VirtustreamHonored as FiReStarter at FiRe2013
Virtustream recognized for innovative contributions to the advancement of cloud computing
San Francisco, CA—May 30, 2013—Virtustream, Inc., the leading enterprise class cloud software and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) provider, today announced that it has been selected asa 2013 FiReStarterby the Strategic News Service™ (SNS).Virtustreamwas featured at the Future in Review (FiRe) conference which took place May 21-24, 2013 at the Oceanside Montage Hotel in Laguna Beach, Calif.
Established by the Strategic News Service, the FiRe conference brings together thoughtleaders and participants from across the globe thatcontribute to the advancement of technology, including the global economy, cloud computing, biology and medical diagnostics, policy, netbooks, space travel, sustainability, and other fields contributing to technology outcomes. This year’s conference featured well-renowned speakers including Vint Cerf, chief internet evangelist at Google, and Mark Hurd, president of Oracle.
“We are honoredto have been selected as a FiReStarter given the great reputation of the award and the FiRe conference,” said Simon Aspinall, chief vertical markets at Virtustream. “Our team has worked hard to have a significant impact on the future of cloud computing, and we will continue to deliver high-performance, secure, and cost-effective enterprise class cloud solutions to meet our customers’most demanding business needs.”
Virtustream’s xStream cloud management software for private, virtual private, public and hybrid clouds delivers an innovative approach to deploying mission-critical applications in the cloud. Leveraging Virtustream µVMTM (micro-VM) technology, xStream provides enterprise-grade security and compliance, multi-tenant efficiency, application performance SLAs and consumption-based charging for both legacy (SAP, Oracle, Microsoft, etc.) and web-scale applications.
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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.
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