Hedvig and Veeam Enable Enterprises to Modernize Their Backup Infrastructure

SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- @Hedvig, the company modernizing storage and accelerating enterprise adoption of private and hybrid clouds, today announced it has been tested as a @Veeam Ready Repository. The Hedvig Distributed Storage Platform together with Veeam® Backup & Replication™ not only provides high-availability, security, and broad application support, but also offers enterprises the flexibility of selecting any hardware or public cloud offering. The Hedvig Distributed Storage Platform is a software-defined storage solution that allows businesses to create an elastic storage system built from low-cost, commodity server hardware to support any application, hypervisor, container or cloud. Hedvig is built with cloud-like provisioning and simplicity for infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) and seamlessly plugs into cloud orchestration solutions to deliver automated, on-demand storage provisioning at any scale. Veeam delivers hyper-availability for all workloads — virtual, physical and cloud (including support for VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V) — from a single management console. It provides fast, flexible, and reliable recovery of applications and data, and brings backup and replication together into a single software solution.

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Hedvig Announces Its Distributed Storage Platform 3.0

Today #Hedvig announced the latest release of its software-defined storage ( #SDS ) platform, Hedvig #DistributedStoragePlatform version 3.0. The latest update contains innovations including end-to-end integrations, advanced security capabilities, and enhancements to the platfrom’s comprehensive suite of caching technologies. According to Hevig, these new capabilities will enable customers to store and protect virtualized, containerized, and backup workloads from a single platform.  More and more companies are looking to both SDS and multi-cloud platforms to store both their primary and secondary data. However, these new technologies requires new certifications, plugins, encryption, auditing, multitenancy, and flash-caching capabilities all of which can be found in the new Hedvig Distributed Storage Platform 3.0. The newly updated platform does this through new #CloudScale Plugins, #Hedvig #Encrypt360, and Hedvig #FlashFabric. The company has added new plugins to its existing #Docker and #OpenStack #CloudScale Plugins. CloudScale Plugins provide pretested, validated options that aim to make #SDS easier to use and operate. CloudScale Plugins now include: #Veritas #OpenStorage Technology ( #OST ) plugin. Hedvig’s new OST plugin ensures existing Veritas customers can seamlessly connect #NetBackup to Hedvig as a deduplicating backup target. Enhanced #VMware plugin. The existing Hedvig VMware #vSphereWebClient plugin has achieved VMware-ready storage certification and adds new security, backup, and data protection capabilities. #RedHat Certified #container. A Hedvig Storage Proxy container is now Red Hat certified for customer production use and published in the Red Hat Container Catalog. This certified container supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and OpenShift featuring docker and Kubernetes. Cyberattacks, including mal- and ransomware, seem to be in the news every other week. To this end, Hedvig is introducing its new Encrypt360 that will deliver native, in-software approach to protecting data throughout its entire lifecycle. Encrypt360 can encrypt data that’s in-use, in-flight, and at-rest, encryption starts at the host level and carries all the way through the backend, distributed cluster nodes. This new security feature supports AWS and allows for a 256-bit AES encryption policy on a per-volume basis. Encrypt360 can be combined with other new features announced today, advanced auditing and multitenancy access control mechanisms, allowing customers to meet compliance and regulations while staying secure in hybrid and multi-cloud architectures. On the flash-caching front, Hedvig is introducing a comprehensive suite of flash caching technologies that optimize performance in Hedvig clusters, FlashFabric. The company has added improvements such as advanced auto-tiering and read cache capabilities. The improvements also allow customers to take advantage of NVMe, 3D Xpoint and other flash innovations that may be announced soon without having to add complex, proprietary hardware.

http://www.storagereview.com/hedvig_announces_its_distributed_storage_platform_30

HPE, Hedvig announce hybrid cloud storage partnership

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise ( #HPE ) has partnered with a software-defined storage startup to create a hybrid cloud storage platform customized for HPE servers.

The platform is available in 48- and 96-terabyte configurations. They are aimed at enterprises deploying private, hybrid and multi-data center clouds. #Hedvig also said the combination supports private cloud storage for #VMware #vSphere, #Microsoft #HyperV and other hypervisors. The storage platform also supports hybrid cloud storage services running on Amazon Web Services ( #AWS ), #Microsoft #Azure and #Google Cloud Platform. 

The Hedvig software-defined storage technology merges disparate tiers of storage and unifies block, file and object interfaces in a single API-driven platform. The company said its software-defined approach is geared toward data-intensive cloud workloads. 

http://www.networkworld.com/article/3200546/data-center/hpe-hedvig-announce-hybrid-cloud-storage-partnership.html

Hedvig packages software-defined storage with HPE servers to deliver a scale-out, hybrid cloud storage offering

#Hedvig unveiled on Thursday a new offering bundled with Hewlett Packard Enterprise ( #HPE ) to enable rack-scale infrastructure aimed at enterprises building private, hybrid and multi-datacenter clouds. The Hedvig Distributed Storage Platform combines Hedvig software-defined storage with HPE Apollo 4200 servers and is available in 48- and 96-terabyte configurations. The pretested, validated solution is a rack-scale infrastructure designed for private, hybrid, and multi-datacenter cloud solutions. Joint customers benefit from improved time-to-market and lower the costs associated with data-driven, digital business services. The initial solution is available on Apollo 4200 servers, with Apollo 4500 and ProLiant server variants to follow. The joint Hedvig-HPE solution offers multi-protocol support to collapse disparate tiers of storage to unify block, file, and object interfaces in a single platform. Eliminate the need for disparate SAN, NAS, and object storage and collapse traditional tiers by selecting workload-optimized servers. It also fine-tunes data services such as replication, deduplication, and compression on a per-application basis and seamlessly provision storage from any hypervisor or container system.  The offering also delivers native, multi-site replication for active data across any cloud by replicating data across any private or public cloud site, and building highly available infrastructures that allow seamless failover of applications, even among different public cloud providers. “Our customers — including some of the largest Fortune 50 companies — have requested we develop end-to-end solutions with HPE,” said Avinash Lakshman, CEO and founder of Hedvig. “Partnering with HPE Pathfinder and HPE Complete teams allowed us to integrate Hedvig quickly with HPE hardware and meet these customer requirements. Our partnership with HPE and resulting collaboration on this solution is yet more validation of the increasing momentum we’re seeing in software-defined storage.” The Hedvig Distributed Storage Platform delivers the architecture needed to store, manage, and protect data in dynamic, cloud-based environments. Hedvig software-defined storage builds on HPE workload-optimized servers to enable enterprises to grow and tailor data services in lockstep with changing business requirements. “We are proud to support Hedvig as an HPE Complete partner as it expands to new markets,” said Milan Shetti, CTO of the Data Center Infrastructure Group at HPE. “Hedvig’s mission to create highly scalable and flexible storage for cloud infrastructures aligns with our vision for hybrid IT. Together we will better serve large enterprises worldwide.” Building on significant initial enterprise demand for the joint solution, the Hedvig Distributed Storage Platform simplifies the management of data across hybrid IT infrastructures. With the availability of the platform through HPE Complete, customers benefit from the full HPE suite of hardware, software, and services to build rack-scale infrastructure to provide multi-petabyte with private cloud storage for VMware vSphere, XenServer, Microsoft Hyper-V and Linux KVM; hybrid cloud storage-as-a-service, including AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform; and container storage for Docker, microservices, and DevOps. This is the initial joint solution since Hedvig announced its strategic investment from Hewlett Packard Pathfinder, HPE’s venture investment and partnership program. Now through HPE Complete, customers can purchase perpetual and subscription licenses to Hedvig in addition to receiving support for the solution directly from HPE and the HPE partner ecosystem. HPE Complete combines best-in-class third-party branded products with the added reliability of HPE’s interoperability assurance for a complete validated solution — all via one HPE purchase order. By 2021, more than 30 percent of enterprise datacenter storage capacity will be deployed on software-defined or hyperconverged architectures. The expanded relationship with HPE helps meet this demand, giving customers and members of the Hedvig CloudScale Partner program access to world-class HPE hardware and Hedvig software in pretested, supported products. The HPE Complete and Hedvig joint solution will be generally available from Monday, with pricing starting at $115 per terabyte per year plus associated HPE hardware costs.

http://wwpi.com/2017/06/01/hedvig-packages-software-defined-storage-with-hpe-servers-to-deliver-a-scale-out-hybrid-cloud-storage-offering/

News Bits: RAIDIX, IBM, Rubrik, Cisco, Hedvig, Arcserve, WD, Quantum, & Synology

This week’s News Bits we look at a number of small announcements, small in terms of the content not the impact they have. #RAIDIX expands its partner network in Asia and Latin America. #IBM once again takes the #1 spot in SDS software market. Rubrik’s CDM platform now runs in #AWS and #Microsoft #Azure. #Cisco expands its Connected Factories portfolio. #Hedvig announces its #CloudScale Partner Program. #Arcserve acquires FastArchiver. #WD now shipping 12TB He12 HDDs. #Quantum partners with #Veritone on new AI platform. #Synology releases its second all-flash NAS, FS2017.

http://www.storagereview.com/news_bits_raidix_ibm_rubrik_cisco_hedvig_arcserve_wd_quantum_synology

HPE bankrolls software-defined storage start-up

#HewlettPackardEnterprise ( #HPE ) has bankrolled #softwaredefinedstorage start-up #Hedvig, joining other investors in a US$21.5 million round to grow the new company. The two-year-old vendor provides software-defined storage for enterprises building private, hybrid, or multi-cloud environments. The Hedvig #DistributedStoragePlatform consolidates block, file, and #objectstorage into a single, API-driven platform. With a total of US$52 million in financing to date, Hedvig said it will use the latest round of funding to expand into new markets, develop cloud and backup solutions for large enterprises and grow its engineering, sales and channel teams.

http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/615786/hpe-bankrolls-software-defined-storage-startup/

HPE bets on software-defined storage startup Hedvig

California-based startup #Hedvig , a developer of software-defined storage (SDS) solutions, has raised $21.5m in a series C funding to expand into Asian market. The funding has been provided by #HewlettPackardPathfinder, the venture capital arm of Hewlett Packard Enterprise ( #HPE ); EDBI, the investment arm of Singapore Economic Development Board, Atlantic Bridge Ventures, Oman Technology Fund, True Ventures and Vertex Ventures. Hedvig was launched in 2015 by Avinash Lakshman and it offers #SDS services for enterprises building cloud environments through its distributed storage approach. Software-defined storage is a data storage approach where the programming that controls the storage-related tasks is separated from physical storage hardware. In SDS services, there is a huge emphasis on storage-related services rather than the storage hardware. The software used in the storage environment can be used for data management including deduplication, replication, thin provisioning, snapshots and backup. With the new round of funding, Hedvig is poised to pursue new markets and to develop end-to-end cloud and backup solutions for large enterprises. It plans to pursue the Asia Pacific market with the new funding. It says that region has shown a significant increase in the demand for SDS services and estimates the market to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 32% through 2022. The company estimates that the software-defined storage will be a $7bn market in the near future and plans to explore this emerging market. According to Hedvig, about 75% of businesses are expected to become digital by 2020 and notes that many of the organisations are faced with the high cost of migrating to and operating in the cloud. The company says that it offers services which can remove such bottlenecks using its Universal Data Plane, which is claimed to be a hyperscale architecture.

http://www.cbronline.com/news/enterprise-it/software/hpe-bets-software-defined-storage-startup-hedvig/

Hedvig Reveals Vision for the Future of Storage: a Universal Data Plane

Marketwired) -- 09/22/16 -- IDC predicts organizations will spend $2.1 trillion in 2019 on digital transformation technologies. As organizations get serious about building digital businesses, flexibility and responsiveness become their most precious capabilities. To help companies realize the potential of their digital business, #Hedvig today unveiled its vision for a Universal Data Plane, a programmable data management platform that overcomes the rigidity of traditional data infrastructure and removes bottlenecks to widespread digital IT transformation. Topping the CIO priority list are investments in new IT architectures to help with the rapid prototyping, deployment and scaling of digital services. Most organizations are turning to new application, container, and cloud technologies to support these efforts. However, data infrastructure simply has not kept pace. "The journey to total digital transformation makes the public cloud attractive and, to some extent, inevitable. I believe on-premise data centers will eventually be eliminated," said Avinash Lakshman, Hedvig founder and CEO. "But today, many organizations still rely on their own data center or onsite IT and there isn't a simple way for them to embrace the public cloud as an extension of their data centers. We believe traditional storage is the impediment." Suggested Tweet: .@Hedviginc envisions the future of #storage: a Universal Data Plane where any app can access its data in any cloud: hed.vg/U-D-P The Case for a Universal Data Plane Many organizations deploy digital services in the public cloud. It's the preferred starting point for many developers. However, once they reach even a modicum of scale, it can be quite costly to have that digital service run in the cloud permanently. Thus, integrating digital services across private and public clouds becomes an imperative. As organizations adopt a hybrid strategy they experience limited success because data portability -- the ability to move data seamlessly among different workloads, clouds and tiers -- remains elusive.

http://news.sys-con.com/node/3918227

Hedvig to Demonstrate VMware Integration and Multi-site Hybrid Cloud Storage Solutions at VMworld 2016

SANTA CLARA, CA--(Marketwired - Aug 24, 2016) - #Hedvig, the company modernizing storage and accelerating enterprise adoption of private and hybrid clouds, today announced the availability of the Hedvig #vSphere Web Client plugin and enhancements to its award-winning Hedvig Distributed Storage Platform that provide tighter integration with #VMware virtualization products. VMware customers who are aggressively pursuing modernization of their IT infrastructure now have access to better high availability, disaster avoidance and recovery options built specifically for large, multi-site VMware deployments. The company will demonstrate these new enhancements at the VMworld 2016 conference on August 28 - September 1, 2016. As enterprises move from simple virtual server environments to true automated clouds to engage customers, compete globally and generate profits, storage becomes a key consideration. In addition, today's dynamic business climate demands a more flexible approach to storing and managing data. Hedvig's software-defined, distributed systems approach to storage infrastructure enables VMware users to respond and adapt quickly to ever-changing data, application and user requirements

http://m.marketwired.com/press-release/hedvig-demonstrate-vmware-integration-multi-site-hybrid-cloud-storage-solutions-vmworld-2153013.htm

Hedvig Unveils CloudScale Reference Architectures to Provide Enterprise-Ready Docker Solutions and Simplify Container Deployments

SANTA CLARA, CA--(Marketwired - Jun 20, 2016) -#Hedvig, the company modernizing storage and accelerating enterprise adoption of private and hybrid clouds, today announced its end-to-end #CloudScale Reference Architectures to provide enterprises with proven, tested infrastructure templates. Hedvig unveiled three enterprise-ready #Docker solutions built on #Quanta Cloud Technology, #ContainerX and #ClusterHQ technology to help enterprise DevOps and ITOps teams save time, lower costs and reduce the complexity of deploying containers using Docker Datacenter, #Windows and #VMware. The company will demonstrate these Docker Cloudscale Reference Architectures at theDockerCon 16 conference, booth S15, on June 19-21, 2016, in Seattle.

"Our customers are adopting containers using many different approaches -- ranging from wholesale integration of Docker tools to augmenting existing VMware and Windows environments," said Avinash Lakshman, CEO and founder of Hedvig. "Data becomes a critical consideration in these environments as modern storage must be highly elastic in order to adapt to constantly changing business needs. CloudScale Reference Architectures remove the guesswork and burden of getting these infrastructure stacks right. Our tested partner solutions harness the power of distributed systems to provide enterprise-ready solutions regardless of the container adoption approach."

With 67 percent of enterprises expected to increase spending on software-defined infrastructure in 2016*, faster, more flexible storage options are needed for IT departments looking to provision and deploy containers and cloud architectures in their data centers. However, the growing variety of DevOps tools and services means that the modern infrastructure stack is particularly susceptible to architectural inconsistency.

http://m.marketwired.com/press-release/hedvig-unveils-cloudscale-reference-architectures-provide-enterprise-ready-docker-solutions-2135650.htm