Cristie Data Offers Gridstore

Gridstore, Inc. announced that Cristie Data Ltd., one of the UK storage industry’s most enduring names that has been solving storage and protection issues for over 40 years, has joined its industry Accelerate Partner Program, marking the latest expansion of the program in EMEA.

Steve Blakemore, technical director, Cristie Data, says: “As a leading provider of innovative storage solutions, we are always looking to expand our offerings to make sure that our customers are getting the best possible solutions available to them in the market.“

Ryan sales director, Cristie Data, says: “We identified Gridstore as a high-interest, emerging player in the software-defined storage market addressing the needs of our customers in storage for Hyper-V virtual environments and felt a partnership would be highly beneficial. We’re pleased to begin working with them in order to have this cost-effective and highly scalable offering as part of our portfolio.“

Headquartered in Mountain View, CA, Gridstore’s industry solutions address the primary storage challenges that impact application performance in virtual environments and give partners a real point of difference. The Accelerate Partner Program is designed to provide the tools, resources and experience to ensure that partners are equipped with the building blocks to promote the solution.

Andy Hill, VP of EMEA channel sales, says: “We welcome Cristie Data Ltd. into the Gridstore partner family and believe that its customers will find true value in our solutions purpose-built for Hyper-V which are one of the key enabling technologies for the deliver,f the cloud data centre. As part of the expansion of our EMEA Accelerate Program, we have looked to join with a select number of partners who have innovation and care for their customers in the forefront of their minds. Cristie meets this criteria and will be key to expanding our reach in the UK market.“