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Astute Announces AstuteNET Partner Program to Enable Channel Partners to Profit With the Market Transition to Flash-Based Virtualization-Optimized Storage
SAN DIEGO, CA, Nov 20, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --
Astute Networks(TM), Inc., the leading provider of performance
storage for virtual machines, today unveiled its AstuteNET Partner
Program. AstuteNET is a value-based program designed to enhance
growth and profit for distributors, resellers, system integrators,
and service providers selling Astute's ViSX Flash VM storage
appliances. Designed to connect partners to the resources needed to
maximize solution delivery and profitability, AstuteNET assists
partners in becoming trusted advisors to their customers by providing
a component rich program built around ViSX -- a simple to deploy
solution that eliminates I/O performance bottlenecks and accelerates
performance in virtual as well as physical infrastructures.
ViSX Flash VM storage appliances deliver competitive advantages for
channel partners and complements their customers' virtualized
infrastructures by adding a high-performance datastore tier of
Networked Flash(TM) to performance-constrained environments. ViSX
provides the most cost-effective way to deploy solid state flash
storage and increase application performance by 10X or more. ViSX
quickly deploys in minutes with no application changes and no rip and
replace, or forklift upgrades for installed servers and storage.
Designed to recognize a partner's expertise, and reward them for
their sales success, the AstuteNET Partner Program delivers real
value to help partners increase their sales of virtual infrastructure
products and services via an expanded portfolio offering. In addition
to extremely attractive product margins, this multi-dimensional
program includes dedicated sales resources, assigned technical
resources, promotional incentives, education and training, access to
a broad set of sales tools, and a comprehensive joint marketing
capability for rapid success.
The program is offered at three distinct levels to provide partners
with the customized support they need, including:
-- Reference Partners - This level allows a partner that does not
regularly sell Astute products to receive compensation for referrals
that result in ViSX product sales.
-- Distribution Partners - Partners who purchase ViSX appliances directly
from Astute for sale to authorized resellers. These partners also are
directly engaged in recruiting and developing new resellers for Astute
across North America.
-- Advantage Partners - Resellers that have dedicated virtualization,
storage, and application practices and associated certifications may
register as Advantage partners and receive lead referrals, sales and
technical support, and participate in market development funds to
drive sales of ViSX.
Partners Validate the Benefits of AstuteNET Program to Address
Burgeoning Flash Market
Astute and its partners are addressing key
customer challenges with ViSX as it eliminates I/O bottlenecks with a
high performance, drop-in appliance that significantly accelerates
virtual server and virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) performance.
"The AstuteNET Partner Program provides the comprehensive resources
we need to support our government and enterprise customers with
solutions that solve critical performance issues, whether physical or
virtualized," said Attila Galamb, account manager for Coast to Coast
Computer Products. "Having Astute's ViSX appliances in our portfolio
offers us a simple, non-disruptive way to eliminate key database and
VDI performance pain points and enhance user productivity at an
incredibly attractive price."
"As one of the world's largest wholesale distributors of technology
products, services and solutions, Tech Data is pleased to be a
founding member of the AstuteNET Partner Program," said Ken Griffin,
vice president of Advanced Infrastructure Solutions (AIS) Storage
Solutions at Tech Data. "Astute's flash-based ViSX appliances are a
highly differentiated product line that dramatically accelerates
application performance at an industry leading cost/performance
combination. Our resellers selling IT infrastructure solutions to
support Tier 1 application deployments will find ViSX to be a very
compelling offering."
Astute ViSX Flash VM storage appliances are purpose-built to deliver
unprecedented random IOPS performance and unprecedented IOPS per
dollar value, helping to unleash the full potential of virtualized
environments. ViSX's Networked Flash(TM) architecture combines
ultra-reliable eMLC flash solid state storage modules with Astute's
own patented high-performance, 10/1GbE DataPump Engine(TM) processor
to completely offload and dramatically accelerate all network (TCP) &
storage (iSCSI) protocol processing. Tightly fused, they eliminate
all critical I/O bottlenecks that affect virtualized application and
VDI performance and provisions sharable flash performance to all VMs
on all hosts over standard Ethernet networks, resulting in efficient
and high performance virtualized infrastructure with less complexity.
"Our purpose-built ViSX flash-based appliance provides our partners
an exciting solution at an industry-leading price point that is easy
to deploy and delivers unprecedented IOPS per dollar value that other
flash or hybrid storage systems simply can't match," said Len
Rosenthal, senior vice president of marketing, Astute Networks.
"Fusing our differentiated and patented technology with a
comprehensive partner program that delivers all the resources
partners need to profitably grow their business and deliver increased
customer satisfaction is a win-win for all."
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About Astute Networks
Astute Networks is the leading provider of
high-performance flash-based virtual machine storage appliances. The
company's ViSX(TM) family of Networked Flash(TM) appliances, powered
by its patented DataPump Engine(TM), overcome known virtualization
performance limitations by non-disruptively delivering shared
performance to all virtual machines, across all hosts, over
pervasively deployed Ethernet networks. With ViSX, IT organizations
now have the power to confidently virtualize and deploy
business-critical applications while eliminating costly
over-provisioning of IT infrastructure. ViSX is available through the
company's network of authorized channel partners. For more
information, visit www.astutenetworks.com.
Astute Networks, Networked Performance flash, ViSX G4, DataPump
Engine, and FlashWRX are trademarks or registered trademarks of
Astute Networks, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their
respective owners.
Media Contact
Sabrina Sanchez
The Ventana Group for Astute Networks
Sabrina.sanchez@ventanapr.com
(925) 785-3014
SOURCE: Astute Networks
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