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Virsto Software
Virsto Software offers the industry’s first VM-centric storage hypervisor that changes the economics of storage in virtualized environments. Virsto improves storage utilization by up to 90%, increases performance by up to 10x, and accelerates virtual machine storage provisioning by more than 99%. Virsto reduces the cost and complexity of storage in virtualization use cases such as VDI, Test & Development, Tier I Application virtualization and cloud computing. Founded in 2007, Virsto is out to change the way enterprises think about storage hardware – with a pure-software storage hypervisor that helps you extract much more value from existing storage investments. Our management team is built with DNA from VMware, Citrix, Veritas/Symantec, EMC, Sun Microsystems and other industry leaders. Virsto is backed by top-tier venture capital firms Canaan Partners, August Capital, InterWest Partners. Southern Cross Venture Partners and Correlation Ventures joined as new investors in 2011. We are based in the heart of Silicon Valley – Sunnyvale, California – with satellite development operations in Melbourne, Australia, and Minsk, Belarus.

http://www.virsto.com/

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VMware to Acquire Virsto

VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acqui...

Posted on 2/11/2013 10:33:00 PM

Whitepaper "Software Defined Storage - The Missing Link for Cloud and the Software Defined Datacenter"

EMA’s 2013 cloud research (Demystifying Cloud, 2013) report has identified storage as one of the main pain points when it comes to implementing cloud...

Posted on 2/11/2013 4:20:00 AM

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My View on the acquisition of Virsto by VMware (it’s not because of Storage Spaces)
VMware announced in February 2013 it will acquire Virsto Software. Virsto makes a very clever VM-centric storage hypervisor which is purpose architected to accelerate storage, provide efficiency and simplicity of management. Targeted scenario’s are especially Virtual Desktop Infrastructures (VDI).
Tuesday, February 19, 2013 10:00:00 AM

VMware & Virsto
Howard Marks has a great piece on VMware buying Virsto over at Network Computing (link is below):
Thursday, February 14, 2013 4:12:00 PM

VMware to Acquire Virsto
VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Virsto® Software, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based provider of software that optimizes storage performance and utilization in virtual environments.
Monday, February 11, 2013 10:33:00 PM

Whitepaper "Software Defined Storage - The Missing Link for Cloud and the Software Defined Datacenter"
EMA’s 2013 cloud research (Demystifying Cloud, 2013) report has identified storage as one of the main pain points when it comes to implementing cloud technologies on the way to the Software Defined Datacenter. The report observed the rapid onboarding of more and more business critical applications, which all require significant storage capacity and performance – ERP, CRM, CMS, Big Data, databases, Email.
Monday, February 11, 2013 4:20:00 AM

Is Storage Virtualization the Missing Link in vSphere Environments?
Gregg Holzrichter, Virsto's VP Marketing, and Eric Burgener, VP Product Management, were kind enough to stop by and brief me on version 2.0 of the company's Virsto for vSphere. Due to an illness in my family and my need to travel home for a bit, scheduling the call was rather difficult. I appreciate their flexibility. Thanks guys.
Wednesday, February 06, 2013 5:54:00 AM

Virsto Overview - Storage Hypervisor Does For Storage What the Server Hypervisor Did For Servers
Virsto Software is going to transform the way your enterprise uses storage. We deliver game-changing performance and utilization with any block-based storage, working in conjunction with the popular hypervisors VMware ESX and Microsoft Hyper-V. Virsto's storage hypervisor does for storage what the server hypervisor did for servers.
Friday, January 18, 2013 6:47:00 AM

Storage Magazine Names Virsto Software-Defined Storage ‘Product of the Year’ Finalist
Virsto® Software, an innovative provider of VM-centric software-defined storage, today announced that its storage hypervisor, Virsto for vSphere 1.5, has been selected as a 2012 Product of the Year finalist in the Enterprise Storage System Software category by Storage Magazine and SearchStorage.com. Virsto’s storage hypervisor delivers purpose built, high-performance data services, including I/O optimization, high-performance thin provisioning, scalable snapshots, and space-efficient clones as VM-centric software-defined storage, supporting any existing block storage and any virtualized workload.
Thursday, January 17, 2013 4:54:00 AM

Virsto Adds Citrix XenDesktop to the Mix
Virsto's all-software, VM-centric storage hypervisor got a shot in the arm with the introduction of Virsto for vSphere 2.0, which expands Virsto's vision by adding support for Citrix XenDesktop VDI, upgrading the performance of Tier 1 apps, and improving integration with existing workflows. In addition, version 2.0 offers integrated wizard-based provisioning that the company says provides a 50 percent cut in the cost of storage per VM.
Friday, December 14, 2012 10:33:00 AM

Virsto for VMware vSphere 2.0 Delivers Software Defined Storage to the Data Center
Virsto® Software, an innovative provider of VM-centric storage hypervisor software, today announced the general availability of Virsto for vSphere 2.0. The new version offers fully-integrated support for both Citrix XenDesktop and VMware View, enhanced high availability (HA) capabilities and significant workflow optimizations. With Virsto for vSphere 2.0, XenDesktop customers can achieve an over 50 percent reduction in storage cost per desktop, while improving VDI performance up to 10x.
Wednesday, December 05, 2012 8:41:00 AM

Download Virsto Case Study "Sieena - Improving I/O Performance"
Sieena, a near-shore Microsoft development organization, used Virsto's thin-provisioning technology to reduce its storage capacity requirements by 70%, while simultaneously improving I/O performance, snapshot flexibility, VM density and the speed of restores.
Monday, November 26, 2012 8:55:00 AM

Storage Switzerland Analyst Report "The Storage Hypervisor"
Just as the hypervisor did for servers, the Virsto storage hypervisor fundamentally improves utilization of existing enterprise storage. Our solution breaks the bottlenecks that make provisioning and managing storage in virtualized environments incredibly inefficient. Download Analyst Report by Storage Switzerland and George Crump.
Friday, November 23, 2012 4:20:00 AM

SDSU Selects Virsto Software to Reduce VDI Storage Costs with VMware View
Virsto Software, the leading provider of storage hypervisor software, today announced that San Diego State University (SDSU) Library has successfully deployed Virsto for vSphere. Recognized as a core component to a major virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) initiative for the university, Virsto provides SDSU Library IT administrators with improved virtual machine storage performance, capacity savings and automated bulk provisioning. The combination of Virsto for vSphere and VMware® View™ provides students, faculty and staff with streamlined access to software and applications anytime, anywhere.
Wednesday, November 21, 2012 7:18:00 AM

Webinar "Four Ways To Reduce The Cost Of SSD in Virtual Environments"
In this insightful webinar George Crump, Chief Steward of Storage Switzerland and Eric Burgener, VP of Product Management, Virsto Software will show you four ways that you can reduce your SSD expense while at the same time improving overall performance of those SSDs.
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 7:24:00 AM

Solving Virtualization's Storage Problem
Sometimes when you fix one problem, you create a new one. That is often the case when you turn to server or desktop virtualization to reduce hardware, power and administrative costs only to end up with a host of unexpected new headaches — and expenses — due to a now over-burdened data storage infrastructure.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 8:27:00 AM

Virsto Named Finalist of 2012 Storage Virtualization & Cloud Awards
Virsto® Software, an innovative provider of VM-centric storage hypervisor software, today announced that its Virsto for vSphere product has been named a finalist for the 2012 Storage Virtualization & Cloud (SVC) Awards.
Monday, October 22, 2012 10:27:00 AM

Thursday: The Storage Hypervisor: Software Defined Storage
Find out how Virsto Software is revolutionizing the way you manage storage in Virtual Machine environments.
Monday, October 22, 2012 8:36:00 AM

Virsto CEO to Join Storage Hypervisor Panel at SNW Fall 2012
Virsto™ Software, an innovative provider of VM-centric storage hypervisor software, today announced its CEO, Mark Davis, will be participating in a panel session at Storage Networking World (SNW) Fall titled “Industry Perspective: Storage Management: Multiple Supervisors Versus a Single Hypervisor.”
Friday, October 19, 2012 4:42:00 AM

Webinar: The Storage Hypervisor: Software Defined Storage
Find out how Virsto Software is revolutionizing the way you manage storage in Virtual Machine environments.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012 11:13:00 AM

Webinar ''The Storage Hypervisor: Software Defined Storage''
In this Webinar we will cut through the hype and explain the unique technical architecture and workflow integration of the Virsto Storage Hypervisor technology.
Friday, October 12, 2012 3:18:00 PM

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	Related Media Virsto Technical Architecture Overview with Brian Martin Storage Hypervisor: Introduction to Virsto Software with Mark Davis "Storage Hypervisors - Next Generation in Storage Virtualization" Chalk Talk with George Crump Fellowes Desktop Virtualization Case Study with Citrix XenDesktop, IBM and Atlantis ILIO Video Virsto Software DEMO Lab video from BriForum London 2012 view more media


	White Papers Software Defined Storage - The Missing Link for Cloud and the Software Defined Datacenter Posted on February 05, 2013 - 16:51 Virsto Case Study: Sieena - Improving I/O Performance Posted on November 21, 2012 - 00:55 Storage Switzerland - The Storage Hypervisor Posted on November 21, 2012 - 00:20 VMworld 2012 – Best of Show: Virtualization Management Posted on September 26, 2012 - 10:01 Virsto Case Study - AVG Technologies Posted on September 24, 2012 - 22:55 Virsto Software: Camden Board of Education - Rapid Storage Provisioning Posted on August 24, 2012 - 01:30 Virsto Software: Koch Logistics - High Storage Performance with Hyper-V R2 Posted on August 20, 2012 - 23:19 view more whitepapers


	Downloads Virsto for VMware vSphere Posted on August 15, 2012 - 07:42 Virsto for Microsoft Windows Server R2 Hyper-V Posted on August 06, 2012 - 04:28 view more downloads


	Contact Virsto Software Virsto Software 219 Moffett Park Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94089 (408) 899-5694 Contact Atlantis via web: http://virsto.com/company/contact Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Virsto-Software/49899915427 YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/virstosoftware Twitter: https://twitter.com/Virsto Web: http://www.virsto.com/

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