Hammer nails Hitachi GST partnership

Distributor signs European-wide partnership with hard disk drive vendor

By Sara Yirrell

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22 Sep 2009

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Hammer has grabbed a European distribution deal with hard disk drive vendor Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST).

The deal with give Hammer’s customers access to Hitachi’s full range of Ultrastar hard drives – ranging from 15K and 10K RPM SAS and Fibre Channel hard drives, to the enterprise-class 2TB 7200 RPM SATA hard drive.

Nick Powling, disk business development manager at Hammer, said: “Hammer is continually looking for ways to enhance our product offerings, and add more value and storage options for customers. Adding Hitachi’s enterprise drives to the Hammer range gives our customers full access to a proven family of drives for greater flexibility when designing or upgrading their enterprise storage environments.”

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Paul Matravers, sales director for storage products at Hammer, said: “This partnership further bolsters Hammer’s enterprise disk drive offering and enhances our position at the forefront of the storage industry.”

Steve Pereira, EMEA vice president at Hitachi GST, said: “We look forward to working with Hammer in providing their customers with proven Hitachi Ultrastar drives, which will help contribute to easier integration and improved total cost of ownership.”

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