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Equipping Modern IT Infrastructure Strategies with StorMagic SvHCI for Enterprise Edge and SMBs

Equipping Modern IT Infrastructure Strategies with StorMagic SvHCI for Enterprise Edge and SMBs

The edge is the new cloud in distributed cloud computing. Business strategies bring applications to the cloud and hyperscaler service providers. However, modern-day business delivery models require highly reliable and resilient edge computing and storage for enterprises and small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Use cases can span ten thousand global retail locations, one thousand branch offices, one hundred warehouses, or five to ten SMB locations.

Innovations in highly available hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) solutions are emerging, and lower-cost virtualization alternatives are becoming available, partly due to disruption from VMware’s acquisition. These solutions offer reliable, cost-effective remote management features and create market opportunities for new entrants and existing players to fill the growing need for virtualized HCI solutions. The requirements for high availability, data protection and recovery, security, low deployment and operational costs, and premium vendor support are common in HCI deployments by enterprises and SMBs.

In this Futurum research paper, Equipping Modern IT Infrastructure Strategies with StorMagic SvHCI for Enterprise Edge and SMBs we assess the market challenges driving the demand for new enterprise edge HCI platforms, strategies to meet current and future business demands, and responses by vendors in the HCI space, such as StorMagic. This report showcases our analyst guidance to organizations seeking lower-cost alternatives, explores considerations for leveraging HCI, and examines StorMagic’s recent HCI offering, which is built upon the strengths of their SvSAN platform and explores considerations for leveraging HCI platforms at the edge.

By reading Equipping Modern IT Infrastructure Strategies with StorMagic SvHCI for Enterprise Edge and SMBs you will discover:

  • Edge-Centric, Cost-Effective Solutions: StorMagic SvHCI focuses on meeting the specific needs of edge computing and SMB environments by offering reliable, cost-effective infrastructure. 
  • StorMagic’s Response to Market Opportunities: In light of rising VMware costs and evolving digital demands, StorMagic provides a low-cost alternative with features like a KVM-based hypervisor, advanced storage, and simplified deployment. 
  • The Enhanced Capabilities of SvHCI 2.0: Recent updates introduce feature advancements that strengthen its value for demanding edge environments, ensuring operational efficiency and disaster protection while maintaining low total cost of ownership.

If you are interested in learning more, be sure to download your copy of Equipping Modern IT Infrastructure Strategies with StorMagic SvHCI for Enterprise Edge and SMBs today.

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Mitch Ashley

Mitch Ashley is VP and Practice Lead for the CIO & Technology Buyers and Software Lifecycle Engineering practices at The Futurum Group. A multi-time CIO and CTO with 30+ years leading technical organizations, Mitch built and operated production systems spanning cybersecurity for the U.S. Department of Defense, PKI services for the broadband and 5G industries, SaaS platforms, large-scale telecom and banking systems, and a national broadband network. His work with AI began early, developing expert systems that diagnosed and repaired complex mainframe environments. That operator foundation grounds his analysis in operational consequence, covering the technology buyer's world of software engineering, cybersecurity, DevOps, cloud, and AI.

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