Global Switch has today announced a partnership with technology services distributor AVANT, bringing the company’s portfolio of low latency, network dense data centres in Europe and Asia-Pacific to AVANT’s UK and European marketplace.
Through the partnership, AVANT’s platform will feature capacity at Global Switch’s sites in its offering to over 800 customer partners in the UK, Europe and USA, as well as benefiting from its large team of international salespeople.
Global Switch’s global channel sales strategy complements its other routes to market, ensuring that the business continues to service the full breadth and depth of client needs.
Matthew Dent, Chief Commercial Officer at Global Switch, said: “This partnership is a further demonstration of the attractiveness of the Global Switch offer. We look forward to working closely with AVANT to meet the wants and needs of their most innovative partners.”
Rob Merhej, Vice President EMEA at AVANT, said: “Global Switch is one of the world’s leading operators and a fantastic addition to our network of infrastructure solutions providers. Through our platform, we ensure our customers can keep up with the industry’s rapid change by accessing solutions fit for the future.”
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About Global Switch
Global Switch is a leading owner, operator and developer of large-scale, carrier and cloud neutral, multi-customer data centres in Europe and Asia-Pacific. Founded in 1998, Global Switch has a proven business model, demonstrable track record and is one of the highest credit rated data centre companies in the world, with investment grade credit ratings from Fitch Ratings, Moody’s and S&P Global Ratings.
Global Switch is a vital strategic partner for customers that require secure and resilient data centre services with scalable capacity and a high-level of customer service. The Company's focus is on providing high power density suitable for HPC and AI deployments with both air and liquid cooled optionality, as well as highly resilient, central, low latency, network dense locations in prime city centre locations and internet hubs close to its customers on the edge of financial and business districts.
Global Switch’s data centres operate exclusively in the Tier I markets of Europe and Asia-Pacific to Tier III or higher and are occupied by a broad range of customers, global and national, large and small including government organisations, financial institutions, enterprises, global systems integrators, telecommunication carriers, cloud and managed service providers and other hosting businesses.
For more information visit: globalswitch.com.
About AVANT
AVANT is a platform for IT decision-making and the nation’s premier distributor for next-generation technologies. AVANT provides unique value to its extensive network of Trusted Advisors with original research, channel sales assistance, training, and tools to guide decision-making around IT services that promote business growth. From complex cloud designs to global wide-area network deployments to the latest in security services, AVANT sets the industry standard in enabling its partners and clients to make intelligent, data-driven decisions about services, technology and cost-effective communications. For more information, visit www.goavant.co.uk, or connect on Twitter and LinkedIn.
