StorPool Builds Momentum as Organizations Accelerate Infrastructure Modernization Across Virtualization, AI, and Cloud

SOFIA, Bulgaria--(BUSINESS WIRE)--StorPool Storage today highlighted strong momentum during the first half of 2026, marked by strategic partnerships, industry recognition, and continued innovation helping organizations modernize virtualization, accelerate AI initiatives, and build more sovereign, efficient infrastructure.

As businesses continue navigating VMware migration, growing AI infrastructure requirements, and ongoing hardware availability challenges, StorPool has expanded its portfolio and ecosystem to provide organizations with simpler, more efficient paths to modern infrastructure.

Helping Organizations Navigate the VMware Transition

The ongoing virtualization market transformation continues to drive demand for complete alternatives to VMware. During the first half of 2026, StorPool expanded its portfolio with two comprehensive solutions designed specifically for organizations looking to modernize without increasing complexity.

StorPool One delivers a fully integrated virtualization platform combining compute, storage, networking, and enterprise grade support and cost-efficient pricing from a single vendor. It also has built-in backup and Disaster Recovery (DR) capabilities at no extra cost.

StorPool + Oracle Virtualization is a new solution for organizations running on Oracle Linux / Virtualization. It provides a feature-rich and tightly integrated virtualization stack which can replace traditional virtualization at a fraction of the cost...

Unlike alternatives that require engaging multiple vendors and extensive systems integration, StorPool focuses on simplifying the virtualization replacement journey while reducing operational complexity and risk with a one-stop-shop solution.

Expanding the Ecosystem

StorPool also expanded its partner ecosystem through new collaborations, including an exciting partnership with Proxmox, while continuing to strengthen its partnerships with Oracle and HPE. The new native plug-in for Proxmox Virtual Environment (PVE) now delivers a fast and fully managed storage software offering to Proxmox users.

In parallel, StorPool presented at a number of Oracle Virtualization workshops & partner trainings across Europe, US and Asia. And since May of this year, StorPool has developed support for HPE Morpheus VME.

These partnerships provide customers with new options when building modern infrastructure while maintaining enterprise-class performance, resilience, and operational simplicity.

Industry Recognition

Industry recognition also continued to grow throughout the first half of 2026. StorPool received multiple industry honors recognizing its innovation in software-defined storage and its ability to help organizations modernize infrastructure with enterprise-grade performance and operational efficiency.

Highlights include:

• Storage Awards 2026
  • One to Watch – Company
  • As A Service Platform of the Year
• StorageNewsletter Awards 2026
  • Cloud Storage Category Winner

Together, these awards reflect growing recognition from industry experts, customers, and technology leaders for StorPool's continued innovation in modern cloud and enterprise storage.

Supporting Europe’s Sovereign Infrastructure Initiatives

As digital sovereignty becomes an increasingly strategic priority across Europe, StorPool steps in to help organizations build infrastructure that keeps critical data under their control while reducing dependence on non-European cloud providers.

During the first half of 2026, StorPool joined forces with leading European technology companies to introduce one of Europe's first anti-kill switch sovereignty solutions. The joint offering demonstrates how European-built technologies can deliver enterprise-class resilience while helping organizations address evolving regulatory, security, and data sovereignty requirements.

This initiative reflects StorPool's ongoing commitment to enabling secure, resilient, and independent cloud infrastructure for enterprises and service providers across Europe and other regions.

Solving Emerging Infrastructure Challenges

Organizations are also facing new infrastructure challenges beyond virtualization. AI workloads demand storage capable of sustaining GPU utilization without introducing latency, while rising infrastructure costs and hardware supply constraints are driving organizations to maximize the value of existing hardware investments.

StorPool's software-defined architecture enables customers to extract more performance and capacity from standard server hardware, extending infrastructure life while delivering the low-latency performance required for AI, large virtualized environments and core applications like databases, VDI, e-commerce and various SaaS.

"Every business finds itself in an increasingly more complex, fast-paced, risky and competitive environment, " said Boyan Ivanov, CEO and Co-Founder of StorPool Storage. "Whether they're replacing their virtualization, building AI infrastructure, re-considering sovereignty or exploring better use of existing hardware investments, our goal is to simplify that journey with complete and proven solutions that reduce operational complexity while delivering long-term value."

During the first half of 2026, StorPool continued to invest in technologies and partnerships, helping enterprises build faster, more resilient infrastructure. With expanding ecosystem support, growing industry recognition, and continued innovation across virtualization, cloud, and AI, the company remains focused on helping organizations modernize confidently while streamlining operations and optimizing costs.

About StorPool Storage

StorPool is a leader in modern block-storage software. Its next-generation primary storage platform optimizes the entire data center and is unmatched in terms of performance, reliability, hardware resource utilization, and flexibility. Leading worldwide IT organizations including Atos, Deutsche Boerse, the European Space Agency, NASA, NASDAQ, Samsung, Siemens, and many others trust StorPool with their most critical workloads. Founded in 2011, with a global list of customers in 30+ countries, over 20 major releases, hundreds of all-flash deployments, and stable growth, StorPool Storage is a reliable yet flexible partner when building IT infrastructure.
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