Tech Data Distributing IBM Enterprise Storage

Tech
Data Corporation (TECD), a large distributor
of IT products and services, expanded relationship with IBM Corp.
to offer IBM’s portfolio of products and services, including power systems and
enterprise storage, to its channel of more than 14,000 data center partners
within the US through the Advanced Infrastructure Solutions (AIS) Division.

"The
relationship between Tech Data and IBM is an incredible opportunity for our
solution providers to grow their compute and storage practices, while expanding
their markets," said Chuck Bartlett, VP and GM, AIS Division at Tech
Data. "Through this relationship,
Tech Data now offers a full range of IBM services and solutions to our
resellers. The addition of IBM’s Power Systems and enterprise-class storage
solutions to our AIS offering represents dynamic services and superior
economics to help improve business efficiency, while enabling our resellers to
meet the rapidly growing demands of big data for their end-user customers."

Available to authorized IBM Business
Partners in the US, the IBM Power Systems family is comprised of a series of
servers, systems software and solutions featuring the latest IBM POWER7 and
POWER7+ processor technology. Designed for compute
intensive workloads and suited for business analytics, Power Systems
can provide capabilities to help gain real time business insight and
competitive advantage within a secure, flexible and scalable environment. They deliver offerings to help meet the needs of businesses of
all sizes from entry systems including BladeCenter, Power Express and
PowerLinux servers to the Power enterprise systems 770, 780 and 795.

The IBM System Storage line comprises a
wide range of advanced systems that exploit high-speed
disk, SSDs and tape to help customers manage the challenges of big data efficiently and cost effectively. In addition, storage
virtualization and cloud offerings combine with a variety of integrated
automation capabilities to round out the portfolio and help customers create
smarter storage infrastructures.

Tech Data’s dedicated and expanded IBM team
provides resellers with technical expertise, partner enablement and training,
program management, and sales and marketing support to help both current and
new IBM Business Partners leverage the IBM portfolio to drive new growth
and margin opportunities. Tech Data’s commitment to service
levels on deal support and order fulfillment, as well as financing support
through Tech Data Credit Services, also helps ensure that IBM resellers are
equipped with the tools they need.

"Tech
Data’s broad reseller community, demonstrated enablement programs and commitment
to IBM’s portfolio were all factors leading to our expanded distribution
strategy," said Bill Donohue, VP, North America business partner and mid-market sales, IBM. "Working with Tech Data,
we look forward to reaching incremental resellers and their mid-market clients
to extend our leadership position with our Power Systems line and leverage
explosive data growth with our storage solutions."

IBM
Power Systems and enterprise-class storage are available for purchase from Tech
Data along with partner certification through Tech Data’s enablement process.