Johannesburg, 19 Mar 2012
Fujitsu is proud to announce that Sithabile Technology Services (STS) has committed to the Fujitsu Select Partner programme, and that STS has become a Storage Select Expert Partner focusing on ETERNUS Systems Integration.
“STS is a specialist provider of complete back-up and data management solutions, which combine industry-leading consulting and engineering expertise with the appropriate hardware and software technologies,” says Rodney Smith, Sales Director at Fujitsu.
“As the largest dedicated and certified specialist storage, back-up, archive and recovery engineering professional services team in SA today, STS has seen that the Fujitsu ETERNUS storage technology is complementary and enhances their solutions in the entry-to mid-range systems storage offering.”
“Fujitsu grants us access to high-quality solutions enabling us to provide our customers with an end-to-end solution. The product range addresses certain gaps in our business portfolio,” says Fatima Bibi Mohamed, Marketing Manager at STS. “The ETERNUS range is flexible enough to meet the challenges of businesses experiencing exponential data growth, with high levels of data safety that integrates with their infrastructure investments.
“At STS, we strive to provide unmatched expertise and support. We have rapidly assimilated the Fujitsu 'Select Expert' programme, demonstrating our commitment to Fujitsu. We will aggressively drive towards enhancing our skill set through completing training and attaining technical certification to ensure that our customers reap the benefit of increased levels of support, access to best-in-class products and services.”
STS is the only storage-focused specialist in South Africa that does not offer any competing brands within their product offering. Fujitsu fits in with STS's strategy through providing the ideal product set, in the form of ETERNUS and PRIMERGY, which enables STS to effectively compete in this space against the multi-vendor businesses in this sector. With Fujitsu's Storage and Server product range, STS will be able to optimise opportunities in both new and existing business, with customers eager to explore technologies that can provide opportunities for efficiencies, productivity and cost-savings.
“We're initially taking Fujitsu to our existing customer base in one-on-one presentations,” says Mohamed. “I am amazed at the positive response we have had, as we are already reaping the rewards of our go-to-market strategy.”
STS's stated objective is to meet the requirements of South African businesses for regulatory-compliant back-up, recovery and archiving solutions from “Edge to Core”, using the most advanced technologies available. “With this partnership with Fujitsu, I'm confident that we will meet our objective,” concludes Mohamed.
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