Intelligent Tech Channels Issue 11 | Page 57

MARKET MOVEMENT Tintri partners with Telematics to distribute cloud solutions in ME Tintri, a provider of enterprise cloud platforms, announced that Telematics, an integrated service provider with 30 years of experience in delivering data and infrastructure solutions, will sell Tintri’s complete portfolio of enterprise cloud solutions into the Middle East and Indian sub-continent. Through the partnership, Telematics will help expand Tintri’s presence across the region, delivering agility, automation and performance to local customers. Telematics is part of the Bahri and Mazroei Group and is one of the largest suppliers of value-added solutions and systems for buildings and infrastructure projects in the Middle East. As one of the most prominent technology services companies in the region, Telematics provides integration, cloud enablement and support services for voice, video, data and IoT networks. Telematics has partnered with Tintri to offer customers an enterprise cloud solution that can meet local compliance NEC Networks announces global distribution for Silver Peak SD-WAN solutions Silver Peak, a global vendor in broadband and hybrid WAN solutions, announced a formal global distribution agreement with NEC Networks and System Integration Corporation to address the burgeoning demand for SD-WAN technologies across the broader global markets. NESIC will immediately serve as a global distributor of the Silver Peak Unity EdgeConnect SD- WAN solution and offer turn-key systems integration services. Comprehensive maintenance and support services will be delivered by NESIC global partner NCR requirements and deliver high performance. For local customers who are starting to deploy cloud-native applications and are making their first move towards the cloud, Tintri provides significant benefits in terms of agility, performance and cost. Alongside offering Tintri’s complete product portfolio, Telematics has benefitted from close support throughout the sales process. As more organisations look for cloud solutions, Telematics is well positioned to provide guaranteed performance, automation, predictive analytics and controlled data costs for its customers. Esam Al Mazroei, Vice Chairman of Bahri and Mazroei Group said, “We are delighted to partner with Tintri, our strategic partner for cloud-based and added value services. This partnership effectively complements our range of services and allows us to provide highly differentiated enterprise cloud capabilities to our customers.” Claudio Polla, Regional Sales Manager at Tintri, said, “We value our relationship with Telematics in the Middle Eastern region. Many organisations in the region have concerns about cost and compliance—Tintri Enterprise Cloud is designed to specifically address these challenges by putting the agility of the public cloud in the customer’s datacentre.” Group, throughout 180 countries. NESIC will focus on enterprises embracing cloud-based services with 100 or more global offices, initially targeting the manufacturing, financial and services sector markets. EdgeConnect is ideally suited to provide NESIC clients with secure and reliable virtual overlays to connect users to applications with the flexibility to use any combination of underlying transport technologies without compromising network or application performance. This allows enterprises clients to confidently accelerate cloud initiatives, realise substantial cost savings and attain greater business agility. Following an extensive evaluation of competitive SD-WAN technologies, NESIC selected EdgeConnect based on the maturity and completeness of its advanced features and capabilities. SonicWall partners with Ingram Micro for distribution in Egypt and Saudi Arabia (Left to right) Shahnawaz Sheikh SonicWALL Sales Channel Director, META Eastern Europe; and Marc Kassis Cyber Security Director Ingram Micro META. SonicWall announced that Ingram Micro, a leading technology distributor in the region, will distribute SonicWall products in Saudi Arabia and Egypt. As part of this relationship, Ingram Micro is now distributing all SonicWall products, including SonicWall’s Next Gen Firewalls, Email Security, Wireless Security, Secure Mobile Access, Wan Optimisation and Central Management solutions. Additionally, Ingram Micro will bundle SonicWall products with complementary and adjacent technologies to offer a comprehensive value proposition for Ingram Micro’s vast customer base. “Ingram Micro’s market reach, a wealth of experience and added value to partners in Saudi and Egypt, is of utmost importance to SonicWall. This is due to our commitment to developing a strong distribution network that supports and enables our partners by building a win-win eco-system,” said Shahnawaz Sheikh, Sales and Channel Director META and Eastern Europe at SonicWall. “Ingram Micro is committed to constantly enhancing the value proposition we provide our business partners, including offering a dedicated range of services and relevant large vendors,” said Marc Kassis, Cyber Security Director, Ingram Micro META region.  57