sTec Expands Solid-State Storage Solutions

sTec, Inc. (STEC), a global provider of solid-state storage solutions, has said that its extensive range of solid-state solutions are now available to enterprise customers through the company's new direct sales and global channel programs.

Officials with sTec said that the company has added highly experienced channel partners and broadened the technical and market expertise of its direct sales force, delivering a team of professionals with extensive backgrounds in enterprise storage.

Company officials said that with its newly expanded global reach and vertical-market expertise, sTec is now strategically organized to best serve the enterprise storage industry as it undergoes a significant transformation.

"The enterprise storage market is undergoing a transformation in which organizations are looking beyond general-purpose solutions for their infrastructures and toward a customized installation for high-end, data-driven applications and workloads," said Jeff Janukowicz, research director, Solid state drives and enabling technologies at IDC (News - Alert), in a statement.

"We estimate that by 2016 just under half of all enterprise storage capacity shipped will be through non-system OEM channels, which include shipments directly to hyperscale cloud data centers, ODMs, and specialized system integrators, presenting a clear opportunity for providers that can offer a variety of storage solutions geared toward specific vertical deployments and application requirements," said Janukowicz.

"As the company that has shipped more SSDs to the enterprise than any other supplier, we have the unique capability to provide critical application knowledge and experience to solve our customers' most critical issues," said Ali Zadeh, corporate senior vice president and chief marketing officer, and general manager of the systems and software group, sTec.

Zadeh said that while there will always be enterprise environments based on turn-key storage solutions, today many IT managers must tailor their data center infrastructures to suit specific applications and workloads.

“With our recently expanded portfolio of solid-state storage solutions and new vertical-market and applications expertise, sTec is the ideal solutions provider to address the emerging tailored data center model," he said.

"We required a storage solution that could not only meet our hardware demands, but also combine several SSD formats with caching software that improved performance and manageability," said Daniel Iniguez, IT manager, NYX Cosmetics, an international cosmetics maker.

Iniguez said that sTec's SSDs have exceeded the company’s expectations and, working in tandem with EnhanceIO, address high storage loads and caching without fail.