EMA Finds Software Defined Storage ‘Missing Link’ for Cloud and the Software Defined Datacenter

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – January 23, 2013 — Virsto® Software, an innovative provider of VM-centric software defined storage, today announced that research from Enterprise Management Associates (EMA), a leading IT and data management research and consulting firm, supports the need for more intelligent, high performance and hardware independent storage hypervisors to realize the potential of truly software defined datacenters. The new “Demystifying Cloud” research[1] from EMA identified the cost of acquiring and provisioning storage as a major pain point when implementing cloud technologies on the path to the software defined datacenter.

Storage Magazine Names Virsto Software-Defined Storage ‘Product of the Year’ Finalist

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – January 15, 2013 — 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.

Virsto for vSphere 2.0 Delivers Software Defined Storage to the Data Center

LAS VEGAS, NV. —  December 4, 2012 — Gartner Data Center Conference —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.

Virsto Leads Software Defined Storage Market With Accelerating Momentum

SUNNYVALE, Calif. —  November 29, 2012 — Virsto® Software, an innovative provider of VM-centric storage hypervisor software, today announced continued momentum, increased customer and partner traction and record revenues closing its most recent fiscal quarter Oct. 31st. In addition, Virsto announced Frank Bien, formerly VP of strategic alliances for EMC’s big data division, has joined the company as senior vice president of Strategy.

Virsto Wins Best in Biz ‘Enterprise Product of the Year’ Award

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – November 15, 2012 — Virsto® Software, an innovative provider of VM-centric storage hypervisor software, today announced that it has been named a 2012 bronze winner by the Best in Biz Awards in the Enterprise Product of the Year category. The awards are the only independent business awards program judged by members of the press and industry analysts that recognize companies for their business success.

Virsto and Storage Switzerland to Provide Insight on Reducing SSD Costs While Improving Performance

Storage Experts to Tackle Problem of SSD Expenses in Webinar for IT Professionals
Sunnyvale, Calif. – November 1, 2012- Virsto® Software, an innovative provider of VM-centric storage hypervisor software, today announced it will be hosting a webinar in conjunction with respected storage consultancy Storage Switzerland on the “Four Ways To Reduce The Cost Of SSD in Virtual Environments.”  Taking place on Tuesday, November 6, this webinar will tackle the current problems of SSD expenses.

Virsto CEO to Join Storage Hypervisor Panel at SNW Fall 2012

Panel to Discuss Industry Perspective on Storage Management and the “Storage Hypervisor”

Santa Clara, Calif. – October 11, 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.” Taking place October 16-19, 2012 in Santa Clara, SNW is the world’s largest independently produced conference series focused on the evolution of architecture for a new world of mobility, Big Data and business agility.

Virsto Named Finalist of 2012 Storage Virtualization & Cloud Awards

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – October 3, 2012 — 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.

Virsto Named “Best of VMworld 2012” by Enterprise Management Associates

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Sept. 20, 2012 — Virsto® Software, an innovative provider of VM-centric storage hypervisor software, today announced that it has been named a “Best of VMworld 2012” award winner by Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) in the area of storage management. Virsto was recognized for its ability to enable customers to more efficiently take advantage of their storage assets and help organizations deliver on the vision of the software-defined data center (SDDC.)

Virsto and VCEE Announce Channel Partnership

London, UK, 12^th September 2012 –  Virsto® Software, an innovative provider of VM-centric storage hypervisor software, today announced its partnership with Netherlands-based Virsto Centre of Expertise Europe (VCEE).