The partnership opens an expanded channel of system integrators and VARs for Seanodes who can incorporate its affordable, highly scalable, high-performance Shared Internal Storage architecture into existing installations to ease the cost and complexity of conventional SAN and NAS network storage architectures within customer data centers. TLG’s established prominence in rolling out new and innovative solutions will allow for a quick channel rollout of Exanodes throughout the region.

“TLG continues to seek out truly inventive technology that drastically improves network storage at customer sites by easing the complexity, cost and management headaches typically associated with storage in today’s data-intense environments,” said Diamond Lauffin, founder and principal of The Lauffin Group. “By enabling the use of under-utilized storage assets and virtualizing them across a shared pool of clustered nodes, Exanodes is a solution that will truly change the way that companies implement their network storage architecture. It is one of the most exciting storage technologies to emerge in the last five years and one that I’m sure channel partners can get behind and have tremendous success with.”

“We are fortunate to work with Diamond Lauffin and the entire TLG team to roll out our Exanodes software to the channel throughout the North American marketplace,” said Jacques Baldinger, Seanodes CEO. “Their proven success in rapidly expanding the presence of solutions to customers through leading VARs and integrators is very compelling and we look forward to a profitable relationship. This release is a true paradigm shift in network storage technology and we are confident that TLG understands how to position such innovations to an eager customer base.”

Exanodes is based on Seanodes’ Shared Internal Storage architecture that creates a virtualized cluster of commoditized CPU and storage resources to provide massive capacity and performance scalability while supporting infrastructure consolidation. Shared Internal Storage takes advantage of what IDC calls an “inside-out SAN” by virtualizing internal storage assets and servers across a shared storage pool of clustered nodes. Exanodes transforms server-based storage into a new type of SAN that is viewed and managed as a single storage volume. By virtualizing both servers and storage across the cluster and eliminating the need for dedicated storage servers, Seanodes enables full infrastructure consolidation, driving down both capital and operational costs by minimizing hardware expenditures, simplifying storage and server administration and reducing power and cooling expenses.

About Seanodes

Seanodes was founded in late 2002 by storage industry veterans and is backed by Elaia Partners, an independent management firm investing in companies focused on software technologies, and the IRDI/ICSO Group, 123Venture and Galia Gestion, a capital investment group that predominately funds companies in the greater southwest region of France.

About The Lauffin Group

The Lauffin Group Inc. (TLG) is an organization geared to supercharging growth of technology companies by providing expert guidance in developing, managing and expanding go to market strategies and channel presence for entities of all sizes. Unlike typical consultancy groups, TLG executives not only provide advice and guidance, but will actively roll up their sleeves and become part of their clients’ sales and marketing teams