Overview Telegrupp AS, based in Tallinn, Estonia, delivers high availability IT infrastructure and managed services to clients across Northern Europe. The company specializes in building resilient systems and has earned a strong reputation for reliable technology solutions. To improve uptime and accelerate recovery in its own infrastructure, the team at Telegrupp implemented StorMagic SvSAN. The results were immediate. The [...]
Should I stay, or should I go now? Should I stay, or should I go now? If I go, there will be trouble And if I stay, it will be double So come on and let me know… Many organizations are considering a move away from VMware, but some hesitate after hearing the numbers. Gartner reports that migrating 2,000 or [...]
Digital transformation is underway across almost every industry, regardless of organization size. Some adopted early and are seeing the benefits, including the uses of new technologies and myriad of data and insights provided. Others are earlier in the process, with some implementations in place and others on the horizon. Much of the digital transformation starts at the edge, where [...]
Broadcom’s overhaul of VMware’s licensing model marked a shift in the hyperconverged infrastructure landscape. Before the late 2023 announcement, the vendor served as a steady and reliable provider for countless IT infrastructures, but many businesses are now looking for alternatives to VMware thanks to changing licensing and the introduction of subscription-based plans. The new model encourages businesses into multi-year contracts, [...]
The Broadcom overhaul of its VMware licensing structure signaled a major transformation in how businesses procure and manage VMware solutions. The move, which swept away the familiar comfort of a perpetual license and replaced it with a subscription-based model, wasn’t just a minor pivot for Broadcom. It was part of a greater change within the industry heavyweight’s strategic direction while [...]
Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware has reshaped today’s hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) market, pushing businesses to reconsider their reliance on VMware's HCI software due to concerns around pricing, support, and product direction. With the HCI market estimated to grow at a CAGR of 23.5% from 2024 to 2030, it's no surprise that VMware alternatives are rapidly gaining traction. As organizations seek greater [...]
The hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) market is changing. Many businesses are moving away from popular solutions like VMware vSphere. Changing licensing, costs, concerns about vendor lock-in, and the need for greater flexibility drive this shift. Businesses are increasingly seeking alternatives offering performance, flexibility, and more cost-effective pricing models. These options empower companies to build IT environments that better align with their [...]
Join us for a unique webinar covering the DCIG Competitive Intelligence Report that examines the differences between VMware vSAN and StorMagic SvSAN. With key insights straight from Jerome Wendt of DCIG and StorMagic’s Bruce Kornfeld, discover exactly what differentiates both solutions. We take a closer look at: Software options and associated licensing costs Minimum server hardware requirements Two-node HA [...]
This DCIG Competitive Intelligence Report examines the differences between VMware vSAN and StorMagic SvSAN, offering a comparison of the two solutions and an assessment on their capability for edge computing use cases.
This white paper discusses a typical edge site’s requirements and identifies the challenges and pain points that are common in these environments. Combining the best in class solutions of Microsoft Server 2012 and...
In December 2020, the HCI landscape witnessed another shift with big player Microsoft stepping into the arena with their latest hyperconverged storage solution, Microsoft Azure Stack HCI. This entry garnered lots of attention, with the company promising a powerful solution that integrated tightly with their existing cloud service product, Microsoft Azure. However, it has also marked the beginning of the [...]
Small to mid-size businesses, and those operating at the network edge face unique challenges in today’s tech landscape. Few or no onsite IT personnel, limited budgets, harsh computing environments, and limited or no network connectivity are common issues, making finding a reliable application service solution paramount. December 2020 saw Microsoft introduce Azure Stack HCI, a hybrid cloud service offering unrestricted [...]
Hear from Matt Ellsworth, Inside Sales Rep at Lenovo, as he shares his experience as a StorMagic Partner - the challenges his customers face, the benefits StorMagic brings and what makes it easy to sell. LEARN MORE ABOUT SvSAN
VMware by Broadcom has announced new subscription bundles, the removal of product options, and the cancellation of the VMware partner program. What happens now to VMware partners and customers? VMware Did It All Go Wrong? It’s not us, it’s you. VMware, why have you left us? You have always been there for us, the small and medium businesses, the remote [...]
Businesses today depend heavily on their IT systems to keep everyday operations up and running. Many organizations require minimal to zero disruption to applications and services, in order to maintain productivity and profitability. However, eliminating IT downtime entirely and achieving true high availability is often easier said than done. What is Fault Tolerance? Fault Tolerance is a property that enables [...]
Been keeping up with the news lately? If so, you'll already be aware that the VMware acquisition by Broadcom was officially completed late last year. As we all predicted, this has created significant disruption, resulting in significant layoffs, changes to the structure and cost of licenses for their 500,000+ existing customers, and the closure of VMware’s partner program. Many [...]
In the ever-evolving landscape of Information Technology (IT), the role of virtualization has become indispensable, and at the heart of this transformative technology lie hypervisors. Also known as virtual machine monitors, hypervisors play a pivotal role in enabling the creation and management of multiple virtual environments on a single physical server. As organizations increasingly seek to optimize resource utilization, enhance [...]
Cisco’s announcement of HyperFlex’s end-of-life has come as a surprise to many of its customers. Feelings of concern and uncertainty about what the future holds are understandable, even with Cisco proposing alternatives for their soon-to-be-retired solution. In this blog we will explore Cisco HyperFlex’s EOL, detailing what it means for customers, what is being proposed as its direct replacement, and [...]
What if your edge-to-cloud solution could keep your company’s data safe from ransomware attacks, scale with you as you do, and didn’t cost a small fortune to deploy?… Coming together again, StorMagic and HPE have created another groundbreaking joint solution that brings together the best of both edge and cloud storage and achieves exactly that. StorMagic’s Bruce Kornfeld and [...]
About NISC National Information Solutions Cooperative (NISC) is an information technology company that develops and supports software and hardware solutions for their member-owners who are primarily utility cooperatives and broadband companies across the United States. NISC is an industry leader providing advanced, integrated IT solutions for consumer and subscriber billing, accounting, engineering and operations, as well as many other [...]
The announcement of Cisco’s HyperFlex’s end-of-life has stirred up feelings of concern and uncertainty across its customer base. Right now there are a number of vendors promising to be the ‘perfect replacement’ for the HyperFlex. So it comes as no surprise that many are experiencing confusion and anxiety over who will actually deliver on their promises, and who is [...]
StorMagic SvSAN is now validated with HPE GreenLake for Backup and Recovery, and HPE StoreOnce. This allows organizations to build solutions that deliver data protection and high availability at the edge and beyond, and overcome many of the common challenges with backup and recovery of data, especially in remote environments. Our infographic below shows the highlights of this joint HPE [...]
Eliminating application downtime for distributed enterprise One of the greatest challenges for multi-site organizations is to ensure the uptime and availability of business-critical applications in edge or remote environments where IT infrastructure is limited. This becomes even more challenging as organizations strive to reduce capital and operating expense. This is now achievable through combining the leading, software-defined storage solution [...]
Industry-leading innovation, performance and reliability. StorMagic SvSAN and HPE ProLiant make virtualized storage simple.
As cities become smarter, vehicles become autonomous, and technology permeates every aspect of our lives, enterprise-generated data continues to migrate away from the traditional datacenter to distributed sites, also known as the network edge. According to Gartner research, roughly 10% of enterprise-generated data is created and processed at the edge, with this number predicted to jump to 75% by 20251 [...]
About Charles Russell Speechlys Charles Russell Speechlys LLP is an international law firm which focuses on private capital, at the intersection of personal, family and business. It is headquartered in London with offices across the UK, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Business Challenge Charles Russell Speechlys previously used VMware vSAN to manage its business level applications, including domain [...]
The challenges posed by edge computing are highly prevalent across all industries and growing still today. Acutely aware of this, StorMagic’s team of experts has been working tirelessly for over a decade to bring SMEs affordable solutions that help to tackle these challenges without sacrificing enterprise-class features or application performance. Since joining forces with HPE back in March 2020, we [...]
StoreVirtual reaches End of Service Life on October 31, 2022. When HPE announced they would be retiring their solution back in 2019, it stirred up many questions from its users who relied heavily on the StoreVirtual product for the normal functioning of their organization, as well as the potential customers considering the solution. Naturally many wondered “Will there be another [...]
BRISTOL, England – 7 December, 2021 – StorMagic®, simplifying storage and security from the edge to the core, announced today that StorMagic SvSAN and Commvault® Backup & Recovery software have been validated with HPE’s robust portfolio of server platforms, ranging from HPE Edgeline to HPE ProLiant. Now available through the HPE Complete Program, the HPE-validated solution allows customers to protect [...]
Webinar held in partnership with: Protecting data at the edge can be challenging. Edge environments need solutions that are reliable, flexible, and easy to use, and that can adequately protect their workloads, while maintaining the performance, processing, and minimal footprint they require. StorMagic, Commvault, and HPE understand these needs, and have combined forces to deliver a [...]
VRTX customers and prospects are looking for an alternative solution, as the product is approaching end of life (EOL). Is there a comparable solution?
Join ARIA Cybersecurity Solutions and StorMagic for this live webinar discussing the microHSM solution - a modern HSM built for today's encryption needs.
Join ARIA Cybersecurity Solutions and StorMagic for this live webinar discussing the microHSM solution - a modern HSM built for today's encryption needs.
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We are thrilled to announce that StorMagic has expanded its partnership with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), through the validation of our virtual SAN software solution, SvSAN, with HPE Edgeline Converged Edge Systems. Together, StorMagic and HPE are dedicated to designing hyperconverged solutions that are purpose-built for edge computing environments. Edge organizations (i.e. branch offices, retails stores, and small datacenters) are [...]
Hyperconverged Edge Solution Delivers 100 Percent Uptime for Demanding Edge Environments BRISTOL, England – 17 November, 2020 – StorMagic®, simplifying storage and security from the edge to the core, announced today that StorMagic SvSAN has been validated with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Edgeline Converged Edge Systems. The joint edge hyperconverged (HCI) solution meets all of the unique compute, storage and [...]
StorMagic SvSAN is now validated on the HPE Edgeline range. Join us in this webinar as StorMagic and HPE discuss the joint solution.
Harness the edge and learn how StorMagic SvSAN works with the HPE Edgeline range in this SvSAN & Edgeline Solution Brief.
StorMagic SvSAN is a software-defined virtual SAN that is hardware agnostic - it can be installed on any x86 server. On top of this exceptional flexibility, StorMagic has developed partnerships with leading server vendors, including HPE, to provide end users and partners with simple, easy to obtain solutions that bundle hardware and software together. This SvSAN with HPE infographic details [...]
Joint offer enables IT Professionals to overcome challenges associated with distributed environments Simple, cost-effective and lean solution delivers any edge or small datacenter location ‘Edge in a Box’ is available globally to end-users via IT Solution Providers and the channel LONDON, England – 28 September, 2020 – Schneider Electric, the leader in digital transformation of energy management and automation, today [...]
StorMagic, Schneider Electric and HPE have come together to offer the 'Edge in a Box' - a complete, highly available appliance for organizations to deploy at edge computing locations. This 'Edge in a Box' infographic highlights the main benefits of the solution and its constituent parts. Edge computing environments are typified by a lack of space and resources, such as [...]
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Many use cases for IT require minimal to zero disruption to applications and services, however achieving zero downtime is a complex task.
HPE StoreVirtual VSA was EOL'd in 2019. See how easy it is to migrate from StoreVirtual to StorMagic SvSAN with this webinar, which includes a live demo.
Business Challenge RWE Renewables is the newest subsidiary of the RWE Group, a German-based multinational energy company, and is one of the world leaders in renewables. With around 3,500 employees, it is one of the world’s largest generators of offshore wind power, and is Europe’s third largest for all renewable energy. As such, the RWE Renewables IT team is [...]
SvSAN on HPE Servers Delivers Affordable, High Performance Onsite Storage that Eliminates Unplanned Downtime at the Edge BRISTOL, England–2 March, 2020– StorMagic®, simplifying storage at the edge, announced today that it has joined the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Complete Program. Under the agreement, HPE and its resellers will now offer SvSAN with HPE servers to global customers. Deploying SvSAN on HPE [...]
Edge computing environments require affordable, lightweight, and highly available IT infrastructures to manage their business-critical applications. Their solutions must be incredibly reliable and remain resilient in the face of unplanned downtime and disruption. StorMagic SvSAN, coupled with HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen10 and DL360 Gen10 servers, provides the performance and dependability demanded by edge environments. These high-performing servers are specifically designed [...]
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As more and more data moves to the edge, the complexity and demands on edge sites increases dramatically. Is it possible to configure simple, cost-effective IT infrastructure for the edge, without sacrificing performance? The HPE ProLiant DL325 and DL360 Gen10 rack servers are HPE’s high performing 2U and 1U servers, which are specifically designed for ‘hard working’ small sites. Both [...]
Joint Customers Gain Flexibility, Reliability, Performance and Lowered TCOBRISTOL, England –18 November, 2019 – StorMagic®, simplifying storage at the edge, announced today that it has validated SvSAN with HPE DL325 and DL360 ProLiant Gen10 rack servers. StorMagic conducted extensive testing on HPE DL servers running its virtual SAN product, SvSAN with both VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisors. Results show [...]
Organizations across all verticals are finding that their need to locate compute and storage resources at their edge locations is increasing, and they are therefore faced with selecting a solution to meet these new requirements.
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Introduction Computing and storage resources are moving ever closer to where data is generated, a trend that is being driven by demands for faster, more flexible processing of data. Organizations are discovering that traditional solutions weren’t designed for these new demands and are therefore seeking out more suitable alternatives. Solutions built for the edge need to be powerful and [...]
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