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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

Remote workforces may be enjoying the balance that comes with working from home, but they are inevitably putting in longer hours, which means they need to equip their workspaces with all the tools needed to make their work hours more comfortable and productive. This is according to First Distribution Dell Technologies brand executive Andre Human,Read more

A great partnership between Intercept and First Distribution supports Software Development Houses and Independent Software Vendors (ISV) in embracing the cloud. This partnership enables software developers across pan-Africa to leverage the benefits of First Distribution’s Azure ISV Services. “Intercept and First Distribution work together to maximise one another’s scaling possibilities,” according to Intercept CEO JobRead more

There’s no doubt that data is a key driver in most organisations today. New types and sources of data such as social media, and new technologies like smart devices mean that more data is generated, shared and ultimately, kept than ever before. This is why data management has become so critical. Storage, once considered toRead more

Organisations are still battling to deliver value from their data in a complex environment in which data volumes are growing all the time. This emerged during a webinar hosted by First Distribution and IBM, in collaboration with ITWeb, where Fatima Dawood, IBM Software Product Manager at First Distribution, and Sheldon Hand, IBM Leader for DataRead more

Johannesburg – South Africa- 29 September 2021 – Value-added IT distributor First Distribution announces it now offers Cambium Networks’ wireless fabric portfolio of communications solutions. Enterprises, service providers and government agencies are choosing fixed wireless and Wi-Fi technology that deliver the broadband speed needed without the cost and hassle of trenching fibre. Wireless is provenRead more

First Distribution (FD), the leading pan-African distributor for Cybersecurity, Datacentre, Enterprise, Networking and Cloud solutions, has expanded its Citrix footprint beyond South Africa with its appointment as a Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) distribution partner for Africa. “Organisations around the world are changing the way they do business,” says Chris Richardson, General Manager: Cloud and HostingRead more