Coraid Partners With Blueprint IT

Coraid, Inc. has signed a Gold partnership agreement with The Blueprint IT, a consultancy delivering secure hosting
services, that will strengthen Coraid’s UK expansion into the cloud market.

Coming after a number of Europe-focused announcements, this is the latest
development in Coraid’s worldwide growth strategy.

Coraid’s
EMEA channel programme is designed to leverage local resellers’ expertise to
help manage and further accelerate Coraid’s growth. With the recent wave of consolidation in the
storage industry, resellers are finding it harder to differentiate and channel
margins are under pressure. Thanks to
its technology and price-performance, Coraid allows its
resellers to address both issues. In return, The Blueprint IT brings a UK
track-record and will help extend Coraid’s reach, particularly in to the cloud
market.

Marcos
Burnett, EMEA Sales Director at Coraid, said: "This strategic partnership
will help us to strengthen our position in the UK and build on our early wins in
the cloud computing market. The team at The Blueprint IT has an excellent
track-record and with its more than 400 cloud and managed service partners
operating in 160 countries, it is possible that we will work together in more
European territories."

The
EMEA region is open to the evaluation and adoption of innovative
technologies and this helped Coraid grow local sales in Q2 2011 by nearly 3x
over the previous year. Coraid adopted a channel strategy to tap into the technical and regional expertise of local resellers along with the integration and support services they offer. Coraid’s partners are all
specialists in the markets they serve, providing Coraid access to new industry
segments.
 

The
Blueprint IT Managing Director Syrus Mokhtari said: "Coraid Ethernet SANs
will be the only data storage solutions we will be offering because they
feature a unique combination of innovation and high-performance. They aren’t
just faster than iSCSI and Fibre Channel but they also deliver huge cost
savings both upfront and in terms of running expenses. They will undoubtedly
help our customers become more competitive."

In
addition, Coraid’s modular solutions offer better ROI than
any alternative making them for MSPs, e-commerce and digital advertising
end user companies as well as the public sector across the UK. These are all markets The
Blueprint IT will target with Coraid’s Ethernet SAN.