Avnet Technology Solutions To Distribute Rorke Data's Galaxy Archive, NAS And RAID Storage Solutions
Adding Rorke's Galaxy Product Line Creates New Storage Sales Opportunities for Avnet's Channel Partners
Rorke Data Inc., an Avnet, Inc. company and a leading provider of computer storage and archive systems, recently announced that its value-priced Galaxy storage product line, including Rorke's archive, NAS and RAID solutions, are now available through Avnet Technology Solutions' channel partners, including value-added resellers (VARs) and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), in the U.S. and Canada. Avnet Technology Solutions is the IT solutions distribution leader and an operating group of Avnet, Inc. Rorke's Galaxy products provide Avnet's partners with cost-effective storage solutions for their customers in a variety of markets, including healthcare, media and entertainment and video surveillance.
"Rorke Data's Galaxy storage solutions add a new dimension to Avnet's storage offerings," said Rick Alvarez, senior vice president, Sales Acceleration Group, Avnet Technology Solutions, Americas. "These high-performance, energy-efficient storage solutions are scalable for a variety of markets, from small offices to large enterprises. They address the business and operational challenges of companies by providing solutions that can meet the rigors of storage-intensive applications at an affordable price."
With more than 10,000 installations worldwide, Rorke's Galaxy storage solutions consistently deliver industry-leading price-to-performance metrics. Galaxy storage solutions are scalable – from direct attached SMB systems all the way to cloud storage solutions, and support multiple storage applications including backup, archiving and virtualization. Avnet will provide Rorke partners with channel support, including training, enablement, lead generation, co-marketing, technical integration, services and ongoing support. Additionally, partners can leverage Avnet's SolutionsPath practices to gain specialization in the industries ideal for these solutions such as the energy, financial, government, healthcare and retail markets, as well as data center technology expertise related to mobility, networking, security, storage, and virtualization.
"By adding Rorke's Galaxy solutions to their storage portfolios, Avnet's partners can profitably grow their sales with customers who need cost-effective, high-performance storage systems," said Joseph Swanson, group vice president executive, general manager, sales and marketing for Rorke Data. "Rorke's solutions save end customers' time and money by efficiently sharing data and securely managing content for them. Our partners see the Galaxy solutions as an ideal way to address their customers' budget, cost of ownership and performance demands."
See Rorke Data's Galaxy solutions in Avnet booth #2217 at the HIMSS conference, February 21– 24, in Orlando, Fla.
About Avnet Technology Solutions
As a global IT solutions distributor, Avnet Technology Solutions collaborates with its customers and suppliers to create and deliver effective solutions that address the business challenges of their end-user customers locally and around the world. For fiscal year 2010, the group served customers in more than 70 countries and generated US $8.19B in annual revenue. Avnet Technology Solutions is an operating group of Avnet, Inc. For more information, visit www.ats.avnet.com
About Avnet, Inc.
Avnet, Inc., a Fortune 500 company, is one of the largest distributors of electronic components, computer products and embedded technology serving customers in more than 70 countries worldwide. Avnet accelerates its partners' success by connecting the world's leading technology suppliers with a broad base of more than 100,000 customers by providing cost-effective, value-added services and solutions. For the fiscal year ended July 3, 2010, Avnet generated revenue of $19.16 billion. For more information, visit www.avnet.com.
About Galaxy
Galaxy is a registered trademark of Rorke Data, an Avnet, Inc. company. The Galaxy family of products provides customers with the most cost-effective, scalable and easy-to-use, purpose-built RAID and NAS storage solutions available.
Galaxy RAID and NAS solutions are manufactured at our ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 13485-2003 certified integration facilities. All Galaxy solutions undergo a rigorous test and approval process preformed by trained technical teams. This process ensures that products arrive at the customer pre-formatted and ready to install, with a broad range of services including interoperability testing, pre-sale engineering consultation, complete system integration, and post-sales support. More than 10,000 Galaxy storage devices have been successfully installed in rich content media applications ranging from video post production and film to healthcare imaging and digital surveillance. Galaxy RAID is an FDA registered device.
About Rorke Data
Rorke Data is an ISO 9001:2000 and 13485:2003 certified data storage-centric, end-to-end solutions provider with expertise in primary and tiered storage architecture, integrating RAID, NAS, SAN, tape, and optical libraries with software and support. Rorke Data leverages certified expertise in Linux, Windows and Mac platforms delivering high bandwidth storage and network solutions for fixed content and rich media application environments and can provide custom integration outsourcing capabilities. Founded in 1985, Rorke Data is an Avnet, Inc. company, composed of five divisions: Healthcare and Life Sciences, Media and Entertainment, Digital Surveillance, Digital Prepress and Publishing, and Professional Services and Engineering. For more information, visit www.rorke.com.
SOURCE: Rorke Data Inc.