Talon Storage Partners With UK Excitech

Talon Storage Solutions, a provider of Microsoft File Aware application acceleration and storage caching solutions for branch office infrastructure, has entered into a strategic partnership with solution provider Excitech Ltd to deliver enterprise solutions for the architectural, design, engineering, and facilities management industries.

The partnership will provide customers with future-proof investment for branch offices, ensuring scalable and reliable application performance along with business collaboration across distributed workforce environments. Talon’s RemoteFAST is a native Windows-based solution that addresses geographically distributed Microsoft File Server environments by enabling full-scale branch office consolidation and eliminating performance bottlenecks while preserving enterprise file-sharing and security mechanisms.

“The enhanced scalability and measurable ROI benefits of Talon’s offering provide a compelling solution to managing business productivity in key IT initiatives – especially those addressing Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Computer Aided Design (CAD) for distributed offices and the mobile workforce,” explained Adrian Atkinson, MD, Excitech. “IT directors and stakeholders are increasingly looking to ‘do more with less’. Excitech’s goal is to ensure our customers achieve real value and receive a superior end-user experience. Our partnership with Talon addresses specific needs in distributed business environments and enables a more productive work force.“

Today, one of the biggest challenges distributed branch offices face are the considerations of consolidation and virtualised infrastructure, while maintaining responsiveness to business user needs. Many solutions have tried to create efficient file-sharing and collaboration, but lose the ability to guarantee a quality user experience without degradation. RemoteFAST allows end users to experience productivity and cost-saving benefits through the delivery of an accelerated branch office across distributed and remote locations.

“Excitech is a perfect fit for Talon’s solution provider ecosystem. As an esteemed UK leader in technology and services for design, construction, and asset management, Excitech understands the strategic nature and specialties of Talon RemoteFAST as we address top-level file collaboration issues associated with the AEC marketplace,” said Andrew Mullen, SVP, sales and marketing, Talon. “In addition, our global value-added distribution network allows Talon solutions to be delivered in an easy-to-install, subscription-based software model, providing healthy margins and lower cost of entry to customers, while enabling annual run rate year over year. This partnership is a complete ‘win-win’ scenario for the customer and the solution partners.“

Available, the FAST software solutions range in price from £2,500 annually for small branch office environments with up to 10 users, to £6,500 annually for large enterprise branches with up to 500 users.

Founded in 1985, Excitech serves customers of all sizes throughout the UK and abroad from its head office in Enfield, North London. Excitech is in technology and services for design, construction, and asset management through the experience and expertise of process development and supporting industry landmark projects. It has the experience and expertise to support projects, organisations, and supply chains from project inception to completion and beyond.