RackTop Systems and Carahsoft Announce New Partnership to Offer Software-Defined Storage (SDS) Products to the Federal Government and Resellers

FULTON, Md. and RESTON, Va. – February 22, 2018 – RackTop Systems, a leading provider of high-performance Software-Defined Storage embedded with advanced security, encryption and compliance, and Carahsoft Technology Corp., The Trusted Government IT Solutions Provider™, today announced a new partnership. Under the agreement, Carahsoft will serve as RackTop’s distributor and master government aggregator, making RackTop’s cutting-edge data management and orchestration solution available to the public sector and reseller ecosystem via Carahsoft’s GSA Schedule and NASA’s Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement Contract (SEWP).

“We are pleased to partner with Carahsoft to help government agencies solve their most difficult data, compliance and cybersecurity challenges,” said Eric Bednash, CEO and co-founder of RackTop. “Our unified products combine high-performance Software-Defined Storage with advanced security and encryption to reduce cost and complexity, optimize operations, improve security and support Carahsoft’s mission of helping governments select and implement the best solution at the best possible value.”

RackTop’s BrickStor product offers an all-in-one data storage and management platform to protect government data from cyberattacks while meeting regulatory compliance requirements. The platform enables government agencies to easily create shared, distributed storage resources, reducing cost and complexity, optimizing operations and improving security.

In addition, RackTop’s myRack orchestration framework is an easy-to-use platform for enterprises and organizations to manage on-premises and cloud data and storage, forecast future storage utilization and review compliance through a dynamic flow-based user interface.

“By embedding compliance and security into high-performance storage, simplifying workflows for users and streamlining the entire data lifecycle from provisioning to decommissioning, RackTop enables organizations to protect their sensitive data against unauthorized disclosures,” said Terry Drinkwine, vice president of sales at Carahsoft. “We are excited to expand our data management solutions portfolio with RackTop and look forward to providing our public sector customers and reseller partners with access to these proven solutions.”

RackTop’s solutions are available immediately via Carahsoft’s GSA Schedule No. GS-35F-0119Y and SEWP V Contracts NNG15SC03B and NNG15SC27B. For more information, contact the RackTop team at Carahsoft at 886-662-2724, or racktopsystems@carahsoft.com; or register for "BrickStor: All-In-One Data Storage and Management Platform," a free webcast being held on Tues., March 20 at 2:00 p.m. ET.

About RackTop

RackTop Systems is a leading provider of high-performance Software-Defined Storage embedded with advanced security, encryption and compliance that empowers both government and commercial organizations. With an intuitive, easy-to-use interface, RackTop’s flagship product, BrickStor, is an all-in-one data storage and management platform that protects sensitive data from cyberattacks while meeting internal and regulatory compliance requirements. Fully configurable and flexible to handle growing data needs, the platform enables enterprises to easily create shared, distributed storage resources—reducing cost and complexity, optimizing operations and improving security. Headquartered in Fulton, Maryland, RackTop was founded in 2010 by veterans of the U.S. intelligence community who have been solving the most complex data and security problems for more than two decades. RackTop’s technology has been deployed at numerous organizations in a variety of industries worldwide, including government/DoD/public sector, media/advertising and entertainment, financial services, healthcare, higher education and life sciences, among others. For more information, visit www.racktopsystems.com and follow on Twitter: @RackTop.

About Carahsoft

Carahsoft Technology Corp. is The Trusted Government IT Solutions Provider™. As a top-performing GSA Schedule and SEWP contract holder, Carahsoft serves as the master government aggregator for many of its best-of-breed technology vendors, supporting an extensive ecosystem of manufacturers, value-added resellers, system integrators, and consulting partners committed to helping government agencies select and implement the best solution at the best possible value.

The company's dedicated Solutions Divisions proactively market, sell and deliver VMware, Palo Alto Networks, Symantec, Veritas, Dell, Adobe, F5 Networks, Google Cloud, ServiceNow, Open Source, Micro Focus Government Solutions, SAP, Salesforce, and Innovative and Intelligence products and services, among others. Carahsoft is consistently recognized by its partners as a top revenue producer, and is listed annually among the industry's fastest growing and largest firms by CRN, Inc., Forbes, Washington Technology, The Washington Post, Washington Business Journal, and SmartCEO. Visit us at www.carahsoft.com or follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

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