Virsto
Virsto develops a VM-centric storage hypervisor. The company is privately funded and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. On February 11, 2013, VMware announced that it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire Virsto.[1]
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| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Headquarters | Sunnyvale, California |
Key people | Mark Davis, CEO, Alex Miroshnichenko, CTO, Serge Pashenkov, VP of Engineering |
| Products | Virsto VSI, Virsto VDI |
| Website | www |
History
Virsto was founded in 2007 by Mark Davis, Alex Miroshnichenko and Serge Pashenkov. In 2009, the company announced a $7 million series A funding round. In 2011, the company announced a $17 million series B funding round.
References
- "VMware to Acquire Virsto". VMWare. 11 February 2013.
Further reading
- CRN, June 21, 2010. 2010 Storage Superstars: 25 You Need To Know.
- Virtual Strategy Magazine (podcast), February 16, 2010. Optimizing Storage Management.
- Dan Kusnetzky, ZDNet, April 21, 2011. Virtual Storage for Virtual Environments.
- George Crump, Storage Switzerland, April 22, 2011. Bridging the VDI Storage ROI Gap.
- Mike Vizard, CTOEdge, September 17, 2010. Virtualization Makes Managing Storage Harder.
- Mark Cox, eChannelLine, December 1, 2010. VDI coalition formed to establish best practices.
- Jacob Nthoiwa, ITWeb, September 28, 2010. Virtualisation Top of SME IT Spend.
- Mike Vizard, IT Business Edge, October 13, 2011. Storage Provisioning Seeking Parity in Virtual Environments.
- Kenneth Corbin, ServerWatch, October 19, 2011. Virsto Angling for Storage Efficiencies in Server Desktop Virtual Environments.
- Cloud Computing Journal, November 17, 2011. Storage Can Be the Key to Aggressively Priced Cloud Offerings.
- eChannelLine, April 18, 2012. Virsto Ships Virsto2.5 for Windows Server Hyper-v.
- Virtual-Strategy Magazine, April 6, 2012. Infographic: What's it Going to Take for VDI to Take Off?.
- InformationWeek, May 9, 2012. Virsto Storage Hypervisor Now Supports Citrix XenDesktop.
- Silicon Angle, May 9, 2012. Exploring the Storage Hypervisor.
- SearchVirtualStorage, May 11, 2012. Virsto Software Adds Support for XenDesktop in VDI Environments.
- All Things Digital, November 21, 2012. The Storage Games.
- Silicon Angle, November 27, 2012. Software-Defined Storage is the Missing Link in the Software-Defined Data Center.
- Enterprise Systems Journal, December 3, 2012. Virsto for vSphere 2.0 Delivers Software-Defined Storage to the Data Center.
- ZDnet, January 18, 2013. Is Storage Virtualization the Missing Link in vSphere Environments?.
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