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selling on-prem storage

Why now

Tech Data just teamed with Network Science to scale enterprise AI in India (Apr 17, 2026), which signals a fresh infrastructure push that on-prem storage capacity should be sized against.

Best fit

IT product distribution (PCs, servers, storage, networking, data center hardware) high

01 · The company

Techdata today

Industry: IT distribution / channel solutions aggregation
Size: ~190 employees in India entity (part of TD SYNNEX's 23,000 co-workers globally)
HQ: Mumbai, India (Powai) — registered entity also listed in Solapur, India
Footprint: India · SAARC · Asia Pacific & Japan (APJ) region broadly

Tech Data India is the Indian arm of TD SYNNEX, a global IT distributor and solutions aggregator connecting vendors with channel partners. It distributes hardware, cloud, networking, security, and data/AI infrastructure while layering financing and enablement programs for resellers, SIs, and MSPs across India and SAARC.

Recent moves

Teamed with Network Science to scale enterprise AI in India, Apr 17, 2026
Launched AI Experience Center in India with NetApp, Mar 5, 2026
Appointed primary distributor of Equinix in India, Feb 20, 2026
Signed distribution agreement with Wind River for cloud platform and eLxr Pro in India, Oct 2025

Public pain

Cited that credit and financial scalability is a top concern for 35% of partners per its own APJ Direction of Technology report
Operates in a market where hyperscalers (AWS, Azure, Google) control ~63% of cloud infrastructure, pressuring distributor relevance in cloud

Strategic bets

Launched Tech Data Capital in India, Mar 12, 2025, to extend partner purchasing power via flexible financing
Partnered with NetApp to open an AI Experience Center aimed at enterprise AI adoption in India
Signed Wind River distribution deal to push next-gen cloud/edge platforms into the Indian channel

3 sources

Tech Data Capital to launch in India Tracxn - Tech Data Company Profile Tech Data

02 · Lead with this

Positioning

We help vendors reach India and SAARC's reseller, SI, and MSP channel by aggregating hardware into partner-ready bundles, backed by financing that removes the credit friction partners face.

03 · Where you fit

Feasibility

IT product distribution (PCs, servers, storage, networking, data center hardware)

product

high

This is the exact category on-prem storage falls into, and it sits alongside their existing NetApp AI Experience Center launch.

Solutions aggregation and orchestration

solution

high

Their model of bundling multi-vendor hardware into partner-ready solutions is a direct channel for a new storage line to reach resellers and SIs.

Cloud and infrastructure distribution (Equinix)

solution

medium

Tech Data is already the named primary Equinix distributor in India, so on-prem storage would be adjacent rather than displacing this line.

Tech Data Capital

service

medium

Their own APJ research cites credit/financial scalability as a top concern for 35% of partners, which financing on storage purchases could ease.

Networking distribution (Cisco)

product

low

Cisco networking is a separate, already-expanded partnership with no stated storage overlap.

04 · Technology estate

What they appear to run

Inferred stack

Equinix interconnection/hybrid multi-cloud platformNetApp storage/AI infrastructureWind River Cloud Platform and eLxr ProCisco networking, security, collaboration, observabilityElastic search/observabilityPalo Alto Networks security

Key vendors

EquinixNetAppWind RiverCisco

Signals

Named primary distributor of Equinix in India, Feb 2026, per Online Media Cafe/Tracxn listing
Launched AI Experience Center jointly with NetApp in India, Mar 2026
Signed India distribution agreement with Wind River for Cloud Platform and eLxr Pro, Oct 2025

1 source

Tracxn - Tech Data Company Profile