Comsys Business Partner of VCE

Comsys, a Dublin-based IT infrastructure solutions and support company,  became the first business partner of VCE in the Republic of Ireland.

Ben McGahon, MD, Comsys
and Brian Roche, country manager, VCE

The deal is valued at €3 million over the next two years and will see Comsys integrate the VCE enterprise converged infrastructure technology into their solutions portfolio across the Irish and UK markets.

VCE is a converged infrastructure systems that accelerate the adoption of cloud-based computing models and can reduce the cost of IT, while improving time to market for customers. VCE Vblock technology integrates compute (server), network, and storage technologies from Cisco, EMC, and VMware. Vblock systems provide dynamic pools of resources that can be intelligently provisioned and managed to address the changing demands of large organisations very quickly.

In the last twelve months Comsys has seen growth, developing a business in the UK and significant project wins in Ireland, in both the public and private sectors.

McGahon said: “Our new status as a VCE partner further enhances our ability to deliver the highest quality of solutions to our enterprise customers, who want the benefits of a single, highly secure, standardised, market-leading infrastructure.”

He continued: “A critical element of our growth strategy is to partner with innovative technology vendors like VCE. VCE’s Vblock Systems portfolio is pre-integrated, tested and validated infrastructure which can be quickly deployed and easily distributed. The solution dramatically increases the predictability and timeliness of IT projects for solution providers and end-users alike.”

Jan Lawford, director of channels EMEA, VCE, said: “We are delighted that Comsys has become a VCE partner. As we expand our channel partner network across Europe we are looking for innovative partners who understand the value proposition VCE brings to the market.”

“Comsys has demonstrated that it has the technical skills along with the sales and marketing capabilities to effectively grow and support our base of customers in the Irish market,” she said.