Colt Cloud Storage Based on EMC Atmos for European Resellers

Colt
Technology Services Group
announced across Europe the launch of Colt
Cloud Storage for resellers,
a cloud-based storage solution.

The
service provides resellers with the ability to offer customers
scalable storage, with no upfront investments. It enables customers
in any European country to store and access their data from the
company data centres in the UK, France, Spain and Germany. It
offers the flexibility of adjusting  storage needs as business
requirements change, removing the need for upfront capital outlay on
storage hardware. With a choice of plans, each
with their own SLA, customers store their data locally and can
specify the level of security required.

The
service is available to order across Europe from Colt’s go-to-market
partners Arrow
Electronics Inc. (through
its cloud service portal ArrowSphere)
and Avnet
Technology Solutions.

Resellers can order the service from these distributors, and will
receive an online user experience which allows them to self-manage
their applications and consumption once they are provisioned.

The
storage also gives resellers the option to provide and manage their
own applications and data management services for their customers,
backed by cloud-based storage, allowing them to maximise the
additional value they can offer to mid-sized companies, while
guaranteeing a dependable solution.

Based on
EMC Atmos technology, the service for resellers supports applications from technology vendors
including Symantec, EMC and Iomega.

"The
launch of our new solution represents a further move into the
fast-growing cloud infrastructure market for Colt, and builds on our
position and expertise as one of the most extensive cloud services
providers in Europe," said Gary Moore, distribution director, Colt. "When it comes to accessing stored data,
reliable network connectivity is vital. Our wholly-owned long
distance pan-European network and data centre estate offers
unrivalled levels of security, reliability and reach across Europe
which means that resellers and customers of Colt Cloud Storage can be
confident in the quality of the services they will receive, backed by
strict SLAs."