GLASGOW, Scotland, July 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
IIJ Europe Chooses Asigra Cloud Backup
Solution
Cloud company iomart (LON: IOM), has announced that IIJ Europe
Limited (IIJ Europe), has selected its backup specialist Backup
Technology to deliver enterprise cloud solutions in EMEA.
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The partnership, which gets underway immediately, is a
fundamental driver for IIJ Europe, whose parent company is Internet
Initiative Japan Inc. (NASDAQ: IIJI TSE1:3774) , as they look to
establish a dominant place in the European and African markets for
the provision of enterprise cloud services.
Backup Technology (BTL) will provide strategic licensing, sales
and technical support for its public and private Asigra-based cloud
solutions which IIJ Europe will incorporate into its cloud
solutions' offering to larger organisations.
Matthew Parker, Managing Director
of BTL, said: "We are delighted to have been chosen by IIJ Europe
to play a significant role in its partner network. This is an
exciting opportunity to use our significant expertise in the
strategic design and delivery of public and private cloud backup
plus disaster recovery solutions to benefit larger organisations
across Europe, the Middle East and Africa."
Manabu Yamamoto, Managing
Director of IIJ Europe, said: "We are delighted to collaborate with
BTL. Adding their proven and robust Asigra-based solution to our
competitively priced cloud IIJ GIO, provides significant added
value to our offering. Furthermore this partnership will help us
fully satisfy our customers' service level requirements for mission
critical systems. These added attributes makes IIJ GIO even more
compelling to customers by catering for their complex needs. "
IIJ Europe is a fully owned subsidiary of Internet Initiative
Japan Inc. (IIJ), one of the leading cloud providers in
Japan. IIJ Europe has huge
ambitions to replicate IIJ's success by providing IIJ GIO- their
world-class, enterprise-ready cloud service - to the European
market. IIJ GIO is a comprehensive, modular offer, based on a
tried-and-tested platform, without the lock-in of a traditional
private cloud or the risk and instability of a public cloud
environment. IIJ Europe will offer their cloud service featuring
BTL via strong partnerships in the channel.
BTL specialises in Asigra Cloud Backup, an industry-leading
software platform for online data backup. BTL protects over 15 PB
of data on behalf of its customers and has a successful track
record in delivering projects for leading businesses, for instance,
helping Pernod Ricard to centralise its previously fragmented
approach to protecting data throughout EMEA.
BTL is part of PSN Pan Government Accredited cloud company
iomart which provides a range of public, private and hybrid cloud
solutions from its ISO 9001, ISO 27001 and ISO 22301 accredited
network of UK data centres.
About iomart
Award winning cloud company iomart Group PLC (AIM:
IOM) enables businesses and organisations to operate their
online data and IT environments safely and securely. Headquartered
in Glasgow, Scotland, iomart
partners with leading vendors such as VMware, Amazon, EMC,
Microsoft, Asigra, Arbor and Dell to offer customers a centrally
managed, controlled and completely agnostic set of hybrid, private
and public cloud platforms. By owning a global network and
datacentre infrastructure, iomart can support any customer who
wishes to move seamlessly between any and all of these platforms
with a consultative level of knowledge and expertise, delivering
cloud services to meet exact business needs. For more information
visit http://www.iomart.com
Contact:
IIJ Europe contact
Jade Hazell
Marketing Executive
marketing-uk@eu.iij.com
http://www.iijeurope.com
Contact:
Jane Robertson
PR Manager
jane.robertson@iomart.com
+44(0)141-931-6400
@iomart
SOURCE Iomart Group Plc