VMware has appointed Zimbabwe-based Axis Solutions as an Enterprise Partner, forming part of its strategy to bolster its skills base across the African continent.
Axis Solutions, headquartered in Harare and with a footprint across the country, is a specialist IT company that focuses on the delivery of value-added technology solutions to customers. The company delivers data centre, backup and storage, security, WAN optimisation, and applications services and technologies to customers, as well as a series of specialist solutions such as printers and POS systems.
"Axis Solutions has an excellent reputation in Zimbabwe and has made significant investments into growing its VMware skills base, which in turn has resulted in its appointment as an Enterprise Partner in the region," states Chris Norton, regional director for southern Africa at VMware.
"With its expanding footprint across the country, we are looking forward to further developing a strategic partnership with the company, and providing its customers access to virtualisation and cloud solutions from the VMware portfolio."
According to VMware, in order to attain its Enterprise Partner status, Axis Solutions underwent rigorous sales, presales and technical VMware certifications.
As an Enterprise Partner, the company is expected to provide its customers access to superior skills and services around the VMware portfolio, which is supported by skills within the business.
"Zimbabwe is full of opportunities and we are seeing significant growth among customers in the business continuity space, in particular among the government sector. Other growth areas in the region include virtualisation and disaster recovery," states Prince Dube, sales and marketing manager at Axis Solutions.
"The Zimbabwean market is a cost-sensitive one; our customers are looking for technologies that are able to save them money in both hardware and software costs. The VMware technologies enable us to assist them with IT investments, assisting them in going 'green' and saving electricity," he concludes.
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