Fusion-io Expands Software Sales Channel

Fusion-io, Inc. announced
its Value Added Reseller program, an extension of its Technical Alliance
Program.

Designed to assist VARs and other strategic partners integrating
Fusion-io products into servers from its OEM partners, the new
program adds another expert channel to support Fusion’s software
sales.

"As Fusion-io continues to grow, the VAR
channel is crucial for managing implementation and deployment of Fusion Powered
software solutions," said Jim Dawson, Fusion-io Executive Vice
President of Worldwide Sales. "With
Fusion’s expanding focus on software products, this new program will help VARs
grow their business as they help customers integrate Fusion-io and OEM
solutions to create all new infrastructures and turnkey appliances to
accelerate enterprise applications, databases, cloud computing and
virtualization."

The new
Value Added Reseller program assists VARs integrating Fusion-io software with
ioMemory-based accelerator products and servers from the server OEMs, which include global solutions providers HP, Dell, IBM and others.
VARs including Applied Computer Solutions (ACS), Sirius Computer Solutions, ONX
Enterprise Solutions, Ergonomic Group, Worldwide Technology, Valcom and more
have joined the Value Added Reseller program. Fusion-io plans to expand
this program over the next couple of quarters, adding members with
specializations in shared storage infrastructure, enterprise applications,
database optimization, virtualization, and server installations, as well as
SNIA qualified storage professionals.

"We have found Fusion’s solutions to be a
game changer in the way we can design scalable enterprise solutions, so we’re
excited to join the new Value Added Reseller program and begin offering
Fusion-io software to our customers to accelerate their applications,"
said John Thayer, Director of Sales for Open Systems Technologies, Inc. "Fusion-io creates reliable products that our
customers know they can depend on. The new Value Added Reseller program will
give us even more access to Fusion’s knowledge base and resources so we can
continue to solve our customers’ challenges with innovative technology from
Fusion-io and its OEM partners."

Benefits
of the new Value Added Reseller program include expanded access to hardware and
software available through this new program, as well as, education
resources, marketing assets and special incentives to help members continue to
grow their business with Fusion-io solutions.