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15-07-09 12:43

DATASOLUTIONS APPOINTED AS IRISH DISTRIBUTOR FOR JUNIPER NETWORKS

14 July 2009 - DataSolutions, Ireland’s leading value-add IT distributor, today announced that it has been awarded Irish distribution rights by Juniper Networks, Inc., the leader in high-performance networking.  The appointment of DataSolutions enables Juniper to expand its global J-Partner Programme presence with Irish channel resellers.  The new agreement will also kick start a new Irish marketing campaign that will include a conference on Next Generation Networks (NGN) for analysts, resellers and Irish customers.  

Irish companies are continually seeking ways to consolidate and reduce the complexity of their networks.  The Juniper Networks J-Partner Programme has been developed for IT resellers and distributors to deliver solutions allowing enterprises to gain strategic value from their networks.   The Next Generation Networks conference has been designed to bring together leading global industry analysts, the Irish channel community and end-users to discuss current industry trends and the future of NGN’s. 

Michael O’Hara, managing director, DataSolutions, said, “Juniper’s J-Partner Programme and conference are significant steps forward in our partnership with Juniper as we plan to help grow their footprint in Ireland.  Juniper’s commitment to building market and mind-share will drive demand for its technology, and inevitably capture new business opportunities for the IT channel.”

David Small, Vice President, Channel Sales, EMEA, Juniper Networks, said, “Our distributors are instrumental in recruiting new channel partners and ultimately growing our business.  DataSolutions has a tradition of investing in training, building marketing programmes and delivering first-class technical support for its vendors. This partnership will enable us to continue to build on our relationships with customers in Ireland and further enhance our channel partner offerings.”

About DataSolutions

DataSolutions has been supplying the Irish IT industry with world leading technology products and services since 1991. Today the company has built upon its success as a distributor of data communications products and has evolved to become the leading trade-only 'Value Add' distributor of Managed Application Delivery solutions and services in Ireland. DataSolutions portfolio encompasses four categories that specifically address the many problems associated with the management and delivery of applications to enterprise users: Infrastructure Management, IT Security, Server Based Computing and Virtualisation. The success of DataSolutions since its formation is due both to the company's recognition of the need to keep up with the ever-changing demands and challenges of today's technological world and the company's continuous commitment to provide leading technologies. Their solutions are offered through a nationwide network of top class IT industry partners who they have been supplying since 1991.  Learn more at www.datasolutions.ie

About Juniper Networks

Juniper Networks, Inc. is the leader in high-performance networking. Juniper offers a high-performance network infrastructure that creates a responsive and trusted environment for accelerating the deployment of services and applications over a single network. This fuels high-performance businesses. Additional information can be found at www.juniper.net.

Juniper Networks, JUNOS, and the Juniper Networks logo are registered trademarks of Juniper Networks, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks, service marks, registered trademarks, or registered service marks are the property of their respective owners.

For further information, please contact:

Sean Walsh
Comit Communications & Marketing (for DataSolutions)
Tel:      01 2157673
Email:  swalsh@comitmarketing.com