Posted by Patrick Phonsakkhwa on Tue, Jun 05, 2012 @ 10:25 AM
Fortune 1000 user experience shows how cloud-integrated enterprise storage addresses VMware sprawl
Santa Clara, Calif. – June 5, 2012 – StorSimple today previewed its participation in this week’s Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud Storage for the Enterprise event in New York, NY on June 6, 2012. StorSimple CEO Ursheet Parikh will present the mid-day keynote session alongside BMC Software, a StorSimple customer. “Extending your storage into the cloud for storage, backup, disaster recovery” will discuss cloud-integrated enterprise storage as a way to extend on-premise storage to Amazon S3.
StorSimple and BMC Software, a Fortune 1000 company, will participate in AWS Cloud Storage for the Enterprise highlighting the innovative case study in using Amazon S3 to reduce costs, improve operations and drive innovation across the enterprise. The presentation will discuss the benefits of cloud-integrated enterprise storage applying the experience of BMC Software, who used StorSimple’s solutions to control VM sprawl.
“StorSimple has had the opportunity to work alongside companies like AWS and BMC Software to help drive innovation and offer solutions for enterprises to take advantage of cloud storage,” said Bridget Warwick, CMO of StorSimple. “BMC Software has a great success story for cloud-integrated enterprise storage, and we are thankful for their willingness to share that experience with the AWS community.”
With over 13,000 VM images, BMC Software, a 2 billion dollar software company with over 6,000 employees, was experiencing significant VM sprawl, putting strain on the infrastructure. The combined StorSimple and Amazon S3 enterprise-class solution helped to efficiently manage the growing VM footprint while maintaining local, on-premise performance, resolve backup challenges and provide disaster recovery for the remote offices. In addition to significant cost savings due to the combined solution, the resulting reduction in space, power and cooling requirements deferred the need for a new data-center build out.
BMC Software operates over 600 VMware ESX servers.The majority of VMs were inactive and full backups were a costly challenge. To avoid additional SAN purchases, BMC Software deployed StorSimple cloud-integrated enterprise storage appliances that allow BMC to use on-premise SAN storage for storing the working set (i.e. data required to maintain application performance while intelligently tiering the non-working set) to Amazon S3 storage to reduce costs and simplify VM management.
Cloud-integrated enterprise storage is an emerging category of storage solutions that consolidatesprimary storage, archive, backup and disaster recovery through seamless integration with cloud services such as Amazon S3. By combining SAN storage and cloud data management on an enterprise-class platform, these solutions enable new levels of speed, simplicity and reliability for backup and recovery while reducing both primary storage and data protection costs.
StorSimple has a strategic relationship with Amazon Web Services, and also spoke alongside a customer during the last Amazon Web Services (AWS) Summit , held earlier this year.
For more information on the AWS Cloud Storage for the Enterprise summit, please visit http://aws.amazon.com/cloud-storage-summit-nyc/. For more information on StorSimple’s solutions, please download a Cloud Integrated-Enterprise Storage Relief Kit now.
To learn more about how StorSimple and Amazon S3 cloud storage are changing one of the most risk-averse industries in all of IT - enterprise storage - please register here for a webinar titled “Cloud backup, cloud archiving, cloud tiering and cloud DR – What your current storage vendors don’t want you to know.”
About StorSimple
StorSimple (www.storsimple.com) is the leader in cloud-integrated enterprise storage for Windows and VMware environments. StorSimple securely and transparently integrates cloud storage for on-premises applications and offers a single appliance that delivers high-performance tiered local and cloud storage, live archiving, cloud-based data protection and disaster recovery, reducing cost by up to 80 percent compared to traditional enterprise storage. StorSimple has uniquely achieved the most stringent “Certified for Windows Server 2008” and VMware Ready certifications, and was named the Microsoft BizSpark Partner of the Year 2011 and a Best of VMworld 2011 Finalist. The StorSimple 5010 and 7010 appliances were named 2011 Products of the Year in the Storage Systems category by Storage magazine/SearchStorage.com.
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Posted by Patrick Phonsakkhwa on Thu, May 10, 2012 @ 04:45 AM
StorSimple works with HP to offer enterprises an open approach to cloud storage.
Santa Clara, Calif. -- May 10, 2012 – StorSimple today announced that its family of Cloud-integrated enterprise storage appliances supports HP Cloud Services (http://hpcloud.com). Enterprises can now consolidate primary, backup, archive and disaster recovery storage into a single StorSimple cloud-integrated storage system connected to HP Cloud Services, driving a reduction in storage TCO of 60 to 80 percent in many cases. StorSimple customers can mix and match HP Cloud Services with any other cloud storage services they are currently using, eliminating the vendor lock-in on the data center floor that is common with traditional SANs.
“HP’s open-source approach to cloud services encourages customers to deploy applications in HP Cloud Services with the confidence that they will not be locked into one particular service provider.” said Steve Querner, vice president of sales for StorSimple. “Cloud-integrated enterprise storage from StorSimple provides the same open approach to cloud storage by certifying multiple leading cloud storage services. When adopting an open approach to cloud storage, customers should insist on features that facilitate cross-cloud functionality without compromising on an enterprise high availability feature set.”
HP Cloud Services public beta offering is certified by StorSimple and supports the full range of StorSimple cloud data management features, including Cloud Snapshots™, thin restores, non-disruptive upgrades and dual path redundancy. StorSimple customers can now use HP Cloud Object Storage as a tier of storage, transparently extending their Windows and Linux datasets, which could be running on VMware and Hyper-V, into the cloud.
A key benefit of HP Cloud Services is the open-source approach. Aligned with HP’s approach to a customer-choice model, StorSimple cloud-integrated enterprise storage systems allow HP Cloud Services customers to simultaneously store complete sets of data across multiple cloud providers. This open architecture prevents the limitations of vendor lock-in in data centers for enterprise customers.
About StorSimple
StorSimple (www.storsimple.com) is the leader in cloud-integrated enterprise storage for Windows and VMware environments. StorSimple securely and transparently integrates cloud storage for on-premises applications and offers a single appliance that delivers high-performance tiered local and cloud storage, live archiving, cloud-based data protection and disaster recovery, reducing cost by up to 80 percent compared to traditional enterprise storage. StorSimple has uniquely achieved the most stringent “Certified for Windows Server 2008” and VMware Ready certifications, and was named the Microsoft BizSpark Partner of the Year 2011 and a Best of VMworld 2011 Finalist. The StorSimple 5010 and 7010 appliances were named 2011 Products of the Year in the Storage Systems category by Storage magazine/SearchStorage.com.
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Posted by Patrick Phonsakkhwa on Wed, Apr 18, 2012 @ 07:00 AM
The First Church of Christ, Scientist To Discuss How to Flatten Chronic Data Center Costs Using StorSimple 5020 and Amazon S3
Santa Clara, Calif. – April 18, 2012 – StorSimple today previewed a presentation to be given by its customer at the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Summit 2012 in New York City on April 19, 2012. The talk by Terry Barbounis of The First Church of Christ, Scientist will highlight StorSimple’s Gold-level presence at the event. StorSimple and its customer will discuss how to dramatically reduce data center costs using cloud-integrated enterprise storage. StorSimple achieved this presence at the AWS Summit based upon the strategic nature of this category of solution for Amazon S3 customers.
The First Church of Christ, Scientist will share important perspectives on its journey to adopt cloud-integrated enterprise storage, highlight the dramatic benefits and cost savings, and discuss how it is an integral part of its long-term strategy. The speaker session is particularly relevant to enterprises that want to leverage Amazon S3 storage while continuing to deploy high-performance on-premise storage for a broad range of applications and workloads.
“We are extremely grateful that The First Church of Christ, Scientist agreed to tell its story about the combination of StorSimple and Amazon S3 as part of its overall strategy to utilize cloud services and shift from a capex to opex model,” said Bridget Warwick, StorSimple CMO. “We’re also pleased that Amazon recognized the value that this presentation will provide to AWS Summit attendees.”
“I’m looking forward to sharing our experience with StorSimple with my peers at the AWS Summit,” said Terry Barbounis, cloud consultant, The First Church of Christ, Scientist. “Cloud-integrated enterprise storage fits our need to consolidate primary, backup, archive and disaster recovery functions and eliminate expensive backup equipment used for data protection. StorSimple brings us the best combination of features and price, and a client team that works as partners with us, which proved their value before purchase.”
Cloud-integrated enterprise storage is an emerging category of storage solution that consolidates primary, archive, backup and disaster recovery through seamless integration with the cloud. By combining SAN storage and cloud data management on an enterprise-class platform, these solutions enable new levels of speed, simplicity and reliability for backup and recovery while reducing both primary and data protection costs.
The First Church of Christ, Scientist is a global organization with branches in 75 countries. It is also well known for its international news organization, The Christian Science Monitor. It uses AWS and S3 to create an IT utility that allows it to cross-charge infrastructure costs to their departmental customers who can choose to scale up or scale back, including storage capacity.
The Church purchased a pair of StorSimple 5020 cloud-integrated enterprise storage appliances for its VMware and Windows-based file shares. Amazon S3 storage is used as a tier for inactive data on primary storage, as an on-line archive for historical files, as a replacement for backup tapes and as an off-site disaster recovery repository. In addition, automating snapshots and backups means the IT team at the Church saves hours each week by not having to manage backup and tape media. They use multiple regions in S3 for redundant protection against unexpected service or communication outages.
The StorSimple system de-duplicates and compresses data it stores on disk. Reducing data this way allowed the Church to scale back the amount of storage they need by more than 80% compared to its previous Fibre Channel SAN. In addition, StorSimple’s data reduction saves the Church on every gigabyte that is transferred and stored in the cloud.
For more information on StorSimple at the AWS Summit 2012, please visit http://www.storsimple.com/aws-nyc-summit. For more information on StorSimple’s cloud-integrated enterprise storage solutions, please visit http://www.storsimple.com/product-overview/.
About StorSimple
StorSimple (www.storsimple.com) is the leader in cloud-integrated enterprise storage for Windows and VMware environments. StorSimple securely and transparently integrates cloud storage for on-premises applications and offers a single appliance that delivers high-performance tiered local and cloud storage, live archiving, cloud-based data protection and disaster recovery, reducing cost by up to 80 percent compared to traditional enterprise storage. StorSimple has uniquely achieved the most stringent “Certified for Windows Server 2008” and VMware Ready certifications, and was named the Microsoft BizSpark Partner of the Year 2011 and a Best of VMworld 2011 Finalist. The StorSimple 5010 and 7010 appliances were named 2011 Products of the Year in the Storage Systems category by Storage magazine/SearchStorage.com.
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Posted by Patrick Phonsakkhwa on Tue, Mar 06, 2012 @ 12:41 PM
StorSimple delivers the first VMware certified cloud gateway for Google Cloud Storage
Santa Clara, Calif. – March 6, 2012 – StorSimple, a leading provider of cloud-integrated enterprise storage, today announced availability of its enterprise appliance for the Google Cloud Storage service. StorSimple’s support for Google Cloud Storage extends the capabilities of Google’s enterprise customer base, enabling organizations with VMware environments to fully utilize the Google cloud for data storage with integrated backup, archival and disaster recovery. StorSimple is the only enterprise appliance that is VMware certified and was named a finalist for the Best of VMworld 2011.
Google Cloud Storage is a RESTful service for storing and accessing data on Google infrastructure. The service combines the performance and scalability of Google's cloud with advanced security and sharing capabilities.
“We see significant value in what StorSimple delivers to extend our reach to enterprises using VMware connected to the cloud,” said Martin Buhr, head of technology partnerships for Google’s cloud infrastructure offerings. “We are pleased to offer customers a VMware certified solution that enhances the performance, scalability and security of storage using Google Cloud Storage and StorSimple.” StorSimple enables enterprises to deepen their relationship with Google by using Google Cloud Storage for primary storage, live archiving, backup tape elimination and disaster recovery in a single on-premise appliance. The benefit to customers is a 60 to 80 percent reduction in the cost of storage.
“Traditional storage infrastructure accounts for almost two-thirds of the footprint in most enterprise data centers,” said Ursheet Parikh, StorSimple co-founder and CEO. “What we do is collapse several different storage devices into a single appliance that is seamlessly integrated into cloud services like Google Cloud Storage. As a result, we bring the economics of the cloud to virtualized data centers, empowering enterprises to tap into the billions of dollars invested in Google data centers. We are excited to bring the benefits of Google Cloud Storage to our customers.”
For more information or to sign up, please visit: http://www.storsimple.com/googlecloudstorage/
About StorSimple
StorSimple (www.storsimple.com) is the leader in cloud-integrated enterprise storage for Windows and VMware environments. StorSimple securely and transparently integrates cloud storage for on-premises applications and offers a single appliance that delivers high-performance tiered local and cloud storage, live archiving, cloud-based data protection and disaster recovery, reducing cost by up to 80 percent compared to traditional enterprise storage. StorSimple has uniquely achieved the most stringent “Certified for Windows Server 2008” and VMware Ready certifications, and was named the Microsoft BizSpark Partner of the Year 2011 and a Best of VMworld 2011 Finalist. The StorSimple 5010 and 7010 appliances were named 2011 Products of the Year in the Storage Systems category by Storage magazine/SearchStorage.com.
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Posted by Patrick Phonsakkhwa on Wed, Feb 29, 2012 @ 05:00 AM
StorSimple selected as hardware partner for Microsoft Technology Center alliances program to bring full range of storage capabilities and resources to Azure platform
Santa Clara, Calif. – Feb. 28, 2012 – StorSimple, the leading provider of cloud integrated enterprise storage for Windows and VMware environments, today announced its selection as a hardware partner for the Microsoft Technology Center (MTC) alliances program. StorSimple cloud storage appliances integrate locally deployed Microsoft applications, including Exchange and SharePoint, to the Azure cloud storage platform. As a member of the MTC alliance program, StorSimple is available to customers at MTCs across the country.
“We select industry leaders in hardware and software for the Microsoft Technology Center alliances program to give our customer access to innovative solutions,” said Chuck McCann, Worldwide MTC alliances program director. “We’re excited to add StorSimple, whose integrated approach to enterprise cloud storage enables our customers to achieve the full benefit of the Azure platform.”
StorSimple has led the market in the development of cloud integrated enterprise storage that automatically tiers data to the cloud for primary storage, archiving, backup and disaster recovery. StorSimple offers the only cloud storage appliance that is certified by Microsoft and has been proven to reduce the cost of traditional storage by up to 80 percent. The StorSimple solution does not require rewriting Microsoft applications and provides key business continuity features such as cloud snapshots and cloud clones, coupled with military-grade encryption.
“Our strong alliance with Microsoft has provided an opportunity for us to reach Microsoft customers and connect them to the Microsoft cloud,” said Ursheet Parikh, co-founder and CEO of StorSimple. “Most MTC locations in the U.S. are now equipped and enabled to demonstrate how customers can reduce their storage costs by 60 to 80 percent using Windows Azure and StorSimple.”
The induction to the MTC alliances program continues an established and prosperous partnership between StorSimple and Microsoft. StorSimple also participates in the Microsoft BizSpark program and was named the Microsoft BizSpark Partner of the Year in 2011. The partnership enables enterprises to deploy Azure for the full spectrum of storage capabilities.
About StorSimple
StorSimple (www.storsimple.com) is the leader in cloud integrated enterprise storage for Windows and VMware environments. StorSimple securely and transparently integrates cloud storage for on-premises applications and offers a single appliance that delivers high-performance tiered local and cloud storage, live archiving, cloud-based data protection and disaster recovery, reducing cost by up to 80 percent compared to traditional enterprise storage. StorSimple has uniquely achieved the most stringent “Certified for Windows Server 2008” and VMware Ready certifications, and was named the Microsoft BizSpark Partner of the Year 2011 and a Best of VMworld 2011 Finalist.
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Posted by Patrick P on Mon, Dec 12, 2011 @ 06:00 AM
StorSimple updates storage appliances to support cloud integrated enterprise storage for OpenStack™ ecosystem
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Dec. 12, 2011 – StorSimple, the leading provider of Cloud Integrated Enterprise Storage for Windows and VMware infrastructures, today announced availability of its enterprise cloud storage for the OpenStack ecosystem. As part of this support, StorSimple is updating its enterprise cloud storage appliances to integrate with Rackspace Cloud Files as its first OpenStack integration.
Rackspace Cloud Files is an OpenStack-based service that provides easy to use, on-demand online storage for files and media. As a Microsoft Certified and VMWare Ready cloud storage appliance integrating with the Cloud Files service, the StorSimple Appliance gives customers full benefits of cloud integrated enterprise storage with the Rackspace cloud. By using the StorSimple Appliance, Rackspace customers will be able to receive primary storage, backup storage, archival storage and a disaster recovery solution with high performance and additional security features in the cloud with a single device.
“The storage appliance for Rackspace Cloud Files offered by StorSimple is great news for our customers,” said Ven Shanmugam, Senior Manager, Strategy and Corporate Development, at Rackspace. “The StorSimple Appliance gives Rackspace customers a storage solution that enables them to use the Rackspace Cloud Files for primary, backup, archive and replicated storage without any changes to existing infrastructures.”
The StorSimple Appliance automatically tiers deduplicated, compressed data into the Rackspace® Cloud Files service. StorSimple brings to Rackspace customers additional security features in the cloud, with data encryption and on-premise key management. In addition, features such as Cloud Snapshots and Cloud Clones, which enable instant restore and offsite data replication, will be available to Rackspace customers through StorSimple. The cloud-as-tier architecture enabled by the StorSimple Appliance is 80 percent more cost effective than traditional storage, reducing infrastructure cost with full storage capabilities in a single appliance and reducing operational cost by simplifying management and eliminating manual tape processes.
“The fact that Rackspace contributed the underlying source code that has become the OpenStack Object Storage Software illustrates how Rackspace has driven the success of OpenStack,” said Ursheet Parikh, CEO of StorSimple. “In addition, the API they provide makes it possible for enterprises to build competitive cloud services, and we are showing our support with Rackspace being the first OpenStack cloud with which we are integrating our StoreSimple Appliance.”
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For a limited time, StorSimple is offering Rackspace customers a free trial of the StorSimple Appliance. For more information, visit www.storsimple.com/rackspace.
To view a demo of the StorSimple solution for Rackspace® Cloud Files please visit www.storsimple.com/rackspace/trialoffer.
About StorSimple
Learn about who StorSimple is: http://www.StorSimple.com
StorSimple is the leader in Cloud Integrated Enterprise Storage for Windows and VMware infrastructures. StorSimple has uniquely achieved the most stringent “Certified for Windows Server 2008” level of certification as well as VMware Ready status. StorSimple is the Microsoft BizSpark Partner of the Year 2011 and was named a Best of VMworld 2011 Finalist. StorSimple securely and transparently integrates the cloud into on-premises applications and offers a single appliance that delivers high-performance tiered storage, live archiving, cloud based data protection and disaster recovery, reducing cost by up to 80 percent compared to traditional enterprise storage. StorSimple is based in Silicon Valley and is funded by Ignition Partners, Index Ventures, Mayfield Fund, and Redpoint Ventures.
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Posted by Ian Howells on Mon, Dec 06, 2010 @ 11:23 AM
Availability of three products from award-winning Startup introduces elastic storage capabilities for Microsoft SharePoint, Windows File Server, Exchange and Office
SANTA CLARA, Calif. & LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-StorSimple, recently named “most promising cloud technology provider,” announces the immediate availability of the StorSimple 1000, 5000 and 7000 series of application-optimized cloud storage appliances. Deployed on-premise, these devices utilize an innovative “cloud-as-a-tier” architecture to dramatically increase the performance and greatly extend the storage capabilities of business-critical Microsoft applications such as Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft File Servers and Virtual Machine libraries.
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Enterprise content is exploding at 50 to 60 percent per year driven by use of applications such as Microsoft Office, SharePoint, Exchange, Windows Shared Drives and modern virtual machine libraries. Each time a minor change is made to a file, a completely new version is created, resulting in an explosion of stored content when only a working set of data is required. The working set requires rapid access whereas the other content can be stored on slower disks or the cloud. The cloud is a new architecture and requires new approaches to realize its full benefit. It can’t be treated as a dumb disk at the end of a wide-area network. To get the security and performance required, enterprises need sophisticated cloud-as-a-tier management.
“When it comes to using cloud storage to deal with the explosion of content, companies need to think like Bing and Google search algorithms for storage, meaning that they should not treat all content the same, just as these search engines treat every web page differently to present the most important content on the first page,” said Ursheet Parikh, CEO of StorSimple. “We take the same approach to cloud storage through software in StorSimple appliances that automatically deduplicate content, reducing storage requirements by a factor of 10. Every block is then ranked through a unique BlockRankTM algorithm to determine the working set of data that is necessary for every day operations, while automatically moving less used data, which can make up nearly 75 percent of a business’ data, to the cloud. This gives enterprises the best-of-both worlds - SSD performance and the elasticity of the cloud.”
By keeping frequently accessed data on premise, application performance remains high and data is kept within company security protocols. Applications using the StorSimple appliance reap the performance and security benefits of keeping applications and working set data on premise, while shifting the burden of less frequently accessed content storage to the cloud. This has a major impact on performance both for regular application workloads and also backup and recovery as only the working set has to be moved to the cloud.
With only 25 percent of content stored on premise and a deduplication ratio of 10, this means instead of backing up a complete dataset over a WAN, StorSimple needs to move a mere 2.5 percent. For recovery, the volume group can be immediately mounted and the working set accessed compared to moving the whole backup over the WAN.
Unique Application-Optimized Cloud Storage
StorSimple takes cloud storage one step further with an application-optimization plug-in architecture. This maximizes the performance of each volume of an application knowing whether to store the data on SSD, SAS drive or the cloud with a unique application-specific BlockRank algorithm. For example, with SharePoint, the database is always stored on SSD whereas the content, including large objects like audio, video and CAD drawings, can be spread over SSD, SAS drive or the cloud. This application plug-in extends to Microsoft VSS consistent application backup and restore.
In addition, a redundant disaster recovery center is out of the reach of many organizations. Cloud economics, coupled with StorSimple’s unique CloudClone architecture mean everyone can now afford a disaster recovery center – paying for it only when it’s used.
“We’re using StorSimple for backup and recovery, Microsoft Exchange archiving and migrating file share data to SharePoint 2010,” said Ryan Dengate, IT manager for Pine Rest Health Services. “As its name implies, StorSimple takes the first step of BLOB externalization and marries it to backup really easily. It took very little time to get up and running and creating business use cases.”
The StorSimple series of appliances support leading cloud storage providers Amazon, AT&T, EMC, Iron Mountain and Microsoft Azure. The range of appliances includes embedded security and encryption protocols as well as tools for easy cloud backup and recovery, primary storage deduplication, and application-aware thin provisioning. For more details on the StorSimple 1010, 5010 and 7010 appliances and a video showing how to install them in ten minutes, visit: http://www.storsimple.com/products-0/appliance/.
For more information on StorSimple, who recently won the UP-Con Most Promising Cloud Computing Technology Award, please visit www.storsimple.com.
About StorSimple
StorSimple has developed an application-optimized hybrid cloud storage solution for Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Exchange, Windows Files Services, Virtual Machines, and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure that delivers consistent storage performance at scale, significantly simplifies data protection, and reduces cost by up to 90 percent compared to traditional enterprise storage used with these applications. StorSimple is based in Santa Clara, Calif., and is funded by Ignition Partners, Index Ventures, Mayfield Fund, and Redpoint Ventures.
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Posted by Chris Morton on Wed, May 05, 2010 @ 10:54 AM
Company Addresses Security and WAN Performance Issues with Cloud Storage
Santa Clara, CA- May 5, 2010 - StorSimple today announced integration with Amazon, EMC, Iron Mountain, and Microsoft to enable customers to seamlessly and securely use these cloud storage services with their existing data-center applications. By providing an easy on-ramp to cloud storage for application-specific requirements, StorSimple aims to change the game by bringing the operational benefits of the cloud to applications such as SharePoint, Exchange, Windows User Files and Virtual Machines.
“With the upcoming launch of SharePoint 2010, customers will increasingly look to extend their deployments with cloud-based services,” said Ed English, group product manager, Microsoft SharePoint. “The hybrid storage solution from StorSimple is a good example of this; it shows how SharePoint customers can realize cost and scale benefits by using the Windows Azure Platform.”
“Iron Mountain’s Archive Services platform is a natural fit for enterprises looking for simple but secure cloud storage,” said Jaimin Patel, director of developer programs, Iron Mountain Digital. “By combining StorSimple’s robust solution with Iron Mountain’s proven cloud storage solutions, companies can now integrate secure cloud storage into their environments with the confidence that their data is protected by one of the leading information management services brands in the industry.”
“EMC believes there is an opportunity and approach to cloud storage that delivers financial and functional benefits to both our partners and the customers they serve,” said Mike Feinberg, senior vice president of EMC Cloud Infrastructure Group. “By making our cloud infrastructure accessible and allowing easy API integration, we enable our partners to respond to customers’ fast-growing demand for cloud-based solutions with greater scalability, elasticity, and lower costs. We are pleased to work with StorSimple to embrace and deliver these benefits to our joint customers.”
“Our relationships with Amazon, EMC, Iron Mountain, and Microsoft allow us to deliver the integrated support and operational experience of enterprise storage with the business and operational benefits of cloud storage,” said Ursheet Parikh, co-founder and CEO of StorSimple. “Enterprise cloud storage service providers have chosen to partner with StorSimple, because of our differentiated technology that optimizes for application- specific data-access patterns to ensure primary storage performance for target applications.”
The StorSimple Armada Storage Appliance is a hybrid storage solution that makes cloud storage appear like local data center storage that integrates into customers’ existing storage and data management tools. Armada identifies and stores all the hotspot and bottleneck data on a tier of high-performance Solid State Drives (SSD), enabling the use of lower-cost SATA storage and/or cloud storage as primary storage. StorSimple
also performs real-time data de-duplication to minimize the footprint of the data stored and provides the WAN optimization functions for cloud storage. All data that is stored in the cloud is encrypted.
About StorSimple
StorSimple has developed an application-optimized hybrid storage controller for SharePoint, Exchange, Windows User Files and Virtual Machines that delivers consistent storage performance at scale, significantly simplifies data protection, and reduces cost by up to 90 percent compared to traditional enterprise storage used with these applications. StorSimple is based in the Silicon Valley and is funded by Redpoint Ventures and Index Ventures.
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