Through First Distribution's extensive African footprint, Veeam is now proudly available across SADC countries, as well as Central, East and West African countries.

This means partners and their customers now have access to Veeam's world-class backup, disaster recovery and data management software across Africa, with immediate access to software and support.

Winston Spagnoletti, Brand Manager for Veeam at First Distribution, says First Distribution's expansion into East, West and Central Africa will allow partners to leverage Veeam and Veeam's integration with their alliance partners.

"What makes the First Distribution Veeam offering stand out is the partnership with complimentary brands such as AWS, Microsoft, Lenovo, Nutanix, etc. So, partners already have the infrastructure in place to offer world-class on-premise and cloud solutions to their clients."

Countries Veeam is available in:

West Africa
Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde/Cape Verde, Côte d'Ivoire/Ivory Coast, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal Sierra Leone, and Togo.

East Africa
Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Central Africa
Cameroon, Central African Republic (CAR), Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda, and Sao Tome and Principe.

Southern Africa
Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Swaziland.

The First Distribution Veeam offering
Veeam® recognises the new challenges companies across the globe face in enabling the Always-On Enterprise™, a business that must operate 24/7 365. To address this, Veeam has pioneered a new market of Availability for the Always-On Enterprise™ by helping organisations meet recovery time and point objectives (RTPO™) of less than 15 minutes for all applications and data.

Veeam Availability Suite™, which includes Veeam Backup & Replication™, leverages virtualisation, storage, and cloud technologies that enable the modern datacentre to help organisations save time, mitigate risks, and dramatically reduce capital and operational costs, while always supporting the current and future business goals of Veeam customers.