KHOBAR - MATCO on Thursday announced the opening of its EMC Velocity2 Signature Solution Center - one of the first-of-its-kind in the Middle East region - designed to demonstrate the benefits and value of EMC solutions for Microsoft Exchange environments combined with MATCO solution and service offerings. The new solution is equipped to simulate a customer's specific computing system to provide a true-to-life experience of the benefits that the combined EMC and MATCO solution offers. “Information, along with human resources, is the life blood of the modern company; MATCO and EMC are focused on information storage, protection and authorized use. EMC is the recognized global leader in information management and storage solutions and MATCO is proud to be the company's Signature Solution Center Partner in Saudi Arabia,” said Mohammad Al-Ghamdi, CEO MATCO. “Our major investment in the EMC Solution Center underlines our commitment and our determination to provide current and prospective customers with first class workshop facilities to observe and test proven EMC solutions,” Ghamdi said. The solution center is based in Al-Khobar. MATCO's EMC Velocity2 Signature Solution Center is designed to host a number of activities, including: q Customer briefings, seminars and workshops q Live and remote demonstrations of solutions, hardware and software q Training and accreditation q Execute complex proof-of-concept q Migration planning q Benchmark and performance testing q Comprehensive solution development q Development of near-customer environments via EMC's Customer Integration Lab. Mohammed Amin, regional manager, EMC Middle East & North Africa, said: “This solution center provides MATCO with the necessary tools to deliver increased value to customers through their relationship with EMC. Supporting EMC Velocity2 Signature Solution Centers is one of the core tenants of our reseller enablement program, which helps drive more sales opportunities.” The EMC Proven Solution for Microsoft Exchange environments is designed to reduce management complexity and costs at every stage of e-mail lifecycle while simultaneously managing rapid e-mail volume growth. This allows customers to meet specific service levels, protect data, and simplify deployment, consolidation, and backup/restore. All EMC Proven solutions are backed by stringent testing, reseller integration, and documented implementation methodologies to help reduce customer risk and facilitate faster deployment. __
