Cristie Data Ltd becomes partners with software-defined Storage specialist Gridstore

Steve Blakemore, Technical Director, Cristie Data Ltd. says: “As a leading provider of innovative storage solutions, we are always looking to expand our offerings to make sure that our customers are getting the best possible solutions available to them in the market.” Ryan Smith, Sales Director, Cristie Data Ltd. says: “We identified Gridstore as a high-interest, emerging player in the software-defined storage market, addressing the needs of our customers in storage for Hyper-V virtual environments, and felt a partnership would be highly beneficial. We’re pleased to begin working with them in order to have this cost-effective and highly scalable offering as part of our portfolio.”

Headquartered in Mountain View, California, Gridstore’s industry-leading solutions address the primary storage challenges that impact application performance in virtual environments and give partners a real point of difference. The Accelerate Partner Program is designed to provide the tools, resources and experience to ensure that partners are fully equipped with the building blocks to successfully promote the solution.

Andy Hill, Vice President of EMEA Channel Sales, says: “We welcome Cristie Data Ltd. into the Gridstore partner family and believe that its customers will find true value in our solutions, purpose-built for Hyper-V, which are one of the key enabling technologies for the delivery of the cloud data centre. As part of the expansion of our EMEA Accelerate Program, we have looked to join with a select number of partners who have innovation and care for their customers in the forefront of their minds. Cristie meets this criteria and will be key to expanding our reach in the UK market.”