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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION
FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY / SEPTEMBER 1, 2003; VOL. 2 NO. 35
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Breaking News -
Networking:
Tech Data And Radware Sign
Distribution Agreement
Radware, a leader in Intelligent Application Switching (IAS), ensuring
end-to-end availability, performance and security of networked applications,
and Tech Data Corporation, a leading worldwide provider of IT products,
logistics management and other value-added services, announced that Tech Data
has signed a North American distribution agreement with Radware. Tech Data
will carry the manufacturer's entire product line of award-winning application
switching solutions including Web Sever Director, Cache Server Director,
Content Inspection Director, FireProof, LinkProof, Peer Director and CertainT
100.
"By partnering with Radware we can enhance our customers' solution
offerings
and their ability to differentiate themselves from the competition," said Roy
Appelbaum, vice president of network product marketing for Tech Data. "Our
resellers are looking for solutions that help their customers enhance network
performance and security while controlling costs. Radware's intelligent
application switches provide high availability, optimization and security to
any network, no matter the size. This lets resellers offer business enhancing
services to a broad range of organizations."
"Partnering with Tech Data extends our reach further into the networking
market and will further increase our mind share and recognition among
resellers, VARs and end users," said Vikram Desai, chief operating officer of
Radware. "Our choice of Tech Data as a distributor was based on their proven
success in distributing local and wide area networking solutions, their
success providing pre and post-sales configuration assistance and their
network design expertise."
Kenneth Long, general manager of e-Systems Division at Lewan & Associates,
a
Denver-based solution provider specializing in systems infrastructure
integration stated, "The Radware/Tech Data partnership means that we'll be
able to leverage Tech Data's strengths in technical support, training and
logistics management along with Radware's application switching and security
products to provide our customers with network applications that will enhance
their competitive position."
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