VAD ADN to Distribute Violin Memory

Violin Memory, Inc. announced that the ADN Distribution GmbH,  a VAD in Europe, will distribute its solutions in the DACH region which includes Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

The ADN Group provides value-added services and support to more than 4,800 customers and offers a product and service portfolio that includes server-based computing, desktop and storage virtualization, cloud computing solutions, thin clients, and security and storage solutions.

Under the terms of the agreement, Bochum, Germany-based ADN will resell the complete portfolio of Violin solutions, including 6000 Series flash memory arrays, memory appliances and Maestro and Symphony software. The solutions are designed to meet the performance, availability and scalability requirements of the demanding database and mission-critical applications, virtual environments and big data solutions in corporate data centers.

“Our customers have told us that end users are demanding longevity, reliability, scalability and economic efficiency from their storage systems,” said Herman Ramacher, MD, ADN. “Because of current developments such as cloud, virtualization and big data, consistent low latency and high IO/s performance are increasingly important. The Violin Memory solutions fulfill these demands and we expect our resellers to have great success selling them in the marketplace.“

“As a leading distributor of software and hardware from renowned vendors such as Microsoft, Citrix, DataCore and Dell, the ADN Group is an ideal partner for Violin,” said Achim Gebhardt, sales director, Violin. “Our products are designed for a wide range of use cases, and partnering with a broadly positioned value-added distributor like ADN will bring our solutions to the DACH region through a strong network of resellers.“