Elko Group to Distribute Dot Hill Storage Solutions

ELKO Group, an IT channel companies in Eastern Europe and one of the largest companies in Latvia, and Dot Hill Systems Corp. announced that ELKO will distribute the Dot Hill AssuredSAN storage solutions in the Baltic States, Central and Eastern Europe, and in the CIS member states.

Founded 30 years ago, Dot Hill has deployed more than 600,000 storage systems worldwide and owns numerous patents for its storage technologies.

Aleksandrs Orlovs, ELKO Group Distribution director, said: “End users are demanding ever-increasing efficiency and performance from their storage, particularly in the case of environments such as cloud and high-performance computing, video streaming and content generation. Our cooperation with Dot Hill will allow our partners to enjoy the great price-performance offered by the AssuredSAN series.“

By combining storage software with the hardware platform, Dot Hill addresses end users’ storage needs with a complete platform. Its AssuredSAN systems are known for their performance, efficiency, flexibility and scalability. The company’s solutions are suited for emerging trends such as virtualization, cloud computing, big data analysis and other demanding applications such as performance computing and video post-production. The AssuredSAN series offers a portfolio of networked RAID storage solutions delivering cost-effective entry-level storage through to automated real-time tiering systems.

Brad Painter, VP of WW channel sales, Dot Hill, added: “We anticipate that ELKO will introduce Dot Hill products to a significant share of the EMEA market, a series of regions that have tremendous potential for us. ELKO is a highly respected name and the team’s knowledge of each local market they play in will be an incredible asset for us. I am looking forward to great things together“.