BrightPlanIT Joins Gridstore Partner Program

Gridstore, Inc., software-defined storage (SDS) optimized for Windows Servers and Hyper-V that accelerates application I/O, announced that BrightPlanIT, Inc., a privately-held New York State Corporation that specializes in bringing best practices in IT to upper-mid market and enterprise customers worldwide, has joined its industry Accelerate Partner Program.

The addition of BrightPlanIT adds another Microsoft partner to the expansion of Gridstore’s channel network in North America.

“We pride ourselves on helping our Clients understand how they can take advantage of emerging technologies to effectively overcome IT challenges in pursuit of vital business initiatives,” said Skip Gould, CEO, BrightPlanIT. “We believe with the addition of Gridstore to our portfolio, our clients will reap the benefits of having access to one of the most innovative ‘built-for-virtualization’ storage solutions available in the market today.“

Headquartered in Mountain View, CA, Gridstore’s 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 equipped with the building blocks to promote the solution.

John Ferraro, VP of WW sales, Gridstore, adds: “We are very pleased that BrightPlanIT has joined the Accelerate Program as they will play an integral role in expanding our reach into the market for storage solutions built for virtualization. Adding Gridstore to their portfolio will provide them access to solutions utilizing our capacity optimized and performance optimized (hybrid) storage nodes that leverage our Server Side Virtual Controller Technology (SVCT) to improve application performance, thereby meeting their customer needs.“