iStorage Data Networks Distributor of Bridgeworks

Bridgeworks Ltd
its partnership with iStorage Data
Networks Corporation, a distributor of technology
solutions headquartered in Cape Town and Johannesburg and counting more than
120 selected resellers and VARs across South Africa.

This is the first channel partnership in sub-Saharan
Africa for Bridgeworks. The agreement will support the company’s plans for
expansion by making its products available in a very large and fast-growing
market as it seeks to target industries including communications, education,
manufacturing, mining and transportation, as well as large multinational
organisations.

David Trossell, CEO of Bridgeworks, said: "We are particularly keen to expand our
presence into the sub-Saharan region. South Africa by itself is a vast country
with large amounts of data travelling long distances between the major cities.
To provide enough distance between data centres for DR purposes means that the
nearest site is sometimes thousands of kilometres away. Bridgeworks has been
able to reduce the effect of network latency to almost zero thus allowing data
to be transported at full WAN speed irrespective of the distance involved,
making SANSlide a highly suitable solution for organisations in this territory
who want to ensure their data is protected."

iStorage Data Networks has strong relationships
with resellers across the whole of Africa and particularly within the Gauteng
province, South Africa’s economic hub. This gives Bridgeworks the boost it
needs in this territory, placing it in a very promising position within a large
target market.

Commenting on the partnership, James Hyslop, director
at iStorage Data Networks, said: "Storage
networking is set to enter a new era of growth thanks to solutions running at
speeds of 40Gb becoming more and more widely available. We are looking forward
to leveraging Bridgeworks’ SANSlide to help our resellers better serve their
customers and to bring real added value to them thanks to a unique range of
best-in-class and complementary technologies."

In addition to South Africa, iStorage Data Networks
has coverage of the South African Development Community, the Indian Ocean
islands and the Middle East. The corporation offers a range of products in
archiving, backup, communications interface to interface, communications LAN
and WAN, compliance, DR, encryption, networks, replication, software and
storage.