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Intransa Expands Support in Europe, Partners With Zycko
SAN JOSE, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Intransa, the global leader of scalable, network-centric IP storage solutions, today announced an expanded distribution and support agreement with Zycko, a value-added distributor of best-in-class convergent data storage and IP solutions. As part of the expanded agreement Zycko will support Intransa's full line of IP solutions through Zycko's support offerings. Zycko currently distributes Intransa's hardware and software IP products throughout Europe.
Zycko is one of Europe's leading IT distributors with convergent solutions that touch every part of a business' IT infrastructure. Intransa's IP SAN products and the addition of professional services and on-site support, backed by Tier 3 Intransa support, are attractive to Zycko's customer base as further simplifies the adoption of IP SANs in vertical markets throughout Europe. Through the agreement Zycko will provide first and second level phone and email support, along with all on-site support.
"Zycko's success is built on the expertise and success of our partners and we're pleased to extend our relationship with Intransa to provide customer support," said David Galton-Fenzi, group sales director, Zycko. "Our customers have come to rely on the delivery of practical storage solutions that feature high performance and reliability and with the addition of support we can now take our service delivery of IP solutions to the next level."
The adoption of IP SANs is on the rise worldwide and the need for reliable on-site support is the next step to ensure best-in-class customer service. According to Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), more than 20,000 customers have deployed iSCSI. In a recent study, the analyst firm found that of 500 IT managers surveyed 17 percent are using iSCSI in product environments with 20 percent planning to implement the technology.
"Zycko has a successful track record based on experience and expertise selling into and providing service for the growing European IP storage market," said Chris Harvey, vice president of customer satisfaction, Intransa. "Intransa can now capitalize on their expertise even further as we provide our customers in Europe with the best support available."
About Intransa
Since 2001, San Jose, California-based Intransa has been the leading innovator of IP-centric storage solutions, delivering independently scalable performance and capacity with high availability, outstanding price/performance, and proven ease of use. A 3Com spin-off, Intransa has been shipping IP network storage solutions since 2003. For more information about Intransa, our industry-leading scalable IP solutions, and our StorPartner and StorAlliance programs, please visit www.intransa.com.
Intransa, StorStac, StorStac System, PCU20, PCU25, PCU100, SCE3, SCE4, SCE7, SCE8, SCE11, SCE12, StorStac Manager, StorStac StorCluster, StorStac Snapshot, StorStac StorAR, StorStac DynaStac, StorAlliance and StorPartner are registered trademarks of Intransa, Inc. All others are trademarks of their respective owners. Intransa is a member of the VMWare Technology Alliance Program, and is a Microsoft Gold Certified partner.
About Zycko
Zycko is a value-add distributor of best-in-class IT infrastructure solutions - from convergent networks to open-system storage architectures - through a channel of resellers, systems integrators and service providers. Zycko is privately held and has been profitable since inception in 2000, when the company's original charter was to market data networking accessories to resellers as a wholesale distributor. Zycko now employs over 200 staff, serving over 3000 resellers around the world from eight offices on four continents. The company enjoys an annual turnover of more than $150m. Zycko's provision of best-in-class IT products and logistics management is supported by true value-add professional services - such as pre-sales expertise, technical support, custom configuration, an industry leading accredited training program, and marketing support. These vital services and support enable our customers to quickly deliver profits and invest in new market opportunities, allowing them to differentiate in a crowded market. Zycko is the channel partner of choice. Zycko's strategic partner base includes world-class companies such as Riverbed Technologies Inc, Polycom, LSI, Huawei, CommVault, Asigra, OnStor, Storewiz, Sanrad, Diligent, Hitachi Data Systems, Intransa, Isilon, NeoScale, Epicenter, LignUp. For more information visit www.zycko.com.
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