Agreement comes amidst growth in the data center market in Central America and the Caribbean
Costa Rica [August 7, 2019] – Vertiv today announced the expansion of its relationship with Tech Data, the world’s leading end-to-end distributor of technology products, services and solutions. Amidst the increased demand for data center solutions in the Central America and Caribbean regions, the agreement with Tech Data broadens their reach outside of the US and EMEA markets and now extends into markets across the Central America and the Caribbean regions.
This agreement, now extending into new and emerging territories in Latin America, includes access to Vertiv’s data center infrastructure portfolio, including Vertiv critical power management, thermal management, infrastructure monitoring, IT management, integrated solutions, racks and power distribution units.
“Countries across the Central America and Caribbean regions are increasingly adopting IoT and edge computing. As a result, we’re seeing a great demand for data centers that are easy to build, quick to deploy and efficiently manage,” said Ricardo Duque, vice president of channel strategies for Vertiv in the Americas. “We work closely with our partners to ensure continuity and achieve breakthrough outcomes, from design and commissioning through deployment, operation and service”.
Tech Data’s understanding of the logistics of the sales process in the region and extensive network of resellers will help Vertiv promote its portfolio and expand its footprint in Latin America. Vertiv brings experience, technology leadership and scale to allow distributors in the region to pursue larger and more lucrative projects.
“Tech Data uses best practices to enable our resellers and vendors to engage the market. By expanding our distribution agreement with Vertiv, we can provide our partner ecosystem in the region with world-class solutions for power, cooling and data center infrastructures,” said Jan Michael de Kok, managing director, Northern Cone Region, for Tech Data in Latin America.
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About Vertiv
Vertiv brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to ensure its customers’ vital applications run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs. Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing today’s data centers, communication networks and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extends from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs around 20,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. For more information, and for the latest news and content from Vertiv, visit Vertiv.com.
About Tech Data
Tech Data connects the world with the power of technology. Our end-to-end portfolio of products, services and solutions, highly specialized skills, and expertise in next-generation technologies enable channel partners to bring to market the products and solutions the world needs to connect, grow and advance. Tech Data is ranked No. 88 on the Fortune 500® and has been named one of Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies for 10 straight years. To find out more, visit www.techdata.com or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
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