Datastor to Distribute Symantec.cloud Solutions in New Zealand
Monday 21 November 2011, 1:33PM
By Botica Butler Raudon Partners
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Datastor today announced its agreement with Symantec to be the first authorised distributor to sell the Symantec.cloud solutions in New Zealand. The arrangement recognises Datastor’s proven expertise in Symantec solutions and the company’s skills in delivering differentiated services to resellers.
Datastor has been authorised to distribute the full range of Symantec.cloud offerings enabling Datastor to provide cloud-based security and archiving solutions to resellers throughout New Zealand.
“Being the first to distribute Symantec.cloud solutions in the New Zealand channel uniquely positions us as a distributor of best in class cloud services – an area we believe will become an important part of the future of the channel. We chose to work with the Symantec.cloud team because they combine cutting-edge technology with industry-leading Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and 24x7 service and support,” said Dave Rosenberg, managing director, Datastor.
Symantec.cloud and Datastor are committed to collaborating with partners to offer services that meet the needs of their customers and help to expand their businesses in a rapidly growing Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) market.
The growing SaaS market across Australia and New Zealand is transforming how customers choose to address their security, IT and information management challenges. This shift creates new opportunities for partners to generate recurring revenue streams and gain insight into customer operations through the management of their IT environments.
“Symantec is a channel focused company and we rely on our partner relationships to deliver high-value solutions to protect and manage our customers’ critical information,” said Nigel Mendonca, director, Channels, Symantec.cloud, Asia Pacific and Japan. “Datastor was selected for Symantec.cloud because of its proven expertise in our solutions and its experience in the New Zealand channel.”
“We are continuing to grow and expand our portfolio of SaaS services by bringing more of Symantec’s technologies to the cloud to offer customers flexibility of choice and increased service manageability. We have a long standing and very successful relationship with Datastor and this agreement will enable both companies to build, strengthen and leverage their respective partner bases,” added Mendonca.
“The new Symantec.cloud partnership is an endorsement of our successful relationship with Symantec, as well as our industry experience in providing Symantec solutions. We are looking forward to integrating the offering into our cloud marketplace,” Rosenberg concluded.
Symantec.cloud is now available in New Zealand through Datastor and its partners. For more information please visit Datastor.co.nz and Symantec.cloud.
Earlier this year, Datastor won Symantec’s Pacific Distributor of the Year Award.
About Symantec.cloud
Symantec.cloud provides IT leaders with a centralised, hosted approach to security and information management that allows organisations to manage a complex collection of technologies in a simple, more efficient and productive manner. More than 10.7 million end users at more than 32,000 organisations ranging from small businesses to the Fortune 500 use Symantec.cloud to secure and manage information stored on endpoints and delivered via email, web, and instant messaging. A division within Symantec Corporation, Symantec.cloud offers customers the ability to work more productively in a connected world. More information can be found at http://www.symanteccloud.com.au.
About Symantec
Symantec is a global leader in providing security; storage and systems management solutions to help consumers and organisations secure and manage their information-driven world. Our software and services protect against more risks at more points, more completely and efficiently, enabling confidence wherever information is used or stored. More information is available at www.symantec.com.
About Datastor
Datastor NZ Ltd was first established in 1988 and today, over twenty years later, Datastor is recognised as an IT industry leader in New Zealand. A subsidiary of Westcon Group, Inc., Datastor is a leading IT solution distributor that offers a wide range of product solutions to fit all customers’ needs within the IT landscape, whilst specialising in comprehensive data storage and data protection solutions.