Virsto
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| location = Sunnyvale, California
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| key_people = Mark Davis, CEO, Alex Miroshnichenko, CTO, Serge Pashenkov, VP of Engineering
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Virsto develops a VM-centric storage hypervisor. The company is privately funded and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. On February 11, 2013, VMware announced that it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire Virsto.{{cite web|title=VMware to Acquire Virsto|url=https://www.vmware.com/company/news/releases/vmw-virsto-021113.html|publisher=VMWare|date=11 February 2013}}
History
Virsto was founded in 2007 by Mark Davis, Alex Miroshnichenko and Serge Pashenkov. In 2009, the company announced a $7 million series A funding round. In 2011, the company announced a $17 million series B funding round.{{Citation needed|date=June 2020}}
See also
References
Further reading
- CRN, June 21, 2010. [http://www.crn.com/slide-shows/storage/225700107/2010-storage-superstars-25-you-need-to-know.htm 2010 Storage Superstars: 25 You Need To Know].
- Dan Kusnetzky, ZDNet, April 21, 2011. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110424130714/http://www.zdnet.com/blog/virtualization/virsto-software-virtual-storage-for-virtual-environments/2992 Virtual Storage for Virtual Environments].
- Jacob Nthoiwa, ITWeb, September 28, 2010. [http://www.itweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=37190:virtualisation-top-of-sme-it-spend Virtualisation Top of SME IT Spend].
- InformationWeek, May 9, 2012. [http://www.informationweek.com/news/storage/systems/232901678 Virsto Storage Hypervisor Now Supports Citrix XenDesktop].
- All Things Digital, November 21, 2012. [http://allthingsd.com/20121121/the-storage-games/ The Storage Games].
- Enterprise Systems Journal, December 3, 2012. [http://esj.com/articles/2012/12/03/virsto-vsphere-2.aspx/ Virsto for vSphere 2.0 Delivers Software-Defined Storage to the Data Center].
- ZDnet, January 18, 2013. [https://www.zdnet.com/article/is-storage-virtualization-the-missing-link-in-vsphere-environments/ Is Storage Virtualization the Missing Link in vSphere Environments?].