Datacore to rationalise UK distribution line-up

Relationships with Arrow and Magirus under review as vendor changes focus

Storage vendor Datacore is reviewing its UK distribution line-up as it looks to align the channel with its new focus on infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS).

While the vendor will continue to work with Avnet, its relationships with Magirus and Arrow ECS are under review.

Datacore was tight-lipped about the details and said a formal announcement on the subject would be made in 10 days. However, it stressed that it would not move to a sole-distributor model, fuelling speculation that it plans to bring on board a second distributor to work alongside Avnet.

"Avnet will remain as one of our focused distributors. We are under review with Arrow and Magirus and there will be an announcement in 10 days," said a representative.

"We are expanding the partner base so it makes sense to look at the partners each of our distributors are targeting."