Scale Computing, the leader in hyperconverged
storage, server, and virtualization solutions for mid-sized users,
announced today that the company has seen robust growth in 2015 in all
areas from funding to headcount, including 1500+ customer deployments
in the filed supporting thousands of VMs.
As more businesses look for
alternatives for their legacy IT infrastructures in favor of more
simplified solutions, the hyperconverged space has been in demand. IDC
estimates that hyperconverged or "integrated systems" is expected to
grow to from $5.4 billion to $14.3 billion in 2017.
"The growth of the hyperconverged
market has clearly demonstrated that businesses today are ready for a
new way to implement their IT infrastructure and streamline operations,"
said Jeff Ready,
CEO and co-founder of Scale Computing. "Scale Computing, which
includes virtualization, servers and storage in one simplified system,
is becoming the leading choice for many mid-sized businesses that want
the functionality without the expense, licensing or hassle."
Over the past few years, Scale
Computing has made its mark among small-to-midsized users because of its
simple, scalable, and affordable approach to hyperconvergence in
varying IT infrastructures. There is no virtualization software to
license and no external storage to buy, so the HC3 platform reduces
out-of-pocket costs, while providing reliable performance and capacity
to keep business applications running.
"The reality of the modern data
center is that IT professionals are stretched too thin, and that
problems of the day are more pressing than investing the time in
designing an architecture suitable for the future," said Jim Miller,
Senior Analyst at Enterprise Management Associates (EMA). The shortage
of resources is why organizations consider all-flash arrays and Scale-up
systems appear to be the simple, quick fix because they can start small
and add capacity later.
"Scale Computing is providing a
needed service in the small, mid-sized and small enterprise (SME)
space," said Miller. "As Scale continues to expand its footprint
throughout the datacenter, its HC3 seamlessly integrates storage,
servers and virtualization into a scalable, turnkey infrastructure
that's as easy to manage as a single server."
Given the challenges many IT teams
face in the datacenter, Scale Computing is seeing broad adoption of the
HC3 in a wide range of industries including manufacturing, education,
local government, healthcare and financial services. Some of the
recent new customer acquisitions include the County of Paulding in Georgia and the Count of Pitt in North Carolina. Universities such as Auburn University, Stephenson College in Maryland and Barton College in North Carolina have deployed the HC3 as well.
"We have not only seen customer
acquisition grow but customer satisfaction is at an all-time high," said
Ready. "Scale Computing continues to exceed customer expectation pre
and post sales. This positive momentum in customer growth has also led
to an increase in our company headcount as the company has broadened its
operations in Canada as well as in EMEA."
Other 2015 milestones include closing on an $18 million
funding round led by ABS Capital Partners to help deliver innovative
new products to global customers. Scale Computing was also named in The
Channel Company's exclusive 2015 CRN Emerging Vendors List.
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