Hong Kong 21st June, 2011 – VMware is a world-leading manufacturer of software for Cloud Computing, and the company has just awarded the Hong Kong distribution rights to ACW Distribution.

"ACW Distribution's profile perfectly matched to the requirements for a Hong Kong distributor. This profile includes relationships with key storage, network & security vendors, such as Hitachi Data System, Check Point, Riverbed, Symantec as well as with their associated authorized resellers. ACW Distribution also provides a range of services including partner enablement, solution sales consultancy services, which are essential to a vendor such as VMware," said Appleton Yuen, Regional Technical Director at ACW Distribution.

The agreement with VMware means that ACW Distribution will be distributing VMware full range of products, especially on vSphere, Zimbra^TM, View^TM and vFabric^TM, assisting partners in areas such as training, sales and support. This is an agreement that will further reinforce ACW Distribution's position as a distributor of advanced IT solutions. "We are naturally delighted that VMware has chosen us to distribute their products. VMware provides one of the most advantageous solutions on the market - a solution that helps end customers to save both time and money. Server virtualization means both reduced costs and simpler administration. At the same time, it helps to increase availability and security," said Kevin Fung, Director of Enterprise Security and Storage, the person responsible for all ACW Distribution Valued Added IT Solutions.

About VMware View™
Deliver rich, personalized virtual desktops as a managed service from a virtualization platform built to deliver the entire desktop, including the operating system, applications and data. With VMware View 4.5, desktop administrators virtualize the operating system, applications, and user data and deliver modern desktops to end-users. Get centralized automated management of these components for increased control and cost savings. Improve business agility while providing a flexible high performance desktop experience for end-users, across a variety of network conditions.

About VMware Zimbra™
Zimbra provides one platform to unify organizations Collaboration tools are cornerstones of organizations, yet barriers such as cost or lack of cross platform support prevent deployment across the entire organization. Zimbra has rapidly grown to over 55 million paid mailboxes because it offers cost-effective open source technology, compatibility with all desktops and mobile devices, and an advanced cross-platform AJAX web interface. Zimbra’s email and collaboration server integrates enterprise-class features that provide maximum convenience and flexibility to administrators. Integrated anti-spam and anti-virus, real-time back up and restore, class-of-service (CoS), hierarchical storage management (HSM), MS Exchange interoperability, and role-based delegated administration are just a few.

About VMware vFabric™
The vFabric Cloud Application Platform includes the open source Spring Development Framework as well as a set of application services including a lightweight application server, global data management, cloud-ready messaging, and application performance management capabilities. The combination is the most productive, cost-saving and future-proof solution for building, running and managing applications in a virtual or cloud environment.

About ACW Distribution
ACW Distribution (HK) Limited is a Value-Added Distribution corporation for leading Enterprise Solutions in the Asia-Pacific region since 1986. We create IT solutions by integrating the "Best-of-Breed" products in the market and delivering them to the end user via an extensive network of trained and certified channel partners in the region. With over 25 years presence in the market, we are more dedicated and experienced in distributing an extensive family from generic to enterprise solutions in order to ensure swift adaptability for your business.

For more information, please visit www.acw-group.com or contact us at enquiry@acw-group.com.hk.