Assured Data Protection in Partnership with AVANT Communications

Assured Data Protection Ltd (Assured) announces a partnership with AVANT Communications, Technology Services Distributor (TSD).

The partnership will see AVANT offer Assured’s managed backup and DR and cyber resiliency services, creating new growth opportunities for both companies.

For Assured, the strategic partnership offers access to untapped markets through the TSD model, providing Rubrik and Nutanix technologies as-a-service. For AVANT, the agreement expands the technology choices it can offer customers, through its Trusted Advisor network. It will mean that AVANT can offer Rubrik’s backup and DR technology to customers for the first time with Nutanix technology also being available, depending on needs.

Drew Lydecker, co-founder and president, AVANT, commented: “Partnering with Assured to help our end customers become more cyber resilient through leading-edge technologies delivered as a managed service enhances our global capabilities significantly. In effect, it helps us become an extension of clients’ IT teams. It also aligns with the mission of our Trusted Advisors, who educate customers on world class technologies that can meet their requirements.“

AVANT differentiates itself in the IT services and technology distribution marketplace through its Trusted Advisor ecosystem and through its Pathfinder platform. AVANT Trusted Advisors act as impartial consultants, utilizing the company’s extensive resources to help clients make informed decisions across various technology domains. They focus on solving business problems rather than promoting specific products, building long-term, trust-based relationships with their clients.

Trusted Advisors are aided by AVANT’s Pathfinder platform – a proprietary tool that facilitates knowledge enhancement, helping them to expertly guide clients through the complexities of next-gen enterprise technology. Pathfinder dramatically speeds up the research and proposal process while enhancing transparency and credibility in client engagements.

Delivering leading-edge backup and DR technologies as a managed service

AVANT’s customers can take advantage of 2 cyber resiliency technologies:

• Rubrik Security Cloud as-a-service: A fully managed Rubrik service from design and implementation through to recovery and daily proactive support, delivered by Assured and based on Rubrik’s Zero Trust Data Security. This helps organizations achieve business resilience cyberattacks, malicious insiders, and operational disruptions. Assured is Rubrik’s largest MSP and a company that focuses on providing data management, backup, DR, and BC solutions.
• Nutanix DR as-a-service: a first-of-its-kind backup and DR solution delivered by Assured that requires no investment in facilities or hardware and operationalizes Nutanix DR providing protection to customers in over 70 countries worldwide. By combining Nutanix replication with traditional data protection offerings, customers can prioritize their workloads, matching recovery speed to the most critical applications while leveraging lower-cost solutions for those workloads that can support longer recovery time and point capabilities.

Vincent Gatti, channel chief of Americas, Assured Data Protection, commented: “AVANT is an outstanding TSD that is going from strength to strength through innovation and its Trusted Advisor model. I’m excited they have entered this strategic partnership with Assured, which will add an expansive opportunity for both companies to add a world class solution to AVANT’s clients. Strategic partnerships are an important component of Assured’s growth plans in the Americas and I look forward to seeing the results of this one.“