Virtustream Shortlisted for Datacentre Software Product of the Year at the DCS Awards
Virtustream shortlisted for Datacentre Software Product of the Year at the DCS Awards
xStreamTM, Virtustream’s enterprise class cloud solution is recognised for innovation and delivery of guaranteed enterprise-class performance
London, 30th April 2013:Virtustream, the leading enterprise-class cloud management software and infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) provider,today announced that its enterprise class cloud solution, xStream, has been shortlisted for Datacentre Software Product of the Year in the DCS Awards.
The Datacentre Software Product of the Year award recognises a product that has had a significant impact on the market and its customers. The category identifies the innovative aspects of the software and the major differentiators that make it stand out from its immediate competitors.
Emphasising enterprise-grade security and performance SLAs, xStream 2.0 is designed to support the highest compliance frameworks including healthcare (HIPPA), e-commerce (PCI), government (FISMA, G-cloud) and defence (DIACAP, NIST800-53). It is available as private cloud management software for existing enterprise IT, as a managed IAAS cloud service from the Virtustream cloud and as white-label cloud solutions for Service Providers. xStream delivers significant cost-savings and performance efficiency beyond traditional virtualised environments, in addition to cloud economics and business agility benefits.
Uniquely in the market, xStream uses innovative and patented Virtustream µVMTMtechnology,which manages private, public and hybrid clouds while delivering enterprise-grade security/compliance, multi-tenant efficiency, application performance SLAs, and consumption-based billing for both legacy and web-scale applications.
Businesses are recognising the many benefits offered by Virtustream’s solution. Following its acquisition by Domino Sugar, Tate & Lyle Sugars implemented the hybrid cloud platform xStream to migrate its full IT application landscape to the cloud. The adoption of xStream accelerated the integration period post-acquisition. Tate & Lyle is just one of many companies to have chosen Virtustream to deliver their cloud needs.
Commenting on making the shortlist, Simon Aspinall, chief vertical markets said: “We are delighted to be shortlisted for this award, which recognizes our xStream cloud solution and µVM™ (Micro-VM) technology whichare making a huge difference for our customers, giving them greater IT flexibility and operational efficiency, setting us apart from our competitors.”
The DCS awards reward the products, projects and services as well as honour companies and teams operating in the datacentre arena. Franziska Priebe, marketing manager of award organisers Angel Business Communications, said: "This year we have had a significant increase in the overall number of nominations. It was a tough decision for the judges but Virtustream's entry clearly stood out with its xStream 2.X cloud solution. Therefore, I'm happy to confirm that Virtustream is shortlisted in the 'Datacentre Software Product of the Year' category. With voting open until 9th of May, it is down to the industry to decide if Virtustream can stand out now from the shortlist and be a clear winner in this category."
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About Virtustream
Virtustream is a leading cloud innovator offering enterprise class cloud solutions to enterprises, governments and service providers. Virtustream enables businesses to move complex production applications to the cloud – whether private, public or hybrid – while delivering the full economic and business benefits of the cloud. Virtustream offersxStream, cloud management software for private/public/hybrid clouds and also offers the Virtustream Cloud which providessecure, high availability, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) to enterprises. BothxStreamand the Virtustream Cloud deliver secure, cloud efficiency withperformance SLAs for mission critical applications (SAP, Oracle, Microsoft and thousands more). Virtustream’s solutions are backed by professional services to design, migrate to, and manage clouds.
Virtustream offers these enterprise class cloud solutions worldwide; owns data centers in the U.S. and EMEA; operates an international Cloud Exchange, SpotCloud®; has offices in San Francisco, Atlanta, New York, Washington D.C., Toronto, London, Dubai, Saudi Arabia and has partners in Asia and China.
About the DCS awards
The Datacentre Solutions Awards reward the products, projects and services as well as honour companies and teams operating in datacentre fields. The DCS Awards recognise the achievements of end-users, channel partners and vendors alike and in the case of the end-user category there will also be an award made to the supplier who nominated the winning organisation.