LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SimpliVity, a leader in hyperconverged infrastructure for the software-defined data center, announced today at the Gartner Data Center, Infrastructure & Operations Management Summit the general availability of its Cisco-certified solution, SimpliVity OmniStack Integrated Solution with Cisco UCS. Since its launch in August of this year, the hyperconverged infrastructure solution has realized tremendous global market demand, with rapid channel partner adoption and pre-orders to help customers drastically transform their data centers.
As a certified Cisco partner, SimpliVity is offering its global channel partners and their customers the market’s only true hyperconverged solution to deliver the best of both worlds—cloud economics with enterprise capabilities—on their Cisco platforms. SimpliVity’s Integrated Solution with Cisco UCS assimilates eight to 12 core data center services on Cisco C-Series Rack-Mount systems, including the hypervisor, compute, storage, network switching, backup, replication, cloud gateway, caching, WAN optimization, real-time deduplication and more, delivering a 3x reduction in TCO. It’s also differentiated by global unified management, integrated data protection, and unparalleled efficiency via deduplication, compression and optimization of data before it hits disk to save IOPS and capacity on primary storage and throughout the workload’s lifecycle.
SimpliVity’s global partners have seen growing demand for SimpliVity’s Cisco-certified solution, as customers look to virtualize their IT environments, while reducing data center complexities and costs and leveraging their existing Cisco IT infrastructure investment.
Customer and Partner Quotes
Chris Ward, CTO of GreenPages-LogicsOne
“As
a leading player in the hyperconverged infrastructure market, SimpliVity
is solving the challenges of today’s data center. We have been quick to
adopt SimpliVity’s Integrated Solution for Cisco UCS, and are excited to
deliver this award-winning technology on a popular x86 platform to help
our customers reduce the cost and complexity of their IT infrastructure.”
Stuart Miller, Federal Account Manager at FCN
Inc.
“We are very excited about SimpliVity’s data
virtualization platform being delivered on Cisco UCS. We believe it’s a
game changer for our customers to help transform their data centers and
realize increased performance, efficiency and savings. We are installing
the OmniStack in our lab so we can demonstrate its powerful capabilities
for consolidating, unifying and virtualizing IT environments on a single
platform.”
Stephen Green, Middle East & Africa Executive, Data Centre Business
Unit, Dimension
Data Middle East and Africa (Pty) Limited
“We have
seen a large need for simplified and cost-effective data center
solutions within the enterprise. SimpliVity’s OmniStack Integrated
Solution for Cisco UCS offers unprecedented value to IT staff that is
working to manage data growth within their organizations. Our customers
are able to realize the full efficiencies of operating a virtualized
data center with a much-needed solution that reduces the complexities of
the current data center while providing significant cost savings.”
SimpliVity Quote
Mitch Breen, SVP of Global Sales at SimpliVity Corporation
“We
are 100 percent committed to our channel partnerships and increasing the
value and flexibility we can deliver to both them and their customers. I
have been actively engaged with our global partners and have seen
remarkable demand and engagement for our Cisco-certified solution. As
the market’s only truly hyperconverged solution, we look forward to
continued momentum in helping to transform data centers around the
globe.”
Availability and Pricing
OmniStack Integrated Solution with Cisco UCS is available immediately. Pricing starts at $54,850.
Resources
- Download Cisco's reference architecture for SimpliVity Integrated Solution with Cisco UCS.
- Download Cisco's white paper on SimpliVity Integrated Solution with Cisco UCS.
- Find more information about the SimpliVity/Cisco partnership.
- Learn more on SimpliVity's website.
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About SimpliVity
SimpliVity delivers the best of both worlds: cloud economics with enterprise performance, protection and functionality. The company provides software-defined infrastructure packaged on industry-standard x86 systems, providing abstraction, pooling and automation of IT resources and services. By assimilating eight to twelve core data center functions, including the hypervisor, compute, storage, network switching, backup, replication, cloud gateway, caching, WAN optimization, real-time deduplication and more, SimpliVity’s hyperconverged infrastructure delivers a 3x reduction in TCO. It’s also differentiated by global unified management, integrated data protection, and unparalleled efficiency via deduplication, compression and optimization of data before it hits disk to save IOPS and capacity on primary storage and throughout the workload’s lifecycle. Launched in 2013, SimpliVity is in use at hundreds of enterprises and service providers worldwide, including T-Systems; City of Arvada, Colorado; MLB Network; and Wausau Coated. Headquartered in Massachusetts, SimpliVity's business model is 100% indirect, and its solutions and professional services are available through its network of worldwide resellers and distributors. For more information, contact us at +1 508-310-1032, info@simplivity.com or www.simplivity.com.
Note: SimpliVity, the SimpliVity logo, OmniCube, OmniStack, and Data Virtualization Platform are trademarks or registered trademarks of SimpliVity Corporation in the United States and certain other countries. All trademarks and registered trademarks mentioned herein belong to their respective owners.
