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Lake Erie College, a US higher education institution, had multiple aged hosts with VMware ESXi and Microsoft Hyper-V on top that entailed high operational expenses (OpEx). The college sought to build a hyperconverged infrastructure, gain a reliable backup process, ensure Hyper-V live migration, and minimize downtime. Using StarWind HCI Appliance (HCA), Lake Erie College moves to hyperconvergence, cuts its OpEx costs, and satisfies all the demands described above.

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

The traditional security model implies combining different solutions to increase safety. However, cyberattacks are constantly developing and becoming more sophisticated, which makes the "layered approach" fairly obsolete. That's why Microsoft has opted to concentrate on the hardware level instead. Meet Microsoft Pluton, a new step in the hardware chips evolution.

Read the article by Brandon Lee, a virtualization expert, that explains what the new Microsoft Pluton security chip actually is and how can it move security standards forward from Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chips.

Regina Catholic Schools, a Canadian school division, had no fault-tolerant IT environment that threatened its continuous operations. Its 2 Hyper-V on-prem servers hosted roughly 12-15 VMs that were migrated manually if one of the hosts went down. That took an extremely high amount of time and maintenance costs. Using StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN), Regina Catholic Schools creates a high availability (HA) cluster with configured live VM migrations options and ensures 24/7 operations.

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

For Windows Server users, it’s necessary to run a current OS version to enjoy relevant support from Microsoft. However, some users, for one reason or another, may choose to run an obsolete WS version on a server. In this care, you will need to migrate your Root Certificate Authority (CA) to a newer WS version on a new server to assure everything works properly.

Read the new guide by Paolo Valsecchi, a virtualization expert, on what steps to take to correctly migrate your Microsoft Root CA to a new server.

Windows Autopatch is a new cloud-centric way to streamline the process of updating OS instances across your IT environment. It is meant to take the heavy-lifting and complexity out of applying patches to your Windows clients registered in Microsoft Endpoint Manager. It’s applicable to Windows 10 &11, M365 for Enterprise, MS Edge and Teams.

Read the article by Brandon Lee, a virtualization expert, explaining how to make the OS update processes easier, autonomous, and simplified with Windows Autopatch.

CollectionCenter, Inc., a U.S. accounts receivables management services provider, needed to reduce its project expenses but always was restrained by its IT infrastructure with aging hardware and the lack of redundancy. Using StarWind HCI Appliance, CollectionCenter, Inc. creates a single hyperconverged high availability (HA) Hyper-V cluster with additional redundancy and cuts the overall project costs by half.

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

This StarWind video will focus on how you can benefit from adding ZFS to your infrastructure without going through a steep learning curve. Frequently, ZFS-based solutions on the market aren’t easy or straightforward in their integration into a virtualization environment. StarWind tackles that by presenting ZFS features in a streamlined software solution that you can add to your new, existing, or even aging hardware in just a few clicks.

Watch the video in the link to learn how StarWind SAN & NAS provides a simple way to add ZFS to your infrastructure and effectively use it in your virtualization environment.

Windows 11 22H2, aka Sun Valley 2, is the latest release of the Windows 11 Operating System (OS). Bringing new promising features, it provides the users with lots of possibilities that are definitely worth looking at.

Read the new article by Vladan Seget, a virtualization expert, on Windows 11 22H2, the latest major upgrade of Windows 11, and the steps needed to install it.

TrustRadius has awarded StarWind VSAN and StarWind HCI Appliance several Best of Summer 2022 awards. Both products won Best Relationship and Best Feature Set in their respective categories for Software Defined Storage and Hyperconverged Infrastructure. StarWind is proud to receive these awards, as they are based on real-life consumer feedback!

Learn more about the TrustRadius Best of Summer 2022 Award and how StarWind receiving several of them can help your future IT infrastructure decision-making.

This invite-only Higher Education CIO Congress 2022 is called upon to discuss the questions of digital transformation, IT staffing, and strategic planning in post-Covid higher education. On August 7-9 in Capital Hilton, Washington D.C., the best professors and technology leaders will provide their vision of addressing the ramifications of the pandemic and ways of transforming challenges into opportunities. StarWind will also share its experience of successful teamwork for sustainable company growth during the pandemic and present the full set of its hyperconverged and virtualized solutions and technologies needed to ensure continual remote learning.

Comprehend the power of distance education with StarWind! Find out the full event description here.

An IT infrastructure of NCOL Internet, a Canadian custom web application provider, was burdened by time-consuming and costly operations associated with managing many Microsoft Distributed File System (DFS) installations. So, the company was looking for a cost-effective and easy-to-handle solution to create a reliable and centrally managed file storage for its web server virtual machines (VMs). Using StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN), NCOL Internet deploys a high availability (HA) cluster, saves over $30K on IT operational expenses, and builds the IT infrastructure humming along smoothly.

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

VMware Cloud Director Availability is a Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service (DRaaS) solution that creates a backup infrastructure in a public cloud. Its most recent upgrade has brought a lot of new possibilities to the table.

Read the new article by Alex Samoylenko, a virtualization technology professional, on what's new with VMware Cloud Director Availability and how to begin working with it.

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.

VMware vSphere+ is an Enterprise hybrid subscription service, which provides a blend of on-prem vSphere plus VMware Cloud services through Cloud Gateway. In other words, it’s a combination of your current vSphere environment with SaaS-delivered VMware components from the VMware Cloud offering.

Read the article by Brandon Lee, a virtualization expert, on the new vSphere+ and what it means for the direction that VMware is signaling for its services in the future.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.