Tech Data Enhances IoT and Analytics Practice with New Partner Solutions

Tech Data Corporation has announced several enhancements to its Smart IoT and Analytics Solutions Practice in the Americas, which offer partners one-on-one consultations and end-to-end IoT design services.

Among the highlights, the Clearwater, Fla.-based distributor unveiled its “Smart IoT Scale Model,” which showcases how IoT and analytics solutions can drive business outcomes, as well as how connected things provide value in specific vertical-industry settings.

In addition, Tech Data will now distribute the Cisco Smart+Connected Digital Platform for creating a smart city framework, and has partnered with Quantela Inc., a digital technology solutions company focused on IoT, to offer its partners a solution to deploy and manage their customers’ smart-city solutions.

The distributor also announced a distribution agreement with iValu8, a retail software partner that delivers solutions to help businesses drive customer acquisition, traffic and intelligence through social and digital marketing solutions.

Tech Data has additionally formalized a distribution partnership with Molex, a provider of electronic components and solutions, for Transcend Network Connected Lighting solutions, delivering Power over Ethernet (PoE) lighting solutions through the channel.

Channel Impact^®
The announcements combine to provide a turnkey approach to help partners enter the IoT and smart cities space. In some cases successful execution of these strategies may spell the difference between long-term success and eventual acquisition by a larger competitor.