Oper8 First Reseller of Crossroads Into Australia

Crossroads Systems, Inc. announced that Oper8 Pty Ltd, based in Springfield, Queensland, is the company’s first reseller partner in Australia for its StrongBox NAS solution.

The StrongBox X-Series product line is available to Oper8’s customers to lower long-term data preservation costs.

Joining other premier integrators, resellers and distributors worldwide, Oper8 stands as the latest to join Crossroads’ network of StrongBox partners. StrongBox provides cost efficiency and QoS levels to meet the stringent storage and protection demands of modern data centers.

Oper8 and Crossroads join forces following the release of Crossroads’ global X-Series platforms of the StrongBox NAS solution. It delivers low-cost storage, performance and data protection for customers across the globe.

“We are pleased to expand Oper8’s suite of storage solutions for our customers across Australia and the South Pacific with the innovative and cost-effective StrongBox platform from Crossroads,” said Mike Andrea, director, Oper8. “StrongBox presents an expandable storage platform that can deliver TB to multi-PB storage in a low rack space footprint and without high energy consumption overheads. Oper8’s confidence in the solution sees StrongBox being deployed as part of Oper8’s own cloud and ‘Archive as a Service’ solutions.“

“With the release of our latest global platforms, we see clear opportunities for greater StrongBox growth internationally,” said David Cerf, EVP of strategy and business development, Crossroads. “With a growing network of partners in North and South America, Europe and now Australia, Crossroads can deliver the unmatched value of StrongBox in fast-growing markets. We are pleased to offer the low-cost, performance and protection of StrongBox to Oper8’s diverse customers.“