NEWS
Tech Data expands partnership with
Nutanix to France and Turkey
ech Data has announced that it has extended its partnership
with Nutanix, a leader in enterprise cloud computing, to France
and Turkey. Tech Data will offer Nutanix Enterprise Cloud software,
designed to enhance both the performance and security of
customers’ IT environments running Nutanix enterprise applications. T Vendors, Europe, at Tech Data. “By partnering with Nutanix in France
and Turkey, Tech Data offers the opportunity to build relationships
with an industry innovator, allowing them to help their customers
implement a best-in-class cloud experience using Nutanix Enterprise
Cloud OS software.”
“Our customers come to us looking for a technology partner that
enables them to prepare their customers for the challenges of the
multi-cloud era,” said Steve Menadue, Vice President, Strategic The Nutanix Enterprise Cloud OS empowers IT teams to build
and easily operate powerful multi-cloud architectures. Built on
the industry’s most popular hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI)
technology, the software melds private, public and
distributed cloud environments and provides a single
point of control to manage distributed IT infrastructure
and applications at any scale.
Jan Ursi, Senior Director, EMEA, Channel and OEM, at
Nutanix, commented: “Nutanix is excited to further
expand its partnership with Tech Data by signing
agreements in France and Turkey. With Tech Data and
its partners’ support, IT teams can use the Nutanix
Enterprise Cloud OS to make infrastructure invisible and
easily operate powerful multi-cloud architectures, thus
enabling them to focus on the applications and services
that power their businesses.”
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Huawei and Bouygues Telecom complete
first 5G trial in Bordeaux
Huawei, the deployment of 5G networks is about to begin. Bouygues
Telecom intends to provide ultra-high capacities for data services,
greatly improving user experience and continuously maintaining a
leading position in telecom network.
The agreement underlines Bouygues Telecom and Huawei’s
collaboration since 2012 to launch a 4G network. In 2014, building-on
this partnership, Bouygues Telecom and Huawei jointly tested the first
4G commercial network reaching 1.1Gbps in Western Europe using 4
Carrier Aggregation Technology.
Jean-Paul Arzel, VP Networks for Bouygues Telecom, said: “Bouygues
Telecom aims to provide ultimate customer experience. It is our
mission to quickly and smoothly evaluate 5G technologies. Today,
agreement with Huawei is largely based on our past common
success. We are proud to continue our strategic partnership with the
help of Huawei’s 5G network solution.”
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uawei and Bouygues Telecom have announced a joint innovation
programme to experiment 5G in France. Bouygues Telecom is
part of the first operators worldwide to experiment 5G 3GPP in field
with Huawei. Bordeaux will be the first city for a 5G network trial,
from single site to multi-site coverage. With the release of industry’s
first 3GPP-based E2E 5G network system solutions developed by
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Yang Chaobin, President of Huawei 5G Product Line, said: “We
are proud of the innovation agreement signed with Bouygues
Telecom. This first 5G trial in Bordeaux marks a key milestone for the
expansion of 5G network in France that will support business growth
by opening new opportunities.”
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