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.

“Virtualisation in the corporate sector is a massive growth area,” he added. “It is certainly creating considerable interest at the moment and we anticipate this to continue as our customers begin to realise how it can benefit their business.”

With interest in virtualisation gaining momentum, analysts are predicting AN4 will not be alone in forecasting healthy growth over the next year, but have warned resellers to be prepared if they are to conti-nue to benefit in the future.

Jon Collins, service director at analyst firm Freeform Dynamics said: “The sector is certainly growing rapidly and growth for companies is realistic as virtualisation is becoming a major technology.
“Right now, virtualisation is a simple problem, but the real challenge will be in the long term. It will be interesting to see how resellers deal with more complex solutions.”
AN4 Group poised to grow security division