CMS helps SolarWinds breeze into Europe

Firms expand strategic partnership as vendor looks to make inroads into UK and Ireland market

CMS Distribution has extended its partnership with SolarWinds to help it gain market share in the UK and Irish markets.

The two firms announced a strategic partnership earlier this year, and the expanded deal covers the full range of SolarWinds IT management products and covers marketing, pre-sales and professional services.

Michael Callaghan, managing director Ireland at CMS Distribution, said: “We are delighted to distribute Solarwinds in Ireland and are excited by the opportunity of partnering with a business named by Forbes as one of the 20 Top Names in Tech.

“We’ll be looking to support Solarwinds and our resellers in developing new opportunities together through a combination of product management, pre-sales and marketing campaign support.”

Peter O’Connor, EMEA vice president of sales at SolarWinds, added: “We are excited about CMS’ experience and relationships in the region, and we believe they will help us reach a wider audience of potential users and develop a dynamic set of channel partners who can promote and deliver SolarWinds’ products to their customers.

“The UK and Ireland are key markets in Europe and as our product portfolio grows to cover networking, systems and applications, security, virtualisation and storage, and database management, we continue to broaden our partner base.”