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Scale Computing announces partnership with European Electronique
Storage solution experts team up with education specialists to offer enterprise-class storage for schools and academies across the UK
Scale Computing, a developer and manufacturer of unified, scale-out storage solutions tailored to the virtualisation and archiving needs of the small and medium-sized business (SMB), announced today that it has signed a partnership agreement with European Electronique, a leading technology company specialising in ICT solutions for the UK education sector. European Electronique, with its track record in infrastructure services for schools, is an ideal partner for Scale Computing to realise opportunities in the UK education market, which is seeing academies and schools increasingly running 24/7 environments with collaborative and flexible learning environments. European Electronique is a strong partner to deliver Scale Computing’s unified, scale-out storage solutions, as it has projects across a variety of schools, academies and further education colleges throughout the UK.
Though the UK education sector is facing continual pressure to deliver increasing attainment targets and efficiency savings against a backdrop of unprecedented budget constraints and reduced resources, many are implementing server and desktop virtualisation to deliver these projected benefits. With schools generating ever increasing amounts of data across numerous departments and multiple sites, it is becoming more important for each school to have a flexible and centralised storage hub that can accommodate the growing data management and access demands as well as reduced maintenance costs.
European Electronique has extensive experience of delivering innovative, customised ICT solutions and accredited status in the UK Government Academy Programme. With industry benchmarks such as approved supplier status for the Department for Education’s ICT Services Framework Agreement, the company is driving transformation forward in education establishments and delivering flexible, manageable and scalable solutions for schools and colleges through Scale Computing’s ICOS™ (Intelligent Clustered Operating System) solutions.
David Turton, enterprise solutions specialist, European Electronique, commented that: “Scale Computing provides good, flexible, honest storage as its 3 node cluster of 6TB is actually 6TB of useable space, unlike competitive options, which require the application of certain levels of conditioning and RAID reducing the systems’ flexibility.”
David Turton, continued: “The Scale Computing team has been behind us every step of the way from demonstrations, implementation and targeted information for educational and specialist IT personnel alike. From speaking to our customers, we have found that Scale’s solution is easy to manage, cost efficient and enables the ICT staff to focus on their core responsibilities and projects that help the installation rather than losing valuable time to system troubleshooting.”
Simon Marrion, EMEA Channel Development Director, Scale Computing, commented: “We are delighted to announce the availability of our storage solutions through European Electronique. The company’s strong heritage in education is a great opportunity for us to further build our expertise in this sector in the UK. Our portfolio provides the much needed flexibility, greater ease of manageability and the capacity and performance needed to further support the education sector in driving down costs.”
European Electronique is an accredited partner with Scale Computing and through its partner programme, Scale is providing the necessary training and marketing support for the team, with 75% of those working at European Electronique trained in Scale Computing’s storage solutions, benefits and usability.
About Scale Computing
Scale Computing is a developer and manufacturer of unified, scale-out storage solutions tailored to the virtualisation and archiving needs of the small and medium-sized business (SMB). The entire Scale portfolio is based on its uniquely flexible Intelligent Clustered Operating System™ (ICOS) technology that offers full-functioning, advanced storage features at a fraction of the price of comparable solutions. Headquartered in Indianapolis, IN with a European office opened in 2010 and presence in APAC, Scale Computing offers its products exclusively through channel partners. For more information, visit http://www.scalecomputing.co.uk. Read company and executives’ blogs at: http://blog.scalecomputing.com.
About European Electronique
European Electronique is a successful privately owned company with a turnover of £49M and 137 permanent members of staff.
Employing over 137 industry professionals enables us to keep most of our services “In House”, giving us the edge over our sub-contracting competitors. We feel that this approach offers our customers peace of mind with a single point of contact. In addition, we have a number of strategic partnerships to provide specialised products and services and have developed the skills to integrate these technologies into our solutions.
The company has spent twenty years forging relationships with both globally recognised and ‘best of breed’ manufacturers. We are working with partners to deliver cutting edge technologies and have developed the skills to integrate complex solutions through consultancy, design, implementation, project management and support services. Our success in the Government Academy programme is second to none and may be regarded as a benchmark for delivery of ICT solutions to education establishments and this is being replicated across HE, FE and other New Build projects. Further information can be found at http://www.eruoele.com
