The Microsoft Partner Program was launched in October 2003 and represents Microsoft’s ongoing commitment to the success of partners worldwide. The program offers a single, integrated partnering framework that recognizes partner expertise, rewards the total impact that partners have in the technology marketplace, and delivers more value to help partners’ businesses be successful.

With more than a quarter century of industry expertise, Seagate continues to be the driver of innovative solutions for the storage industry. Today no other hard drive manufacturer matches Seagate’s breadth of solutions. With more than 40 products covering home computing to enterprise data centers, Seagate delivers advanced solutions for every industry that requires digital storage. The company leads the industry in research and development, with a focus on bringing to market new technologies that will meet the needs of future generations. Since its inception, Seagate has consistently delivered breakthrough innovations and raised the bar for digital storage solutions.

HP is a technology company that operates in more than 170 countries around the world. We explore how technology and services can help people and companies address their problems and challenges, and realize their possibilities, aspirations and dreams. We apply new thinking and ideas to create more simple, valuable and trusted experiences with technology, continuously improving the way our customers live and work.

The IBM System Storage Proven program is designed to help clients identify storage solutions that have been pre-qualified for interoperability with IBM System Storage products. IBM helps take the guesswork out of putting a total solution together to help simplify your purchase decision, freeing you to focus on running your business.

Founded in 1980, Quantum is the leading global storage company specializing in backup, recovery and archive solutions. Customers’ data protection and retention challenges are complex and rapidly evolving, and the need for a category expert is essential to success. Because all of Quantum’s resources are dedicated to backup, recovery and archive, the company offers the focused expertise, customer-driven innovation and platform independence that storage generalists, such as system OEMs and primary storage providers, cannot match. This combination helps customers solve data protection and retention issues more easily, effectively and securely. In addition, unlike start-ups that offer point products or technologies, Quantum has the global scale and scope to support a worldwide customer base, along with a comprehensive portfolio of systems, software, devices and services.