Tech Data announces Cloud Solutions Factory-- a global portfolio of end-to-end cloud solutions featuring click-to-run solutions delivering business outcomes ranging from core infrastructure and data protection to Internet of Things and analytics.
“In launching Cloud Solutions Factory, our focus has been on enabling our partners to deliver business outcomes with solutions that are immediately ready to deploy,” the company says. “Cloud solution design and implementation can be a complex and lengthy process, so all our offerings are pre-configured, validated and tested, and deployments are monitored by Tech Data. The result is a suite of reliable solutions that help our partners reduce costs, maximize efficiency and drive competitive differentiation.”
Products from the Cloud Solutions Factory include the fundamentals for compute, storage and network in the cloud, and ship complete with pre-integrated licenses, services and other essential components from 3rd party vendors. Providers of said services include big names such as Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Red Hat, Net App, Veeam and Autodesk, among others, and Tech Data plans to add more in the future.
“By working with industry-leading cloud providers, we have built a portfolio of integrated, packaged solutions that can be easily and quickly configured, customized and deployed by our partners,” Tech Data adds. “These best-in-class providers are selected based on how well they align with the high-demand workloads needed by today’s businesses, and they must also meet specific requirements designed to protect our partners and deliver maximum value to them.”
As for partners, Tech Data will provide promotional collateral, battle cards and other materials for enablement, in order to help with adoption and promotion. In addition, a Cloud Practice Builder program helps expand and complement both technical and non-technical skills.
