Nimble Storage Awarded NASPO ValuePoint Master Agreement For U.S. State And Local Government

New Contract Underscores Commitment to Government and Education Sectors

Nimble Storage, the flash storage solutions company, recently announced it has been awarded the National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO) ValuePoint Master Agreement for Computer Equipment, Peripherals and Related Services. NASPO is a non-profit association dedicated to strengthening the procurement community through education, research, and communication. The new contract will enable Nimble to further simplify and expedite the purchasing process for public-sector organizations and agencies across the state and local government markets, as well as the K-12 and higher education sectors.

The NASPO ValuePoint Cooperative Purchasing Organization is a nationally-focused cooperative purchasing program that leverages the expertise of NASPO to aggregate the demand of all 50 states and their political subdivisions, helping to spur innovation in the marketplace of competitively sourced public contracts.

The Nimble Storage NASPO ValuePoint agreement includes the entire portfolio of Nimble Adaptive Flash CS-Series arrays. The Nimble Adaptive Flash platform, which has been embraced by more than 5,000 customers across 38 countries, enables IT organizations to predict, manage, and deliver the storage required to optimize business applications and workloads across the enterprise. Nimble has established a strong track record for delivering innovation in the state, local, and educational (SLED) market.  Since shipping the first CS-Series array in 2010, Nimble has acquired more than 800 SLED customers in the United States.

“This is an important contract award for us, as we view the NASPO ValuePoint contract as a means to assist SLED organizations in efficiently fulfilling their infrastructure requirements with innovative technology,” said Dan Leary, vice president of worldwide marketing at Nimble Storage. “We’ve experienced strong customer adoption across SLED IT organizations looking to support a broad range of applications and workloads on a consolidated platform. This award will enhance our ability to deliver innovative Adaptive Flash storage solutions to the SLED marketplace with a simplified and expedited purchasing process.”

The Nimble Storage contract commenced on April 1, 2015 and extends for two years. For more information, visit http://www.nimblestorage.com/naspo/.