Vodafone Selects EMC As Preferred Storage Vendor in Europe

Vodafone has expanded its relationship with data storage vendor, EMC Corp., adding the company as a preferred partner for storage and storage-related products in its European markets. Under the terms of the agreement, EMC's solutions will represent a significant proportion of the overall external storage capacity for all new storage-related purchases within Vodafone Information Systems' data center control.

The contract is for three years.

Vodafone currently uses EMC high-end and mid-range Storage Area Network (SAN) and Network-attached Storage (NAS) systems in its global data centers, as well as EMC storage management software and services. With this agreement Vodafone and EMC have expanded their existing partnership to unify the maintenance and service for Vodafone's European storage environment, and to help increase efficiency by consolidating around - and upgrading to - EMC's industry-leading information infrastructure technology.

"Both Vodafone's global brand and its established reputation are founded on technical excellence. EMC recognizes the significance of the endorsement that Vodafone has made in moving to work with us as a preferred storage solution partner in the European theater," said Frank Hauck, EMC's Executive Vice President, EMC Storage Division, Global Marketing and Customer Quality. "We look forward to working with Vodafone more closely than ever, in this and in other areas of the EMC Information Infrastructure and Management portfolio."

Posted to the site on 17th August 2009