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Reduce storage cost and complexity with VMware vSAN, enterprise-class storage virtualization software that provides the easiest path to HCI and hybrid cloud.

VMware Hyper-Converged Software: Powering the industry's largest hyper-converged infrastructure ecosystem

What is Virtual SAN (vSAN) from StarWind? Software that eliminates any need for physical shared storage and delivers high performance by simply mirroring internal hard disks and flash between hypervisor servers.

What is HCI Appliance? StarWind offers a hyper converged infrastructure (HCI) solution for SMB & ROBO - HyperConverged Appliance, a turnkey IT infrastructure building block.

Scale Computing's highly-automated edge infrastructure, virtualization platform, & hyperconverged solutions can handle all of your IT infrastructure needs.

Simplify and extend your VMware environment with Dell VxRail hyper-converged infrastructure appliances. Streamline your IT operations and lower costs.

Experience high-performance software-defined block storage with DataCore SANsymphony. Software-defined storage for SAN and HCI environments.

Simple hyperconverged storage that eliminates downtime. We help organizations store, protect, and use their data at and from the edge.

Create a multicloud strategy across any cloud for your workloads, applications, and data using Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) services.

Windows and Linux Apps and Desktops. Our top alternative to traditional VDI like VMware Horizon (Omnissa) or Citrix workspace can cuts costs by 50%

DXC Virtual Desktop and Applications services give employees a better way to work. In addition to improving employee efficiencies and experiences, you'll also streamline IT management and lower costs.

Huawei FusionCube HCI is a hyperconverged infrastructure solution that integrates computing, storage, network, and management. Discover it now!

Our Enterprise VDI platform delivers virtual desktops and apps across multiple clouds and on-prem data centers with industry-leading reliability.

Manage virtual machines and Kubernetes – on-premises, at the edge, or air-gapped – with our flexible platform that reduces ops cost and accelerates delivery of revenue-generating apps.

Simplify and accelerate your IT with HPE SimpliVity Hyperconverged, an intelligent, hyper-efficient HCI solution for edge, VDI, and general virtualization workloads.

Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) is a complete application delivery and VDI solution empowering the creation of digital workspaces! Read more.

"StorPool is the most efficient, reliable & scalable data storage software for Cloud Builders, Hosters & MSPs. Starts from 1 million IOPS and 0.1 ms of latency."

Azure Virtual Desktop Management and Windows 365 solutions for Managed Service Providers & Enterprise IT professionals (Nerdio Manager).

Modernize your data center while reducing energy consumption with FlashStack—simple, sustainable, hybrid-cloud infrastructure from Cisco and Pure Storage.

Run your production workloads on hybrid, hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) with Azure-Arc enabled Azure Stack HCI. Modernize your edge computing environments.

StarWind SAN & NAS is a ready-to-go Linux-based VM deployed onto an industry-grade hypervisor, VMware vSphere, and Microsoft Hyper-V.

Explore Harvester, SUSE's hyperconverged infrastructure solution, to streamline your virtual machine and Kubernetes workloads. Discover cost-effective HCI systems for a modern cloud-native environment.

Combine compute, block storage, and file storage in a single comprehensive and adaptable software-defined infrastructure.

NetApp offers many cloud services, including the rapid provisioning of virtual desktop with WVD or Remote Applications, including rapid integration with Azur...

Run any app on any cloud on any device with a digital foundation built on VMware solutions for modern apps, multi-cloud, digital workspace, security & networking.

IBM Storage Suite for IBM Cloud Paks delivers secure persistent storage resources for your Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift container environments.

InfoScale 8.0.2   Veritas InfoScale is a software-defined infrastructure solution that is integrated directly with applications to provide high availability and disaster recovery for critical business services, including databases, customer applications and multitiered business services. It delivers a common availability platform that supports physical, virtual, and all major public cloud environments, providing the flexibility to optimize availability for any platform based on business requirements.   To learn more about InfoScale and what it can do for you, please visit our InfoScale product page: https://www.veritas.com/availability/infoscale   What’s new in InfoScale 8.0.2   With this release, InfoScale expands on Veritas’ decades-long position as the leader in this space. InfoScale 8.0.2 introduces significant security and usability improvements while simultaneously expanding our platform support to include the latest and most widely adopted hyper-converged and multi-cloud environments.    Expanded cloud support – Oracle Cloud, AWS VMC, Google Cloud GCVE, AWS MultAttach, Azure Shared Disk, Azure Managed Identity, better support for VVR stretch clusters Enhanced security – Secure Boot support (Linux), Windows Volume Encryption, SecureFS ransomware protection, support for the latest updates to OS, database and virtualization platforms Improved ease of use – simplified deployment using Ansible templates and native CPI installers, VIOM improvements for ransomware protection and VVR, Windows wizards for shared-storage configuration in cloud Core functionality enhancements – Support S3 target, OpenStack Manila and Cinder support, improved DMP performance (FPIN), NVMe fencing (AFA), FSS resync improvements   See Release Notes for details

Azure Virtual Desktop combines the scale, security, and cost benefits of Azure and Microsoft 365 for a secure remote desktop from virtually anywhere.

Simple, secure application virtualization. Cameyo virtual desktop software delivers your Windows apps to any device. Start your free trial.

Learn how NetApp technology delivers end-to-end virtual infrastructure management. Cut complexity and boost performance in your VMware virtual environments.

ECS, an enterprise object storage solution enables scalability, manageability, and resilience to meet the demands of modern business.

Accelerate and consolidate all your workloads with hyper-efficient, high- performance unified storage that supports block, file, object, and AI data infrastructure.

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FlexPod is a secure, smart, sustainable, hybrid platform engineered to transform infrastructure and operations. FlexPod unites innovative compute, storage, networking, and management to help customers accelerate the delivery of modern workloads and future-proof their environments.

Lower the cost of running UNIX applications and modernize UNIX infrastructure with the high performance, security, and uptime of Oracle SPARC Servers.

Cloud Volumes ONTAP enables you to optimize your cloud storage costs and performance while enhancing data protection, security, and compliance.

Whether you use spinning disk, SSD, NVMe, or a combination of each, the Cisco UCS S-Series has you covered to scale to Petabytes in just minutes.

Pure Cloud Block Store™ helps reduce your cloud storage costs with superior data reduction and enterprise-grade data services.

Stay competitive with virtual routing on demand. Learn more about Verizon's Virtual Network Services - Routing solution today.

Hybrid Cloud Storage Array (HCSA) is an enterprise-level storage array that integrates with the Alibaba Cloud storage gateway, allows you to manage cloud storage resources just as local storage.

Merge new levels of simplicity and flexibility with NetApp® ONTAP® unified storage operating system. Eliminate data silos, power your data and simplify your hybrid multicloud. Test-drive ONTAP Unified Storage OS today.

The home of AppsAnywhere; the Higher Education application delivery, software deployment and virtualization solution delivering any app to any device.

Set up a cloud desktop in minutes with full-admin control, daily back-up, 24/7 uptime, and fanatical customer support. Try our virtual desktop solution risk-free for 7 days!

proprietary virtual workspace solutions to boost operational efficiencies, drive long-term cost savings and enhance end-user experience

Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance ZS9-2 simplifies IT environments and lowers customer costs with high-performance unified storage capabilities and Oracle Database optimizations.

For over 15 years, Teradici has been trusted by government agencies, financial firms, and media conglomerates to power highly-responsive, secure remote desktops and workstations.

Get your business integrated with software driven storage solutions from Dell Technologies. Find future ready data solutions for your enterprise needs.

Optimize your hybrid cloud strategy with Hitachi Content Platform (HCP). Span on-premises and cloud storage for intelligent data management, unlocking insights across environments.

Deliver microsecond-response to your most demanding enterprise apps—like databases and data analytics—with EF-Series Flash Storage Arrays.

PowerScale is a flexible and secure scale-out NAS (network attached storage) solution. Select from all-flash, hybrid, archive, and multicloud solutions for unstructured data.

An open, massively scalable, software-defined storage system that efficiently manages petabytes of data.

Portworx is persistent storage for containers and databases. Operate data services for containers including persistent storage, HA, snapshots, backup, encryption and disaster recovery. Try today!

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Documentation and resources for NetApp HCI. Learn how how to install, deploy and maintain NetApp HCI.

Get market-leading performance, efficiency and cyber resilience while streamlining complexity across all environments with the IBM Storage FlashSystem platform family.

IT teams need on premise secure data storage solutions that balances cost, reliability and scalability. Meet the Nexsan line of enterprise-class storage.

NetApp E-Series Hybrid Flash. Built for dedicated, high-bandwidth applications like data analytics and disk-based backup that need simple, fast, reliable SAN storage.

The 360° cloud-based remote connectivity solution built for scale, productivity, and security.

IBM PowerVM software is a virtualization environment that can run AIX, IBM i and Linux virtual machines on IBM Power servers.

The Pure Storage Evergreen® subscription portfolio offers choice and flexibility in how you purchase and consume storage, based on the non-disruptive Evergreen architecture.

The NetApp® StorageGRID® software-defined object storage suite supports a wide range of use cases across public, private, and hybrid multicloud environments. StorageGRID stores, secures, protects, and preserves unstructured data cost effectively over long periods.

Unified storage solutions from NetApp deliver reliable data storage strategies that brings file and block storage into a single, scalable data management platform. Truly unified for any data type, workload, or application.

Download Parallels Desktop virtual machine to run Windows on Mac without rebooting or slowing down your Mac, plus get over 200,000 Windows apps.

Market-leading data protection service built for Kubernetes, simplifying compliance and data access, and empowering app owners to backup and restore apps.

LINBIT brings technology and support for high availability, disaster recovery and kubernetes persistent storage solutions for the Enterprise

VxWorks is a high-performance real-time operating system (RTOS) for the development of robust mission-critical embedded systems for the intelligent edge.

Cloudian provides exabyte-scale storage for your capacity-intensive workloads: S3-compatible storage for on-prem, hybrid cloud, and multi-cloud.

Container storage for OpenShift

Automate Order Management, Delivery Dispatch, Real-Time Delivery Tracking & Marketing Campaigns to Scale your Business with Tookan.

10ZiG Technology is a world market leader in thin client & zero client hardware and software for VDI. Our units are certified for all the latest technology.

IBM Cloud Block Storage is a high-performance cloud data storage service on IBM Cloud.

Consolidate, scale, and protect your data with Nasuni’s hybrid cloud solutions. The Nasuni File Data Platform is the leading hybrid cloud infrastructure.

VMware Tanzu is a cloud native application platform that enables vital DevSecOps outcomes in a multi-cloud world.

Rocket mainframe data virtualization tools replace or optimize your existing ETL processes and provide real-time access to mainframe data in any format.

data protection as a service, improve agility, flexibility, data protection service, dpaas, hybrid environments, data resilience

IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions is hosting for VMware workloads. Configurations range from self-managed to fully IBM-managed on single- or multi-tenant IBM Cloud servers.

Learn how Azure Stack brings the agility of cloud computing to your on-premises environment.

More Back to Basics Learn the fundamentals of NetApp core technologies. Installments in this series so far: Chapter 1: Thin Provisioning Chapter 2:

Discover how Oracle Virtualization helps you accelerate cloud development and deployment, build a secure infrastructure, to reduce business risk and operational cost.

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The Complete Online Customer Service Platform Automated and agent-assisted CX channels. Knowledge For YourTeam Knowledge For YourCustomers Xan Chatbot The Customer Service Chatbot Chat Real-Time Messaging Boost Agent Efficiency by Up To 20% Equip your team with the tools to better serve your customers, boosting standards of service and increasing efficiency by up to 20%.

Ivanti's workspace management software simplifies desktop configuration, cuts IT costs and secures user sessions while optimizing the user experience.

Build Linux and Windows virtual machines (VMs) and save up to 80 percent with Azure Reserved Virtual Machine Instances and Azure Hybrid Benefit for Windows Server.

Canonical Kubernetes enterprise solutions build up from Ubuntu OS to hybrid multi-cloud container orchestration clouds, edge and IoT, managed Kubernetes and enterprise support packages.

IBM Power servers accelerate big data insights and hybrid cloud deployment with an open server ecosystem.

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Hyperlocal Ordering Platform for every business type. Local businesses use Yelo to build their Online Storefront or Marketplace.

Simplify hybrid cloud management with HPE Synergy platform, a composable infrastructure solution for managing compute, storage and networking

Actabl's hotel software suite minimizes costs, optimizes operations, and increases asset value. Drive business growth with actionable insights and 420+ integrations.

Low-touch virtual infrastructure with LXD at any scale. Built on top of Linux containers, LXD offers a unified user experience in managing system containers, virtual machines and clusters. Easily configurable, flexible and secure way to run your workloads.

WebEngage offers CDP, Omnichannel Campaign Manager and Web & App Personalization Engine - to help brands boost their revenue from existing customers.

Pepperdata saves you 30% or more on cloud costs by autonomously optimizing applications on Amazon EMR and Amazon EKS with no code changes.

The SMB Business Performance Platform

New Horizon develops software using Machine Learning and AI for Demand Planning, Sales and Operations Planning, Supply Planning and Inventory Optimization

Veeam powers data resilience with backup, recovery, security and intelligence capabilities, freeing data to move across cloud, virtual, physical, and SaaS.

IBM InfoSphere Optim enables you to manage data from requirements through retirement to improve business agility, while reducing costs.

Overview of Application Virtualization

VNS3 is the best all-in-one networking device delivering connectivity, security and flexibility at a fraction of the cost.

Innovate your whole product lifecycle with higher quality releases, safer tests, and faster feature validations.