Abiquo has announced that it is partnering with Nexenta Systems to bring an integrated solution to market.

As part of the Nexenta Technology Partner Program, Abiquo has integrated, tested and validated Abiquo with Nexenta. As a result, Nexenta customers can continue to use Nexenta to create storage pools, intelligently manage all disk drives and handle remote storage replication. Plus, they can use Abiquo as a self-service portal so that authorized end users in Virtual Enterprises can consume resources from the Nexenta storage pools up to their approved limits without contacting IT. Since Abiquo is fully integrated with Nexenta’s storage API, it can be used as either a dedicated or shared solution running in public or private clouds, which provides ideal flexibility for service providers and advanced enterprises. The Abiquo-Nexenta integrated solution also provides advanced tiered storage support where the most active data blocks reside on high-performance disks (SSD or SAS drives), while infrequently accessed data migrates to high capacity and lower cost SATA drives.

Overall, the integrated solution benefits customers by providing self service allocation of storage resources and increasing their storage utilization rates because now they can utilize Abiquo’s unique business policy engine to centrally automate and manage all globally deployed storage resources whether they are running in private, public or hybrid clouds.

“We are pleased to work with Nexenta to bring the benefits of our integrated enterprise cloud management and storage systems to market,” said Pete Malcolm, Abiquo CEO. “Since most companies currently operate at only a 25-35% utilization rate, using Abiquo and Nexenta together can reduce storage-related purchases, power, cooling and floor space by as much as 75%.”

“Only one month after launching our reseller and technology partner programs, we are proud to add Abiquo as a Technology Partner,” said Jason Yoho, vice president business development, Nexenta Systems. “By combining Abiquo’s leading cloud management software with Nexenta’s leading open storage software, we can provide cost-effective, high performance storage solutions operating in private, public and hybrid clouds that are superior alternatives to proprietary and legacy technologies.”