BIOLOGY

Dot Hill Systems Corp. has announced a new distribution agreement with Virtual NetComm, a key value-added distributor of information security, network, storage and virtualization products in India and Southeast Asia. Under the terms of the agreement, Virtual NetComm will sell a variety of Dot Hill storage solutions, including Fibre Channel, iSCSI, and hybrid interface arrays from Dot Hill 2000 and 3000 series product lines.

Based in Ahmedabad, India, Virtual NetComm, the flagship company of Virtual Group, offers best-in-class solutions with a specific focus on IT security, WAN optimization, application delivery controllers, video conferencing and networking solutions. With a network of sales and support offices in India, South East Asia, U.K. and Dubai, Virtual NetComm provides system integrators, solution providers and channel partners with a carefully chosen suite of complementary solutions from world-class vendors such as Dot Hill. Virtual NetComm enables partners to service end-users through pre-sales consulting, solution building, logistics and deliveries, 24x7 post-sales support, on-site support, training and marketing campaigns.

"With an impeccable reputation for highly reliable, high-performance storage for the SMB market, and exemplary service and support, Dot Hill was the natural choice for our go-to-market partner in storage array solutions," said Sam Chng, Executive Director for Virtual NetComm SE Asia. "With the introduction of 8Gb Fibre Channel, dual-interface Fibre Channel/iSCSI offerings and a robust suite of disaster recovery applications, Dot Hill provides all the key critical technology elements we require."

"Our agreement with Virtual NetComm expands our global footprint in India and Southeast Asia," said Jim Jonez, senior director of marketing, Dot Hill Systems. "With first-rate customer support and proven logistics capabilities, we expect Virtual NetComm, with its broad range of customers, will be a valuable ally in extending the Dot Hill brand."

Dot Hill's R/Evolution architecture is designed to enable OEM and channel partners to cater to SMB customers through rapidly customizable storage solutions to meet varying performance, capacity, and other specific business requirements. Dot Hill's family of R/Evolution products includes the next-generation 3000 Series of RAID arrays which offers support for 8Gb Fibre Channel storage area networks (SANs), dual interface 8Gb Fibre Channel/1Gb iSCSI and 6Gb JBODs, along with optional Dot Hill AssuredRemote data management software for remote replication. Advanced data management such as AssuredCopy, Dot Hill's volume copy technology, enabling the creation of independent data volume copies for additional data protection, and Dot Hill's AssuredSnap snapshot capability for improved data availability and business continuity, allow companies to reduce the burden of meeting modern data retention policies.