Commtech to Distribute Imation Nexsan Portfolio

Imation Corp. announced that Commtech Solutions Ltd will be distributing the Nexsan portfolio of storage solutions through its channel of resellers and systems integrators in the UK and Ireland.

Imation, which acquired Connected Data, Inc., has a portfolio of storage solutions, under the Nexsan brand, which are aimed at the mid-market and cover SAN and hybrid storage as well as secure backup.

Nexsan products added to the Commtech portfolio:

• Nexsan Assureon is a set of secure storage solutions that reduce storage cost by offloading and deduplicating data from primary storage that is infrequently used or has aged by policy.
• Nexsan E-Series is a family of high-density and reliable storage solutions that can be attached or networked to workstations and servers.
• Nexsan NST is a set of flexible hybrid storage appliances that scale to meet mid-sized organisation application and storage needs with unified NAS and SAN access capabilities in a single solution.
• Nexsan BEAST is a hard-working storage platform that enables organisations to lower their storage costs while maintaining maximum uptime with the highly reliable system. It is optimised for capacity with the raw capacity of 4.8PB in a full rack.
  

Commenting on the partnership, Russell Johnson, CRO, Imation stated: “We have worked successfully with Commtech, as a Connected Data partner, so it was a natural step to extend that partnership to include the Nexsan portfolio as well. Commtech specialises in the storage space, so, they are best placed to help us deliver the full range of reliable storage solutions to our customers.“

“The addition of the Nexsan storage solutions gives our resellers a powerful and differentiated storage portfolio specifically aimed at medium sized businesses. Nexsan has a strong brand in the channel and offers resellers really attractive margins, so we’re very pleased to be adding this to our vendor portfolio. Having both Connected Data’s private cloud offering, Transporter, and Nexsan storage gives us an opportunity to offer our reseller customers something different that can help them broaden their customer base as well as cross sell to their install base,” said Justin Owens, MD UK&I, Commtech.

“We see a big potential for Nexsan in the UK market,” added William Bond, sales director UK, Commtech. “The UK has a growing base of mid-sized organisations and the Nexsan storage solutions are perfect for these businesses which are looking for enterprise storage solutions without the enterprise price tag.“