Akorri BalancePoint Powers Datalink's StorageScape Suite of Software Tools for Its Virtualization Infrastructure Services
LITTLETON, MA -- (Marketwire) -- 06/23/09 -- Akorri,
Inc., the leader in virtual infrastructure performance and capacity management for
the virtualized data center, and
Datalink (NASDAQ: DTLK), a leading independent information storage
architect, today announced that they have entered into an alliance
partnership. Within its StorageScape suite of software tools, Datalink now
offers Virtualization Infrastructure Services, powered by Akorri's
BalancePoint. By leveraging Akorri's technology as part of its service
offering, Datalink can provide customers with an
end-to-end view of their virtualized environment combined with advanced
visualization and analytics. This allows organizations to proactively
identify and resolve problems, increase utilization, and improve
performance in the virtualized data center.
"Virtualization technologies introduce a new level of complexity to the
data center. Through our virtualization infrastructure services, we are
committed to helping customers manage those complexities so they can take
full advantage of the benefits of virtualization," said Kent Christensen,
Datalink Virtualization Practice Manager. "Akorri's BalancePoint, combined
with our virtual infrastructure audit and assessment services, provides
customers with unprecedented visibility into their virtualized
environments. They, in turn, are able to optimize performance and
ultimately drive increased return on investment and business value to their
organizations."
With this announcement, Datalink becomes a premier partner within the
Akorri Optimize Channel Partner Program. Akorri Optimize partners bring
specialized virtualization and storage knowledge of how to deploy
virtualization and storage solutions rapidly and effectively, optimizing
the existing infrastructure and enhancing existing technologies.
"We are delighted to have a national company of Datalink's caliber and
scope as a premier partner and to be part of the Datalink StorageScope
suite," said Warren Mead, Vice President of U.S. Channels.com at Akorri.
"We look forward to reaching and helping a new segment of customers through
Datalink understand how server and storage resources impact one another and
optimize overall performance of the virtualized infrastructure."
About Datalink
An information storage architect since 1987, Datalink helps organizations
store, manage, and protect one of their most critical assets --
information.
