Hitachi Vantara says it wants to appoint an additional 2,000 channel partners globally to help push its expanded product portfolio.
The storage vendor has this week taken the wraps off its new E Series line of high performance NVMe all-flash arrays, additions to the HNAS family of NAS solutions. It has also introduced the Hitachi Virtual Storage as a Service offering aimed at mid-sized enterprises.
With further channel support, the company says it wants to enable channel partners to help mid-sized enterprise customers “accelerate into a new era of digital business platforms and ecosystems”.
The vendor says it intends to bring in a further 2,000 channel partners over the next 18 months to support its products and services.
“Hitachi Vantara has long been the gold standard for high-performance data storage but today we are raising the bar for mid-market storage too,” said Bobby Soni, president for digital infrastructure at Hitachi Vantara. “We are enabling all the industry leading capabilities and intelligent software that have fuelled the success of the VSP 5000 down market to our new E-series mid-market products, with aggressive price points and enhanced ease of use.”
Soni added: “With our new as-a-service offering, we’re further easing the burden of managing infrastructure so customers can focus on what matters most - managing their business.” Kimberly King, global vice president for strategic partners and alliances at Hitachi Vantara, added: “Our partners are excited to extend these powerful new enterprise-class offerings to mid-sized organisations to empower them to accelerate their transformation and achieve their business objectives all at an attractive price point.”
