Alliance Storage Technologies and Blue Chip Technical Services in Partnership

Alliance Storage Technologies, Inc. (ASTI), in professional data archiving solutions, announced a partnership with Blue Chip Technical Services (Pvt) Ltd. (BCTS), a solutions and service provider in Sri Lanka serving clients throughout Southern Asia.

"We are pleased that Blue Chip has chosen to partner with Alliance Storage Technologies to provide the best in data archiving solutions. As a VAR and as an ASP, combined with their professional imaging solutions and service capabilities, Blue Chip will be a strong addition to our growing partner network and provide expanded presence in Southern Asia," said Chris Carr, CEO, ASTI.

The partnership has already resulted in solution sales of an Archive Appliance Elite to Seylan Bank Plc, Sri Lanka’s sixth largest bank as well as an Archive Appliance to Union Assurance Plc, one of the largest providers of life and general insurance solutions in the country.

As an Alliance Storage Technologies authorized service provider, Blue Chip’s service organization has been trained and certified on ASTI’s product suite and is backed by Alliance’s service organization and product expertise, which will provide new and existing customers reliable service for their Archive products.

"The partnership with ASTI has enabled Blue Chip to meet the challenging demands of their customers for data archival solutions. ASTI has further facilitated one of BCTS’s flagship products, Real Vision Imaging (RVI), an image scanning solution deployed on the IBM System i’s platform, easing Blue Chip’s sales efforts via the addition of Alliance’s Compliant Archive Solutions," stated R. Sentil Murugan, director at Blue Chip Technical Services.