BIS puts trust in Pillar

The deal will support its ever-growing on-line data backup services and will allow BIS to extend its product portfolio to include, storage and replication.

The Pillar Axiom replaces a number of systems to enable BIS to continue providing the quality of service required by its customer base, whilst enhancing the flexibility and scalability that is required for any storage provider. Due to the success of BIS’ on-line data backup services, BIS experienced exponential growth with the volume of data it handles, and meant it was essential that a scalable and high performance storage system was found as quickly as possible.

BIS chose the Pillar Axiom over its competitors because of the storage system’s ease of operation, reliability and low long-term cost. In testament to this, BIS will also resell Pillar’s storage system to customers that are looking for a primary storage system. In addition, it will distribute Pillar’s software management suite, AxiomONE, which brings together several administrative tools into a single, easy-to-use interface.

“The partnership with BIS shows the flexibility of both the Axiom and AxiomONE software management suite,” said Andy Jacques, Director of Sales Northern Europe, Pillar Data Systems. “Not only will it be handling terabytes of data for BIS’ on-line backup, storage and replication services, but it will be resold as a primary data source, showing that it adapts to all businesses’ needs”.