Shoden Reseller of Luminex in Europe, not Only in UK

Shoden Data Systems UK announced that its appointment as Luminex’ reseller for the United Kingdom has been strengthened further by expanding the agreement to cover all of Europe.

Luminex Software, Inc. is the company behind the Channel Gateway mainframe virtual tape products, and Shoden has already installed its solutions in several major organisations including grocer J. Sainsbury’s in London, UK, and service provider RZV Gmbh in Essen, Germany. This success in installing and supporting the Gateway solutions and Shoden’s long-standing experience in helping organisations design, implement and manage cost-effective server and data storage environments were the reasons why Luminex decided to broaden its partner’s geographical reach.
 
"We are excited to extend our partnership with Shoden to the rest of Europe to deliver our Channel Gateway virtual tape to mainframe users," says Arthur Tolsma, CEO at Luminex. "Shoden has a deep understanding of the mainframe data centres and how their storage administrators struggle to meet advanced business requirements with physical mainframe tapes. By using our Channel Gateway products, Shoden can help customers improve their operational and disaster recovery capabilities while saving power, floor space, and costs."
 
Luminex decided to entrust Shoden to represent it across the region because the integrator had shown success in selling and supporting the Channel Gateway in the UK; Luminex already has a broad user base in the US and Shoden now aims to replicate this success in its target countries. "The Shoden Data Systems UK team includes very experienced IT professionals who stand out thanks to their knowledge and understanding of the mainframe market," continued Tolsma.
 
The technologies used in the Luminex Channel Gateways, coupled with EMC|Data Domain’s industry-leading in-line deduplication (another solution offered by Shoden), and the system integrator’s own QuickRecover management software, result in a solution that has been honed and perfected by more than 20 years of technological research and development, to offer the only fully-resilient mainframe deduplication platform currently available. This allows mainframe users to reduce or even eliminate physical tape, resulting in significant savings in floor space, utility usage, and other costs while improving performance dramatically.
 
John Taffinder, CEO of Shoden Data System UK, says: "To be appointed Luminex’ main reseller in Europe is a tremendous vote of confidence, one that we are very excited to have achieved. As an integrator, we feel that the mainframe market represents an opportunity we cannot ignore because there is a lack of suitable solutions built specifically to improve mainframe backup and recovery. The Luminex Channel Gateway has great potential and with no other vendor offering a truly competitive solution, we are looking forward to rapidly growing our market share across Europe."