Pivot3, a leading supplier of converged storage and server virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) appliances, announced today that it has been named a finalist for the Datacentre Solutions (DCS) Awards in the Datacentre Appliance of the Year category. The DCS Awards recognizes products, projects and services, companies, and teams for innovation in data center fields.

“In keeping with the momentum we have been experiencing, we are excited to be among the innovative companies on the Datacentre Appliance of the Year shortlist,” said Olivier Thierry, chief marketing officer at Pivot3. “Our team has developed a VDI solution that offers high-performance, scalability and a swift and pain-free VDI deployment, and we are honored to be recognized as a leading innovator in such a competitive space.”

With no single point of failure, Pivot3’s vSTAC™ VDI appliances deliver an enterprise-class virtual desktop infrastructure with high performance, high availability, and scalability, all at an attractive price-point. Easy-to-use and simple-to-deploy, vSTAC enables companies to set up a VDI environment in less than 60 minutes. vSTAC VDI appliances unify storage and servers, eliminating the need for any specialized IT expertise required to configure and integrate separate SAN storage, servers and software into a VDI solution.

The DCS Awards honors end-users, channel partners and vendors from around the world that are assisting in the advancement of data center technology. Consisting of respected editors and analysts in the UK, the judging panel evaluates all entrants to ultimately select a shortlist of finalists before voting opens to the general public.

Voting for the Datacentre Solutions Awards opened to the public on April 8, and will close on May 9. The winners will be announced during the gala evening event held at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel in London on May 23, 2013. For more information on the awards, please visit http://dcsawards.com.