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Lifeboat Distribution Offers New Virtual Iron and DataCore Virtualization Solution Bundle
Mar. 2, 2009 08:17 AM
DataCore
Software, the leading provider of storage virtualization, business
continuity and disaster recovery software solutions, and Virtual
Iron Software, Inc., a provider of enterprise-class server
virtualization and virtual
infrastructure management software, today announced that distributor
Lifeboat Distribution has unveiled a new promotion for their resellers
when they purchase DataCore and Virtual Iron licenses together. Lifeboat
will provide their resellers with additional margin and marketing
support for selling the new bundle. Lifeboat
Distribution is an international specialty software distributor for
virtualization and other technically sophisticated products. For more
details, resellers should contact datacore@lifeboatdistribution.com.
Resellers now have more cost-effective
alternative
Services and solutions provider TelosIT,
Inc. already delivers solutions that combine DataCore with Virtual
Iron. “Lifeboat’s decision to offer additional margin for using DataCore
in conjunction with Virtual Iron is something we will leverage,” said
Kevin Carlson, CTO, TelosIT. “This represents a very cost-effective
option for resellers and the resellers taking advantage of this
opportunity will soon see just what high performance solutions are
possible when combining these two robust offerings.”
The DataCore and Virtual Iron
combination benefits customers – virtual storage and virtual servers go
hand-in-hand
Solutions provider TelosIT has already enabled Matrix Design Group, an
award-winning interdisciplinary firm providing professional engineering
consulting, including program management and client representation, for
both the private and public sectors, to expand capacity and achieve
dual-site data redundancy, while saving tens of thousands on lease
renewals on its previous generation SAN with DataCore and Virtual Iron.
“With DataCore and Virtual Iron in place both administration and
management were simplified greatly and I was able to further reduce my
IT spending,” said Eric W. Smith, vice president, Matrix Design Group.
About Lifeboat Distribution
Lifeboat Distribution, a subsidiary of Wayside Technology Group, Inc.
(NASDAQ: WSTG), is an international specialty software distributor for
virtualization, security, application and network infrastructure,
business continuity/disaster recovery, database infrastructure and
management, application lifecycle management, science/engineering, and
other technically sophisticated products. The company helps software
publishers recruit and build multinational solution provider networks,
power their networks, and drive incremental sales revenues that
complement existing sales channels. Lifeboat Distribution services
thousands of solution providers, VARs, systems integrators, corporate
resellers, and consultants worldwide, helping them power a rich
opportunity stream, expand their margin + services revenues, and build
profitable product and service businesses. For more information, visit www.lifeboatdistribution.com,
or call +1.800.847.7078 or +1.732.389.0037.
About DataCore Software
DataCore Software, the leading provider of storage virtualization SAN
software, fundamentally changes the economics of managing storage with
innovative software that combines advanced functions and services with
the agility and savings of hardware independence. DataCore lowers the
cost and complexity of IT by making storage efficient, fast, flexible,
fail-safe and virtual. DataCore's portable storage server software
simplifies and automates capacity expansion and centralizes storage
management for Windows, UNIX, Linux, MacOS, NetWare, VMware and other
leading open system and virtual server platforms. DataCore is privately
held and its corporate headquarters are in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. For
more information, call (877) 780-5111 or visit www.datacore.com.
DataCore, the DataCore logo and SANmelody are trademarks or
registered trademarks of DataCore Software Corporation. Other DataCore
product or service names or logos referenced herein are trademarks of
DataCore Software Corporation. All other products, services and company
names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.
About Virtual Iron Software, Inc. –
True Server Virtualization for Everyone
Virtual Iron provides server virtualization software that reduces the
cost and complexity of operating and managing IT infrastructure for
organizations of all sizes. Leveraging industry standards, open source,
and built-in hardware-assisted acceleration, Virtual Iron provides a
complete and cost-effective solution including VI-Center, an intelligent
virtual infrastructure management platform. Over 2,000 customer
organizations worldwide leverage Virtual Iron today to support a broad
range of data center initiatives including server consolidation, virtual
server management, dev/test optimization, business continuity and
virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) enablement. The software is
available exclusively through Virtual Iron's Channel One partner
network. Trial versions of the software are also available for free
download at www.virtualiron.com/free.
For more information, visit www.virtualiron.com
or e-mail info@virtualiron.com.
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