James Ward has been appointed the managing director for the combined enterprise businesses of Hammer and Exertis reporting to Paul Bryan, Exertis UK managing director.

“With the integration of the Hammer and Exertis enterprise commercial and sales teams, we will provide even greater value to our customers by offering an enhanced vendor portfolio, with an extensive professional services wrap, and significant employee expertise that can address the differing requirements of our customers and their vertical markets.” said Bryan.

Hammer will also adopt the Exertis name under the brand ‘Exertis Hammer’, further reflecting the integration of the businesses whilst recognising the equity and strong affiliation that has been developed over the past twenty-seven years with its customers and vendors. “The name itself is the main change here,” says Ward. “But at the same time, this is an opportunity to refocus on our customers and core strengths with better utilisation of our complete enterprise skillsets, to deliver a more comprehensive and compelling offering to our customers. This customer focus will see Exertis Hammer concentrate on vertical markets and Exertis’ enterprise division focus on VARs.”

The combined Exertis Enterprise Solutions division now provides a vendor portfolio that comprises of enterprise components and enterprise solutions ranging from server, storage, networking and HCI to security, wireless, UC, software and cloud. It also provides a full range of professional services which resellers can white label.