Comstor Joins Cisco and NetApp

Westcon Group, Inc., a VAD of unified communications, network infrastructure, data
center, and security solutions with a  network of channel
partners, announced its Comstor business
unit has joined forces with Cisco Systems, Inc. and NetApp, Inc. as their newest FlexPod
distribution partner in EMEA.

This new agreement enables channel partners to deliver
robust, customized data center offerings based on the Cisco and NetApp
solution.

Built on computing, networking, storage and
infrastructure software components, FlexPod is designed to help
companies transform their data centers. Now offered by Comstor in EMEA, the
pre-validated solution is based on a scalable, flexible, shared infrastructure
– powering optimization for a mixed application workloads and
hypervisor environments.

"Virtualization and cloud computing
represent significant business drivers for our partners worldwide,"
said Russell Blackburn, European data center director, Comstor. "As we build our data center practice, we
will continue to align with leaders like Cisco and NetApp to help companies
grow their businesses faster by harnessing these next-generation technologies."

Integrating the Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS) server platform,
Cisco Nexus switches, and NetApp unified storage running Data ONTAP, FlexPod is
configured for virtual desktop or server infrastructures, secure multi-tenancy,
and cloud environments. Bringing these elements together, Comstor enables
channel partners to deliver solutions helping customers move products to market
smarter and faster.

"FlexPod is a pre-tested
solution built to help channel partners and their customers lower their
deployment risks, increase data center efficiencies and create a highly
flexible environment to build private or public clouds," said Thomas Ehrlich,
VP, channels, system integrators and alliances EMEA, NetApp. "Working with Comstor, we can benefit from
their market-leading expertise in next-generation data center technologies,
giving channel partners all the tools necessary to help customers fully
leverage the power of the cloud."

"Cisco and NetApp have
introduced a game-changer in next-generation data center technology,"
said Jon Pritchard, president, Comstor. "FlexPod helps customers lay the foundation on which new, dynamic cloud
computing infrastructures can be built. For more than two decades, Comstor has
worked with Cisco and is now delighted to be working with NetApp helping
customers uncover new revenue opportunities associated with emerging data
centers. Today, we’re offering an additional means for new and existing
partners to dramatically grow their business."

Comstor brings to channel partners an expertise with
Cisco products to deliver custom FlexPod-powered solutions to market. Comstor’s  range of offerings designed to help resellers drive their data center
business, include: pre-sales support, consolidated quoting, single-order
capability, assembly and testing, shipping and tracking.

"The data center is undergoing a
major shift. Customers want to take advantage of the cost savings and
efficiencies of virtualization, but they’re searching for the right tools to
ease this transition," said Andy Litherland, head of strategic technology
partnerships, EMEA and Russia, Cisco. "FlexPod
provides a proven, highly scalable and flexible solution on which customers can
build out their virtual infrastructures. Working together with NetApp and
Comstor, we’re helping our channel partners to be more efficient and successful
deploying FlexPod solutions for their customers."