Stec Distributed by Hammer

STEC, Inc. has chosen Hammer plc, one of Europe’s largest storage distributors, to distribute its ZeusIOPS SSD and MACH8 Families of SSD products. As the market for SSDs expands in Europe, it will become increasingly important to be able to reach a wide base of storage customers. As Europe’s leading and largest storage distributor, Hammer employs a business model that lends itself to delivering solutions for a variety of storage applications for which STEC’s SSDs are well-suited.

"More and more of our European Enterprise OEMs are embracing Solid State technology and by offering STEC’s leading SSDs, Hammer intends to be at the forefront of the SSD trend in Europe," said Gerard Marlow, Disk Business Development Manager at Hammer. "We see a lot of exciting opportunities for SSD, and STEC and Hammer share a commitment to proliferating SSD usage throughout Europe."

"STEC’s strong portfolio of Enterprise SSD solutions supported by Hammer’s wide coverage of the European Enterprise Storage market allows us to form a synergistic partnership," said Manouch Moshayedi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of STEC, Inc. "Each of our companies share about 20 years of experience in our respective industries. Partnering with Hammer, who has key knowledge of the local markets and customers, will be important as we continue to stretch the borders of SSD adoption worldwide."

James Ward, Managing Director at Hammer, said: "Hammer’s partnering with STEC on ZeusIOPS further solidifies our position as Europe’s leading SSD storage distributor."