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AN4 group expects over 20% growth with VMware partnership

VAR AN4 Group plans to increase turnover by 20 per cent in the coming year after becoming a fully accredited partner of virtualisation vendor VMware.

The reseller has enjoyed a successful period of late, signing lucrative agreements with vendors in the security sector. Turnover also soared to £15m last year, an increase of 12 per cent, and AN4 is adamant that it is on track to surpass this in 2007.

“We have made a significant investment to gain the accreditation,” confirmed Kristian Connor, sales director at AN4. “We have set a target to increase turnover by 20 per cent in the next year and through being accredited, we are well on our way to achieving this.


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