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Tri-partite partnership brings OnApp cloud solution to SA

Kgaogelo Letsebe
By Kgaogelo Letsebe, Portals journalist
Johannesburg, 06 Sept 2017
Intel, OnApp and Rectron SA have partnered.
Intel, OnApp and Rectron SA have partnered.

South African IT products distributor Rectron SA has partnered with Intel and OnApp to provide resellers with a turnkey, hyper-converged cloud solution.

Mustek subsidiary Rectron SA is a distributor of the hardware components and software.

UK-based OnApp's cloud solution is said to take less than a day to deploy, cost less, and is automated and scalable.

According to the companies, the tri-partite partnership was conceived on the back of long-standing partnership between Intel and Rectron SA and will be beneficial to resellers as they will have access to both the hardware and software components of the OnApp's cloud solution as well as substantial technical support.

Jean Pierre De Villiers, server product manager at Rectron SA, adds: "Rectron has long been a distributor of Intel-branded servers and Intel has been designing hardware systems specifically for OnApp's software, so the deal will see Rectron, backed by Intel, supply technical support on hardware as well as first line support on install and software queries.

"OnApp will provide support for anything directly related to their core products ? OnApp Cloud, OnApp CDN and OnApp Storage ? as well as the add-ons for these. As such, they maintain responsibility for the software, bug fixes, patches and general maintenance of their products."

De Villiers explains the prime target market for this solution includes Intel's Internet telephone and cloud service providers in the country. Resellers will target the small to medium enterprise companies.

"With more companies constantly migrating to the cloud, the ability to provide turnkey cloud solutions is becoming increasingly important," adds De Villiers. "We want to ensure our resellers are able to provide clients with compelling value propositions through access to the broadest possible range of quality cloud offerings."

The partnership is currently focusing on distribution within SA with a possible expansion to Zimbabwe and Botswana as the earmarked regions.

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