VERITAS Software Corporation announced on Saturday it has entered a partnership deal in Pakistan with ABM Info Tech, the IT arm of ABM Group, which has been a major player in Pakistan's technology market since 1983.
ABM is VERITAS' first on-the-ground partner based in Pakistan and will concentrate on providing the latest solutions in a market yet to be fully exploited by international vendors.
"We are delighted to be establishing a high-level relationship with one of Pakistan's leading IT service providers," said Murali Nambiar, Sales Manager for Saudi Arabia and Egypt, VERITAS Middle East. "We are confident that there is demand for advanced data protection solutions and that ABM Info Tech is ideally placed to take out vision to customers in Pakistan."
ABM has a number of key VERITAS products in its solutions portfolio. These include: Backup Exec. NetBackup, Volume Replicator, SANPoint Control, Cluster Server and Storage Replicator.
Together, they represent an impressive range of options for sophisticated data protection. ABM has been given Elite Enterprise Partner status - a classification reserved for VERITAS partners with superior sales and technical expertise in selling and supporting VERITAS solutions and services.
"The market for data protection products in Pakistan is not as stable or as developed as others, but there is definitely demand for high-end solutions, especially from information-heavy companies that relay on the security and availability of important data," said Syed Muhammad Ahmed, General Manager Sales and Marketing, ABM Info Tech.
"Our local knowledge and expertise in the deployment and maintenance of VERITAS products, combined with high-level support from VERITAS, will make world-class data protection a reality for IT managers in Pakistan."-PR