Westcon-Comstor Distributor of X-IO

Westcon-Comstor (Westcon Group Pty Ltd), a VAD of unified communications, network infrastructure, data centre, and security solutions with a network of specialty resellers, announced an agreement with X-IO Technologies (Xiotech Corporation) for the ANZ (Australia and New Zealand) region.

This agreement supports X-IO’s expansion into the growing marketplace with Westcon providing its customers with storage solutions.

Effective immediately, resellers across Australia and New Zealand will have the ability to drive accelerated revenue via access to X-IO’s product range underpinned by its Intelligent Storage Element (ISE) and iglu architectures. The announcement ensures resellers can meet increased customer demand fo storage solutions supporting data centre and cloud initiatives.

“Westcon-Comstor ANZ offers a unique value proposition for resellers looking to drive data centre and cloud practices. We eliminate multiple distractions associated with choosing the right competitive cloud platform. This translates into more time creating premier value-added data centre and cloud offerings – as well as faster revenue recognition. In order to accelerate both traditional enterprise data centres and cloud platforms, the infrastructure demands intelligent storage like X-IO,” said Dave Rosenberg, Westcon-Comstor VP, ANZ.

With a foundation based on adaptability, simplicity and balance, X-IO’s products are underpinned by its ISE technology which optimises price and operational efficiency. These solutions focus on both consistent and accelerated performance via HDD drives, real-time hybrid or all-flash with enterprise SSDs and HDDs. X-IO’s ‘Low Touch’ approach and five-year warranty as standard reduce storage costs – meaning customer environmental credentials via low power and cooling requirements as opposed to other performance storage products.

Tim Cullen, VP of global sales operations, X-IO, comments: “Data centre and cloud infrastructures demand the highest levels of availability and reliability – and effective, intelligent, and flexible storage is key to making that happen. Backed by years of development and research, X-IO actually solves real-life storage problems facing partners and their customers globally. As a key distributor in the APAC region, Westcon-Comstor is a core element of our go-to-market; this will allow more resellers to seamlessly build successful cloud practices.“

Westcon-Comstor cloud offerings for resellers are available.