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Tech Data appointed as Autodesk’s ASEAN distributor
Wed, 24th Jan 2018
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Tech Data has announced that it has been appointed as a Value Added Distributor (VAD) for Autodesk, in six markets throughout ASEAN.

Under this new agreement, Tech Data will offer the entire Autodesk solution portfolio to Autodesk's partners in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam through its Datech Solutions business.

This new agreement follows Tech Data's recently announced global expansion of its pan-European Datech Solutions business.

Datech Solutions currently serves more than 400 Autodesk resellers worldwide and provides services such as strategic channel development and management, training, business intelligence and demand generation.

This extended partnership with Autodesk in ASEAN reinforces Tech Data's commitment to providing channel partners with dedicated expertise, unique specialisation and services.

“Our new relationship with Autodesk in ASEAN reinforces our commitment to providing channel partners and their customers with an end-to-end portfolio,” says Tech Data ASEAN vice president Bennett Wong.

“We are laying the groundwork today by leveraging the previous success of our Datech business throughout Europe, including its proven strategic Value Add program Strato, which will help jumpstart our business in ASEAN.

“Tech Data is a valued partner in Europe, the United States and now parts of ASEAN, and we believe the synergies across our businesses will accelerate our channel partners' success in the region,” says ASEAN Autodesk Channel Sales head Ronald Schepers.

Tech Data Corporation is a wholesale distributor of technology products, services and solutions.

Its logistics capabilities and value added services enable 115,000 resellers to efficiently and cost-effectively support the diverse technology needs of end users in more than 100 countries.

Tech Data generated $26.2 billion in net sales for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2017.

It is ranked 107th on the Fortune 500 was recently named one of Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies for the ninth year in a row.