StorSimple Enterprise Cloud Storage Appliances Achieve VMware Ready™ Status
Posted by Chris Morton on Mon, Apr 04, 2011 @ 08:00 AM
Santa Clara, Calif. –April 4, 2011— StorSimple, the leading provider of Windows optimized Hybrid Cloud Storage technology, today announced that the StorSimple 5000 and 7000 series of application-optimized cloud storage appliances have achieved VMware Ready™ status. This designation indicates that the StorSimple 5010 and 7010 appliances have passed a detailed evaluation and testing process managed by VMware and are now listed on the VMware Partner Product Catalog.
Passing the extensive VMware-specified testing helps ensure that StorSimple 5000 and 7000 appliances make best use of VMware technology and are ready for deployment in customer environments.
“We are pleased that StorSimple’s series of hybrid cloud storage appliances qualify for the VMware Ready™ logo, signifying to customers that they have passed specific VMware testing and interoperability criteria and are ready to run in production environments,” said Sheryl Sage, Director, Alliance Programs, VMware.
“We are thrilled that our hybrid cloud storage appliances are now VMware Ready™,” said Ursheet Parikh, CEO of StorSimple. “This enables virtualized data-center infrastructures to seamlessly use cloud storage for elastic storage expansion, cloud based data protection and cloud based disaster recovery for VMware environments.”
The VMware Ready program is a VMware co-branding program for qualified partner products and is a benefit of the VMware Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program. With more than 1,800 members worldwide, the VMware TAP program works with best-of-breed technology partners to provide them a comprehensive set of VMware technical and marketing services, support, tools and expertise to deliver enhanced value to joint customers.
The StorSimple 5000 and 7000 series of application-optimized cloud storage appliances can be found within the online VMware Partner Product Catalog at http://wwwa.vmware.com/partnercatalog/catalog/. Hardware products can be found within the online VMware Hardware Compatibility List at http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.
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 Silicon Valley and is funded by Ignition Partners, Index Ventures, Mayfield Fund, and Redpoint Ventures.
