dell reseller partners to get quotes, check inventory, and order products with the launch of the FDOnline platform. “With everyone moving to buying online, FD has decided to join the trend and build our own online platform,” saysRead more

First Distribution Adds AvePoint Digital Collaboration Security and Management Solutions To power modern work and enhance security, First Distribution now offers AvePoint to the Partner Ecosystem. Johannesburg, 26/09/2022 – Today, First Distribution, announces its partnership with AvePoint (NASDAQ: AVPT), the most advanced SaaS and Data Management platform provider, to offer its collaboration security solutions toRead more