Nexsan Showcases Advanced Mid-Market Storage Solutions at the NexStep Channel Partner Conference

Oct. 26, 2010 - PRLog -- Conference Highlights Nexsan’s Enterprise-Class Storage Technologies — Purpose-Built for Data-Intensive Environments

LAS VEGAS, October 26, 2010 — Nexsan®, a leading storage system provider, today announced the opening of its annual NexStep Americas Channel Partner Conference, an event designed for Nexsan value added resellers (VARs), systems integrators, and Managed Service Providers (MSPs) that is focused on the unique storage technology requirements of mid-market environments. This year, the conference, which will be held at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas from October 25–27, will host hundreds of the company’s partners and provide them with a dynamic educational experience and visionary presentations from Nexsan’s storage technology experts.

“Nexsan is a company that has a deep and ongoing commitment as a 100% indirect selling organization,” said Michael McGuire, chief commercial officer for Nexsan. “Our channel partners are a key component to our business model and play an integral role in the company’s growth and innovation. NexStep is a valuable annual conference where we can collaborate with and learn from our partners while showcasing the innovative solutions we have refined to help them meet the increasing storage challenges faced by our mutual customers.”

This year’s NexStep sessions will focus on how Nexsan partners can work to solve customer storage challenges, including out-of-control growth of persistent data, budget constraints, the need for increased storage reliability, power and space limitations, and the obsolescence of tape and optical technology. To meet these customer challenges, Nexsan will share new advancements in its storage systems that have been purpose-built and priced for the mid-market with enterprise-class performance, efficiency, reliability, and quality.

The Nexsan storage solutions that will be featured during NexStep include products in the following key categories:
•   Data protection storage: Solutions for backup, recovery, and disaster recovery
•   Long-term, bulk storage: Solutions for storing and archiving persistent data online
•   Secure online archive: Solutions for the secure archive of persistent data
•   Virtual storage: Data protection and long-term bulk storage solutions for virtual environments
•   Cloud storage: Solutions for data protection and long-term bulk storage in cloud environments

Nexsan channel partner, Sunstar Company, Inc., has been an annual NexStep attendee since the conference’s origin. According to Gavin Rosenberg, Sunstar’s marketing director, “Nexsan continues to share new innovations in storage at each NexStep partner event. The company’s purpose-built enterprise-class storage systems are ideally suited to meet the needs of mid-tier companies because they deliver the reliability and density demanded along with market-leading energy and operational efficiencies.”

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Resources
2010 DCIG Midrange Array Buyer’s Guide
Nexsan products, case studies, and white papers

About Nexsan
Nexsan Corporation is a leading provider of energy-efficient, long-term storage systems. Nexsan delivers secure storage appliances and modular, capacity-optimized disk-storage systems for a broad range of applications, including fixed content storage and archiving, email, medical imaging, compliance support, litigation support, disk-based backup, digital video security, and rich media. Nexsan’s solutions are the choice of small and medium-sized companies as well as large global enterprises and major government agencies around the world that are seeking cost-correct, high-density storage solutions. Founded in 1999 and based in Thousand Oaks, California, Nexsan sells its products exclusively through a select global network of VARs, OEMs, and system integrators. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.nexsan.com.

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