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strategies cite the cloud, their own
capabilities, company culture and confidence
as the four core attributes needed.
Furthermore, Veeam’s recent report
found that 97% of respondents believe
leadership styles must evolve to do this
effectively, with more than a quarter
(28%) indicating that a complete overhaul
is required.
Training development
Veeam has had a 100% channel model
since the company was founded in 2006.
Veeam has partnered with Torque IT to
help its partners drive skills development
for its solutions, including how to optimise
A great enabler for
providing the technical
know-how to channel
partners is the growth
of the cloud across
the continent.
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installations and how to use data in more
innovative ways for customer enhancement.
The Veeam Certified Engineer (VMCE)
programme revolves around giving partners
and customers access to world-class training
as a means to empower them with the skills provided by these companies will be integral
to taking data analysis to the next level.
Companies can ill afford to remain stuck
looking at things such as Infrastructure-
as-a-Service (IaaS) or even Software-as-a-
Service (SaaS).
needed across technical levels to meet the
dynamic needs of companies in Africa.
Working closely with the South African
Veeam team, Torque IT has single-handedly
increased its local VMCE business by 50% and
has almost two students per class more than
the average across Europe, the Middle East,
and Africa (EMEA).
Already, work is being done to introduce
this training into new markets such as Nigeria
and Kenya to further develop technical skills
on the continent.
As a result, Torque IT has received the
2018 Veeam Authorised Education Centre of
the Year Award for EMEA. This prestigious
award highlights their commitment to Veeam
and for driving technical instructor-led
training successfully into the Veeam partner
and customer communities across Africa.
We are expanding our team locally to
support the growth of the channel in Africa.
We will continue to work with Torque IT and
our other partners to strengthen the VMCE
segment in the emerging markets across
the continent and by equipping our partners
with the technical capabilities they need to
deliver our solutions.
A great enabler for providing the
technical know-how to channel partners is
the growth of the cloud across the continent.
This growth is raising awareness of the
impact more skilled people can have on the
technology opportunities that the cloud can
help facilitate.
Thanks to the likes of Microsoft Azure
and Huawei Cloud already active in South
Africa, and Amazon Web Services (AWS)
scheduled to launch next year, the ability of
local providers to tap into the capabilities Now is the time to empower employees
with new skills that can drive more value
from data and deliver Digital Transformation
for their business.