Channel Now Has Certified Windows and VMware Hybrid Cloud Storage
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--StorSimple, the leading provider of Hybrid Cloud Storage for Windows and VMware infrastructures, today announced that it was named one of the 100 Top Cloud Computing Vendors by Everything Channel’s CRN. The comprehensive list highlights the most innovative cloud vendors and solutions for the channel - including storage cloud offerings, security cloud offerings, cloud apps, cloud infrastructure and cloud platforms to assist solution providers in navigating the cloud phenomena successfully.
“This year’s Top Cloud Computing Vendors award is based on a cloud vendor’s approach to creating an innovative product, or an innovative approach to supporting solution providers in the IT channel,” said Kelley Damore, vice president and editorial director of CRN. “Specifically, these Cloud vendors help resellers transform themselves into true service providers and help organizations and enterprises take advantage of the ease, flexibility, scalability, elasticity and cost savings that leveraging cloud computing has to offer.”
StorSimple offers a line of application-optimized hybrid cloud storage appliances to businesses and organizations that want to integrate the cloud securely and transparently into their existing on premises applications. The StorSimple 5010 and 7010 appliances have recently achieved VMware Ready™ status, passing rigorous VMware testing and interoperability criteria for use in production environments, and are now listed on the VMware Partner Product Catalog. This certification brings the true potential of cloud storage, with instant thin provisioning, elastic expansion, cloud-based data protection and cloud-based disaster recovery, in a single appliance, to VMware environments running in data centers or regional offices.
“We are honored with the continuing acknowledgement of StorSimple as an industry leader and the recognition that CRN’s list of the Top 100 Cloud vendors provides,” said Dr. Ian Howells, CMO of StorSimple. “The channel is looking for a simple, cost effective, certified way to take customers to the cloud. With the recent VMware certification of the StorSimple appliances, the channel for the first time has a hybrid cloud storage solution certified on both Windows and VMware. Customers want the security that certification provides. This can be the catalyst to help resellers transform themselves into true service providers and help organizations take advantage of the cloud which is as big a transformation as the Internet was.”
A sample of the list can be viewed in the March 28th issue of CRN: http://www.crn.com. 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/.
About StorSimple
StorSimple is the leading provider of hybrid cloud storage solution for Windows and VMware infrastructures. It has achieved the most stringent “Certified for Windows Server 2008” level of certification and also has achieved VMware Ready Status. 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 90 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.
About Everything Channel
Everything Channel is the premier provider of IT channel-focused events, media, research, consulting, and sales and marketing services. With over 30 years of experience and engagement, Everything Channel has the unmatched channel expertise to execute integrated solutions for technology executives managing partner recruitment, enablement and go-to-market strategy in order to accelerate technology sales. Everything Channel is a UBM company. To learn more about Everything Channel, visit us at http://www.everythingchannel.com. Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/everythingchnl.
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