New Channel Partners in UK and Ireland for Connected Data

Connected Data, Inc. announced further expansion across the European market, signing three new strategic channel partners: Blue Profile Management LLP, trading as BLUE Profile, The NDC Consultancy Ltd and Virtek Ltd.

The new partners will provide Connected Data’s Transporter for Business, private cloud file sync and share (FSS) appliances to their respective network of customers across the UK and Ireland. Announcement comes on the heals of having announced its first VAD in Europe, Commtech last month.

“We carefully select partners with proven capability in taking emerging technologies to market,” said Russell Johnson, COO, Connected Data. “These strategic partnerships continue to show our commitment to delivering private cloud file sync and share solutions across Europe, helping us to offer a secure alternative option to popular public cloud services.“

Launched earlier this year, Transporter for Business appliances offers businesses a FSS solution that is 100% private and secure, a feature that was important across the varying sectors covered by the resellers.

For Blue Profile, the IT infrastructure and security specialist, which provides solutions across a range of industries in the market, the issue was to find its customers a solution that gave them 100% control over data locality.

Wayne Kenward, director, Blue Profile commented: “Everyone has heard of Dropbox, but we wanted something innovative and different, we were looking for a more secure option that could guarantee security, data control and location control but still offer all of the major benefits of a public cloud solution. Transporter for Business fits this need.“

Virtek, which specializes in virtualization, cloud services and storage for SMBs, has a customer base within the financial, legal, retail and gaming sectors.

“These organizations need a high level of visibility over their data, as well as being able to remain compliant within industry regulations,” said Jason Clark, director, Virtek. “The Transporter for Business is an appliance so all the data is stored on premise, which allows organizations to have full control over security and location, while providing easy mobile, multi-device access and addressing the security challenges posed by the public cloud.“

Data security is also a prime focus for new VAR and consultancy NDC.

“Everyone thinks about the Firewall when it comes to network security but sometimes overlook the impact that data loss causes not only financially but also the damage to branding and reputation. Prevention of data breaches to an organization should be as paramount of a concern as the securing of the physical infrastructure,” said Nat Dowling, co-founder, NDC. “Connected Data’s Transporter addresses data loss protection by offering truly secure FSS.“

NDC has the range of Transporter for Business in their portfolio, as well as offering packaged solutions combining the Transporter with both NetApp and Fujitsu products.