Leader becomes exclusive Australian distributor of QSAN storage

Leader has been named the exclusive distributor of QSAN Technology in Australia, giving MSPs and channel resellers local access to the Taiwan-based vendor's complete enterprise storage and on-premises AI infrastructure portfolio.

Under the agreement, Leader is QSAN's sole authorised distribution channel in Australia, covering the XCubeSAN dual-controller SAN arrays, XCubeFAS all-flash arrays, XCubeNAS enterprise NAS and XCubeDAS direct-attached storage ranges.

Partners can purchase in Australian dollars, with stock held across Leader's warehouses in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia.

For MSPs, the distribution deal puts QSAN hardware within reach for all-flash and NVMe performance tiers suited to AI and inference workloads, scale-out NAS for unstructured data, and backup capacity - all potentially delivered as managed services with recurring revenue, the companies said.

Leader said the partnership also combines QSAN's storage hardware with its existing data protection portfolio, including Acronis, letting partners design and quote complete backup and storage solutions through a single distributor.

"AI is reshaping infrastructure requirements, and storage will be critical to that transformation," said Ben Klason, director of enterprise and marketing at Leader.

"QSAN gives our channel partners a strong enterprise storage platform spanning all-flash, SAN and high-performance workloads, backed by Leader's local stock, technical expertise and national distribution network."

“Australia is an important market for QSAN as we expand our global presence and enable partners to capture opportunities in on-premises AI infrastructure," Steven Lin, vice president of sales and marketing at QSAN Technology, said.

"Leader’s extensive reseller network and nationwide distribution capabilities will bring our enterprise storage and AI-ready solutions closer to Australian customers. Together with QSAN’s 24/7 global help desk, local professional services support and competitive pricing, we are committed to helping partners accelerate growth and deliver greater value to their customers.”

Leader said it will support the launch with internal sales and pre-sales training on the QSAN range, partner enablement webinars and a local demonstration system to let MSPs and resellers validate configurations before committing to customer deployments.