sTec, Inc. (NASDAQ:STEC), a leading global provider of solid-state
storage solutions, today announced its extensive range of
solid-state solutions are now available to enterprise customers
through the company's new direct sales and global channel programs.
Building upon its unmatched, two-decade track record of delivering
flash-based storage solutions through server and storage OEMs, sTec
has added highly experienced channel partners and broadened the
technical and market expertise of its direct sales force,
delivering a team of professionals with extensive backgrounds in
enterprise storage. These additions serve to expand sTec's reach
into the enterprise and in key vertical markets, including oil and
gas, federal government, telecommunications, financial services,
cloud, and social media.
Transforming Data Centers with Added Expertise, Expanded
Sales Channels
With its newly expanded global reach and vertical-market
expertise, sTec is now strategically organized to best serve the
enterprise storage industry as it undergoes a significant
transformation. Market research indicates that enterprise
storage is rapidly shifting to scalable architectures tailored
toward specific applications that depend less on pre-configured
servers and other storage systems. sTec's new direct-to-user
approach supports the tailored data-center model by providing IT
professionals access to its enterprise-class solid-state drives
(SSDs) and software, and specialized sTec® application and storage
market expertise.
"The enterprise storage market is undergoing a transformation in
which organizations are looking beyond general-purpose solutions
for their infrastructures and toward a customized installation for
high-end, data-driven applications and workloads," said Jeff
Janukowicz, research director, Solid State Drives and Enabling
Technologies at IDC. "We estimate that by 2016 just under half of
all enterprise storage capacity shipped will be through non-system
OEM channels, which include shipments directly to hyperscale cloud
data centers, ODMs, and specialized system integrators, presenting
a clear opportunity for providers that can offer a variety of
storage solutions geared toward specific vertical deployments and
application requirements."
Addressing the new market landscape, sTec's restructured
organization includes over 50 new professionals from
industry-leading storage vendors with extensive experience
developing customized solutions for data centers. The expanded
sales infrastructure complements the company's comprehensive
channel program, and dramatically broadens enterprises' direct
access to sTec's well-established solid-state storage solutions.
sTec is further expanding its global channel program through
partners with particular expertise and proximity to the company's
customers, enabling it to best serve its targeted vertical
markets.
"As the company that has shipped more SSDs to the enterprise
than any other supplier, we have the unique capability to provide
critical application knowledge and experience to solve our
customers' most critical issues," said Ali Zadeh, corporate senior
vice president and chief marketing officer, and general manager of
the Systems and Software Group, sTec. "While there will always be
enterprise environments based on turn-key storage solutions, today
many IT managers must tailor their data center infrastructures to
suit specific applications and workloads. With our recently
expanded portfolio of solid-state storage solutions and new
vertical-market and applications expertise, sTec is the ideal
solutions provider to address the emerging tailored data center
model."
Industry-Wide Endorsements
"We required a storage solution that could not only meet our
hardware demands, but also combine several SSD formats with caching
software that improved performance and manageability," said Daniel
Iniguez, IT Manager, NYX Cosmetics, an international cosmetics
maker. "sTec's SSDs have exceeded our expectations and, working in
tandem with EnhanceIO™, address high storage loads and caching
without fail."
"sTec has an incomparable reputation in SSD solutions, which
complement our hypervisor software exceptionally
well," said Carlos Carreras, vice president,
alliances and business development, DataCore Software, a leader in
hypervisor storage software.
"The government markets that Norseman serves demand fast,
reliable, solid-state storage solutions backed by a commitment to
customer service," said Justin Bonner, chief executive officer,
Norseman Defense Technologies, an IT solutions integrator and
consultant. "sTec has shown its value in partner loyalty and
responsiveness, and we are proud to offer their innovative
solutions to our customers."
About sTec, Inc.
sTec, Inc. is a leading global provider of enterprise-class
solid-state storage solutions designed for the ever-growing
performance, reliability and endurance requirements of today's
advanced data centers. The industry's first company to deploy
solid-state drives (SSDs) into large-scale enterprise environments,
sTec offers the industry's widest range of solid-state storage
solutions, which protect critical information for major business
and government organizations worldwide. Headquartered in Santa Ana,
California, sTec also serves the embedded and military/aerospace
markets with SSDs for industrial and rugged environments. For more
information, visit www.stec-inc.com.
sTec, the sTec logo and EnhanceIO are either registered
trademarks or trademarks of sTec, Inc. in the United States and
certain other countries. All other trademarks or brand names
referred to herein are the property of their respective owners.
Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. This release contains
forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties,
including those statements concerning sTec's reach into the
enterprise and vertical markets, including oil and gas, federal
government, telecommunications, financial services, cloud, and
social media; sTec's global channel program; new sales and
marketing infrastructure; the shift in enterprise storage towards
scalable and tailored architectures; the transformation of the
enterprise storage industry in general; and sales of SSDs to the
enterprise. Such forward-looking statements are based on current
expectations and involve inherent risks and uncertainties,
including factors that could delay, divert or change any of them,
and cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially from
current expectations. Important factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in
forward-looking statements are detailed in filings with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission, made from time to time by sTec,
including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, its
subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and its subsequent
Current Reports on Form 8-K, which are available on the Investor
Relations section of sTec's website at www.stec-inc.com. The
information contained in this press release is a statement of
sTec's present intentions, beliefs or expectations. sTec may change
its intentions, beliefs or expectations, at any time and without
notice, based upon any changes in such factors, from sTec 's
assumptions and otherwise. Except as required by law, sTec
undertakes no obligation to publicly release any revisions to any
forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances
occurring after the date thereof, or to reflect the occurrence of
unanticipated events.
CONTACT: Jerry Steach
Director, Public Relations
sTec, Inc.
(415) 222-9996
jsteach@stec-inc.com
Merrill Freund or Lauren Whitehouse
Schwartz MSL
(415) 512-0770
stec@schwartzmsl.com
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