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Appliance Inc. (NetApp), a network storage and data
management company, will soon widen its product presence
in the Philippines by appointing Wordtext Systems Inc. (WSI),
the country’s leading software and hardware vendor, as
its sole distributor.
NetApp
country sales manager Neil Ocampo expressed confidence
that the partnership will sustain the company’s
40-percent year-on-year growth.
“Wordtext’s proven operational experience in delivering
software and hardware products can help us to cover more
and reach the needs of the rapidly developing market,”
Ocampo said.
For
immediate distribution of NetApp’s data-management
solutions, WSI will collaborate with its more than 200
value-added resellers nationwide.
“Our
efforts to sustain their (NetApp) growth will not be
concentrated alone with data-intensive enterprises
distribution, we are also looking at the opportunities
the SMBs (small and medium businesses) and SMEs (small
and medium enterprises) can bring,” WSI assistant vice
president Edwin Ocampo told BusinessMirror.
For his
part, Francis Wang, NetApp’s regional sales director
views the team up as a chance to enhance their market
share in the region.
“Our
third quarter revenue for the fiscal year of 2008 is
$884 million. ASEAN revenue grew 68 percent compared to
3rd quarter of 2007,” said Wang. “By penetrating the enterprise
market and SMEs immensely, our annual target may be
exceeded.”
NetApp
claimed its solutions is adaptable to businesses because
when network storage in virtual infrastructure is
deployed, vendor lock-in with multiprotocol support is
avoided, thus helping customers reduce cost and
complexity, minimize risk and gain the lowest total cost
of ownership by 38 percent.
The
Sunnyvale, California company believes the move will
improve too their branding popularity along with
competitors EMC and Seagate Technology.
Moreover, NetApp plans to employ two more people to add
on its current four, although its workforce is small by
quantity it serves customers largely thought local
partners. |
