MTI enlists managed services head

Simon Walters tasked with growing integrator's managed services business

Storage integrator MTI has appointed experienced channel head Simon Walters to expand its menu of managed services.

The EMC partner opened a network operation centre at its Godalming headquarters last year and plans to make managed services a "cornerstone" of its business.

Walters, who has previously worked at IT infrastructure provider IPsoft, joins MTI in the post of managed services director.

Richard Flanders, product marketing director at MTI, said: "Managed services is growing rapidly for us and we felt we needed someone experienced to head it. Simon has a very long history of running managed services businesses in the UK and Europe."

MTI already offers on-site and remote managed ranging services, from monitoring up to full infrastructure support.

"Simon will be developing more services offerings that we can deliver from our NOC and bring further ideas as to how we manage infrastructure on-site," said Flanders.