NEWS
Johannesburg engineer becomes the
first to pass new Veeam certification
According to Schuck, this commitment to skills development
bodes well not only for Veeam and the partner ecosystem, but
also for end user customers – especially larger enterprises with
thousands of virtual machines to backup – who will be able to
use Veeam Availability Suite to its fullest potential.
Claude Schuck of Veeam and Johan Grové of Aptronics
Veeam® Software has introduced an advanced course for
system engineers, the Veeam Certified Engineer (Advanced:
Design and Optimisation V1). Johannesburg engineer, Johan
Grové of Aptronics, has become the first Veeam Certified
Architect in South Africa.
“As we move into the enterprise space, we find increasingly
complex, integrated environments that require detailed
planning and customisation of service and design before we
even begin an installation of Veeam Availability Suite,” says
Claude Schuck, Regional Manager for Africa at Veeam.
Course participants are required to have a solid virtualisation,
backup and recovery knowledge base, and must have already
completed the standard three-day Veeam Certified Engineer
certification. Both courses can also be completed together
over a five-day period.
“The certification process includes a written examination
as well as workshops, during which we are required to
develop and present our own system designs. While the
exam is quite challenging, it has helped advance my skills
level when it comes to designing and optimising the Veeam
Availability Suite solution,” says Johan Grové, a solutions
expert at Aptronics.
The VMCE-A: D&O certification will be available in South
Africa in the near future, with local resellers required to have
at least one Veeam Certified Architect in order to obtain or
maintain their Veeam Platinum Partner status.
Siemens signs agreement to
acquire Crabtree in South Africa
Siemens have announced the purchase
of Crabtree Electrical Accessories in
South Africa and its associated Lesotho
business from Powertech Industries
(Proprietary) Limited, a division
of Allied Electronics Corporation
Limited (Altron), subject to the grant
of required approvals from relevant
competition authorities.
and power cords and predominantly
operates within the South Africa
construction market with some sales
to the sub-Saharan Region. Crabtree
serves a broad range of construction
customers through an excellent
established electrical distributor
network. Together with market access
to the African markets the acquisition
provides Siemens with a significant
manufacturing know-how through the
facilities in Wadeville and Lesotho.
The business, originally established in
1947, to be renamed Crabtree South
Africa (Pty) Ltd, will be a wholly owned
subsidiary of Siemens (Pty) Ltd. Up until
1989 the company was part of Crabtree
Electrical Industries Limited based in the
UK, which now trades in the UK as part
of Electrium Sales Ltd., in turn owned by
Siemens since 2006. The purchase price
has not been made public.
Crabtree is one of South Africa’s
main manufacturers of low voltage
wiring accessories, cable systems
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