Tech Data Collaborates with NetApp to Launch AI Test Drive Center to Accelerate Enterprise Transformation

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Partnership for the new Tech Data India Experience Center | NetApp Enabled will empower partners to test and launch AI-powered proof of concepts

India, 5 March 2026 Tech Data, a TD SYNNEX company, today announced its collaboration with NetApp, the Intelligent Data Infrastructure company, to launch its AI Test Drive Center, named Tech Data India Experience Center | NetApp Enabled. Modeled as an AI-focused Center of Excellence (COE), it will enable channel partners and their customers to test and launch AI-powered proof of concepts.

With its robust data management solutions and enterprise-grade platform, NetApp has been enabling organizations to unlock the full potential of their data and optimize AI with agility, scalability, and security. With this collaboration, the two organizations will be able to deliver ready-made architecture to test the feasibility and reliability of AI applications without operational or technological complexities.

Tech Data and NetApp will create meaningful synergies to elevate the Test Drive Center’s capabilities. Tech Data will bring its end-to-end innovation with the Destination AI framework, which supports partners across their AI maturity journey from awareness to post-sales. NetApp will contribute its advanced solutions portfolio, which combines hardware and software to optimize AI workloads.

This collaboration will deliver a ready-made infrastructure for partners to test the feasibility and reliability of AI applications without operational or technological complexities. Tech Data’s Digital Practice Builder will complement this by enabling partners with AI skillsets across the technology’s wide reach, further democratizing AI-led innovation.

“Enterprises in India are rapidly moving from experimentation to real-world AI adoption, where the focus is on measurable business outcomes,” said Sundaresan K., Senior Vice President and Country General Manager, Tech Data Advanced Private Limited. “Together with NetApp, we are committed to helping partners in India leverage this Test Drive Center and our extensive AI portfolio to translate potential across operations into tangible value.”

Jordan Felts, Global Alliance Director – Distribution, NetApp, said,“Our new Test Drive Center will not just simplify AI journeys, it will put the power of AI where it belongs: in the hands of the businesses, teams, and individuals who need it most. We are thrilled to tap into Tech Data’s immense partner network and deep market expertise in India and deliver the modernization the country needs to fast-track its AI growth story.”

The launch of the Tech Data India Experience Center | NetApp Enabled builds on TD SYNNEX’s 20-year-long partnership with NetApp in over 100 countries.

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Tech Data, a TD SYNNEX (NYSE: SNX) company, is a leading global distributor and solutions aggregator for the IT ecosystem. We’re an innovative partner helping more than 150,000 customers in 100+ countries to maximize the value of technology investments, demonstrate business outcomes and unlock growth opportunities. Headquartered in Clearwater, Florida, and Fremont, California, TD SYNNEX’s 23,000 co-workers are dedicated to uniting compelling IT products, services and solutions from 2,500+ best-in-class technology vendors. Our edge-to- cloud portfolio is anchored in some of the highest-growth technology segments including cloud,

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