Sepaton and HMK Group Sign Reseller Agreement

SEPATON, Inc. has entered into a reseller agreement with HMK Computer Technologies GmbH, an European specialist in delivering enterprise storage solutions. Under the agreement, HMK Group will resell and support SEPATON’s solutions across Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

HMK Group specializes in designing, delivering and supporting enterprise storage solutions to meet the demands of large, fast-moving and data-intensive organizations. Addressing a customer base of more than 500 companies, HMK’s solutions comprise data storage and disaster recovery, data center technologies and other high-performance solutions, incorporating clustering and super-computing technologies.

As a SEPATON partner, HMK now has access to the SEPATON data protection platform to incorporate backup, restore, deduplication, and replication into its offerings. The two companies have already launched a co-operative marketing and sales plan to target specific enterprise customers with SEPATON’s S2100-ES2 series data protection platforms, a product set that handles large data volumes with rapid backup and restore speeds as well as highly efficient deduplication.

Helmut Mühl-Kühner, managing director for HMK Group said: “SEPATON develops incredibly sophisticated and capable technologies. When we are delivering solutions to our end users, we always provide the most innovative, scalable, and cost-effective solutions possible. Adding SEPATON’s range of enterprise-class data protection solutions to our portfolio substantially improves our options for data protection, lifecycle of backup, deduplication, restore and long-term retention solutions.”

Mühl-Kühner continued: “As a first step in our partnership we will be co-marketing SEPATON’s virtual tape library solutions. With the ability to backup petabytes of data at up to 17TB per hour, this technology will surpass the expectations of even our most sophisticated and data-driven customers. We look forward to a fruitful and worthwhile partnership.”

Rolf Lange, sales director Central Europe for SEPATON, said: “This agreement substantially increases the footprint for SEPATON products in Europe. It’s also a great opportunity to work with a company that has a focus for outstanding support, innovation and effectiveness. HMK Group is a large and serious player in Europe that is instantly recognized by regional storage managers and data specialists looking to address the challenges of handling large volumes of data. The company’s high-calibre portfolio of products, solutions and support is relied upon by household names, commercial leaders and scientific departments across the DACH region.”

Jon Mills, EMEA managing director for SEPATON, said: “This new partnership will provide SEPATON with access to new prospects through innovative storage combinations that meet the needs of continental European organizations. The combination of SEPATON’s technology leadership with HMK’s specialist knowledge and dedication to sophisticated solutions with unparalleled support is a very compelling offering, and I am excited about what this new partnership can deliver to all parties – including our joint customer base.”