Update on WANdisco OEM sales partnership with IBM

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WANdisco Plc

27 June 2016

 

27 June 2016

Product update following WANdisco OEM sales partnership with IBM

IBM released Big Replicate 2.0 on June 23^rd as a generally available product

Following the statement of 28 April 2016 in which WANdisco (LSE: WAND) announced it had entered into a non-exclusive OEM ('Original Equipment Manufacturer') sales agreement with IBM for the company's Fusion product, WANdisco is pleased to update that IBM released Big Replicate 2.0 (IBM's rebranded version of Fusion) on June 23rd as a generally available product.

David Richards, WANdisco Chief Executive, comments:

"The announcement of the general release for the rebranded Fusion product by IBM marks the start of an exciting opportunity for WANdisco. IBM is one of the global leaders in big data and cloud services, and utilises a strong sales team which potentially creates a material new route to market for WANdisco."

In conjunction with the release of Big Replicate 2.0, IBM has a dedicated product page on its website
at: http://www-03.ibm.com/software/products/en/ibm-big-replicate .  Example marketing collateral for Big Replicate 2.0 can also be found on the IBM website at:  http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?htmlfid=XID12353USEN .

Further information

*The March 2016 interview with Silicon Angle in which WANdisco and IBM discuss their relationship can be seen here.

For further information please contact:

WANdisco plc	via FTI Consulting LLP
David Richards, Chief Executive Officer Paul Harrison, Chief Financial Officer Phil Branston, VP Corporate Development & Investor Relations
FTI Consulting	[phone]
Matt Dixon / Dwight Burden / Rob Mindell
Investec (Joint Broker and NOMAD)	[phone]
Christopher Baird / Dominic Emery
UBS (Joint Broker) Rahul Luthra / Sandip Dhillon	[phone]

About WANdisco plc

WANdisco (LSE: WAND) is a provider of enterprise-ready, non-stop software solutions that enable globally distributed organizations to meet today's data challenges of secure storage, scalability and continuous availability. WANdisco's products are differentiated by the company's patented, active data replication technology, serving crucial continuous availability requirements, including Hadoop Big Data and Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), including Apache Subversion and Git. Fortune Global 1000 companies, including Juniper Networks, Motorola, Intel and Halliburton, rely on WANdisco for performance, reliability, security and availability. For additional information, please visit www.wandisco.com.

 

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