Certance today announced that it has selected D&H Distributing to carry Certance's full line of data protection solutions including Travan, DAT (DDS) and LTO tape technology solutions, media and accessories. D&H is a leading national computer products distributor and becomes Certance's fifth authorized distributor in the United States.
"This relationship represents a new level of opportunity for Certance to provide cost-effective, reliable data protection solutions to meet the data backup/restore challenges of small-to-medium businesses (SMB) today," said Marc Cisneros, director of channel and distribution sales for Certance. "D&H brings additional levels of penetration into the system builder, SMB VAR and retail markets where their customers can benefit from our commitment to best-in-class products and support services."
"As the unit volume leader in the global tape market, we are pleased to offer the Certance line of data protection solutions that will support our solutions providers and deliver business continuance benefits to end users in their notebook, desktop or server environment," said Michael Schwab, vice president of purchasing for D&H Distributing.
D&H's distribution facilities throughout the United States stock the full line of Certance data protection solutions including its recently launched family of DAT 72 drives and autoloaders in multiple configurations.
Certance's data protection products are based on open format tape specifications including Travan, DDS/DAT and LTO Ultrium. Certance's implementation of these formats provides reliable, scaleable cost-effective solutions for virtually all computing segments ranging from mobile to enterprise environments.
Certance is a worldwide market leader in tape backup products and data protection solutions, with more than 12 million drives installed. With headquarters in Costa Mesa, Certance provides a full array of data recovery solutions including LTO Ultrium, DDS/DAT and Travan technologies, designed to meet the backup, restore and archive needs of virtually every platform from notebooks and PCs to enterprise servers.
One of America's largest wholesale distributors of microcomputer products, consumer electronics, educational products and security products, D&H has been distributing to the reseller and solution provider community for 85 years. D&H leads the computer industry in emerging technologies and is known for providing every solution provider -- from large, national accounts to small, independent business owners -- with top-quality products, competitive prices and highly personalized service.