Redington brings EMC's infrastructure appliances to KSA

VSPEX BLUE combines compute, storage, virtualization, and management into a single appliance designed to address the unique needs of mid-market and enterprise customers Saudi Arabia — Oct. 11, 2015
Redington Value, a distribution division of Redington Gulf, has launched EMC VSPEX BLUE hyper-converged infrastructure appliance (HCIA) in Saudi Arabia.
A software-defined data center (SDDC) building block, VSPEX BLUE combines compute, storage, virtualization and management into a single appliance designed to address the needs of mid-market and enterprise customers.
Designed to specifically facilitate an easy-to-use and scalable system, the next-generation converged infrastructure is built on x86 servers and enables customers to go from power on to provisioning virtual machines in under 15 minutes.
"The industry is looking forward to a system that is simple to manage, easy to scale and provides elasticity. The VSPEX BLUE hyper-converged infrastructure appliance radically simplifies IT infrastructure deployment and management and represents a strategic addition to EMC's existing highly successful converged infrastructure portfolio," says Ashraf Jarad, channel manager KSA at EMC Corporation.
VSPEX BLUE is ideal for infrastructure consolidations, virtual desktops in large remote or branch offices and managed service providers.
The VSPEX BLUE Manager also simplifies IT management by delivering patch and software update notification that can be installed automatically without interruption or downtime so that the appliance software is always up-to-date.
"Customers are increasingly looking for systems that are simple to manage and easy to scale. Redington Gulf's partnership with EMC enables us to cater to the exclusive needs of businesses in Saudi Arabia, especially to the mid-market and enterprise businesses," says Ramkumar Balakrishnan, president, value distribution at Redington Gulf.