Data Solutions invests €105k at Nangor Rd site
By Maurice Garvey
SPECIALIST IT solutions distributor Data Solutions, has invested €105,000 in emerging technology, to help their Irish partners drive new business leads.
The Nangor Road firm has developed two initiatives - Citrix Cloud Labs and the Hyper Converged Infrastructure (HCI) Hub.
Citrix Cloud Labs, is designed to enable Data Solutions’ reseller partners to demonstrate the value and cost savings it can bring to Irish companies.
Francis O’Haire, group technology director, Data Solutions, said: “We’ve always believed that seeing a technology in action is worth a thousand product brochures or PowerPoint presentations.
"To that end, we designed the Citrix Cloud Labs demonstration service to showcase Citrix Cloud Services and help our partners understand the tremendous opportunities that selling this technology offers.
“More and more companies are adopting a ‘cloud-first’ strategy for delivering IT and Citrix and its partners are ideally placed to take advantage of this trend. Selling Citrix Cloud Services will help partners to bring the benefits of cloud to their customers while elevating their strategic relationship with them.”
Roberta McCrossan, group marketing director, Data Solutions, said HCI Hub is a “rapidly growing market” but many Irish firms don’t have the resources to benefit from it’s potential.
“The HCI Hub enables our resellers to educate their customers about the benefits of hyper convergence and drive sales engagement in the Irish market,” she said.
“The Hub is branded for each of our partners and is aimed at highlighting practical benefits. It also provides access to demonstration products to facilitate test drives and proof of concept pilot projects – the ultimate goal is to turn the hype into tangible wins.”
