Hammer Launches Malleus Ltd

Storage distributor Hammer plc has bolstered its professional services offering with the launch of Malleus Ltd., a channel-only, IT services, consultancy and training company within the Hammer group, created to enhance the value-add that Hammer offers its channel partners.

Malleus customers can utilize the wider pool of resources to boost their offering to customers and increase their competitiveness. It offers a range of services to assist resellers, covering consultancy, tender responses (RFQ/RFI), solution design, installation (from simple ‘rack and stack’ to full system configuration), health checks, project management, bespoke sales and technical training, and briefings & seminars management from certified staff.

Integrating with each Hammer partner, Malleus has a flexible, tailored approach which enables customers to advance their own offering and maximize opportunities to identify, and capitalize on, potential customers’ requirements. Malleus also partners with XOR Professional Services and Fast Lane in order to draw upon the most comprehensive services and training portfolio in the channel.

Malleus boasts certified staff on an extensive range of vendors from within the Hammer portfolio, as well as complementary vendors and technologies which include: Brocade, Certeon, Cisco, Citrix, Dell, Dot Hill, HP, IBM, Infortrend, Intel, Mellanox, Microsoft, NetApp, Overland, Quantum, QLogic, Quest, Redhat, SuperMicro, Symantec, Syncsort and TMS, as well as more products and solutions.

Paul Hickingbotham, technical director of Malleus, said: "Hammer aims to be an extension of each customer’s business; understanding their aims, requirements and nuances, and working with them innovatively to achieve these. The launch of Malleus allows us to now, more than ever, be dedicated to providing professional advice and service excellence, and empowering customers with a competitive advantage over their competitors."
 
He continued: "Malleus’s services are particularly beneficial to resellers in the current storage market as storage and networking continues to converge in a complex arena."