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Scality partners with RIXS to boost IT solutions in Southeast Asia
Tue, 12th Dec 2023

Scality, a global titan in trustworthy, protected and sustainable data storage software, has announced a strategic partnership with RIXS. This alliance aims to bring advanced solutions to Malaysian enterprises by offering Scality's RING and ARTESCA products to meet the rising need for robust IT solutions in Southeast Asia.

The collaboration aims to enhance local establishments' abilities to comply with regulatory requirements, safeguard against ransomware threats, foster cyber resilience and effectively manage the significant growth in unstructured data.

RIXS, a significant value-added distributor focused on delivering cutting-edge IT infrastructure, aims to upgrade businesses in the region. The firm closely prioritises scalability, sustainability, and reliability in its responses.

By aligning themselves with Scality, RIXS is striving to drive a customer-centric approach that amalgamates expertise throughout the technology supply chain to deliver world-class disaster recovery solutions and cloud infrastructure.

Scality, an eight-time leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Distributed File and Object Storage, provides an unbreakable storage solution for datacentres. With Scality's innovative RING and ARTESCA offerings, partners can construct efficient strategies for clients to combat ransomware attacks.

Scality's secure, scalable software allows channel partners to assist organisations skillfully manage their unstructured data growth and augment their storage architectures to cater to AI/ML, data capturing and mining, and analytics.

As per Scality, through a combined endeavour, the partners can drive operational efficiencies within customers and capitalise on the pressing demand for supporting modern data platforms.

Marie-Laure Retureau, Scality's Regional Director, expressed happiness over the new alliance stating, "We are delighted to partner with RIXS to bring modern storage solutions to end users across some of the fastest-growing markets in Malaysia."

"IT buyers are turning to the channel for help in dealing with rampant ransomware attacks that threaten their existing IT systems. Together, RIXS and Scality are harnessing their expertise across the technology supply chain to provide best-in-class disaster recovery solutions and cloud infrastructure."

Irwan Annuar, the Sales Director at RIXS, conveyed that the partnership signifies a strategic alliance purposed to meet the varying needs of enterprises in the region. He said, "As the spectre of ransomware threats persists, the demand for cutting-edge solutions becomes paramount. Together with Scality, we are not just meeting demands; we are defining a new standard of excellence."

RIXS has established a presence as a value-added distributor, recognized for delivering transformative technology solutions and providing professional consultation, support and services since 2017.

Led by seasoned experts, RIXS excels in tailoring its expertise to meet the distinct requirements of SMBs, SMEs and High Enterprise Segments.

Scality is focused on solving organisations' biggest data storage challenges growth, security, and cost. Delivering 100% uptime, ransomware protection and resilience, Scality RING and ARTESCA make storage infrastructures scalable in all critical dimensions: capacity, performance, applications and data location.