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July 30, 2011
Virsto Selected by AlwaysOn as an AlwaysOn Global 250 Winner
Company recognized for creating technology innovations for the Global Silicon Valley
SUNNYVALE, Calif. – July 30, 2011 – Virsto™ Software, an innovative software company transforming storage for virtual machines, today announced that it has earned a spot on the AlwaysOn Global 250 list. Inclusion in the AlwaysOn Global 250 signifies leadership amongst its peers and game-changing approaches and technologies that are likely to disrupt existing markets and entrenched players in the Global Silicon Valley. Virsto was specially selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team and industry experts spanning the globe based on a set of five criteria: innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value, and media buzz.
Virsto and the AlwaysOn Global 250 companies will be honored at AlwaysOn’s ninth annual Innovation Summit at Santa Clara University on July 28th, 2011, at the Louis B. Mayer Theatre at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, CA. This two-day executive gathering that highlights the significant economic, political, and commercial trends affecting the global technology industries. Innovation Summit’s goal is to identify the most promising entrepreneurial opportunities and investments in the global tech industry.
"This year's AlwaysOn Global 250 are companies driven by the biggest mega-trends, including the accelerating growth of mobile users, cloud computing, and SaaS offerings, globalization, and the socialization of commerce and basically everything online," said Tony Perkins, founder and editor of AlwaysOn. "This year's winners clearly represent some of the highest-growth opportunities we've seen in the private company marketplace in the history of the global Silicon Valley."
The AlwaysOn Global 250 winners were selected from among thousands of domestic and international technology companies nominated by investors, bankers, journalists, and industry insiders. The AlwaysOn editorial team conducted a rigorous three-month selection process to finalize the 2011 list.
"This award recognizes our team for its innovation in addressing the next wave in virtualization and underscores the work we've done to disrupt storage in the new virtual paradigm," said Mark Davis, CEO of Virsto. "We believe the success of our solution directly correlates to our ability to meet the unique storage demands created by today's virtualized environments. It's enormously gratifying to be recognized by our peers at AlwaysOn and we look forward to engaging with other industry leaders at the AlwaysOn Summit later this month."
Founded in 2007, Virsto has developed the first and only hypervisor-based storage solution built for virtual machines. A close partner of Citrix and Microsoft, the company has a proven track record of advancing storage virtualization in the enterprise. Virsto's software lets all organizations, including enterprise, private and public cloud customers reap the benefits of server and desktop virtualization, increasing performance while lowering storage costs.
A full list of all the AlwaysOn Global 250 winners can be found on the AlwaysOn website at: http://www.aonetwork.com/AOStory/Announcing-2011-AlwaysOn-Global-250
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About Virsto Software
Virsto Software provides innovative solutions to address the growing need for cost-effective and efficient storage for virtual servers and desktops. Companies worldwide use Virsto to achieve breakthrough increases in performance, reduce storage capital and operating costs, and streamline provisioning and data management for virtual computing. Founded in 2007, Virsto Software is backed by leading Silicon Valley venture firms. For more information, visit virsto.com.
About AlwaysOn
AlwaysOn is the leading business media brand networking the Global Silicon Valley. AlwaysOn helped ignite the social media revolution in early 2003 when it launched the AlwaysOn network. In 2004, it became the first media brand to socially network its online readers and event attendees. AlwaysOn’s preeminent executive event series includes the Innovation Summit, OnMedia, OnHollywood, Venture Summit Mid-Atlantic / IMPACT 2011, OnDemand, Venture Summit Silicon Valley, Venture Summit East, GoingGreen Silicon Valley, and GoingGreen East. The AlwaysOn network and live event series continue to lead the industry by empowering its readers, event participants, sponsors, and advertisers like no other media brand.
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