UK open systems integration company Kew Research Corp Ltd, Uxbridge, Middlesex, is setting up indirect sales channels and OEM deals this side of the water for Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks developer Raidtec Corp. As part of an informal agreement between the two companies, Kew will sell FlexArray alongside its systems integration offerings and aims to find three Unix and NetWare distributors by next month. Kew is currently negotiating OEM deals with Digital Equipment Corp and IBM Corp in the UK on behalf of Alpharetta, Georgia-based Raidtec: it expects signatures next year. Raidtec’s fault-tolerant RAID subsystem offers a storage capacity from 1.2Gb to 7.2Gb per six-drive array. Multiple systems can be attatched to a Unix host via Fast and SCSI-II adaptors. It supports RAID levels 0, 1, 3 and 5 – and runs with various versions of Unix, Novell Inc NetWare and Apple Computer Inc Macs. Prices go from $3,700 – UKP2,500 – to $8,500 – UKP5,000. Kew Research specialises in open systems integration for the health, retail and local government markets.
