SUSE has announced that Aptec, an Ingram Micro company, has recently joined its Partner Solution Provider Network as a value-added distributor.
With access to SUSE solutions including SUSE’s Linux Enterprise Server, OpenStack Cloud and Enterprise Storage, Aptec will be able to provide regional enterprises with open source infrastructure solutions that offer a reliable, scalable and secure platform for efficiently deploying and managing highly available enterprise-class IT services in physical, virtual or cloud infrastructure.
“If we look at current economic dynamics in the Middle East, now more than ever, there is a greater emphasis on ROI,” said Sethu Madhavan, Senior Business Unite Manager,Aptec. “Partnering with SUSE will allow us to accelerate the adoption of open-source platforms and provide better services to our extensive regional customer base.”
With a team dedicated to SUSE, Aptec will be responsible for distributing the vendor’s solutions across the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman. “Signing on Aptec as a value-added distributor is an important step for us as we continue to grow our footprint and business in the Middle East,” said Paul Abi-Chahine, Regional Director, Emerging EMEA, SUSE. “The region is showing a healthy appetite for open-source solutions and our priority is to offer a variety of best-of-breed solutions to enterprises looking to modernise and standardize their IT infrastructure, leverage cloud computing and software-based storage solutions, and make use of new technologies like Big Data, all while achieving zero-downtime environments for their business-critical workloads.”
