… And in Australia and New Zealand

3PAR, Inc. has launched its first sales office in Australia and New Zealand and has named Steve Kelly as regional manager.

Part of an ongoing expansion within the larger Asia-Pacific region, 3PAR’s presence in Australia and New Zealand offers the opportunity to build ‘cloud-savvy’ channel partnerships focused on bringing the benefits of 3PAR’s simple, efficient, and green utility storage systems to this growing region.

"Australia and New Zealand are vibrant markets that have not only escaped the worst of the global financial crisis, but have long been early adopters of disruptive new technology," said Kelly. "3PAR offers leading-edge utility storage systems that help customers consolidate their datacenters and introduce virtualization, cloud computing, and storage tiering into their environments."

Kelly joins 3PAR with 20 years of experience in sales and sales management with major technology suppliers including Hitachi Data Systems, IBM/Tivoli, F5 Networks, and BEA Systems.

"With his strong background in sales and in developing reseller channels, Steve is well positioned to help bring the efficiency, agility, and green benefits of 3PAR Utility Storage to enterprise, service provider, and government customers in Australia and New Zealand," said 3PAR CEO President and CEO David Scott.

The opening of 3PAR’s Australia/New Zealand office in Sydney is the latest in a series of moves by the company to increase its presence throughout the Asia-Pacific region. This expansion is driven by the requirements of global customers operating in the region as well as by technologically progressive local customers. 3PAR’s APAC headquarters, headed by Vaughan Woods, is located in Singapore.