Active Storage Establishes UK Office

Active Storage, Inc. announced the establishment of its European operations based in the UK, and the appointment of Paul Phillips as Managing Director. Additionally, Active Storage has signed Jigsaw Systems Ltd., the UK’s leading provider of IT solutions and support services to the creative industries as their first Platinum Reseller outside the US.

Jigsaw Systems

“We are extremely excited with the level of interest in the Active Storage XRAID in Europe, and are very fortunate to have Paul Phillips managing our operations there. Paul is not only extremely qualified for this position given his many years of experience as a storage executive, but his knowledge of the customer base and reseller community is unmatched by anyone in the industry”, said Alex Grossman CEO of Active Storage.

Commenting on the appointment of Jigsaw Systems as the first Active Storage Platinum Reseller outside of the US, Jigsaw Founder Roger Whittle: "Active Storage XRAID offers outstanding technology – their high-performance, capacity and availability storage solutions are supremely scalable and represent a quantum leap in terms of overall customer experience for Apple users. In combination with Apple’s award winning Xserve product family, Jigsaw Systems believe that Active Storage XRAID will be a winning combination for our customers in Design, Print & Publishing, Pro Video, Pro Audio, AV Networks, Animation and 3D Visualisation".

Paul Phillips, Managing Director of Active Storage Europe added: "For an organisation such as ours wishing to make an immediate impact on the Apple market there is simply no better partner than Jigsaw – they are Apple’s number one reseller in the UK, with the biggest customer base, the greatest experience and a proven infrastructure staffed by one of the best and most dedicated teams in the industry – our partnership with Jigsaw forms a key element of our UK strategy.”