Active Storage Establishes New UK Office to Service Growing Demand for Company Products Throughout Europe
January 6, 2009
Active Storage, Inc., a leading provider of high-availability RAID storage systems for Apple® users, today announced the establishment of its European operations based in the UK, and the appointment of Paul Phillips as Managing Director. Additionally, Active Storage has signed Jigsaw Systems, the UK's leading provider of IT solutions and support services to the creative industries as their first Platinum Reseller outside the US.
“We are extremely excited with the level of interest in the ActiveRAID in Europe, and are very fortunate to have Paul Phillips managing our operations there. Paul is not only extremely qualified for this position given his many years of experience as a storage executive, but his knowledge of the customer base and reseller community is unmatched by anyone in the industry” said Alex Grossman CEO of Active Storage.
Commenting on the appointment of Jigsaw Systems as the first Active Storage Platinum Reseller outside of the US, Jigsaw Founder Roger Whittle; "ActiveRAID offers outstanding technology - their high-performance, capacity and availability storage solutions are supremely scalable and represent a quantum leap in terms of overall customer experience for Apple users. In combination with Apple's award winning Xserve product family, Jigsaw Systems believe that ActiveRAID will be a winning combination for our customers in Design, Print & Publishing, Pro Video, Pro Audio, AV Networks, Animation and 3D Visualisation".
Paul Phillips, Managing Director of Active Storage Europe added; "For an organisation such as ours wishing to make an immediate impact on the Apple market there is simply no better partner than Jigsaw - they are Apple's number one reseller in the UK, with the biggest customer base, the greatest experience and a proven infrastructure staffed by one of the best and most dedicated teams in the industry - our partnership with Jigsaw forms a key element of our UK strategy.”
About Active Storage
Active Storage, Inc. is the innovative storage leader for media and creative professionals, broadcast, post-production, on-line and archive solutions. Fast, reliable and easy to deploy, Active Storage products deliver a best-of-breed user experience, marrying award-winning industrial design, unmatched speed, reliability and customer service. Ease of use and robust performance make Active Storage the first choice for complex professional storage deployments. Copyright 2008-2011 Active Storage, Inc. All rights reserved. Active Storage logo is trademark of Active Storage, Inc. iPhone is a trademark of Apple, Inc. Apple, Mac OS X, Bonjour, Cocoa, Dashboard, Xsan, and Xserve are registered trademarks of Apple, Inc. All other company name or product names may be the trademarks of their respective owners.