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Category Archives: Virtualization
Nutanix Files Intent to IPO
Yesterday, Nutanix announced that it had filed Form S-1 with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Form S-1 is what companies use to proposed creating an Initial Public Offering (IPO) of publicly-traded shares of stock. Nutanix intends to list … Continue reading
Posted in Nutanix
Tagged Announcement, Hyperconverged, IPO, Nutanix, Storage, Virtualization
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IBM to Acquire Object Storage Vendor Cleversafe
Yesterday, IBM announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Cleversafe. Cleversafe is a manufacturer of object-based storage appliances. Cleversafe positions themselves as a software-based storage solution, but I’ve only ever seen their software available on the … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud, Storage
Tagged Acquisition, Announcement, Cleversafe, Cloud, IBM, Storage
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PernixData Announces General Availability of FVP 3.0
Yesterday, PernixData announced the General Availability of version 3.0 of FVP. FVP is a software solution that enables the use of host-installed Flash and RAM to accelerate storage performance in a VMware environment. The performance increases that FVP can provide … Continue reading
Posted in PernixData
Tagged Announcement, FVP, PernixData, Storage, VMware, vSphere6.0
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SimpliVity Announces OmniStack 3.0, New OmniCube for ROBO, and a HyperGuarantee
Today, SimpliVity announced three new improvements to their hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) solution offering. The improvements can categorized as software, hardware, and programatic: Software: version 3.0 of their OmniStack software-defined HCI Hardware: a new, smaller OmniCube, the CN-1200, designed specifically as part of … Continue reading
Posted in SimpliVity
Tagged Announcement, Hyperconverged, OmniCube, OmniStack, ROBO, SimpliVity, Virtualization
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VMware releases NSX 6.2
Last week, VMware released version 6.2 of their software-defined networking (SDN) product, NSX. One of the things that’s interesting to me is that VMware no longer refers to NSX as an SDN solution. Instead, they’re playing a bigger game with … Continue reading
SimpliVity and Lenovo Announce Hyperconverged Partnership
Last week, SimpliVity, a leader in the hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) space, announced that their OmniStack HCI solution will be available on Lenovo hardware. Prior to this announcement, the SimpliVity HCI solution could be deployed in two ways: by using the … Continue reading
Posted in SimpliVity
Tagged Announcement, Hyperconverged, Lenovo, SimpliVity, Virtualization
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SimpliVity Closes $175 Million D Round of Funding
Yesterday, hyperconverged infrastructure vendor SimpliVity announced that they had raised $175 Million in series D funding. Waypoint Captial led the round, with previous investors Accel Partners, Charles River Ventures, DFJ Growth, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers (KPCB), and Meritech Capital … Continue reading
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Tagged Announcement, Hyperconverged, SimpliVity, Storage, Virtualization
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Top VMware and Virtualization Blog Survey 2015
The blog vSphere-land is holding its annual contest / voting survey for the top 50 VMware- and virtualization-related blogs of 2015. All blogs listed on the vLaunchPad site are eligible. This blog was added to the vLaunchPad after the nominations … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Virtualization
Tagged Blog, Top vBlogs, Virtualization, vLaunchPad, Vote
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PernixData Announces Version 2.5 of Their FVP Software
Today, PernixData announced version 2.5 of their FVP software product. This product can provide huge storage performance benefits in VMware environments. Since it’s not something I’ve written about before, and it seems that not everyone has heard of PernixData and … Continue reading
Posted in PernixData
Tagged Announcement, Flash, FVP, PernixData, Storage, Virtualization, VMware
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VMware Announces vExperts for 2015
Today, VMware announced the list of 2015 vExperts. The “vExpert” designation is not a technical certification, but instead a recognition of community engagement and personal influence within the various VMware and virtualization communities. I am simultaneously happy, honored, proud, and … Continue reading
