APC by Schneider Electric Alliance Partner of Scale Computing

Scale Computing, Inc. has been chosen as an Alliance Partner by APC by Schneider Electric supporting its hyperconverged Micro Data Centre Xpress solution.

Designed to simplify physical deployments for Edge environments, the Micro Data Centre Xpress delivers a resilient solution for channel partners, MSPs and end users, as well as meeting the challenges of big data and IoT.

Scale’s portfolio of HC3 hyperconverged solutions combines storage, servers and virtualisation in one system to automate overall management. This allows IT to focus on managing applications rather than infrastructure. With no virtualisation software to license and no external storage to buy, HC3 products reduce costs and simplify the infrastructure needed to keep applications running. Scale, with its approach to HCI, has been named Virtualisation company of the Year two years in a row at the Storage, Virtualisation, Cloud (SVC) awards.

According to 451 Research, LLC, Micro Data Centres on the edge are growing in popularity with a CAGR of 42% over the last three years. Organisations from numerous vertical markets are realising the benefits of embedding compute and storage capacity closer to where the data is being generated. From retailers and utility companies through to shipping companies, hospitals and universities, all are realising the potential of addressing the demand for highly distributed capacity.

To support this demand, APC by Schneider Electric created the Micro Data Centre Xpress solution, which combines a purpose-built infrastructure with a physical management wrapper for hyperconverged architectures. This enables organisations to plug in the Micro Data Centre Xpress to deliver a complete IT solution that is pre-tested, optimised and able to be deployed rapidly. This arrangement creates a reliable environment to leverage the best of on-premises and multi-cloud infrastructures.

“Our innovative micro data centre solutions continue to be recognised as industry leading technologies generating significant interest across the market, as demonstrated with some recent award wins including the SVC Awards and Data Centre Solutions Awards in the UK, where by popular vote, we won the Hyperconverged Innovation of the Year and Micro Datacentre of the Year awards,” said Cissy Walker, global director, IT alliances, Schneider Electric. “Working with Scale as an alliance partner supporting our Micro Data Centre Xpress, we can ensure our customers the highest level of expertise when designing solutions to meet the needs of today’s data centres and distributed environments, while setting us up to address the biggest challenges of tomorrow.“

“Copaco is very thrilled to work with Scale Computing, Lenovo and APC by Schneider Electric on a Micro Datacentre-in-a-Box solution. Collaborating with these market leaders will make sure this hyperconverged solution has an optimised configuration and performance. We believe this turnkey solution will have a great impact on the SMB-sector and that it will be very successful within the Dutch market,” said Sacha Wingers, business director ESG, Copaco Netherlands B.V. in the Netherlands.

Jeff Ready, CEO, Scale Computing, commented: “Looking ahead to 2018 and beyond, the future is all about simplifying hybrid IT. By using hyperconverged solutions to support remote and branch locations, and making the edge more intelligent in conjunction with a hybrid cloud model, organisations can support highly changeable applications. Deploying this micro data centre solution from APC by Schneider Electric gives organisations the flexibility to quickly scale capacity and computing power at the edge. This saves time, money and resources, which will be a game changer for end users, channel partners and MSPs globally.“

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