Debriefing Software has signed a reseller contract with Load System AB, IBM’s biggest business partner for data storage in Sweden.
Load System AB plans to use Wizards Storage Portal’s extensive Storage Resource Management graphs and reports to help its customers optimize their investments in their IBM infrastructures. With Wizards Storage Portal (WSP), companies can save up to 70% of the time they spend managing IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM), Storwize and SAN Volume Controller (SVC).
Christer Hermansson, Consultant Manager of Load System AB, said: “Our focus is solely on building managed services for IBM backup and storage installations. Load System chose Debriefing Software’s Wizards Storage Portal because it provides one platform with comprehensive monitoring and analysis and automated alert tools across all of IBM’s leading backup and storage solutions – SAN Volume Controller, Storwize and Tivoli Storage Manager.”
He added, “In combination with Wizards Storage Portal, we will deliver improved, first-class managed services that will support our customers’ efforts to optimize their investments in their IBM infrastructures while helping us react immediately to performance issues. With WSP, we can support many customers and help them save both time and money.”
Wizards Storage Portal is a cloud-based SRM portal that monitors and analyzes IBM backup and storage performance in real-time with a user-friendly, customizable dashboard and more than 200 preconfigured graphs and reports.
Delivered as a software-as-a-service tool, Wizards Storage Portal helps enterprises manage their IBM backup and storage solutions more efficiently and effectively by eliminating routine and resource-demanding tasks. The automated reports and alerts enable businesses to reduce both capital and operational expenditure.
Paul Ström, Global Sales Director, Debriefing Software, said: “With Wizards Storage Portal, enterprises can easily outsource the management of their IBM backup and storage to a reseller partner while sharing access to real-time performance data. We are excited to be working closely with Load System AB, an IBM partner with a huge presence in the IBM backup and storage market in Sweden. Wizards Storage Portal will provide Load System AB a solid foundation to extend its portfolio of value-add services.”