StorMagic Ltd.
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| Industry | Computer software |
| Founded 📆 | 2006 |
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Area served 🗺️ | Worldwide |
| Products 📟 | StorMagic SvSAN |
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| 🌐 Website | stormagic |
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StorMagic is a British multinational computer software company headquartered in Bristol, specializing in software-defined storage and edge computing. StorMagic designs, develops and sells virtualization software that allows users to create virtual SANs, which permit highly available compute and storage to be converged into commodity x86 servers.[1][2]
Company history[edit]
StorMagic was founded in 2006 by entrepreneurs Hans O’Sullivan and Chris Farey, both of whom had spent time in senior roles at IP storage company Eurologic and its spin-off Elipsan, prior to starting StorMagic.
The company’s first product was a software-based iSCSI SAN named SM Series, launched in 2007,[3][4] which could be supplied to customers pre-installed on white box hardware. The development of SM Series saw the company engage in a relationship with VMware[5] which continues to the present day. Early adopters of the product included a number of higher education institutions such as Oxford University,[6] Liverpool University[7] and the University of Illinois.[8]
StorMagic SvSAN[edit]
StorMagic SvSAN was launched in 2009[9][10][11], using knowledge and feedback gained in the development of SM Series. At launch, SvSAN was one of a collection of solutions to pioneer the concept of the virtual SAN, a type of solution favoured by SMEs and edge computing environments such as remote and branch locations[12] to provide highly available shared storage.[13][14]
StorMagic has entered into multiple partnerships and agreements. Alongside a relationship with Cisco[15], centered on compatibility with the UCS range of servers, StorMagic also entered into a partnership with Lenovo in 2015.[16][17] Furthermore, in early 2018 a new range of Dell EMC appliances running SvSAN were unveiled.[18][19] A partnership with Citrix was announced, including Citrix Ready certification, in May 2018.[20][21]
Major developments of SvSAN have included the introduction of read and write caching features[22][23] as well as data at rest encryption[24] involving partnerships with several KMS vendors including Fornetix, Thales Group, HyTrust and Gemalto.
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References[edit]
- ↑ "Bloomberg Company Overview", Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved on 6 March 2018.
- ↑ Lesslhumer, Andreas. "StorMagic virtual SAN solution for vSphere and Hyper-V", Running-system.com, 17 January 2017. Retrieved on 6 March 2018.
- ↑ Connor, Deni. "Vendor unveils iSCSI storage for SMBs", Network World, 25 September 2007. Retrieved on 6 March 2018.
- ↑ "Storage Management: StorMagic Announces Easy-To-Use Storage Management Solution For Small And Medium Organizations", Data Storage Connection, 27 September 2007. Retrieved on 6 March 2018.
- ↑ "StorMagic to Distribute VMware iCSCI SAN Solutions", New York Times, 12 March 2008. Retrieved on 8 August 2018.
- ↑ Adshead, Antony. "UK storage startup boosts US market presence", Computer Weekly, 3 March 2008. Retrieved on 6 March 2018.
- ↑ Knights, Miya. "Liverpool virtualises computer science storage", ITPro, 4 July 2008. Retrieved on 6 March 2018.
- ↑ Schaffhauser, Dian. "U Illinois Implements New StorMagic SAN in 15 Minutes", Campus Technology, 19 August 2008. Retrieved on 6 March 2018.
- ↑ Raffo, Dave. "StorMagic goes virtual with iSCSI SAN for VMware", SearchStorage, 18 February 2009. Retrieved on 6 March 2018.
- ↑ Williams, Peter. "StorMagic's virtual SAN for VMware is destined to disrupt SMB market", Bloor Research, 18 February 2009. Retrieved on 6 March 2018.
- ↑ Cooter, Maxwell. "StorMagic targets SMBs with virtual SAN", Network World, 25 February 2009. Retrieved on 6 March 2018.
- ↑ Mellor, Chris. "ROBOs cop to installing VSAs, upstart rushes to cash in", The Register, 28 June 2013. Retrieved on 6 March 2018.
- ↑ Farey, Christopher J. US9582384B2 Method and system for data replication, 23 March 2011. Retrieved on 8 August 2018.
- ↑ Farey, Christopher J. US9792941B2 Method and system for data replication, 23 March 2011. Retrieved on 8 August 2018.
- ↑ Butler, A., Weiss, G.J., Dawson, P., Zaffos, S., Rasit, E., and Aoyama, H. "Gartner Magic Quadrant for Integrated Systems", Gartner, 11 August 2015. Retrieved on 8 August 2018.
- ↑ Raffo, Dave. "Lenovo-StorMagic SvSAN combo aims at low-end hyper-convergence", SearchConverged Infrastructure, 17 August 2015. Retrieved on 6 March 2018.
- ↑ Mellor, Chris. "Enchanted Lenovo uses StorMagic spells for hyper-convergence", The Register, 19 August 2015. Retrieved on 6 March 2018.
- ↑ Mellor, Chris. "DRAM, it's good to be in storage... for some", The Register, 29 January 2018. Retrieved on 6 March 2018.
- ↑ Farrell, Nick. "Exertis peddles StorMagic range", Channel EYE, 31 January 2018. Retrieved on 6 March 2018.
- ↑ Haber, Lynn. "StorMagic Debuts Direct Edge Appliance for Citrix Cloud", Channel Partners, 7 May 2018. Retrieved on 8 August 2018.
- ↑ Cox, Mark. "StorMagic partners with Cisco, Citrix on edge appliance designed for Citrix Workspace Service", ChannelBuzz.ca, 10 May 2018. Retrieved on 8 August 2018.
- ↑ Farey, Christopher J. US20180165208A1 Systems and methods for caching data, 13 March 2017. Retrieved on 8 August 2018.
- ↑ Lelii, Sonia. "StorMagic SvSAN gets new caching, tiering features", SearchConverged Infrastructure, 8 July 2016. Retrieved on 6 March 2018.
- ↑ "StorMagic Introducing SvSAN With Encryption", Storage Newsletter, 13 April 2018. Retrieved on 8 August 2018.
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