Sir Geoff Hurst Welcomes Partners to StorLife UK Conference

CAS specialist helps partners make the most of fast growing storage market

Content Addressed Storage specialist StorLife has held its inaugural UK Partner Conference at the new Wembley Stadium. The event, hosted with ACAL IT with special guest Sir Geoff Hurst, showcased the significant market opportunities in providing compliant storage.

The secure storage, retrieval and final destruction of documents now required under various rules and regulations like Sarbanes-Oxley and the European Data Directive is causing many organisations sleepless nights. New rules such as legal discovery and retention of documents are driving companies to formalise document management policies, develop archiving standards, and institute storage policy changes. As a pioneering player in content addressed storage (CAS), StorLife is turning the tables on this sea of data, by applying intelligence and control.

Completely hardware-independent, StorLife allows organisations to make the most of existing investments in storage infrastructure, avoiding hardware vendor lock-in. StorLife delivers significant value in terms of simplified management, protection and storage of a constantly growing amount of data.

Conference attendees heard from Alan Shipman of the British Standards Institution (BSI) who discussed international sandards organisations and how they can help with compliance, as well as how vendors can provide input to upcoming compliance regulations.

StorLife outlined its Partner Programme which offers uniquely competitive priced products which archive and retrieve information using a 'digital fingerprint' that ensures the authenticity of original, unaltered, documents vital for compliance over their complete lifecycle. Single Instance Storage (SIS) technology ensures that content is never duplicated, recognising when another user or application is trying to store the same content, freeing up valuable storage capacity. StorLife incorporates powerful features such as built-in Lifecycle Management functions, advanced authentication, encryption and data protection technologies along with remote replication for disaster recovery and WORM disk functionality to meet compliance obligations.
StorLife Partners are entitled to extensive marketing support – including product support, assistance with lead generation campaigns and exhibition support as well as co-branding, sales collateral and full training.

“With the explosion of content that firms are battling to deal with, as well as the radical shift towards magnetic storage and increasing compliance regulations, there’s a real need to provide organisations with a cost-effective solution that makes the most of their existing investments,” said Colin Kaye, UK MD StorLife. “As StorLife is 100% channel focused, we’re keen to help our partners make the most of the market opportunity and help their customers meet today’s business challenges.”