Arrow ECS signs up to deliver Voltaire in the UK
Datacentre networking vendor Voltaire [NASDAQ: VOLT] has selected Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions [NYSE: ARW] as its first distributor in the UK.
Arrows ECS will distribute Voltaire’s range of lowest latency InfiniBand, 10 GbE and InfiniBand-to-Ethernet Gateway to its reseller base.
Voltaire says its products can help customers to overcome challenges with designing and deploying datacentre fabrics that reduce latency, increase reliability and move large volumes of data between systems and systems/storage. By collaborating with Arrow ECS, the vendor wants to gain a greater reach into the UK channel, particularly those focused on the financial services industry where demands for low latency are strong.
“Speed is increasingly a differentiator for us in the financial services sector, as is the ability to handle increasing volumes of data,” explains Patrick Guay, executive vice president global sales and general manager for Voltaire. “We believe that Arrow ECS has both the agility and the established relationships in place to map our leading solutions with customer requirements. We look forward to taking Voltaire solutions further into the UK market with the help of Arrow ECS.”
“Voltaire delivers some of the lowest latency networking solutions available and it’s an important supplier for financial institutions seeking competitive advantage through faster, reliable networks,” adds Steve Pearce, managing director for Arrow ECS in the UK. “Our reach into the financial services market in the UK puts us right at the forefront of helping take Voltaire products to market.”
Yesterday, it was revealed that Mellanox Technologies (NASDAQ: MLNX), a vendor of end-to-end connectivity solutions for servers and storage systems, was set to acquire Voltaire in a $218m deal. Mellanox intends to strengthen its position in the growing datacentre server and storage markets, where Gartner (NYSE:IT) reckons worldwide server shipments will increase from 9m in 2010 to 11.2m in 2014, and worldwide storage systems will grow from 1.8m in 2010 to 3.2m in 2014.
