VAD Commtech Reselling DataCore

DataCore
Software Corporation has signed an agreement with Commtech Solutions Ltd, an independent VAD in Ireland
and the UK, to resell their
SANsymphony-V and VDi, Virtual Desktop Server (VDS) software solutions.

The announcement follows an 2012
overview of DataCore’s distribution strategy and reach in Northern Europe and
represents the final part of the review process.

Bjarne Poulsen, regional director, DataCore, Northern Europe,
comments: "Commtech is an
established route to market for storage and virtualisation vendors in Ireland
and has more recently been building an effective capability in the UK."
He continued:  "Commtech’s regional influence, strong storage and virtualization
expertise and their deep desire to work with us to promote the new DataCore
Virtual Desktop Server (VDS), will enrich their partners with a cost-effective
Virtual Desktop infrastructure (VDI) solution at 75% reduced cost compared to
alternative offerings. This will prove critical in the current Irish and the UK
economic climate and will kick-start cash-strapped VDI projects."

Mark Walker, UK country manager for
Commtech, agrees: "Developing a
relationship with DataCore is key to our growth strategy. We are focused on
developing the market for next generation storage and data management
technologies, such as flash memory arrays and cloud-integrated storage. A
number of our existing vendors are DataCore alliance partners, so there is a
distinct synergy between the profile of our existing resellers and DataCore’s
target partners. It’s a positive announcement for our existing customers, who
will now have access to DataCore’s SANsymphony-V as the integrating software
layer to underpin and enable their storage virtualisation projects. VDI is also
coming of age for our partners, and we expect the uptake on DataCore’s Virtual
Desktop Server (VDS) to be immediate."

Training of partners commences with a series of joint webinars throughout
Q2 2013.

Commtech joins Hammer plc and Avnet, Inc. as one of
the three official DataCore distribution partners in the UK.