Quick Bridge Funding LLC, a U.S. financial services, was looking for a solution that could fully satisfy its needs in continuous business operations and assure data high availability (HA) and easy scalability. The company also wanted to keep its existing hardware. Thanks to StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN), Quick Bridge Funding LLC builds an HA cluster and achieves 24/7 business operations in a cost-efficient way.

You can read about how StarWind could do the same for your company by following this link.

Remote work is continuing to penetrate the fabric of the regular workflow evermore. Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps is a Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) that functions as a gatekeeper between your users and the cloud resources they have access to. Among others, it allows tapping into Shadow IT and app use to prevent malicious behavior.

Read the article by Romain Serre, a Microsoft MVP, on how to restrict some activities in Office Online with Microsoft Defender for Cloud apps to enhance your cybersecurity.

Envera, Inc., a U.S.-based biotechnology company, experienced problems with its single physical server that was very outdated. There were constant failures in operation due to a lack of HA and fault tolerance. Using StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN), Envera creates a Hyper-V failover cluster, ensures 24/7 business operations, and saves $10K on its IT budget funds at least.

You can read about how StarWind could do the same for your company by following this link.

This time, we zero in on how ZFS technology brings data integrity to archival and media storage. You will learn the general characteristics of said storage types’ use cases and which ZFS features are the most beneficial for ensuring data integrity for them. The material also covers ways of optimizing your ZFS-based storage system to achieve not only resilience but also performance for media workload.

Watch this StarWind video to learn how you can leverage ZFS to deliver archival and media storage solutions with robust data integrity today.

Mr. T Carting, a U.S.-based waste management company, had a rough start in its business operations due to non-redundant standalone Microsoft Hyper-V hosts. This layout was extremely vulnerable to failure. Using StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN), Mr. T Carting creates a high availability (HA) failover cluster on existing hardware with the much-needed redundancy and ensures 24/7 business operations.

You can read about how StarWind could do the same for your company by following this link.

The topic of cybersecurity can be overloaded, especially when it comes to cloud. That’s why, when things get too loud, it’s good to return to the basics. Knowing the most common threats to cloud storage and the established strategies to deal with them will make a good foundation for building your own data security.

Read the new article by Benoit Voirin, a cybersecurity consultant, on how to promote data security while using cloud storage.

Herman's Supply Company, a North American provider of roofing supplies, had an entirely physical hard-to-maintain and cost-intensive IT infrastructure. When adding new servers, they would have to be procured, configured, and installed which exaggerated hardware costs significantly. So, the company wanted to build a hyperconverged infrastructure that could reduce its dependency on physical appliances and ease IT environment management. Using StarWind HCI Appliance (HCA), Herman's Supply Company reduces the overall hardware footprint, cuts IT operational expenses, ensures an ultimate level of infrastructure performance, and leaves room for business growth.

You can read about how StarWind could do the same for your company by following this link.

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps collects information from Firewall log inputs or traffic redirected from Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. As a result, it can help you identify users, accessing your systems, who are using applications that are not included in your compliance. That way, you can detect such shadow IT activity and prevent breaches.

Read the article by Romain Serre, a Microsoft MVP, on how to detect shadow IT activity in your IT environment by using Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps.

UnThreats Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based cyber security service provider (CSSP), had critical problems with its physical IT infrastructure operation threatening the functioning of its cyber security center. Besides, maintenance of multiple layers entailed high running costs. Using StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN), UnThreats starts to build a hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI), cuts high maintenance costs, and ensures 24/7 operations of its cyber security center.

You can read about how StarWind could do the same for your company by following this link.

Young America LLC, a digital marketing company with locations in the United States and Canada, ran a worn-out standalone VMware ESXi server that provided no redundancy, no high availability (HA), and, as a result, no business continuity. In a hurry, the company almost picked a traditional SAN. But, after a thorough investigation, the company decided to try out virtualization technologies far and wide and ditch “classic” SAN in favor of StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN). Using StarWind vSAN, Young America LLC creates an HA cluster and ensures 24/7 business operations without rebuilding its IT from scratch and breaking the bank.

You can read about how StarWind could do the same for your company.

Superior Support Resources (SSR), a U.S.-based IT services and consulting company, struggled to find a hyperconverged platform to streamline its infrastructure deployment projects. The existing IT environment didn’t satisfy the company in terms of performance, scalability, and redundancy. Using StarWind HCI Appliance (HCA), Superior Support Resources builds a remotely supported and managed hyperconverged infrastructure and unlocks a new customer base.

You can read about how StarWind could do the same for your company.

Windows 11 22H2 is a major update package that Microsoft recently published for its latest operating system. The long-anticipated release does not disappoint. There are many new features and upgrades that are introduced to make the performance, operation, and user experience with the OS better than with the initial release.

Read the article by Brandon Lee, a virtualization expert, that reviews the new usability, workflow, and security enhancements brought by the Windows 22H2 update package.

Nexans Autoelectric, a global automobile electronics manufacturer, was looking to virtualize its physical environment and eliminate the need to pile up costly proprietary components. The company was able to achieve all that and save good money on top of it. Using StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN), Nexans Autoelectric creates a high availability (HA) cluster, ensures environment resiliency and constant application uptime, and saves $3,200 every 3 years on its IT operational expenses.

You can read about how StarWind could do the same for your company by following this link.

BrightCloud Threat Report shows that 82% of ransomware attacks targeted organizations with less than 1,000 employees and 44% of victims were those with 100 employees or less in 2021. While there is compelling evidence for SMEs, ROBO and Edge to have enterprise-class data protection, few vendors offer financially viable options.

Read the article by The Register that dissects the legacy RTPO approach faults, SME data protection hurdles, and how StarWind comes to save the day on all cybersecurity levels.

D-J Engineering, Inc., a U.S.-based aviation and aerospace company, wanted to achieve its business growth with cost-effectiveness. But lack of scalability and hardware limitations didn’t allow for that. Using StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN), D-J Engineering, Inc. moves to hyperconvergence, reduces its IT operational expenses, weeds out bloated hardware footprint, and ensures its IT infrastructure performance to be on par with enterprise-grade SANs.

You can read about how StarWind could do the same for your company by following this link.

The new build of StarWind SAN & NAS is already here! Installed on top of a dedicated storage node full of NVMe drives, it now can be accessed over FC (Fibre Channel). The best way to see how fast it can go is to test its performance using two different RAID5 arrays, such as MDRAID and GRAID.

Read the article by Volodymyr Khrystenko, a StarWind Solutions Architect, that reviews the performance comparison between MDRAID, Linux software RAID, and GRAID SupremeRAID, powered by the NVIDIA GPU card.

The full range of memory technologies will be presented at the most desirable event of this summer - Flash Memory Summit 2022 on August 2 - 4 in Santa Clara, California. Being a revolutionary pioneer in hyperconvergence, StarWind will present its HCI Appliance, the ace of aces among hyperconverged platforms, and share all insights on how to build a high-performing and easily scalable IT infrastructure at a price affordable for SMBs & ROBOs but with the enterprise-grade functionality.

Register via the link to attend Flash Memory Summit 2022 in person and find out everything about the best opportunities for your business growth with StarWind HCA.

Azure Bicep is a declarative Infrastructure-as-Code language for deploying Azure resources. There are various ways to deploy them, via Azure Portal, ARM Template, Azure CLI, Azure PowerShell, Terraform, and other means. However, unlike Azure Resource Manager Templates, Bicep is very intuitive and understandable even for non-programmers.

Read the article by Nicolas Prigent, a three-time Microsoft MVP, on how to begin with Azure Bicep and start deploying Azure resources in a manageable way.

Greenwood Village South (GVS), a U.S.-based not-for-profit organization, had an aging IT infrastructure where obsolete servers did not allow for scalability and flexibility in IT infrastructure management. It was also a deterrent for offering high-quality health care services on the part of the organization in general. Implementing StarWind HCI Appliance (HCA), GVS builds a remotely supported and managed IT infrastructure, unlocks a new customer base, and achieves the most flexibility, scalability, and redundancy at a feasible price point.

You can read about how StarWind could do the same for your company by following this link.

Matrix IT B.V., a Netherlands-based IT company, had a difficult-to-maintain bulky server infrastructure that required high electricity costs. In its desire to downscale the number of nodes, the company was limited by the SPLA licensing model. Using StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN), Matrix IT B.V. deploys a high availability cluster (HA), cuts IT operational expenses by 60%, frees itself of the SPLA licensing model, and reduces its hardware footprint.

You can read about how StarWind could do the same for your company by following this link.