VMworld 2010: DataCore Showcases Why Its Storage Virtualization and Stretch High-Availability Software Eliminate Business Outages that Jeopardize Cloud Computing

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--At VMworld 2010 being held in San Francisco at the Moscone Center this week, DataCore is showcasing how fundamental software-based storage virtualization is to cloud computing.

“Any cloud computing platform, just like any virtualization deployment, needs to have portable software as its building blocks”

The Mirazon Group’s Chief Technical Architect Barry Martin states, “Cloud computing platforms demand unprecedented uptime due to server and storage consolidation. DataCore's high-availability approach provides zero downtime. This is a tremendous advantage.”

Storage Virtualization and Stretch HA Software for Non-stop Clouds

DataCore is blazing a trail by developing storage virtualization software that is a game-changer in terms of how resellers, solution providers as well as companies considering virtualization deployments manage and deploy virtualization projects and Clouds. The game-changer is that by deploying DataCore in a stretch high-availability (HA) configuration, DataCore delivers fault-tolerance that virtually eliminates storage-related outages that jeopardize business continuity and plague virtualization and consolidation initiatives.

“The DataCore Software stretch high-availability solution delivers seamless, enterprise-class business continuity, data resiliency, and high performance at an affordable price tag,” states Aaron Schneider, principal and co-founder, Helixstorm, Inc. “Your applications, virtual servers and virtual desktops and VM migrations continue to run non-stop despite back-end storage changes, failures or reconfigurations. Bottom-line, you get a true high-availability, shared storage solution that automatically protects your data and your virtual machines right out-of-the box just by deploying the virtual storage software in two locations.”

DataCore in the Cloud: Achieve the Highest Degree of Availability, Flexibility and Openness for Your Storage

Host.net knows intuitively that storage virtualization software is priority one. “Any cloud computing platform, just like any virtualization deployment, needs to have portable software as its building blocks,” notes Jeffrey Slapp, vice president of virtualization services, Host.net. “We chose DataCore in the core design of our virtual private data center (vPDC) platform alongside VMware and Cisco because it delivers the very best storage virtualization component.”

DataCore storage virtualization software is virtualizing the storage aspect of an all-virtual private data center (vPDC) platform developed by Host.net. Host.net delivers private cloud computing services for companies ranging from SMEs to large enterprises, utilizing a true software-based approach for the greatest flexibility. Check out the Case study here: Host.Net Case Study as well as the Customer Video on ‘Why Host.net Chose DataCore?’

Contain Costs, Avoid Risks, Boost Productivity and Extend the Life of IT Investments with DataCore Software

Even though server and desktop virtualization and consolidation have garnered much of the virtualization press to date, now the real focus of concern is turning from how to virtualize and consolidate servers and desktops to how can we do more to mitigate the risk that results from consolidation. The key concerns being, “How do I insulate my business applications from storage related failures and disruptions that can severely impact virtual machine images and data that are key to running the business?” and “How good is my high-availability, disaster recovery and shared storage solutions?”

DataCore addresses these concerns with proven software deployed in thousands of customer sites around the world. DataCore’s software virtualizes disks across pools of tiered storage devices enabling users to provision, share, reconfigure, migrate, replicate, expand or upgrade without slowdowns or downtime. Simply put, DataCore:

Complements your storage and makes it more reliable, faster and better.
Works across unlike & incompatible storage devices.
Eliminates storage-related disruptions, bottlenecks and funding roadblocks that jeopardize virtualization and cloud deployments.

Visit DataCore Customers and Partners Onsite at VMworld 2010 [Booth #1607]

Numerous DataCore customers, including Host.net and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, who have deployed DataCore along with top DataCore solution providers will be onsite at DataCore’s VMworld booth [#1607] and are available and standing by to answer questions, highlight best practices and explain the DataCore difference. DataCore solution providers and partners onsite include Grove Networks, HelixStorm, Red Level Networks, Sanity Solutions, The Mirazon Group and DataCore’s value-add distributor Lifeboat Distribution.

DataCore partner Andy Judge, founder and CEO of Miami-based Grove Networks, encapsulates the value DataCore brings as follows, “DataCore storage virtualization software gives our clients cost savings and flexibility that is not achievable with storage hardware alone. It takes hardware to a higher level - serving as a hardware and productivity 'enhancer' that pays dividends over the short and long term.”

VMworld 2010

VMworld 2010 runs from Aug 30^th – Sept 2^ndat the Moscone Center in San Francisco. DataCore is an Exhibitor in Booth 1607 at VMworld.

About DataCore Software

DataCore Software develops the storage virtualization software needed to get the highest availability, fastest performance and maximum utilization from storage resources in physical and virtual IT environments. It provides the critical 3^rd dimension on which the success of server and desktop virtualization projects hinge, regardless of the models and brands of storage devices used. For more information, call (877) 780-5111 or visit www.datacore.com.

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