Rahi Systems and Infinidat target
enterprise industry with a new
strategic partnership
Rahi Systems, a global IT solution
provider, and Infinidat, a
prominent ground-breaking data
storage provider, have announced a
strategic partnership that will offer highend
enterprises access to a range of
innovative data storage pricing models.
‘Pay-As-You-Grow’ is one of the key
models that will allow for flexibility in data
capacity and data management planning,
while removing the perpetual issue of
available capacity that can impede an
organisation’s ability to grow and
remain agile.
The model works in a simplistic yet
very effective way. For example, if an
enterprise requires 300 terabytes of
storage, Infinidat and Rahi Systems
will actually deploy one petabyte onpremises
but the customer will only pay
for the 300TB they need – Capacity on
Demand (COD). Based on the growth of
the organisation’s storage requirements,
the billing levels can then be adapted
accordingly. This not only makes accurate
forecasting possible, but it also delivers
the additional benefit to a business of
being able to future-proof its data storage
demands. It results in organisations
accessing and drawing down increased
capacity as needed.
“A vital part of exploring the market with
new technology partners is ascertaining
what’s going to be demanded in the
longer term, so we can imagine how
the next generation of use cases,
applications and platforms will need to
be supported and work to bring those
solutions to market now. Our decision to
partner with Rahi Systems was clear as
the company is recognised as a leader in
the data centre world. The Rahi Systems
ecosystem focuses on responsiveness,
which is of paramount importance to
Infinidat when customers or partners
are actively piloting or deploying our
systems,” said Lee Bushnell, Channel
Manager UK&I at Infinidat.
OUR CUSTOMERS
RELY ON US TO
IMPROVE THEIR
QUALITY OF
SERVICE AND
REDUCE OPEX
COSTS.
This agreement will allow both companies
to confidently deliver a strong and
compelling combination of Infinidat’s
high-end technology with Rahi Systems’
expertise in the data centre industry.
Infinidat’s InfiniBox has been designed to
effectively manage increasing business
demands and meet data management
expectations, often associated with
dealing with continuing increases of data.
For this, businesses require ‘Always On’
access and an ‘Elastic Pricing Model’,
with guaranteed system availability and
performance as needed, blended with
zero downtime and improved security.
“Our customers rely on us to improve
their quality of service and reduce
OPEX costs,” added Neil Garnett, Sales
Director at Rahi Systems. “Infinidat’s
storage solution, as well as delivering
leading Edge data storage capabilities,
also means less energy is consumed,
operational resources are reduced and
maintenance levels are minimal. This
ultimately assists us in ensuring that we
are enabling our clients to reach their
business goals. We look for partners
which are disruptive and which develop
new and innovative solutions. The
reasons for engaging with Infinidat, for the
storage environment, were obvious.” ◊
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