DCC to distribute Mellanox connectivity solutions

Drive Control Corporation (DCC) has become the first official distributor in South Africa of Mellanox Technologies, leaders in end-to-end InfiniBand and EtherNet connectivity solutions. Mellanox manufactures products which optimise data centre performance and deliver bandwidth, scalability, power conservation and cost-effectiveness.

The company offers innovative solutions that address a wide range of markets including high performance computing, enterprise data centres, cloud computing, Internet and Web 2.0.

"As computing and networking have evolved, the requirement for ever faster data transfer speeds has grown too," says Raul Del Fabbro, manager of storage solutions division at DCC. "Mellanox products have, over the past few years, been fine-tuned to meet these changing needs, and their connectivity equipment has been implemented extensively on a global scale. We are pleased to be able to bring these specialised solutions to the South African market."

Entire range will be distributed

DCC will be distributing the entire product range and took it on after receiving several requests from system integrators for high speed network components for their customers. "After sourcing these products and implementing them in several local applications, we received positive feedback from clients on the success of the installations and decided to pursue a direct distributorship," Del Fabbro explains.

"We met with the team from Mellanox, who felt there was much synergy between our organisations, given our skills in storage area network (SAN) solutions and that we are an existing distributor for one of Mellanox's major original equipment manufacturers. Mellanox was also satisfied that we have the focused capability and specialist skills necessary to apply their products to the solutions our partners deliver," he adds.

Opening new markets

The Mellanox range complements DCC's existing SAN solutions offering and opens up new avenues and markets, enabling the distributor to address a niche in the market and take advantage of growing opportunities in the high performance networking space. Mellanox's range also meets another growing requirement of going green and implementing more energy efficient solutions, thanks to their smaller physical footprint, higher port density and lower energy consumption when compared to standard networking products.

"There are a number of opportunities and applications for the Mellanox range, and we expect that these products will see strong growth in the future, although because of its specialised nature this may not be an overnight occurrence. We will be working to create awareness for the brand over the next few months, providing training for selected resellers and later in the year hosting a comprehensive product launch," says Del Fabbro.