CrossRoad Engineers, a U.S.-based civil engineering company, was going to build highly available (HA) storage, replace its aging SAN devices, and simplify IT ecosystem management. The company’s end-of-life hardware resources also could not keep up with its growth path and only increased its IT operational expenses (OpEx). Using StarWind HCI Appliance (HCA), CrossRoad Engineers builds a remotely supported and managed hyperconverged IT infrastructure, replaces its aging SAN devices, cuts high OpEx, and gets new opportunities for business growth.

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

IT admins receive lots of emails daily, so it is not surprising that occasionally some important vSphere notifications get lost in all the fuss. Fortunately, vSphere Alert Center, a VMware Fling app, provides a simple solution for such issues.

Read more about it in the new article by a virtualization expert, Vladan Seget.

VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V are among the most popular type 1 enterprise hypervisors. However, their VM formats are incompatible, and it is not uncommon for users to look for an easy way to migrate a virtual machine from one hypervisor to another.

Find out how to migrate a Hyper-V VM to VMware in three clicks with StarWind V2V Converter in the new article by StarWind Solutions Engineer Hanna Parich.

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INNET, a Vietnamese IT distributor, had a challenging physical SAN-based IT infrastructure with a complex configuration that was managed by different teams. The company was looking for a simpler solution that would provide simplicity in IT infrastructure management and allow for cutting high maintenance costs. Using StarWind HCI Appliance (HCA), INNET implements a hyperconverged infrastructure, supported fully proactively and operating seamlessly, and reduces its IT operational expenses (OpEx) by 55% for the period of 6 months.

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

Air Innovations LLC, a U.S.-based air conditioning and construction company, was struggling with poor data availability and interruption of its critical business services. Having strict budget limitations, the company required a solution capable of creating a highly available (HA) clustered environment with Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisors without any additional storage solutions employed. Using StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN), Air Innovations LLC deploys an HA storage cluster, unlocks higher levels of productivity, streamlines workflows, and ensures its business operations 24/7.

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

Containers lack the kernel isolation of virtual machines, creating a serious security risk. Microsoft released a new Azure feature based on Kata project to remedy that and significantly boost the security of containerized applications.

Learn more about the new Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS) Pod Sandboxing feature in the new article by virtualization expert Brandon Lee for StarWind.

Storage plays one of the most crucial roles in any IT infrastructure. vSphere 8 supports various storage features and protocols, such as Raw Device Mapping (RDM), Persistent Memory (PMem), NVMe over Fabrics (NVMe-oF), and iSCSI over RDMA (iSER). But which of those is best suited to your needs?

Learn more about vSphere 8 storage protocols and their use cases in the new article by virtualization expert Vladan Seget for StarWind.

CoolNiao, a China-based managed IT services provider (MSP), was facing a challenge with its existing IT infrastructure, consisting of physical servers and aging storage that didn’t allow to ensure continuous business operations. The company recognized that its current infrastructure was insufficient to provide high availability (HA) and needed to be replaced with a more robust and reliable solution. Using StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN), CoolNiao creates an HA storage cluster, increases data availability and protection, provides scalability, and ensures 24/7 business operations.

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

There are multiple ways to send emails from Azure. But did you know you could send emails from any mailbox in your organization using REST API calls?

Learn more in the new guide by Microsoft MVP Nicolas Prigent for StarWind.

LOGIC COMPUTER, a Romanian IT company, had been experiencing challenges with their IT infrastructure due to the high volume of data they were processing on a daily basis. They were using traditional storage systems which were becoming increasingly difficult to manage and scale as their business grew. Using StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN), LOGIC COMPUTER deploy a high availability storage cluster, getting an opportunity to process their critical data without a hitch and ensuring their business operations 24/7.

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

There are a few things to know about upgrading from vSphere 6.5 and older versions to the latest ones.

Read the article by Vladan Seget, a virtualization expert, to learn more about the proper upgrade path from older vSphere versions to vSphere 8.0.

VMware vSphere and various KVM hypervisor flavors are both popular virtualization platforms. However, their VM formats are incompatible, and users often look for an easy way to migrate a virtual machine from one hypervisor to another.

Find out how to migrate a VMware VM to KVM in three clicks with StarWind V2V Converter in the new article by StarWind Solutions Engineer Alex Khorolets.

Storing data in hot storage costs more than cool or archive storage. Data that is not frequently accessed can be moved to blob storage, reducing the cost of storing data. In Azure, Lifecycle management for your storage account can help you configure the policies and automate the process without much effort.

Learn to save costs by smartly managing cloud storage with this underutilize Microsoft feature in the new guide by virtualization expert Florent Appointare for StarWind.

Education Resource Strategies (ERS), a U.S.-based non-profit organization, was running virtualized non-clustered Hyper-V servers and seeking to create highly available (HA) storage to promote the environment’s resiliency. Yet, being a non-profit organization, ERS had a limited budget for that purpose. Using StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN), ERS deploys an HA storage cluster, facilitates scaling up and out according to the organization’s needs, and implements redundant storage for its online learning platform at a very attractive price.

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

Arbeit Software, a U.S.-based telecommunications company, didn’t have a virtual SAN solution and couldn’t stand up any hypervisors, so it was unable to expand its infrastructure and utilize its resources fully. The company was looking for a budget-friendly solution with excellent support. This solution was found in StarWind. Using StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN), Arbeit Software implements a hyperconverged infrastructure, ensures high availability (HA), unlocks faster time-to-market, and increased agility.

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

Are you struggling with secure connectivity to your Azure virtual machines? In our latest blog entry article, we make a case for a centralized, secured, and restricted Azure Bastion deployment in an Azure Virtual WAN spoke. This solution offers many benefits, including centralized deployment, traffic control, and network security.

Learn more in the new article by Microsoft MVP Didier Van Hoye for StarWind.

vSphere DRS is a super useful workload management feature in vSphere. The new Cluster Rules Manager (CRM) VMware Fling takes one step further, allowing to manage vSphere DRS rules and related features from a separate purpose-built UI.

Read the article by Vladan Seget, a virtualization expert, to delve into the features and benefits of Cluster Rules Manager and find out how to install and configure it.

Applied Software Technology, a U.S.-based software development company, faced challenges with its bloated physical infrastructure, leading to downtime and data loss, increased costs, and decreased productivity. The company needed to cut down the amount of physical equipment and go to virtualization. Using StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN), Applied Software Technology deploys a high availability (HA) cluster, thus meeting the growing demands of its software development projects and resulting in uninterrupted services, increased productivity, and reduced costs.

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

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