2010 Emerging Storage Vendors
Storage Up And Comers
Looking for a new storage vendor to help create business solutions and differentiate your product offerings? Check out the storage vendors that made the CRN 2010 Emerging Vendors report.
3X Systems
Headquarters: Columbus, OH
Tech Sector: Storage
Product Line: 3X Remote Backup Appliance
Founded: 2006
Worldwide Partners: 160 in the U.S.
Ideal Partner: Midmarket Focused
AppAssure
Headquarters: Reston, VA
Tech Sector: Storage
Product Line: AppAssure Replay Appimage Backup And Recovery
Founded: 2005
Worldwide Partners: 40 in North America
Ideal Partner: Midmarket Focused
ArcMail Technology
Headquarters: Shreveport, LA
Tech Sector: Storage
Product Line: ArcMail Defender
Founded: 2005
Worldwide Partners: 400-plus in North America
Ideal Partner: Midmarket Focused
Atrato
Headquarters: Westminster, CO
Tech Sector: Storage
Product Line: Velocity1000 High-Speed, High-Density Storage Array
Founded: 2004
Worldwide Partners: 15 in North America
Ideal Partner: Enterprise Focused
AutoVirt
Headquarters: Nashua, NH
Tech Sector: Storage
Product Line: AutoVirt Software Solution To Manage File Data Spread Across Distributed Storage
Founded: 2007
US Partners: 15
Worldwide Partners: 15
Recruiting Goal: 50-100
Geographic Focus: Broad National US Recruitment
Ideal Partner: Midmarket Focused
Top Distributors: Arrow Electronics
Technologies resold: Enterprise Storage, file virtualization and data management
Axcient
Headquarters: Mountain View, CA
Tech Sector: Storage
Product Line: RapidRestore Data Backup Services
Founded: 2008
Worldwide Partners: 100-plus in North America
Ideal Partner: Small Business Focused
Axxana
Headquarters: Wellesley, MA
Tech Sector: Storage
Product Line: Data Storage, Disaster Recovery
Founded: 2005
US Partners: 10
Worldwide Partners: 30
Recruiting Goal: 50 partners or less
Geographic Focus: Limited International Recruitment
Ideal Partner: Other
Top Distributors: Avnet
Technologies resold: Backup and Recovery
Cloud Leverage
Headquarters: Asheville, NC
Tech Sector: Storage
Product Line: Leverage Cloud Performance Platform
Founded: 2010
Worldwide Partners: Just Getting Started
Ideal Partner: Managed Service Provider
Ctera Networks
Headquarters: Petah Tikvah , Israel
Tech Sector: Storage
Product Line: Hybrid Cloud Storage, Data Protection Services, Appliances
Founded: 2008
US Partners: 30
Worldwide Partners: 50
Recruiting Goal: 51 partners to 250 partners
Geographic Focus: Broad International Recruitment
Ideal Partner: Small Business Focused
Top Distributors: Interwork, Condre
Technologies resold: Cloud computing, Backup and Recovery
Data Robotics
Headquarters: Santa Clara, CA
Tech Sector: Storage
Product Line: Drobo Data Storage Arrays
Founded: 2004
US Partners: 1700
Worldwide Partners: 2200
Recruiting Goal: 51 partners to 250 partners
Geographic Focus: Broad International Recruitment
Ideal Partner: Small Business Focused
Direct Sales (if any): Consumer IT
Top Distributors: Synnex, Ingram, Bell Micro EU
Technologies resold: Enterprise Storage, Consumer/SOHO/SMB Storage
Dataupia
Headquarters: Cambridge, MA
Tech Sector: Storage
Product Line: Dataupia Satori Server
Founded: 2005
Worldwide Partners: 25 Worldwide
Ideal Partner: Enterprise Focused
Datto
Headquarters: Wilton, CT
Tech Sector: Storage
Product Line: Viridian Backup, Disaster Recovery
Founded: 2007
Worldwide Partners: 200 worldwide
Ideal Partner: Small Business Focused
Doyenz
Headquarters: Bellevue, WA
Tech Sector: Storage
Product Line: Automated Virtual IT
Founded: 2007
Worldwide Partners: Over 150 in NA
Ideal Partner: Small Business Focused
Egnyte
Headquarters: Mountain View, CA
Tech Sector: Storage
Product Line: Egnyte On-Demand File Server
Founded: 2006
Worldwide Partners: 125
Ideal Partner: Midmarket Focused
Gluster
Headquarters: Milpitas, CA
Tech Sector: Storage
Product Line: Gluster Storage Platform
Founded: 2005
Worldwide Partners: 12 Worldwide
Ideal Partner: Enterprise Focused
GreenBytes
Headquarters: Ashaway, RI
Tech Sector: Storage
Product Line: GreenByte GB-X Series
Founded: 2007
Worldwide Partners: 25 in the US
Ideal Partner: Enterprise Focused
Mezeo Software
Headquarters: Houston, TX
Tech Sector: Storage
Product Line: Mezeo Cloud Storage Platform
Founded: 2008
Worldwide Partners: our MSPs in the U.S., plus three hosting partners worldwide
Ideal Partner: Managed Service Provider
MXSense
Headquarters: Marlboro, NJ
Tech Sector: Storage
Product Line: MXsense E-Mail Archives
Founded: 2006
Worldwide Partners: 9 in North America
Ideal Partner: Small Business Focused
Nasuni
Headquarters: Natick, MA
Tech Sector: Storage
Product Line: Nasuni Filer Virtual NAS File Server
Founded: 2009
Worldwide Partners: 0
Ideal Partner: Midmarket Focused
Nexenta
Headquarters: Mountain View, CA
Tech Sector: Storage
Product Line: NexentaStor 2.2 Unified Storage
Founded: 2005
Worldwide Partners: About 100 Worldwide
Ideal Partner: Enterprise Focused
Pranah Storage Technologies
Headquarters: Mendota Heights, MN
Tech Sector: Storage
Product Line: Pranah U1200 Series Storage Units
Founded: 2005
Worldwide Partners: A handful of beta partners; plans to add 50 North American solution providers in 2010
Ideal Partner: Small Business Focused
Proxure
Headquarters: San Luis Obispo, CA
Tech Sector: Storage
Product Line: KeepVault, KeepVault Pro And Business
Founded: 2005
Worldwide Partners: None
Ideal Partner: Small Business Focused
Rebit
Headquarters: Longmont, CO
Tech Sector: Storage
Product Line: Rebit Backup
Founded: 2005
Worldwide Partners: 120 in North America
Ideal Partner: Small Business Focused
Reldata
Headquarters: Parsippany, N.J.
Tech Sector: Storage
Product Line: Reldata 9240i Storage System
Founded: 2005
Worldwide Partners: 60 in North America
Ideal Partner: Midmarket Focused
Robobak
Headquarters: Atlanta, GA
Tech Sector: Storage
Product Line: Robobak Data Protection
Founded: 2005
Worldwide Partners: 68 worldwide
Ideal Partner: Managed Service Provider
SafeEvault
Headquarters: Richardson, TX
Tech Sector: Storage
Product Line: SafeEvault Online Backup Manager
Founded: 2006
Worldwide Partners: 20 in the U.S.
Ideal Partner: Small Business Focused
Scale Computing
Headquarters: Indianapolis, IN
Tech Sector: Storage
Product Line: Scale Computing's StorageNodes Clustered Storage Solutions
Founded: 2006
US Partners: 125
Worldwide Partners: 126
Recruiting Goal: 251 partners to 500 partners
Geographic Focus: Broad International Recruitment
Ideal Partner: Midmarket Focused
Top Distributors: Avnet WW, PromarkUS, Bell Data Japan
Technologies resold: Enterprise Storage
StorMagic
Headquarters: Eden Prairie, MN
Tech Sector: Storage
Product Line: SvSAN Storage Virtual Appliance
Founded: 2006
Worldwide Partners: 40 in U.S.
Ideal Partner: Midmarket Focused
Storwize
Headquarters: Los Gatos, CA
Tech Sector: Storage
Product Line: Storwize STN-6000 Data Compression
Founded: 2004
Worldwide Partners: 75 worldwide
Ideal Partner: Enterprise Focused
Tugboat Enterprises
Headquarters: Redwood City, CA
Tech Sector: Storage
Product Line: Selkie Software Data Migration
Founded: 2004
Worldwide Partners: 223 worldwide
Ideal Partner: Enterprise Focused
Whiptail Technologies
Headquarters: Summit, NJ
Tech Sector: Storage
Product Line: Virtual Desktop XLR8r (1.5, 3.0, 6.0TB) and Datacenter XLR8r (1.5, 3.0, 6.0TB)
Founded: 2008
Worldwide Partners: 25 including the M7 consortium (Gotham, INTRA Systems, IPM, LPS Integration, Entysis, Agile360, and Right! Systems)
Ideal Partner: Enterprise Focused, Health Care Focused, Managed Service Provider
Zetta
Headquarters: Sunnyvale, CA
Tech Sector: Storage
Product Line: Zetta Enterprise Cloud
Founded: 2007
Worldwide Partners: 5 in the U.S.
Ideal Partner: Enterprise Focused
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