October 20, 2010
CHELMSFORD, Mass., and RA'ANANA, Israel, Oct. 20 -- Voltaire Ltd., a leading provider of scale-out datacenter fabrics, today announced that it continues to grow its adVantage Partner Program, which now includes more than fifty partner organizations consisting of resellers, VARs and distributors. The program provides comprehensive sales, marketing, technical training and support services to help partners worldwide sell Voltaire's industry-leading portfolio of 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) and InfiniBand datacenter solutions.
New members of the program include Dasher Technologies and Torrey Point which recommend Voltaire products to their customers because of their differentiated and solutions-oriented approach to networking. In addition to 10GbE and InfiniBand switching platforms, the Voltaire portfolio includes unique software offerings to address key networking requirements such as: managing networks in the age of cloud computing and virtualized datacenters, accelerating access to storage, and reducing latency for applications such as high frequency trading.
"Our strong technical expertise and vendor independence allow us to integrate best-of-breed software, hardware and services into a custom solution that directly impacts the business, said Al Chien, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Dasher Technologies. "Voltaire's approach to 10GbE networks includes a software management layer in addition to the switches that is unique in the industry and serves as the foundation for cloud networking. We are pleased to be part of the adVantage program and to offer Voltaire solutions to our customers."
"Torrey Point designs networks with a focus on maximizing the return on technology investment for our worldwide clientele," said Steve Fazio, chief executive officer, Torrey Point. "Voltaire's 10GbE solutions meet the new infrastructure requirements for datacenter and cloud computing environments of all sizes. We are pleased to add Voltaire products to our offering."
"Growing the adVantage Partner Program to more than fifty channel partners worldwide represents a significant milestone for Voltaire's continued expansion into the 10GbE market," said Patrick Guay, executive vice president of global sales and general manager at Voltaire. "We are continually expanding our product set while providing our partners with more technical and sales content via our partner portal to enhance the program. The adVantage program provides our partners with the fundamental tools to help differentiate their business and to deliver an outstanding customer experience. The formula is simple: provide leading-edge products that enable unique solutions -- at an extremely competitive price point, with up-to-date technical training, and outstanding support."
For more details about the Voltaire adVantage Partner Program, visit www.voltaire.com/advantage.
About Voltaire
Voltaire is a leading provider of scale-out computing fabrics for datacenters, high performance computing and cloud environments. Voltaire's family of server and storage fabric switches and advanced management software improve performance of mission-critical applications, increase efficiency and reduce costs through infrastructure consolidation and lower power consumption. Used by more than 30 percent of the Fortune 100 and other premier organizations across many industries, including many of the TOP500 supercomputers, Voltaire products are included in server and blade offerings from Bull, Fujitsu, HP, IBM, NEC and SGI. Founded in 1997, Voltaire is headquartered in Ra'anana, Israel and Chelmsford, Mass. More information is available at www.voltaire.com or by calling 1-800-865-8247.
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