Solid State Solutions (S3), a value-added integrator of data storage and storage management systems, has been named as Isilon's European Partner of the Year. S3 has also become the first UK channel partner to attain Platinum status within the recently launched Isilon Preferred Partner Program.
'S3 have shown a real commitment and expertise in delivering Isilon scale-out NAS solutions to a number of high profile clients within complex environments,' explains Mark Stevens, vice president and general manager in EMEA for Isilon Systems. 'This award and achievement of Platinum partner status is recognition from Isilon of the outstanding work S3 has carried out over the last year and we look forward to working with them on a number of upcoming projects and events over 2010.'
S3 has worked closely with Isilon to host its annual Data Management in Life Sciences Seminar (s3.co.uk/science), which has included guest speakers from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and Illumina.