Nigel Dunn, Director of HP Business Unit, Azlan (Tech Data)

TD Azlan, the enterprise division of Computer 2000 and the enterprise division of Tech Data Corporation, has appointed Nigel Dunn as Director of its HP Business Unit.

 Dunn, who has previously worked as General Manager of Azlan’s HP Value Storage Business and has a history with the company having worked at Frontline and Datech. More recently, Nigel has worked with Tech Data in a consultative role on strategic initiatives in Europe.

Dunn will take responsibility for all for day-to-day business on HP ESSN (servers, networking and storage) solutions, working with the existing Azlan HP team to drive business development initiatives and growth programmes for HP and its partner network.

Colin McGregor, Director Azlan, stated: "We are delighted that Nigel has agreed to join the Azlan management team. He brings with him many years of experience in value-added distribution and an outstanding record of achievement, and will play a key role in helping Azlan to deliver our growth aspirations with HP."

Commenting on his new role, Nigel Dunn said: "Azlan has an unrivalled reputation in value-added distribution and a tremendous opportunity to grow its business with HP. I am looking forward to working with the team and with HP and its partner community to deliver the high standards that are always expected of Azlan."

Azlan is the UK distributor for HP server networking and storage solutions, Cisco, IBM Software, Brocade and Juniper Networks. It has been  developing value-added distribution services for networking and communications resellers and was named as Networking Distributor of the Year in the 2011 CRN Channel Awards, which were presented at an event in London in November 2011.