Virtensys expands channel partner base in EMEA
VIO 4000 Series Recognised by Channel Partners as Innovative Technology for the Datacentre
MANCHESTER, U.K. – February 3rd, 2010 — Virtensys™, Ltd, a leader in next-generation I/O solutions for datacentres, today announced it is expanding its network of channel partners in EMEA in response to the strong demand for its VIO 4000 I/O virtualisation switches from organisations of all sizes across the region.
The award-winning VIO 4000 switches consolidate, virtualise and share the server networking and storage connectivity, including Ethernet, Fibre Channel, FCoE, iSCSI and SAS/SATA without requiring any changes be made to the servers or networks. The switches deliver the full connectivity bandwidth to servers and significantly reduce I/O power consumption, equipment costs and server management complexity and expenses by more than 60 percent. This results in providing servers with the industry's best I/O price/performance and lowest energy consumption for accessing the networks and storage infrastructures.
Virtensys has established strategic partnership agreements with specialist resellers in the UK, including Nviron, COAL, Virso, SGI and ADA Computer Systems. With this announcement, Virtensys is also revealing details of its channel partner programme. Through this programme, the company offers its channel partners strong margins, financial incentives, lead generation, and extensive technical training and sales support.
"We are always looking for innovative solutions to solve our customers' pain points, and we pride ourselves on offering next-generation technology to maximise infrastructure performance and efficiency," said Stuart Rae, Managing Director, Nviron. "We are very pleased to add the VIO 4000 series to our portfolio. Customers can deploy the Virtensys VIO switches immediately and in a non-disruptive way, allowing them to tackle I/O problems in their datacentres, save money, decrease power consumption and reduce equipment costs."
"Cost, complexity, performance and energy requirements continue to be the major challenges in datacentre deployments," said Paul Klinkby-Silver, Vice President, EMEA, Virtensys. "Our I/O virtualisation switches enable companies to optimise their IT infrastructure and run traditional and cloud-based applications more efficiently. We are delighted to welcome on board our new UK partners, all of whom bring the right levels of expertise and experience required to deliver this emerging technology and respond to the very strong pull from the market. As the business grows across EMEA, we look forward to expanding our partner and customer base, helping organisations of all sizes build more agile datacentres that will support current and future business requirements without draining power, space and management resources."
About Virtensys IO Virtualisation Products
VIO 4000 switches are the first products on the market to consolidate, virtualise and share the major types of server networking and storage I/O adapters without requiring any changes to be made to the servers or networks. The VIO-4000 series eliminates the network and storage access layer switches and cables from the rack and attaches to each server using a single PCI Express® (PCIe) cable that connects directly to the server-native PCIe bus, thus removing the need to deploy any new network in the datacentre. The VIO 4000 switches deliver the full connectivity bandwidth to servers and reduce I/O power consumption and equipment costs by more than 60 percent. The switches also lower server management complexity and expenses by more than 60 percent. This results in providing servers with the best price/performance and lowest energy consumption for accessing local area networks and storage infrastructures using traditional and emerging technologies including Ethernet, Fibre Channel, FCoE, iSCSI and SAS/SATA.
The VIO-4000 series won the best of New Technology award at VMworld2009, the Techworld Virtualisation Product of the Year for 2009 and have been named one of CRN's Top 20 Storage Products. The series was also chosen by Storage Magazine and Searchstorage.com as a 2009 Product of the Year finalist in the Storage Networking Equipment category.
About Virtensys Ltd
Virtensys develops industry-leading, patented PCI Express®-based I/O virtualisation technologies for servers and storage platforms, revolutionising the way I/O infrastructures are deployed and used in datacentres, and delivering significant improvements in I/O utilisation, cost, performance, power consumption, and management. The deployment of the IOV switches is totally non-disruptive and dramatically reduces IT complexity and expenses. The company was founded in December 2005 by leading technologists in the fields of high-performance switching, networking, and systems design, and is backed by several premier technology venture capital firms. For more information, visit www.virtensys.com.
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