Dimension Data and EMC have announced the Catalyst Alliance, a strategic market development initiative designed to speed the adoption of hybrid cloud as a platform for transformation for the mid-size enterprise.
Through the Catalyst Alliance both organisations will make investments to develop and jointly market and sell solutions that allow clients to realise value from business strategies based on hybrid cloud and enable them to adopt new technology while managing risk.
“For many organisations, 'hybrid cloud' is a consequence of uncoordinated cloud investments rather than a strategy for getting more from their cloud investments,” says Rick Villars, Vice President of Datacenter & Cloud Research at IDC.
“Partnerships like Dimension Data and EMC’s Catalyst Alliance that facilitate companies' cloud time-to-value while reducing the risk of disruption in IT operations will help companies move from beyond simply having a hybrid set of clouds to enacting a sound, diversified cloud strategy.”
Through the new initiative, Dimension Data and EMC plan to deliver clients solutions that span private cloud on or off premises, public and hybrid cloud including advanced managed services for storage.
Catalyst Alliance solutions aim to feature flexible consumption based pricing models on storage, cloud and managed services.
“The Catalyst Alliance will help clients realise the benefits of hybrid cloud that will be used to serve core business applications anywhere in the world,” adds Steve Nola, Executive for IT-as-a-Service, Dimension Data.
“We like EMC’s commitment to disruptive innovation to help clients navigate IT transformation.
“By combining EMC’s technology leadership with Dimension Data’s extensive services portfolio and global reach, clients are able to accelerate their growth, creating value for their customers and financial returns for their shareholders.”
According to Jay Snyder, Senior Vice President, Global Alliances, EMC Corporation, customers are being challenged with changing business models and more technology choices than ever before.
“This disruption is creating transformational opportunity,” Snyder adds.
“Businesses across all industries are swiftly moving to reinvent themselves for a new Digital Age, where technology is used to grow, innovate, enhance customer relationships and make employees more productive.
“This alliance will enable those transformations both through scale and speed.”
