fluidOps Wins Value-Added-Distributor DataStore in Switzerland

Jan. 15, 2013 - PRLog -- Walldorf / Baden, Germany – fluid Operations, leading provider of cloud and data management solutions based on semantic technologies, and DataStore, a storage, backup-restore and data security specialist and a Value-Added-Distributor based in Switzerland, today announced that they have entered a distribution agreement. The agreement will see DataStore add the fluidOps eCloudManager™ to its extensive portfolio of data center and cloud solutions. DataStore will offer the eCloudManager to its extensive reseller base in Switzerland.

The eCloudManager from fluid Operations delivers a flexible infrastructure and cloud management and orchestration platform for virtualized and physical enterprise environments.  This includes the creation of a flexible cloud infrastructure, end-to-end data center monitoring, automated provisioning of new IT services (IT as a Service including Landscape as a Service, Infrastructure as a Service, Storage as a Service, Data as a Service), as well as the automated handling of the daily operations of a private or public enterprise cloud.

“With its eCloudManager, fluid Operations allows customers to create private or public cloud environments and fully automate their data centers”, said Alexander Wenzler, CEO at DataStore. “The eCloudManager integrates IT and business components, it delivers out-of-the-box data center management and automation capabilities, and it is highly customizable allowing for the integration of additional resources or for the definition of customized workflows, dashboards and reports. As such, the eCloudManager represents an ideal management tool for EMC® VSPEX™ and VCE Vblock® converged infrastructure packages. We decided to enter the distribution agreement with fluid Operations because we strongly believe that the solutions from fluidOps bring a true value-add to our current portfolio”, continued Wenzler.

“We are happy to be extending our distributor and reseller base in Switzerland. DataStore provides its customers with extensive data center and storage know-how and expertise and is a trusted advisor and partner for many businesses in Switzerland. We are convinced that our partnership will be very successful and productive and are looking forward to this collaboration”, said Thomas Kucher, Strategic Sales Executive Channel/Distribution at fluid Operations.

About fluid Operations

fluid Operations® (fluidOps), an innovative software company headquartered in Walldorf, Germany, provides an open platform which allows for the semantic integration of structured and unstructured data across business and IT stacks. This basis is leveraged to deliver our cutting-edge infrastructure and cloud monitoring, management and orchestration solution, the eCloudManager®, as well as the Information Workbench®, a cloud-based Linked Data and Big Data management platform. Together, the two products deliver the flexibility needed to optimize information management, data integration, self-service IT, IT operations, and IT service management. Gartner Analysts named fluidOps “Cool Vendor in the SAP Ecosystem” in 2010. In 2012, fluid Operations won the “Best in Cloud” Award in the category “Infrastructure as a Service – Private Cloud”. fluidOps’ Conference Explorer won the Linked Data-a-Thon at the 2011 International Semantic Web Conference and was placed in the WWW 2012 Metadata Challenge. For more information about fluidOps and its products and solutions please visit www.fluidOps.com.

About DataStore

As a storage, backup-restore and data security specialist, DataStore offers a wide selection of products and solutions in the areas of IT security and high availability. As a Value-Added-Distributor, DataStore also delivers support from the planning phase, to the design and configuration phase, to the implementation phase of your desired solution. To find out more about DataStore please visit http://www.datastore.ch/.