Intransa Expands Support in Europe, Partners with Zycko
Zycko To Offer Customer Support to All Intransa EMEA Customers
SAN JOSE, California — August 22, 2007
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 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
About Intransa
Intransa, Inc. delivers installer-ready server and storage infrastructure platforms, purpose-built for the demands of physical security. Our ground-breaking technology lowers cost and eliminates the complexity and ongoing support challenges of integrating commodity servers and storage, while slashing energy consumption and increasing reliability. Customers also leverage our expertise, learned through the installation and support of thousands of our platforms in demanding physical security projects, with our unmatched services and support.
We've been named a Security Industry Association's New Product Showcase winner, a Homeland Security Award recipient, New Product of the Year at ASIS International in 2009 and 2011, and a Top 30 Technology Innovation of 2009.
Our customers deploy our optimized infrastructure platforms for their physical security needs across retail, public safety, gaming and hospitality, corrections, financial services, transportation, hospitals and medical centers, managed service providers, manufacturers, Native American organizations, colleges and school districts, utilities, and a variety of municipal, county, state and federal government users.
For more information about Intransa infrastructure platforms and services, or to locate an authorized distributor or certified integrator or dealer around the world, please visit us at www.intransa.com or www.intransablog.com.
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