Data Connections is pleased to announce a new channel partnership with Unidesk Corporation, a provider of a new management platform for desktop virtualization.

Unidesk (www.unidesk.com) provides the virtual desktop management software platform that enterprises of all sizes are adopting to ensure desktop virtualization success. The company’s patent-pending desktop layering technology extends virtual desktop solutions from VMware, Citrix, and other vendors to sustain personalization for workers who need a customizable user experience, while empowering IT with efficient management of operating system and application updates. Unidesk customers benefit from increased worker productivity and reduced IT operations and data center storage costs. Unidesk is a privately-held company with worldwide headquarters in Marlborough, Mass.

“This new partnership has already benefited our VDI customers. Unidesk greatly reduces VDI storage space , increases flexibility and eases the burden of management of any virtual desktop environment. Unidesk  is a powerful addition to our growing Virtual Desktop business “, commented Fritz Menchinger, President of Data Connections, Inc.

Data Connections, Inc. was established in 1984 as a distributor of data communication equipment. Acquired in March 2007 from it’s founders Data Connections specializes in a variety of Data Center and Desktop solutions with a particular focus on power saving and efficient solutions.

Data Connections, Inc. has long been recognized as a leading VAR and Services Provider of Server Management, Wireless Infrastructure and Structured Cabling. Since the acquisition, we have broadened our product line, service offerings and alliances to include solutions that extend the operational life of data centers, reduce energy consumption in the Data Center, and build new data centers. Our venture into the Desktop Virtualization space has been very rewarding and our expertise and product offerings in that area are growing.  Along with our professional services, we are bringing to market the most powerful and scalable products available from the industry’s leading manufacturers.

Data Connections Inc., was recently named a Liebert Platinum Partner.  Data Connections had already earned the highest possible partner level, Elite Certified Partner Status with Avocent (acquired by Emerson earlier this year), prior to Liebert, granting the Platinum Level to Data Connections Inc.  “This will greatly enhance our ability to offer the best solutions from both Avocent, Liebert and other Emerson companies”  commented David Haynes, head of Sales and Engineering at Data Connections, “our customers will benefit from a complete solution for holistic data center management that can’t be matched by any other vendor”

About Liebert

Liebert power and cooling technologies deliver a high return on investment by preventing the downtime that can cripple a business. But their value extends beyond providing the highest possible IT system availability. Liebert technologies are designed to help companies address and manage the continuous change that is occurring in technology systems. They enable a dynamic critical infrastructure that reduces the time and cost associated with growing, reconfiguring or consolidating IT systems and facilities.

About Data Connections Inc.

Data Connections, Inc. was established in 1984 as a distributor of data communication equipment. Acquired in March 2007 from it’s founders Data Connections specializes in a variety of Data Center and Desktop solutions with a particular focus on power saving and efficient solutions.

Data Connections, Inc. has long been recognized as a leading VAR and Services Provider of Server Management, Wireless Infrastructure and Structured Cabling. Since the acquisition, we have broadened our product line, service offerings and alliances to include solutions that extend the operational life of data centers, reduce energy consumption in the Data Center, and build new data centers. Our venture into the Desktop Virtualization space has been very rewarding and our expertise and product offerings in that area are growing.  Along with our professional services, we are bringing to market the most powerful and scalable products available from the industry’s leading manufacturers.

Data Connections is please to announce a new channel partnership with Unitrends, a leading back-up and recovery appliance manufacturer based in Columbia, SC.  

“Unitrends offers data protection appliances that provide the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO) in the industry in terms of protecting and restoring critical data and systems. Our family of disk-to-disk (D2D) data protection appliances provides unmatched backup and rapid recovery of lost systems, applications, and unstructured, and structured data as well as disaster recovery protection. Our on-premise Data Protection Units (DPUs) for local backups, our disk-to-disk-to-disk (D2D2D) rotational archiving appliances, and Data Protection Vaults (DPVs) for off-site data vaulting (replication) eliminate the need for multi-vendor software and hardware and coupled with our world-class customer support provides an integrated, simple, and elegant solution that is designed from the ground-up for small- and medium-sized enterprises.”

“This is an important addition to our line that will compliment our growing Virtual Desktop business. Our small to midsize clients will greatly benefit from these solutions for back-up and fast restores. Larger clients will also benefit from the bare metal and dis-similar bare metal restore and provisioning capabilities of certain Unitrends appliances.” commented Fritz Menchinger, President of Data Connections, Inc.

Data Connections, Inc. was established in 1984 as a distributor of data communication equipment. Acquired in March 2007 from it’s founders Data Connections specializes in a variety of Data Center and Desktop solutions with a particular focus on power saving and efficient solutions.

Data Connections, Inc. has long been recognized as a leading VAR and Services Provider of Server Management, Wireless Infrastructure and Structured Cabling. Since the acquisition, we have broadened our product line, service offerings and alliances to include solutions that extend the operational life of data centers, reduce energy consumption in the Data Center, and build new data centers. Our venture into the Desktop Virtualization space has been very rewarding and our expertise and product offerings in that area are growing.  Along with our professional services, we are bringing to market the most powerful and scalable products available from the industry’s leading manufacturers.

“The NComputing solution strengthens our position as a leading Integrator in the Desktop Virtualization market” said Fritz Menchinger, President of Data Connections, “Our recent success with enterprise Virtual Desktop deployments alerted us to the need for an ultra low cost solution as well. NComputing fills that void.”

About NComputing, Inc.

NComputing, Inc. was founded with the goal of making desktop computing affordable for everyone. Headquartered in Redwood City, CA, NComputing is a privately held virtualization software and hardware company. The company’s award-winning patented technology lowers desktop computing costs, improves manageability, and reduces both energy consumption and e-waste. For more information, visit www.ncomputing.com.

About Data Connections, Inc.

Data Connections, Inc. was established in 1984 as a distributor of data communication equipment. Acquired in 2007 by industry veteran, Fritz Menchinger, Data Connections specializes in a variety of Data Center and Desktop solutions with a particular focus on “Green Computing” solutions.

For more information, please contact Data Connections.