Nutanix Expanding Channel Program

Nutanix,
Inc. announced the expansion of its channel partner network across EMEA.

As part of its expansion strategy, Nutanix announced new partner agreements
with virtualisation, cloud and storage specialists, including Mason IT, Ltd,
Nugensis and Viadex Ltd in the UK. In the rest of the EMEA region, Nutanix has also
signed Telindus-ISIT in The Netherlands, Layer8 IT-Services in Sweden and TargoSoft in
Germany, bringing the total number of partners to over 20.

Nutanix’s solution collapses the
conventional two-tiered data centre design of storage and compute down to one
single scalable appliance, delivering a flash-accelerated
datacentre, capable of hosting thousands of virtualised workloads without the
need for a SAN.

Alan
Campbell, director, Nutanix EMEA, stated: "Since announcing our partnership with SDG as our pan-EMEA distributor,
we have seen a surge of partners coming on board. Our partner program has a
low-barrier to entry and we provide highly competitive margins, along with
sales, technical and marketing support. While we are not looking for mass
numbers, we are extremely pleased with the number of focused, specialist
virtualisation and cloud partners joining our partner network."

"Nutanix is enabling organisations
of any size to implement a highly virtualised and flexible environment by
lowering the barriers to entry," said Roy Illsley, principal analyst at
Ovum. "With virtual workloads
increasing year on year and the cost of a SAN impacting many organisations’
budgets, Nutanix Cluster is a solution that is not limited by organisational
size. Ovum considers it suitable for both SME and Enterprises alike and it is
not surprised that channel partners are looking to sign with Nutanix."

Paul Ecclestone, MD, SDG EMEA, said: "Nutanix offers a unique proposition for both virtual desktop workloads
and private cloud. Being an innovator in cloud offerings, we are delighted at
SDG to see the momentum that we are jointly creating in the market for Nutanix
solutions. The level of interest, and partner signings, are testament to
acceptance of this unique solution in the EMEA region."

Wesley Mezzone, director, Mason IT, said: "We are both a partner and
customer of Nutanix. We offer their solutions to our customers that need a
converged compute and storage offering on their own premises. We are also using
Nutanix Cluster within our own datacentres for our cloud service offerings.
Nutanix provides scale, performance and flexibility at a competitive price
point."

Dan Hayden-Hammond, sales director, Viadex, said: "At Viadex, we are seen as a technology partner to our clients and it’s
our job to ensure we stay ahead of the technology curve. We see Nutanix as a
‘missing link’ in the server and storage virtualisation market. By converging
compute and storage into one appliance, Nutanix fills a gap in our offerings."