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Nexenta Launches Worldwide Channel Program for Software-Defined Storage Market with New Executive for Channel
Nexenta Launches Worldwide Channel Program for Software-Defined Storage Market with New Executive for Channel
Global Network of Value Added Distributors, Value Added Resellers, System Integrators, and Service Providers Now Can Offer a Complete Software-Defined Infrastructure
Santa Clara, Calif. — June 3, 2014 — Nexenta (@Nexenta), the global leader in Software-Defined Storage (#softwaredefinedstorage) (SDS), today announced a new worldwide channel program and a new executive for channel. Channel veteran Don Lopes is driving the company's go-to market strategy – one that is entirely channel driven. The new Nexenta Partner Program (NPP) provides Value Added Distributors, Value Added Resellers, System Integrators, and Service Providers globally with the most innovative software-defined storage solutions to enable the move to a software-defined enterprise.
Lopes and his team have created a worldwide channel partner program designed to help channel partners sell more software-defined solutions and take advantage of this rapidly growing market, including:
- Simplified two-tier program designed to support committed Nexenta partner network
- New Deal Registration Program to bring added profits to partner sales
- Redesigned Marketing Development Fund Program focused on delivering new business opportunities to partners
- New sales enablement assets including, NPP Sales Starter Kit designed to help partners accelerate sales success
- Introduction of Channel Sales Managers to drive partner’s sales and marketing
The NPP is designed for worldwide channel partners who want to market, sell, manage, deliver, and support Nexenta's complete suite of SDS solutions. NPP enables, promotes, and rewards partners for investing in and delivering pre- and post-sales value-added services to their customers.
Don Lopes, formerly of SYNNEX, is the new Head of Channel at Nexenta and oversees the new worldwide channel program. "Nexenta wins when our channel wins," said Lopes. "We want our partners to have all the resources, relationships, and incentives they need to be successful. The Nexenta Partner Program is designed to provide just that, and to help us collectively grow the SDS market worldwide."
To learn more about the Nexenta Partner Program, the company is conducting a series of Webinars beginning on Friday, June 20th at 10am PDT. Please click here to RSVP and attend. Additional questions regarding NPP can be sent to partnernetwork@nexenta.com, and more information can be found here, http://nexenta.com/partners/nexenta-partner-program.
Supporting Quotes:
"We have had a great deal of success teaming up with Nexenta as they work to disrupt legacy storage companies, and we look forwarding to building on our relationship through Nexenta's improved channel programs," said Nao Sato, Founder and CEO at Ascentech, a leading IT Solution Provider and Value Added Distributor, in Japan.
"Selecting key technology partners is important for every business, but critical for us," according to Alex Shan, CEO at Jolera, a leading Canadian IT service provider. "With Nexenta, we get the flexibility to craft more and better architectures and solutions for our customers, providing us with a wider range of sales opportunities, and helping our customers achieve their software-defined future."
“Myriad Supply looks forward to the continued success partnering with Nexenta to deliver our joint customers Software-Defined integrated solutions,” said Andrew Fisher, CEO at New York-based Myriad Supply. “The new assets that the Nexenta Partner Program brings will enable our sales team to accelerate the growth and market acceptance of Software-Defined IT implementations.”
"As a premium partner with one of the longest-running partnerships, we have always been a strong proponent of Nexenta," said Erik Logan, CEO of North America-based Pogo Storage. "Through a combination of industry-standard hardware, NexentaStor, and award-winning support, our StorageDirector family of unified storage solutions provide tremendous value to our many storage customers."
"We are excited to be part of the new Nexenta partner network," according to Patrick van Helden, Pre–Sales Manager at Proact Benelux. "Because of Nexenta's software-only model, we are well-positioned to add value to our customer base through a best-of-breed approach that includes hardware, services, and complementary storage solutions."
"The opportunity with the new Nexenta Partner Network is a significant one," said Richard Aitink, Storage Account Manager at Storius, in the Netherlands. "There are too many companies out there jumping on the software-defined storage bandwagon that are tied to a single vendor offering. Our customer base demands choice and NPN provides us with the means to meet growing demand without limiting our customers' options."
"Nexenta's new channel program provides us with a strong differentiator in the burgeoning software-defined data center market," according to Dieter Bodemer, Storage Product Manager at Transtec, in Germany. "Every day, our experts are using their skills to help create a significant change in many countries and having Nexenta's suite of offerings makes our value proposition that much more valuable."
About Nexenta
Nexenta is the global leader in Software-Defined Storage, delivering easy-to-use, secure and ultra-low cost storage software solutions. Nexenta solutions are hardware-, protocol-, and app-agnostic, providing innovation freedom and speed for organizations to realize "true" benefits of Software-Defined Infrastructure-centric Cloud Computing. Nexenta enables workloads from rich media-driven Social Living to Mobility; from the Internet of Things to Big Data; from OpenStack and CloudStack to Do-It-Yourself Cloud deployments. Founded around an "open source” platform and industry-disruptive vision, Nexenta delivers its award- and patent-winning software-only unified storage management solutions with a global partner network. For more information visit www.nexenta.com, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube. Also, download the newly published Nexenta Special Edition Software Defined Data Centers (SDDC) for Dummies eBook.
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Nexenta and Software Defined Storage Solutions Continue Global Expansion in Germany With New Distributor
Nexenta and Software Defined Storage Solutions Continue Global Expansion in Germany With New Distributor
Nexenta Partners with Leading Cloud Solution Provider and Its Partner Network of 4,800 Resellers
Santa Clara, Calif. — May 15, 2014 — Nexenta (@Nexenta), the global leader in Software-Defined Storage (#softwaredefinedstorage) (SDS), today announced that ADN, one of Central Europe’s leading value added distributors, will be offering value added solutions and products throughout its partner network, based on Nexenta’s award winning SDS solutions.
ADN distributes IT solutions that focus on the virtualisation & cloud, storage & server, networking, security and unified communications market. The company is widely regarded as a market leader in the sector and is, among other firsts, Microsoft commercial distributor and largest SPLA-Reseller in Germany, Central Europe’s leading Citrix distributor and Dell’s first German distributor for end-to-end-infrastructures. Additionally ADN also provides its partners with a number of value added services including training, consulting, support and logistics. Working with more than 4,800 resellers, including the top system integrators in Germany, ADN expands Nexenta’s existing channel market.
Herrmann Ramacher, CEO of ADN, said, “As a Value Added Distributor, ADN constantly analyses the IT market for forward-looking technologies and vendors. In collaboration with Dell, our attention was drawn to Nexenta and its SDS solution based on ZFS. One of Nexenta’s SDS offerings, NexentaStor, is Dell certified, and the combination creates a technologically mature storage solution that is yet to be matched anywhere else in the market when it comes to flexibility and scalability.”
Udo Schillings, Vendor Manager at ADN, added, “Nexenta’s innovative technology is an important addition to our solution-oriented portfolio. Using our extensive Citrix experience in combination with NexentaStor on Dell hardware means we can now offer our partners a cost effective, reliable enterprise storage solution to really revolutionise the performance and management of their customers’ VDI environments. Since Nexenta sells 100% through the channel too, it was a perfect match.”
Sofware-Defined Storage solves many of the storage challenges faced by enterprises in the cloud and virtualisation world, and particularly in the VDI space. Nexenta was recently verified as part of the Citrix Ready® VDI Capacity Program Verified for Citrix XenDesktop®. As Citrix’s number one distributor in the region, ADN will be able to offer solutions that specifically address the storage needs of customers who already have or are thinking about implementing VDI using XenDesktop.
Johan Van Den Boogaart, Sales Manager at Nexenta, concluded, “ADN has so much experience in this market and their relationship with Citrix and Dell makes it a perfect fit for Nexenta. Over the last three years, Germany has become an important market for Nexenta as public and private sector organisations realise the benefits of using SDS to underpin their date centres. The partnership with ADN helps us to continue to expand our market presence. With growing demand and a strong base of partners, ADN and Nexenta are natural partners to offer flexible, highly scalable and affordable storage solutions with excellent features and leading performance for enterprise customers.”
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About ADN Distribution GmbH
ADN is one of Central Europe's leading value-added distributors, specializing in server technologies and thin clients, virtualization, high availability, storage, hosting, unified communications and security. Focussed on high-end technologies and products, ADN offers value-added services like technical trainings, workshops and certifications, phone-based hotline, pre- and post-sales support, free product evaluations, integration services and MDF management, which ensure that partners of ADN stay ahead of their competition.
ADN supports a strictly 2-tier channel model and ships to system integrators, resellers, VARs, ISVs, and ASPs exclusively. Founded in 1994, ADN has its headquarters in Bochum and maintains branch offices in Austria and Switzerland.
About Nexenta
Nexenta is the global leader in Software-Defined Storage, delivering easy-to-use, secure and ultra-low cost storage software solutions. Nexenta solutions are hardware-, protocol-, and app-agnostic, providing innovation freedom and speed for organizations to realize "true" benefits of Software-Defined Infrastructure-centric Cloud Computing. Nexenta enables workloads from rich media-driven Social Living to Mobility; from the Internet of Things to Big Data; from OpenStack and CloudStack to Do-It-Yourself Cloud deployments. Founded around an "open source” platform and industry-disruptive vision, Nexenta delivers its award- and patent-winning software-only unified storage management solutions with a global partner network. For more information visit www.nexenta.com, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube. Also, download the newly published Nexenta Special Edition Software Defined Data Centers (SDDC) for Dummies eBook.
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Nexenta Delivers Next-Generation Software-Defined Storage Solutions at Cisco Live 2014
Nexenta Delivers Next-Generation Software-Defined Storage Solutions at Cisco Live 2014
Nexenta to Optimize Desktop Virtualization-centric Cloud Deployments
Santa Clara, Calif. — May 19, 2014 — Today at Cisco Live 2014, Cisco’s annual IT and communications conference, Nexenta (@Nexenta), the global leader in Software-Defined Storage (#softwaredefinedstorage) (SDS), announced the general availability for version 2.3 of NexentaConnect View Edition. This release follows the debut of NexentaConnect for XenDesktop announced last week; this product portfolio will now give customers VMware and Citrix end-to-end VDI storage solutions. Nexenta will be in booth #535 at Cisco Live this week and will demonstrate its SDS solutions.
NexentaConnect View Edition (formally NV4V) completes an integrated architecture utilizing Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) for a converged storage and compute platform. NexentaConnect simplifies and accelerates the deployment, management, and performance of storage in a virtual desktop infrastructure at a much lower price point. Enhancements in version 2.3 of NexentaConnect View include:
- Enhanced Compression: the addition of LZ4 compression drives the greatest storage density possible with little to no processor overhead.
- Global VSA: the ability to deploy multiple desktop pools across a single Virtual Storage Appliance per virtualization host, minimizing resources while providing greater desktop density without sacrificing performance.
- Enhanced Replication: improved and faster replication of desktop pools when using remote high availability functionality to protect desktop machines and pools.
- Additional View Parameters: updated deployment wizard matching the Horizon View deployment wizard, providing a seamless transition for existing View users.
- Rethering: automatically migrate virtual desktops to the hosts storing their data, , resulting in increased performance.
Yale New Haven Hospital implemented the VMware Horizon View, Cisco UCS and NexentaConnect View Edition helping the primary teaching hospital for Yale School of Medicine (YSM) to deploy an innovative private cloud.
"High performance, scalability and cost-effectiveness were our top priorities when looking at a virtualized storage solution," said Dave Franco, System Manager, Yale New Haven Hospital. "Cisco UCS, VMware Horizon View and NexentaConnect provided us with an integrated solution that met the needs of our users."
"With NexentaStor for unified shared storage services and this new release of NexentaConnect for VDI storage optimization, Nexenta continues to provide the best solution for customers looking to deploy storage in a virtualized setting," said Thomas Cornely, VP, Product Management at Nexenta. "Yale New Haven is setting a great example of how NexentaStor, NexentaConnect, Cisco UCS and VMware Horizon View can help organizations scale and support more virtual desktops."
"Organizations turn to us to provide complete data and storage systems that improve the data technology infrastructure," said Rolf Versluis, CTO at Adcap Network Systems, a Cisco Gold Certified Partner. "Today's announcement provides us with the opportunity to deliver end-to-end storage solutions across Citrix or VMware, which is something that our customers seek."
For more information about Nexenta and Cisco, visit: http://www.nexenta.com/cisco
For more information about NexentaConnect, visit: http://www.nexenta.com/nexentaconnect
During Cisco Live, Nexenta will have booth giveaway drawings and will also be hosting an OpenSDx VIP Celebration on Wednesday, May 21st at 5:30pm -7:30pm at the St. Regis Hotel, 4th floor terrace.
Tweet This: Nexenta showcases next version of NexentaConnect View at #CLUS #VDI #softwaredefinedstorage #VMware http://www.nexenta.com/cisco
About Nexenta
Nexenta is the global leader in Software-Defined Storage, delivering easy-to-use, secure and ultra-low cost storage software solutions. Nexenta solutions are hardware-, protocol-, and app-agnostic, providing innovation freedom and speed for organizations to realize "true" benefits of Software-Defined Infrastructure-centric Cloud Computing. Nexenta enables workloads from rich media-driven Social Living to Mobility; from the Internet of Things to Big Data; from OpenStack and CloudStack to Do-It-Yourself Cloud deployments. Founded around an "open source” platform and industry-disruptive vision, Nexenta delivers its award- and patent-winning software-only unified storage management solutions with a global partner network. For more information visit www.nexenta.com, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube. Also, download the newly published Nexenta Special Edition Software Defined Data Centers (SDDC) for Dummies eBook.
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Nexenta to Showcase Leading Software-Defined Storage Solutions at Industry Events Worldwide
Nexenta to Showcase Leading Software-Defined Storage Solutions at Industry Events Worldwide
Award Nominations and Reddit AMA With Nexenta CEO
Santa Clara, Calif. — May 15, 2014 — Nexenta (@Nexenta), the global leader in Software-Defined Storage (#softwaredefinedstorage) (SDS), today announced its latest awards nominations and the upcoming schedule of events featuring company executives, new product announcements and global expansion plans.
Nexenta executives will be presenting, exhibiting and answering questions about Software-Defined Storage at a wide variety of industry events over the coming weeks.
OpenStack Summit
Monday, May 12th – Friday, May 16th
SanDisk Booth
Georgia World Congress Center
Atlanta, GA
Tweet This: Look for us at @SanDisk Booth this week at OpenStack Summit @OpenStack #softwaredefinedstorage #openstacksummit
William Blair Conference
Thursday, May 15th
Speaker: Rick Martig, CFO, Nexenta
Four Seasons
San Francisco, CA
Cisco Live 2014
Sunday, May 18th – Thursday, May 22nd
Booth #535
Raffle contests
Moscone Convention Center
San Francisco, CA
Tweet This: Stop by Booth 535 @CiscoLive to join the raffles and gain #softwaredefinedstorage expertise #CLUS
Storage Solutions Day
Thursday, May 22nd
Classic Partner, Q5 Booth
Speaker: Tarkan Maner, Chairman and CEO, Nexenta
Switzerland
Tweet This: Look for us at Storage Solutions Day #storswiss #softwaredefinedstorage
Reddit.com Ask Me Anything (AMA)
Join Nexenta CEO Tarkan Maner Friday, May 29th at 1:00 pm PDT to ask him ANYTHING.
Tweet This: Questions about @Nexenta, #softwaredefinedstorage or ANYTHING. @TarkanManer on @RedditAMA
Computex Taipei 2014
Tuesday, June 3rd & Wednesday, June 4th
Compuware Booth #I0518
Nangang Exhibition Hall
Taipei International Convention Center
Tweet This: Check out latest #softwaredefinedstorage offerings @computex_tapei. Look for us in @Compuware Booth 10518
Enterprise 451 Storage Executive Summit
Wednesday, June 11th
Gold Sponsor
The Waldorf Hilton
London
Tweet This: We can answer your #softwaredefinedstorage questions @451Research Storage Executive Summit. Conf. Chair @simonrob45
Awards
The Storage Awards 2014 – Vote for Nexenta! Voting closes Monday, June 2nd
Run by Storage Magazine
Awards Announced & Ceremony Date: Thursday, June 12th at 19:30
Location: The Grand Connaught Rooms, London
Tweet This: Vote for @Nexenta by June 2 at http://www.storage-awards.com @STMagAndAwards
Network Product Guide's 2014 Hot Companies and Best Products Awards
Category: Hot Technologies in the US – NexentaStor 4
Winner to be announced June 23rd in San Francisco
About Nexenta
Nexenta is the global leader in Software-Defined Storage, delivering easy-to-use, secure and ultra-low cost storage software solutions. Nexenta solutions are hardware-, protocol-, and app-agnostic, providing innovation freedom and speed for organizations to realize "true" benefits of Software-Defined Infrastructure-centric Cloud Computing. Nexenta enables workloads from rich media-driven Social Living to Mobility; from the Internet of Things to Big Data; from OpenStack and CloudStack to Do-It-Yourself Cloud deployments. Founded around an "open source” platform and industry-disruptive vision, Nexenta delivers its award- and patent-winning software-only unified storage management solutions with a global partner network. For more information visit www.nexenta.com, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube. Also, download the newly published Nexenta Special Edition Software Defined Data Centers (SDDC) for Dummies eBook.
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Nexenta Named Finalist for American Technology Award in Server and Storage Category
Nexenta Named Finalist for American Technology Award in Server and Storage Category
TechAmerica Foundation “Best Of” Award Recognizes Nexenta Software-Defined Storage Platform
Santa Clara, Calif. — May 15, 2014 — Nexenta (@Nexenta), the global leader in Software-Defined Storage (#softwaredefinedstorage) (SDS), has been named a finalist for an American Technology Award (ATA) in Server and Storage technology for NexentaStor, Nexenta's flagship SDS platform. The ATAs have come to represent outstanding achievement in 15 different technical categories and are considered the only “Best of” national award in the technology industry.
"Nexenta is honored to be a finalist for this award. We are committed to helping customers avoid vendor lock-in and to realize the true potential of a Software-Defined Enterprise through our best-in-class storage solutions," said Jill Orhun, VP of Marketing at Nexenta. "NexentaStor delivers a flexible, scalable, cost-effective software defined storage solution to our customers, addressing their storage needs while liberating their infrastructure to address the pressures of today's data-driven economy."
NexentaStor is Nexenta's flagship Software-Defined Storage platform, in use by thousands of customers all around the world to transform their storage infrastructure, increase flexibility and agility, simplify management and dramatically reduce costs without compromising on availability, reliability or functionality. NexentaStor delivers unified file and block storage services, runs on industry standard hardware, scales from tens of terabytes to petabyte configurations, and includes all data management functionality by default.
"Each year the quality of the nominations we get for the American Technology Awards improves. The amazing innovations and advancement in technology that each of the finalists represent is a true testament to the quality of our industry in this country," said Shawn Osborne, Chairman of the TechAmerica Foundation. "We congratulate Nexenta on being a finalist for this prestigious award."
In an effort to ensure that these cutting edge products receive the attention they deserve, the TechAmerica Foundation will be presenting the products and announcing the winners at a showcase and awards ceremony at 1776, D.C.’s premier tech startup. The event, being held May 20, brings together tech innovators, policy makers and investors.
During the event, the Breakthrough Technology of the Year will be chosen, which will then be honored at the prestigious Technology and Government dinner in June. Each finalist is considered for the Breakthrough Technology of the Year.
About Nexenta
Nexenta is the global leader in Software-Defined Storage, delivering easy-to-use, secure and ultra-low cost storage software solutions. Nexenta solutions are hardware-, protocol-, and app-agnostic, providing innovation freedom and speed for organizations to realize "true" benefits of Software-Defined Infrastructure-centric Cloud Computing. Nexenta enables workloads from rich media-driven Social Living to Mobility; from the Internet of Things to Big Data; from OpenStack and CloudStack to Do-It-Yourself Cloud deployments. Founded around an "open source” platform and industry-disruptive vision, Nexenta delivers its award- and patent-winning software-only unified storage management solutions with a global partner network. For more information visit www.nexenta.com, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube. Also, download the newly published Nexenta Special Edition Software Defined Data Centers (SDDC) for Dummies eBook.
About TechAmerica Foundation
TechAmerica Foundation educates industry executives, policy makers and opinion leaders on the promise of technological innovation to advance prosperity, security and the general welfare. Launched in 1981, the Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, non-partisan affiliate of TechAmerica, which is the leading voice and resource for the U.S. technology industry. The Foundation disseminates award-winning industry, policy and market research covering topics such as U.S. competitiveness in a global economy, innovation in government, and other areas of national interest. It also organizes conferences and seminars to explore pertinent issues with government and industry representatives and to share the Foundation's findings. Learn more about TechAmerica Foundation at www.techamericafoundation.org.
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Nexenta to Showcase Leading Software-Defined Storage Solutions at VMware User Groups Worldwide
Nexenta to Showcase Leading Software-Defined Storage Solutions at VMware User Groups Worldwide
Santa Clara, Calif. — May 15, 2014 — Nexenta (@Nexenta), the global leader in Software-Defined Storage (#softwaredefinedstorage) (SDS), today announced that Nexenta executives will be showcasing its solutions as a Silver Sponsor at a variety of upcoming VMware User Groups (VMUG) worldwide. Attendees can learn about and hear real world examples of Software-Defined Storage and its impact in bringing the Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) to reality. The VMUGs are from 7:45 am to 5:00 pm local time and span California to Copenhagen.
Philadelphia VMUG
Thursday, May 15th
Radisson Valley Forge
Tweet This: Join Nexenta's #softwaredefinedstorage experts at @PhillyVMUG tonight. Details at @MyVMUG @VMware #VMUG
Denver VMUG
Tuesday, May 20th
Hyatt Regency Convention Center
Tweet This: Join Nexenta's #softwaredefinedstorage experts at @DenverVMUG on May 20. Details at @MyVMUG @VMware
New York/New Jersey VMUG
Thursday, May 22nd
Hyatt Regency Jersey City
Tweet This: Join Nexenta's #softwaredefinedstorage experts at @nycvmug @NJ_VMUG on May 22. Details at @MyVMUG @VMware #VMUG
Carolina VMUG
Thursday, June 5th
Charlotte Convention Center
Tweet This: Join Nexenta's #softwaredefinedstorage experts at Carolina VMUG on June 5. Details at @MyVMUG @VMware #VMUG
Vancouver VMUG
Thursday, June 12th
Vancouver Convention Center
Tweet This: Join Nexenta's #softwaredefinedstorage experts at @VMUG_Vancouver) on June 12. Details at @MyVMUG @VMware #VMUG
Potomac VMUG
Thursday, June 19th
Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington, VA
Tweet This: Join Nexenta's #softwaredefinedstorage experts at Potomac VMUG on June 19. Details at @MyVMUG @VMware #VMUG
Salt Lake City VMUG
Wednesday, July 9th
Hilton Salt Lake City Center
Tweet This: Join Nexenta's #softwaredefinedstorage experts at @slcvmug on July 9. Details at @MyVMUG @VMware #slcvmug #VMUG
Indianapolis VMUG
Thursday, July 31st
Indiana Convention Center
Tweet This: Join Nexenta's #softwaredefinedstorage experts at @IndyVMUG on July 31. Details at @MyVMUG @VMware #VMUG
Dallas–Fort Worth VMUG
Tuesday, September 16th
Irving Convention Center
Tweet This: Join Nexenta's #softwaredefinedstorage experts at @DFWVMUG on Sept 16. Details at @MyVMUG @VMware #VMUG
Chicago VMUG
Wednesday, September 17th
Rosemont Convention Center
Tweet This: Join Nexenta's #softwaredefinedstorage experts at @ChicagoVMUG on Sept 17. Details at @MyVMUG @VMware #VMUG
Phoenix VMUG
Thursday, September 18th
Phoenix Marriott Temps at the Buttes
Tweet This: Join Nexenta's #softwaredefinedstorage experts at @vmugphoenix on Sept 18. Details at @MyVMUG @VMware #VMUG
Southern California VMUG
Wednesday, September 24th
Anaheim Marriott
Tweet This: Join Nexenta's #softwaredefinedstorage experts at SoCal #VMUG on Sept 24. Details at @MyVMUG @VMware
Atlanta VMUG
Thursday, September 25th
Georgia World Congress Center
Tweet This: Join Nexenta's #softwaredefinedstorage experts at @ATLVMUG on Sept 25. Details at @MyVMUG @VMware #VMUG
Portland VMUG
Tuesday, November 4th
Oregon Convention Center
Tweet This: Join Nexenta's #softwaredefinedstorage experts at Portland #VMUG on Nov 4. Details at @MyVMUG @VMware
Nordic VMUG
Thursday, November 20th
Bella Center A/S
Copenhagen
Tweet This: Join Nexenta's #softwaredefinedstorage experts at Nordic #VMUG on Nov 20. Details at @MyVMUG @VMware
Germany VMUG
Tuesday, November 25th
About Nexenta
Nexenta is the global leader in Software-Defined Storage, delivering easy-to-use, secure and ultra-low cost storage software solutions. Nexenta solutions are hardware-, protocol-, and app-agnostic, providing innovation freedom and speed for organizations to realize "true" benefits of Software-Defined Infrastructure-centric Cloud Computing. Nexenta enables workloads from rich media-driven Social Living to Mobility; from the Internet of Things to Big Data; from OpenStack and CloudStack to Do-It-Yourself Cloud deployments. Founded around an "open source” platform and industry-disruptive vision, Nexenta delivers its award- and patent-winning software-only unified storage management solutions with a global partner network. For more information visit www.nexenta.com, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube. Also, download the newly published Nexenta Special Edition Software Defined Data Centers (SDDC) for Dummies eBook.
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Software Defined Data Center for Dummies Nexenta Edition Book Now Available
Software Defined Data Center for Dummies Nexenta Edition Book Now Available
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – May 7, 2014 – Nexenta (@Nexenta), the global leader in Software-Defined Storage (#softwaredefinedstorage) (SDS), today announced that it has authored a popular Dummies series book about the impact and role of SDS on the Software Defined Data Center (SDDC). Software Defined Data Centers For Dummies, Nexenta Special Edition is now available for free download at www.nexenta.com/SDDCForDummies.
Software Defined Data Centers For Dummies, Nexenta Special Edition explains how recent advances in Software-Defined Storage (SDS) and Software-Defined Networking (SDN) can unify IT systems into a consistent and well-formed architecture. Discover how to deploy solutions that support desktops, Big Data, web hosting, search engines, and massive amounts of storage as a cohesive system, and understand how to make the transition from a legacy environment to an SDDC environment.
"The market continues to learn how impactful the move to a Software-Defined Data Center can be," said Jill Orhun, Vice President of Marketing, Nexenta. "Software Defined Data Centers for Dummies, Nexenta Special Edition is an easy to digest manual for integrating Software Defined-Storage, and lays the foundation for a software-defined enterprise that provides freedom from legacy storage hardware."
To download a free copy of the ebook, visit: www.nexenta.com/SDDCForDummies. For a hard copy of the book, email marketing@nexenta.com
Tweet This: Software Defined Datacenter for Dummies ebook now available. Visit www.nexenta.com/SDDCForDummies
About Nexenta
Nexenta is the global leader in Software-Defined Storage, delivering easy-to-use, secure and ultra-low cost storage solutions based on our software for enterprises. Nexenta solutions are hardware-, protocol-, workload-, and app-agnostic, providing innovative freedom and speed for organizations to realize "true" benefits of Software-Defined Infrastructure-centric Cloud Computing. Nexenta enables workloads from rich media-driven Social Media to Mobility; from the Internet of Things to Big Data; from OpenStack, CloudStack to Do-It-Yourself Cloud deployments. Founded on an "open source” platform and industry-disruptive vision, Nexenta delivers its award- and patent-winning software-only unified storage management solutions with a global partner network. For more information visit www.nexenta.com, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube. Also, download the newly published Nexenta Special Edition Software Defined Data Centers (SDDC) for Dummies eBook.
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Nexenta Introduces Most Advanced Software-Defined Storage Platform for Citrix Cloud Deployments
Nexenta Introduces Most Advanced Software-Defined Storage Platform for Citrix Cloud Deployments
Industry-leading NexentaConnect Accelerates Virtualized Desktop Performance, Integrates Storage and Desktop Management and Lowers TCO for Cloud Computing
LOS ANGELES and SANTA CLARA, Calif. — May 6, 2014 — Nexenta (@Nexenta), the global leader in Software-Defined Storage (#softwaredefinedstorage) (SDS), today introduced NexentaConnect for Citrix XenDesktop®. The announcement was made as part of Nexenta's presence at Citrix Synergy™, the premier mobility conference for organizations seeking solutions that empower people with new ways to work – anywhere, anytime, on any device.
The edition for XenDesktop of the award-winning NexentaConnect virtual storage accelerator gives virtual desktop administrators the ability to accelerate the performance of their organization's desktops on new or existing storage arrays, while providing greater density at a much lower price point. The NexentaConnect solution reduces the amount of storage required for a XenDesktop deployment, provides real-time visibility and management of individual desktop users using storage resources, and drives down the cost per desktop.
Legacy storage solutions typically consume a vast amount of resources in VDI deployments. IT decision makers have been challenged to find the right storage configuration – one that isn't too expensive, complex, time-consuming or slow. The solution is often to add more hardware, buy one-off arrays for VDI or deploy an all flash system – such alternatives drive up the cost of VDI deployments and compromise IT budgets everywhere. With NexentaConnect for XenDesktop, virtual desktop administrators can integrate storage and desktop management for XenDesktop Machine Creation Services (MCS) without purchasing complex and expensive hardware.
"Our customers are looking for solutions that simplify storage administration and help keep costs in line," according to Dario Ferreira, Executive Vice President at Centrinet Corporation. "The combination of Nexenta and Citrix technology gives virtual desktop administrators the means to accelerate performance, provide greater desktop density, and keep TCO in line."
"Any solution that can simplify our storage management strategy without forcing us to throw more boxes at the problem is going to be well received," according to Doug Soltesz, Vice President CIO at Budd Van Lines. "The combination of XenDesktop and NexentaConnect means that performance, management, and TCO all improve."
"Nexenta has developed a software-defined storage solution that is less complex and time-consuming to deploy and maintain. NexentaConnect provides XenDesktop customers cost-effective profile storage and disaster recovery to lower the overall costs by up to 30 percent per desktop for VDI deployments," said Calvin Hsu, Vice President of Product Marketing at Citrix.
"It's no secret that storage accounts for a large percentage of VDI costs," according to Donna Taylor, Storage Research Director at IDC. "Given the growth in both VDI and cloud-based systems, IT departments are beginning to feel the impact of budget creep and are looking for alternatives."
"The massively expensive storage system vendors have been obstructing the true promise of desktop virtualization for too long," said Thomas Cornely, Vice President, Product Management at Nexenta. "Nexenta has solved the cost and complexity of VDI storage and desktop administration with NexentaConnect for XenDesktop. Virtual desktop administrators no longer have to throw more hardware at the problem."
Availability
NexentaConnect for XenDesktop public beta is currently available through Nexenta’s regional sales teams. General availability will be in Q3. Attendees of Citrix Synergy Los Angeles can witness NexentaConnect for XenDesktop in action at the Nexenta booth #203 on May 6-8, 2014.
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About Nexenta
Nexenta is the global leader in Software-Defined Storage, delivering easy-to-use, secure and ultra-low cost storage solutions based on our software for enterprises. Nexenta solutions are hardware-, protocol-, workload-, and app-agnostic, providing innovative freedom and speed for organizations to realize "true" benefits of Software-Defined Infrastructure-centric Cloud Computing. Nexenta enables workloads from rich media-driven Social Media to Mobility; from the Internet of Things to Big Data; from OpenStack, CloudStack to Do-It-Yourself Cloud deployments. Founded on an "open source” platform and industry-disruptive vision, Nexenta delivers its award- and patent-winning software-only unified storage management solutions with a global partner network. For more information visit www.nexenta.com, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube. Also, download the newly published Nexenta Special Edition Software Defined Data Centers (SDDC) for Dummies eBook.
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Wipro and Nexenta Collaborate to Deliver Cloud Computing Solutions to Enterprises Worldwide via Software-Defined Storage-enabled Virtual Desktops
Wipro and Nexenta Collaborate to Deliver Cloud Computing Solutions to Enterprises Worldwide via Software-Defined Storage-enabled Virtual Desktops
Bangalore, India and Santa Clara, Calif., – May 6, 2014 – Nexenta (@Nexenta), the global leader in Software-Defined Storage (#softwaredefinedstorage) (SDS), today announced that Wipro Ltd. (NYSE:WIT), a global information technology, consulting and outsourcing company has selected Nexenta to create a user data storage infrastructure for tens of thousands of virtual desktop users. Tuesday, May 6th at 3:00pm PDT in room 304A, Citrix, Nexenta and Wipro will share this success story with attendees at Citrix Synergy™.
Wipro is deploying Nexenta's Software-Defined Storage solution in four of its data centers in India on x86 hardware and expects a significantly growing demand for this type of storage in the coming years. Nexenta will provide advanced SAN and NAS capabilities, hardware independence, cost effectiveness per terabyte of storage and open APIs.
The desktop virtualization infrastructure is powered by Wipro's VirtuaDesk™ - a fully integrated hardware, software and managed services solution. Wipro's VirtuaDesk solution is based on a Citrix-Microsoft software stack for desktop virtualization and includes Wipro’s proprietary hardware reference architecture and VirtuaDesk software. VirtuaDesk utilizes Citrix XenDesktop®, Citrix XenApp®, and Citrix NetScaler® Gateway to provide multiple types of virtual desktops – persistent and non-persistent Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), published desktops and applications. The end users are uniquely provided with their own optimised desktop using the core XenDesktop technologies of centralized management (FMA) and optimised user experience (Citrix HDX™) across multiple devices and operating systems.
Wipro is integrating VirtuaDesk Software with NexentaStor to automate storage services for end users – creating a layered profile for user data management in a virtual desktop environment and adding a layer of automation which will reduce administrative headaches and dependency on the storage administrator. The combination of NexentaStor and Citrix technology provides end users with greater flexibility in hardware purchases, increased user profile access speeds and a lower total cost of ownership.
"We needed a scalable and cost-effective file storage solution for our VDI implementation. Nexenta proved that we can achieve great performance metrics while being able to scale the storage capacity without excess expense," said Andrey Zhulenev, General Manager and VirtuaDeskTM Practice Head, Wipro. "We are excited to work with Nexenta on our internal Wipro company storage requirements and offer the same solution to our VirtuaDeskTM customers."
"Skyrocketing storage hardware costs are paralyzing organizations across the globe, but, it doesn't have to be that way," said Tarkan Maner, Chairman and CEO of Nexenta. "At Nexenta, we combine cost-optimization, speed and scalability to deliver software-defined storage-enabled Cloud Computing solutions that will provide ultra-low cost, fast-time to market and improved risk management for Wipro and its customers."
“We’re excited about our growing partnership with Nexenta and the addition of NexentaStor into Wipro’s solution with Citrix, VirtuaDesk,” said Andy Vandeveld, VP enterprise partner sales at Citrix. “Storage cost is traditionally a barrier to successful VDI deployments, and Nexenta solutions help address the requirement for better economics.”
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About Nexenta Nexenta is the global leader in Software-Defined Storage, delivering easy-to-use, secure and ultra-low cost storage software for enterprises. Nexenta solutions are hardware-, protocol-, workload-, and app-agnostic, providing innovation freedom and speed for organizations to realize "true" benefits of Software-Defined Infrastructure-centric Cloud Computing. Nexenta enables workloads from rich media-driven Social Media to Mobility; from Internet of Things to Big Data; from OpenStack to Do-It-Yourself deployments. Founded on an "open source” platform and industry-disruptive vision, Nexenta delivers its award- and patent-winning software-only unified storage management solutions with a global partner network. For more information, visit www.nexenta.com, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube. Also, download the newly published Nexenta Special Edition Software Defined Data Centers (SDDC) for Dummies eBook.
About Wipro Ltd. Wipro Ltd. (NYSE:WIT) is a leading Information Technology, Consulting and Outsourcing company that delivers solutions to enable its clients do business better. Wipro delivers winning business outcomes through its deep industry experience and a 360 degree view of "Business through Technology" - helping clients create successful and adaptive businesses. A company recognized globally for its comprehensive portfolio of services, a practitioner's approach to delivering innovation, and an organization wide commitment to sustainability, Wipro has a workforce of 140,000 serving clients across 61 countries. For more information, please visit www.wipro.com.
Nexenta Now Verified for Citrix Ready VDI Capacity Program
Nexenta Now Verified for Citrix Ready VDI Capacity Program
Nexenta Software-Defined Storage Platform is Trusted to Address the Storage Needs of Customers Implementing VDI Using Citrix XenDesktop
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – May 05, 2014 – Nexenta (@Nexenta), the global leader in Software Defined Storage (#softwaredefinedstorage) (SDS), today announced that NexentaStor, Nexenta's award-winning software defined storage platform, has been verified as part of the Citrix Ready® VDI Capacity Program Verified for Citrix XenDesktop®. The Citrix Ready VDI Capacity program is designed specifically to address the storage needs of customers who already have or are thinking about implementing VDI using XenDesktop.
VDI presents multiple types of data, each with its own unique requirements to the storage infrastructure tier. Storage in turn can cope with these requirements using various hardware and software-based approaches, some of which can be combined into hybrid solutions.
The Citrix Ready VDI Capacity program helps guide customers regarding VDI storage needs. The program enables Citrix storage partners to test their solutions against a turnkey “VDI Capacity” test environment that contains the necessary compute resources needed to generate a 750-user reference XenDesktop deployment, and thus demonstrating the appropriate amount of storage performance and capacity with a cost-efficient design. Partners whose technology satisfies the test criteria are determined to be verified as part of the Citrix Ready VDI Capacity Program Verified for 750 users.
"Nexenta has satisfactorily completed the testing requirements to join the Citrix Ready VDI Capacity program,” said Greg Fox, director, Citrix Ready program at Citrix. "Through this program, we are working with our storage partners to help provide our joint customers with guidance in choosing storage solutions for their XenDesktop VDI deployments. By taking part in the program, Nexenta is helping customers make informed product purchasing decisions."
“As a member of the Citrix Ready program, we are able to offer customers intelligent and cost-efficient storage solutions with Citrix XenDesktop. Storage can stall VDI deployments, and the VDI Capacity analysis is validation that NexentaStor adds a great deal of value to VDI environments,” said Jill Orhun, Vice President of Marketing, Nexenta. “Passing the rigorous testing program, clearly demonstrates our company's and technology's ability to work closely with trusted partners like Citrix, and help our joint customers extend the performance and ROI benefits that VDI has to offer."
To read the full analysis of NexentaStor's performance, download the free whitepaper "Nexenta Liberates Storage to Deliver a Better ROI" at http://www.citrix.com/cms/ready/files/1713/9826/9812/CR_VDI_Whitepaper_Nexenta.pdf
About Citrix Ready The Citrix Ready program identifies verified solutions that are trusted to enhance virtualization, networking and cloud computing solutions from Citrix, including XenDesktop®, XenApp®, XenMobile®,CloudPlatform™, XenServer®, NetScaler®. The Citrix Ready designation is awarded to third-party products that have successfully met verification criteria set by Citrix, and gives customers an added confidence in the compatibility of the joint solution offering. The Citrix Ready program leverages industry-leading alliances across the Citrix partner eco-system to meet a wide variety customer needs, and currently incorporates partners who have demonstrated more than 25,000 product verifications. It also includes the Citrix Ready Community Verified program which allows customers to see thousands of products that have been verified by other customers to work in their production environments. More information about the Citrix Ready program can be found at www.citrix.com/ready. Reach Citrix Ready using social media via the Citrix Ready blog site and Twitter.
About Nexenta Nexenta is the global leader in Software Defined Storage, delivering easy-to-use, secure and ultra-low cost storage solutions based on our software for enterprises. Nexenta solutions are hardware-, protocol-, workload-, and app-agnostic, providing innovative freedom and speed for organizations to realize "true" benefits of Software Defined Infrastructure-centric Cloud Computing. Nexenta enables workloads from rich media-driven Social Media to Mobility; from the Internet of Things to Big Data; from OpenStack, CloudStack to Do-It-Yourself Cloud deployments. Founded on an "open source” platform and industry-disruptive vision, Nexenta delivers its award- and patent-winning software-only unified storage management solutions with a global partner network. For more information, visit www.nexenta.com, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube. Also, download the newly published Nexenta Special Edition Software Defined Data Centers (SDDC) for Dummies eBook.
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