We glad that you have joined us, you`ve come to the right place, your about to open the doors of leading technology products. Open Source is the path that the Software Market is taking.....and Fast! The Industry knows, we know it and soon you will discover it too.
The Linux Warehouse is the premier distributor of Enterprise Open Source Software for Southern Africa. Currently we distribute the following products/vendors:
- Red Hat - including Red Hat Enterprise Linux and all Red Hat infrastructure and JBoss middleware products.
- MySQL - the world's most popular open source database.
- Zimbra - Open Source email server software and shared calendar.
- Zmanda - Open Source Backup and Recovery Software
The Linux Warehouse has the experience and expertise necessary to help resellers successfully market and supply Linux and Open Source technologies to the enterprise. We offer services from expert pre-sales advice and sales training to consulting services for deployments should your company not yet have the necessary skills or experience.
We believe that our experience and knowledge of the Open Source industry allows us to provide an invaluable service to companies wishing to provide their clients with Open Source solutions.
Where we started:
The Linux Warehouse started off as a small division within Obsidian Systems selling Linux CD's directly to the public. Later it became the retail division of Obsidian and sold an array of hardware and software products.
One of those products was Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Obsidian had obtained the Red Hat distributorship for South Africa and Red Hat had made the decision to move from a mainly direct-to-customer model to a channel model allowing resellers like Obsidian the chance to resell their products.
Initially what Red Hat sales there were came almost entirely from end customers of Obsidian with little interest from other resellers. But as the local market started to grow there was an increase in demand from company's wanting to purchase Red Hat products for their clients.
By 2005 the local Linux market was showing astounding growth and the ratio between end customer and reseller sales had shifted dramatically. In January of 2005 the decision was made for The Linux Warehouse to begin focusing on building the local Red Hat channel.
In June of 2005 The Linux Warehouse (Pty) Ltd was formed as a separate entity and the division was split off from Obsidian. The goal to focus solely on sales to resellers and to build and develop the Red Hat channel.
