Qumulo Expands Partnerships Worldwide

Qumulo, Inc. expanded the availability of its hybrid file software with new partnerships and distribution channels.

Pts extended partner network now includes Fujitsu Ltd, Global Distribution Group and Arrow Electronics, Inc., as well as the expanded reach of the HPE partnership.

“A broad commercial ecosystem enables our customers to move away from outdated legacy architectures while continuing to purchase from trusted partners with whom they have built long-standing relationships,” said Gregg Machon, channel chief, Qumulo. “We are rapidly adding partners so that our customers around the world can enjoy the benefits of Qumulo’s solutions and maintain their enterprise- and industry-specific partner arrangements.“

The firm sells 100% of its software through channel partners. The company’s expansion and partner network allow its customers to purchase the storage technologies they need through a range of VARs, distributors, specialized integrators, and technology alliance partners, or through flexible consumption models that simplify multi-cloud operations.

With unstructured data volumes set to triple¹ and adoption of cloud technologies accelerating, businesses need scalable and secure file solutions that can enable applications and users on any OSs, wherever they reside – at the edge, in the data center, and in the cloud.

HPE GreenLake to incorporate Qumulo hybrid cloud file software into as-a-service offering
HPE and Qumulo have a partnership offering modern scale-out NAS appliances since the inception of their collaboration in 2017. The 2 organizations are extending their offering to HPE GreenLake, deivering an as-a-service portfolio that provides flexibility and speed to market with cloud-like agility and economics but also on-premises control.

Fujitsu sells Qumulo as part of its storage portfolio
Fujitsu is a Japanese information and communication technology (ICT) company, offering a range of technology products, solutions, and services. By incorporating hybrid cloud file storage software into its storage portfolio, Fujitsu offers a single solution to unify unstructured data from disparate locations, including edge, core and cloud.

Arrow Electronics and Global Distribution now offer Qumulo software to expand channel reach in EMEA

Arrow Electronics signed a distribution agreement with Qumulo to deliver hybrid file software solutions to clients throughout Europe. Together, they will bring increased access to Qumulo’s software-defined, cloud-native distributed file system, which enables customers to manage workflows and data across on-prem and cloud environments.
Global Distribution, focused on the M&E industry, has added Qumulo’s hybrid cloud file storage solution to its portfolio to provide its channel with the best tools to meet challenges of M&E workflows. The partnership allows Qumulo to accelerate its strong momentum within the M&E market while providing access and availability of Qumulo’s file system to more users around the world.

Qumulo’s file storage software was built to enable simple, scalable file data control across on-prem, hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Users have the flexibility to choose the best storage platform for their environment, including all-NVMe, flash accelerated hybrid storage, active archive, hybrid cloud or cloud-native on AWS or GCP. With expanded partnerships, customers can flexibly adopt Qumulo through the procurement channels they know and trust.

Erik Vogel, global VP customer experience, HPE GreenLake, said: “The cloud experience has shaped what business leaders expect from IT, including simplicity, agility and lower costs. HPE GreenLake gives customers pay-per-use, managed IT-as-a-Service offerings that provide them with a consistent cloud experience for managing all their workloads. Qumulo’s hybrid cloud file storage platform is a great fit with HPE GreenLake as it enables users to start with the capacity they need and grow based on business demand.“

Olivier Delachapelle, head of category management, Fujitsu Europe, said: “Through our partnership with Qumulo, Fujitsu is leveraging Qumulo’s ability to transform enterprise scale-out networks into cloud-native storage. The combined capabilities of Fujitsu and Qumulo deliver the performance, security and enterprise feature sets of data center storage within hybrid IT environments – all in a single, easy to manage solution.“

Nick Warburton, WW director of enterprise storage, Global Distribution, said: “M&E workloads require high-performance storage that is highly available and that provides advanced analytics for storage capacity management. Qumulo’s scale-out NAS and hybrid cloud file system meets these requirements and more, as customers are increasingly looking for cloud-capable solutions. Qumulo is an exciting addition to our portfolio and enables Global to offer a truly modern distributed file system.“

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