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This is important to us since it helps us solve more customer needs, which expands our business opportunities.” Mike Mitchell, Partner Manager at Dell EMC said: “With Smartoptics aboard our partner program, our customers can now easily acquire fully approved, state of the art DWDM equipment for data center interconnect and other infrastructure management needs. This partnership is an important element in our strategy to expand our sales channels in close cooperation with leading IT System Houses.” Per Burman, Sales Director of Smartoptics AS, commented: “Becoming a Dell EMC Select Partner is a significant step for us and builds on the long relationship we have with EMC. The solution, which includes Smartoptics’ open line systems () to extend reach and provide management and monitoring capabilities, enables a mix of 16/8 Gb FC channels to be connected over distances up to 150 km. The Dell EMC Partner Program for Select Partners is a resource that makes it easier for Dell EMC customers to acquire pretested, third-party solutions that can be purchased to complement any supported Dell EMC hardware.ĭell EMC and Smartoptics can now offer an optimal solution for extending SAN networks between data centers, using embedded DWDM transceivers that interconnect DELL EMC Connectrix switches over optical fiber in a cost-efficient way. Becoming a Select Partner with Dell EMC is an important element of Smartoptics’ partnering strategy.Īfter extensive testing, Smartoptics storage extension products have been qualified for sales via the Select Program of Dell EMC. With this partnership in place, Dell EMC customers can now order fully approved DWDM solutions for data center interconnect from Dell EMC. Oslo, Norway – 21 March 2019 – Smartoptics, a leading provider of open optical networking solutions, has been qualified as a Dell EMC Select Partner in the Dell EMC Partner Program.
