Data Storage Industry Veteran Strengthens WHIPTAIL’s Executive Team to Drive Global Expansion and Accelerate the Adoption of Flash Storage Whippany, N.J. – June 18, 2013–WHIPTAIL the data storage-industry innovator powering faster applications and more energy efficient computing for today’s global businesses via flash storage, today announced the appointment of Erik Hardy as executive vice president of worldwide sales. Reporting to…
According to Zsolt Kerekes, of Storage Search, the enterprise flash array market can be best compared to the riddle game of The Hobbit. Kerekes describes SSD vendors as the wizards who ask the users, or customers, three questions before choosing the right SSD offering. While most of these “wizards” don’t make their products easy to understand, WHIPTAIL gives “users” a…
Although small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) may require a smaller data footprint, they still demand the level of performance flash can offer. To target this specific market, WHIPTAIL has introduced the WT-1100, a smaller version of its all-flash arrays. Read WHIPTAIL Technologies Scales Flash Array Down to SMB and learn how WHIPTAIL can deliver big performance to small businesses and…
Big Data is one of the most important aspects of an organization’s growth. However, without the ability to leverage it fast enough, it can create an overwhelming challenge. Maxwell Riggsbee, VP of Product Management and CMO at WHIPTAIL, discusses the key to gain the most out of all this data–”to identify trends and apply that knowledge to operations faster than…
New WT-1100 Expands Line of Leading Flash-based Silicon Arrays for Small Businesses with Large Application Performance Demands Whippany, N.J. – June 4, 2013 – WHIPTAIL, the data storage innovator powering faster and more energy-efficient computing for today’s global businesses via flash storage, today announced the WT-1100, the newest addition to the company’s portfolio of flash-based silicon arrays. Designed for small…
Businesses of all sizes realize the need to implement a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), however not many of their IT managers know how to determine the best solution. The requirements needed include low latency, adequate capacity, the ability to meet the I/O demand and reasonable costs, all while maintaining the consistent feeling of an offline desktop. As Brian Feller, VP…
Chris Mellor of The Register interviews Dan Crain, WHIPTAIL CEO, regarding his thoughts on IBM’s billion dollar flash investment and other trending topics. Crain explains that WHIPTAIL is banking on investor SanDisk to help the company continue to grow stronger as the industry evolves. A few of Mellor’s additional questions solicited Crain’s thoughts on moves to new NAND process nodes,…
Brian Heaton of Government Technology takes a closer look at how Delaware, Ohio turned its data storage performance problem around with flash and dramatically improved each employee’s ability to compute faster. Timothy Howard, CIO of the City of Delaware, describes the many benefits the city experienced once they moved their GIS, Microsoft Exchange and various databases over to WHIPTAIL’s ACCELA…
A common assumption to believe is that SSD, or Flash, is much more expensive than HDD. However, what is not known is that when performance is critical to a business, Flash is actually less expensive in more ways than one. Gary MacFadden, Founder/CEO of Parity Research, uncovers these truths in his total cost of ownership (TCO) model demonstrating exactly why…
WHIPTAIL is proud to announce three nominations for our INVICTA and ACCELA in the Storries X Storage Awards 2013 in the following categories: One to Watch Award Product One to Watch Award Company Flash/SSD Product of the Year Traditionally, the readers of Storage Magazine reward outstanding products, services and people in the IT industry. The 2012 Awards experienced a new…
WHIPTAIL is proud to announce that our INVICTA scalable silicon storage array has been nominated in Data Centre Solutions Awards’ 2013 Shortlist as the SSD Flash Product of the Year. DCS rewards the products, projects and services and honors companies and teams operating in data centre fields. Their Awards recognize the achievements of end-users, channel partners and vendors in a…
The storage industry has been experiencing a steady growth since its drop in 2008 and 2009. In most recent years, the number of startups has risen at an impressive rate but some are not as impactful as others. Drew Robb of EnterpriseStorageForum.com mentions the storage startups that focus on big data, virtualization, cloud and flash storage. Read Six Hot Storage…
Howard Marks of Network Computing breaks down replication practices used in disaster recovery plans, which typically requires customers to buy two of the same storage arrays from a vendor. Marks highlights how WHIPTAIL has broken that tradition of vendor lock-in and discusses the benefits that WHIPTAIL customers can achieve by being able to replicate across “just about any storage.” Read…
First Distribution has signed an agreement with WHIPTAIL, the data storage-industry innovator powering faster and more energy-efficient computing for today’s global businesses via flash storage, to distribute their products throughout southern Africa. WHIPTAIL’s INVICTA is a next-generation NAND flash storage array that provides highly scalable IOPS, total system throughput, and ultra-low latency at groundbreaking price for performance, while ACCELA offers…
Access to SAP and Critical Data via All-Flash Array March 26, 2013 – Hedensted Kommune has selected WHIPTAIL’s performance storage technology to power 800 virtual desktops, including mobile devices, across the local authority’s network over the next year. Hedensted Kommune has migrated 400 desktops to WHIPTAIL’s storage array, and has saved approximately 1.5 million kr (approx. $225k) in immediate storage…
“Imagine how your business might benefit if you processed 1,000 more transactions per second,” implores Maxwell Riggsbee to the readers of Wired’s Innovation Insights. In the article, Riggsbee provides insight into the rapid growth in the flash market as well as advice for switching from traditional to flash storage and why doing so is critical to a business’s mission critical…
In the Winter 2013 edition of Education Technology, Brian Feller addresses technology’s role in driving classroom education in the article In a Spin. As more and more school districts invest in virtualization, they are finding that their hard disk drive storage is unable to keep up with classroom demand. Feller states, “The fact is that the traditional HDD is no…
Former SunGard CEO Brings More Than 25 Years of Global Leadership Experience to Leading Flash-Based Storage Vendor Whippany, N.J. – March 12, 2013 – WHIPTAIL, the data storage industry innovator powering faster and more energy-efficient computing for today’s global businesses via flash storage, announced today that Cristóbal Conde has been named chairman of its board of directors. “Having Cris on…
IT environments are feeling the pinch of deploying a virtualized desktop and server infrastructure. Data center infrastructure, to date, has been highly I/O constrained and resource virtualization adds another intensive strain on top. But according to Storage-Switzerland.com, WHIPTAIL’s modular all-flash arrays bring a cost effective way to deal with rapidly increasing IOPS needs and introduce a high-performance, scalable solution into…
WHIPTAIL is taking a lead role in the Prove Your Performance (PYP) program announced today by Liquidware Labs. PYP validates the efficiencies and value of offerings in pre-production rollouts and pilot programs at customer sites by delivering “before and after” scenarios that give clients a clear picture of how their technologies improved the user experience in a VDI environment. Read…
UPDATE: NEI is now UNICOM. Rapidly Expanding Customer Base Leads to Outsourced Manufacturing with Leading Provider of Purpose-Built Application Platforms, Appliances WHIPPANY, N.J. – Feb. 21, 2012 – WHIPTAIL the data storage industry innovator powering faster and more energy-efficient computing for today’s global businesses via its innovative flash storage arrays, has partnered with global manufacturer NEI to meet demand for…
Value-added distributors (VADs) have always been important for emerging vendors of new, disruptive technology. However, the current economy has forced VADs to become more selective to fortify their current market share. Flash array vendors, such as WHIPTAIL, have challenged the age-old economics of storage and as Ian Kilpatrick, a chairman of Wick Hill, states, “[vendors] must be known for excellence…
Solid state storage technology is rapidly expanding to critical regions of the world. WHIPTAIL, the enterprise-class leader in the industry, is excited to announce its partnership with Blue Turtle Technology in South Africa. Martyn Healy, Blue Turtle’s Marketing Director, states that storage is “no longer a one-size-fits-all” kind of industry and through this partnership, Blue Turtle will be able to…
The enterprise-class world continues to create more data but the real demand lies in the products that can help convert this data into valuable insight for a successful future. Solid-state storage array vendor WHIPTAIL experienced a phenomenal year due to this growth in demand. As Gary McFadden, founder of Parity Research, states, “Buyers looking to exploit solid state disk and…
Customer Base Grows by 57 Percent As Flash Storage Leader Expands Into New Vertical Markets WHIPPANY, N.J. – Jan. 17, 2013 – WHIPTAIL, the data storage-industry innovator powering faster and more energy-efficient computing for today’s global businesses via flash storage, today announced significant corporate growth in 2012. WHIPTAIL’s 300 percent revenue growth is attributed to adding 130 new customers in…
Each month CRN evaluates tech companies that have received recent funding and are “worthy of industry attention.” This month CRN listed WHIPTAIL and our investors as a “notable infusion” and notes the buzz we’ve built as one of the first storage companies to ship all flash-based storage arrays. To learn more about WHIPTAIL’s funding, read WHIPTAIL Raises $31 Million in…
WHIPTAIL is proud to announce that our INVICTA scalable silicon storage array is a finalist in the Enterprise Storage System category of Storage magazine/SearchStorage.com 2012 Products of the Year competition. Products were chosen because they: · Demonstrate technical innovation · Offer solid value · Provide practical functionality while performing well · Integrate easily with existing data storage infrastructures · Are…
Storage technology improves performance and maximizes lesson time at Kenton and St Wilfrid’s Schools WHIPTAIL, the data storage industry innovator powering faster and more energy-efficient computing for today’s global businesses via flash storage, has helped two UK schools improve the hardware and application performance of their new virtual desktop infrastructures (VDI) using its ACCELA Flash storage arrays. The technology provides…
WHIPTAIL has announced that SDG (Specialist Distribution Group) will be the first UK distributor of its newly launched performance storage array expansion INFINITY. This agreement will see WHIPTAIL’s high capacity storage technology, combined with SDG’s specialist services and expertise in virtualisation, provide an affordable yet high performance storage solution to the channel. SDG has been a WHIPTAIL distributor since September…
Flash memory, already existent in smartphones and tablets, is quickly gaining recognition as one of the most revolutionizing technology changes of our time. SanDisk, known for using flash memory technology, announced a $75 million venture fund, making equity investments in WHIPTAIL. Sumit Sandana, SanDisk’s VP and Chief Strategy Officer, says he expects this “will allow us to get really intimate…
New CFO Joins Executive Team to Guide Fiscal Policy into 2013 WHIPPANY, N.J. – Dec. 13, 2012 – WHIPTAIL, the data storage industry innovator powering faster and more energy-efficient computing for today’s global businesses via flash storage, today announced a $31 million investment, including strategic investments from flash-memory leader SanDisk as well as an unnamed Silicon Valley industry titan. Ignition…
Startup companies focused around flash memory technology and longtime makers of storage systems are coming together to develop new ideas. SanDisk, flash memory specialist, announced its $75 million plan to invest in startups starting with WHIPTAIL. The move “is designed to strengthen SanDisk’s position across the flash memory ecosystem and further its own interests in the future.” Read more about…
Performance storage company wins key deal in Benelux market One of the largest emergency service units in the Netherlands, Veiligheids- en gezondheidsregio Gelderland-Midden (VGGM), has chosen WHIPTAIL ACCELA storage arrays to power an existing virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) project used in emergency situations for 16 municipalities within the Gelderland province. The deal marks WHIPTAIL’s expansion in the Benelux region, which…
The price of NAND flash continues to fall, while at the same time production and demand increase. These changes lead to necessary improvements in the enterprise class storage industry, but not every vendor can truly keep up. On November 29th, WHIPTAIL, the storage innovator, released its INFINITY architecture which will enable enterprises to scale performance and capacity as needed. Read…
Performance has always been key in the storage array industry. However, when coupled with capacity the possibilities are infinite. Storage Bytes Now assesses WHIPTAIL’s announcement of INFINITY architecture, which increases capacity to 360TB and performance to 4 million IOPs/second. James E. Bagley states that he likes, “WHIPTAIL’s approach of integrating solid state drives with high speed communications between nodes so…
WHIPPANY, NJ – December 4, 2012 – WHIPTAIL, a leading provider of high performance, 100 percent silicon storage arrays, today announced that its all-flash performance storage arrays INVICTA and ACCELA have achieved VMware Ready™ status. This designation indicates that after a detailed validation process WHIPTAIL’s INVICTA and ACCELA have achieved VMware’s highest level of endorsement, and can be found on…
New INFINITY Scale-up/Scale-Out Brings 360TB, 4 Million IOPS to the Data Center; Flexibility Added to Enterprise Flash Storage Lineup with INVICTA Expansion WHIPPANY, NJ – Nov. 29, 2012 – WHIPTAIL, the data storage-industry innovator bringing high performance flash storage arrays to the data center, today announced a major expansion to its flagship INVICTA Modular Storage Array, with the first of…
No industry is as excited, and inviting, to the innovations of technology as the education industry is. Exploring new ways to teach and enhance the learning process in the classroom has become the norm. Brian Feller, WHIPTAIL VP and General Manager of EMEA, discusses the benefits of solid-state storage for school IT infrastructures and how they are implemented today. Read…
RACERUNNER version 4.1.1 features Open Target for flexible replication WHIPPANY, NJ – Oct. 29, 2012 – WHIPTAIL, the world leader in Solid State Storage Arrays, introduces the world’s first data replication functionality that enables heterogeneous storage to be used with the release of RACERUNNER 4.1.1, the latest version of the core software that underpins the company’s INVICTA and ACCELA performance…
All Flash Arrays Are Trusted to Enhance Citrix Networking, Virtualization and Cloud Computing Solutions WHIPPANY, N.J. – October 15, 2012 – WHIPTAIL, the world leader in high performance, 100 percent silicon storage arrays, today announced the company’s flash storage arrays – INVICTA and ACCELA – are verified as Citrix Ready®. The Citrix Ready program helps customers identify third-party solutions that…
London’s IP Expo, the place to meet all leading technology vendors, will host educational seminars to highlight the benefits of Flash and much more. WHIPTAIL’s Senior Manager for Business Development, Mike Beavor, will speak in two sessions around the deployment of SSD’s and how they can tackle current and future IT infrastructure challenges. Read WHIPTAIL to Shake Up Received Storage…
Building a channel programme in the UK will not only increase the number of partners, but also prove that WHIPTAIL’s technology can be complementary to other storage giants. EMEA General Manager, Brian Feller, explains that “We are not asking partners to give up their NetApp and EMC relationships,…so we do not compete; we are doing the stuff they cannot do,…
WHIPTAIL co-founder and CTO, James Candelaria, recently spoke to Investor’s Business Daily writer Sonja Carberry about the value of flash in classroom virtual desktops. In this roundup, Carberry talks about how flash arrays like WHIPTAIL’s ACCELA and INVICTA solve the performance problems that made initial classroom VDI implementations get less than a passing grade. Read Rethink Existing Models For Brighter…
VMworld Europe 2012 and Citrix Synergy 2012: Silicon storage pioneer talks up performance at forthcoming virtualisation conferences WHIPTAIL is taking the road to Barcelona in October to champion performance for virtualisation projects, at VMworld Europe (booth G305), 9 – 11 October and Citrix Synergy (booth 302), 17 – 19 October 2012. Delegates at both shows will learn how silicon storage…
With big players entering the Flash market, WHIPTAIL reveals it is past its start-up phase and ready to move forward as a young, hyper-growth company. CEO of WHIPTAIL, Dan Crain, and CTO, James Candelaria, spoke at a press briefing where various European journalists learned the future of the company, the benefits of its products and watched INVICTA in action. Read…
Enterprises continue to struggle with ever growing business demands and the need to store big data at a low cost. WHIPTAIL’s VP and General Manager of EMEA, Brian Feller, explains that while HDD may be relatively cheaper, SSD offers, “faster operations, lower power consumption and lower total cost of ownership.” Read SSD the Way Forward for Virtualised IT to learn…
Former SunGard CEO Brings More Than 25 Years of Global Leadership Experience to Leading Flash-Based Storage Vendor WHIPPANY, N.J. – September 18, 2012 – WHIPTAIL, the world leader in high performance 100 percent silicon storage arrays, today announced the appointment of Cristóbal Conde to the company’s Board of Directors. As the former President and CEO of SunGard, Conde’s global leadership…
In VMworld 2012: Storage Takes Center Stage Joseph F. Kovar discusses the pivotal role storage plays in the data center. He says, “The importance of storage to both virtualized environments and the cloud has never been more clear than at VMworld, where vendors large and small are introducing new flash storage arrays, data protection software, intelligent management, tiering to the…
As more and more SSD vendors enter the market to deliver terabyte-scale arrays at an affordable price while also exceeding performance demands, WHIPTAIL stands out as one such provider. Wikibon author, Gary MacFadden, highlights the company’s most important qualities, such as longevity, performance and a few industries who are already implementing the low-cost MLC Flash array. Read WHIPTAIL Makes SSD…
WHIPPANY, N.J. – August 29, 2012 – Softcat has selected WHIPTAIL’s INVICTA silicon storage array to power over 1,000 seats on its internal virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), as well as the scalable, performance storage backbone at the heart of the reseller’s managed service offering. Due to go live at the end of September at Softcat’s data center, the 36TB array…
While attending Flash Memory Summit, Storage Switzerland’s Senior Analyst George Crump stopped by WHIPTAIL’s booth for a live demo of INVICTA. In the article, Crump summarizes the demo. While running the SQL VMs at around 60,000 IOPS, WHIPTAIL booted 600 virtual desktops in less than two minutes. Crump writes, “What I like about WHIPTAIL is they translate this IOPS performance…
In this Forbes contributed article, WHIPTAIL CTO, James Candelaria discusses why solid-state drives will replace many hard disk drives in the near future. James’ article is a rebuttal to another Forbes post in which an executive from Western Digital stated that SSDs would not replace HDDs. In his rebuttal, James highlights how there is only one type of storage designed…
Micron Flash Storage Drives to be Leveraged across WHIPTAIL Arrays to Increase Efficiencies for Customers WHIPPANY, N.J. – August 21, 2012 – WHIPTAIL, the world leader in high performance, 100 percent silicon storage arrays, has joined forces with Micron, a leading provider of advanced flash storage solutions, to offer Micron flash storage across all WHIPTAIL arrays. The news further supports…
Star Trek: The Next Generation Star to Sign Autographs at VMworld WHIPPANY, N.J. – August 16, 2012 – WHIPTAIL, the world leader in high performance 100 percent silicon storage arrays, is moving VMworld ahead to the 24th century when it hosts Star Trek: The Next Generation star Brent Spiner at booth #841. VMworld, hosted by VMware in San Francisco Aug.…
James Candelaria, CTO of WHIPTAIL, writes about the mind-shifting solution many organizations are longing for – Flash storage. Candelaria discusses the birth of the storage revolution and the benefits that can be expected from Flash technology. Read Stop Spinning Out of Control: the Promise of Flash Storage and learn how the old ‘defrag’ days are over.
EEWeb shines its spotlight on Russ Dauer, VP of Engineering at WHIPTAIL, as the Featured Engineer. The interview covers topics from the beginning of his career to his most difficult obstacles in the field. Read Interview with Russ Dauer to learn about his background, interests and current projects.
Customers Leveraging WHIPTAIL’s Flash-based Data Storage Solutions Now Have Follow-the-Sun Support Across 75 Countries WHIPPANY, N.J. – July 31, 2012 – WHIPTAIL, the world leader in high performance, 100 percent silicon storage arrays, has added another class-leading benefit for its global customer base: Global Customer Support (GCS). Now available in 75 countries, WHIPTAIL is driving the highest levels of service…
With limited budgets to replace desktops in many schools, Aegis IT consultants are working to provide solutions for schools such as the Kenton School in Newcastle. As Peter Catch, Technical Consultant at Aegis IT, says,”Schools can allow their students full and secure access to all the technology the school has to offer from any location.” Paul Kernohan, Network Manager at…
Broker Deploys VDI to 200 Users Powered by Revolutionary Silicon Storage Technology WHIPPANY, N.J. – June 14, 2012 – Bluefin Corporate Consulting (a Capita Group company), has successfully rolled out a VMware virtualised server and desktop infrastructure (XenDesktop) to over 200 of its 700 users, made possible with ACCELA, the silicon storage technology from WHIPTAIL. Delivering virtual desktops centrally to…
The task of using virtual desktops throughout the University of Portland campus presented a few challenges for Paul Disbury, CIO at the Oregon university. “We knew we would need something fast on the front end to feed into our back-end enterprise storage,” said Disbury. Read University Solves Writes IOPS VDI Problem with WHIPTAIL Storage Flash Array and learn how the…
Experience, Product Performance Made WHIPTAIL the Obvious Choice WHIPPANY, N.J. – June 14, 2012 – When global law firm SNR Denton decided to upgrade their XenApp environment to Windows 7 on XenDesktop as part of a new document management deployment, they turned to Citrix to identify infrastructure solutions that could meet their global needs without breaking the bank. Citrix Ready…
Rich Tehrani of TMCnet interviewed WHIPTAIL’s VP of Product Management and CMO Max Riggsbee at Cloud Expo 2012 New York. Tehrani asks Riggsbee about the type of technology WHIPTAIL uses, what applications can benefit from it, how WHIPTAIL helps specific industries, among other questions.
Rich Tehrani of TMCnet Interviews WHIPTAIL’s Director of Business Solutions Matt Goldensohn at Cloud Expo 2012 New York. Tehrani asks Goldensohn what a typical Cloud Expo attendee would see at the WHIPTAIL booth and how the device accelerates virtually any application. TMC also filmed a personal demonstration of what Cloud Expo attendees were able to see during INVICTA demonstrations.
WHIPTAIL challenges other storage vendors with its latest and greatest products: ACCELA and INVICTA. Analyst Anurag Agrawal writes, “[The] announcement comes at a time when the buzz about big data has reached a crescendo…vendors and analysts have started to talk about data obesity and therefore need for storage capacity.” Read WHIPTAIL: A Friend of Big Data, Foe of Storage Vendors…
WHIPTAIL’s Silicon Storage Array Aligns with a Performance-Driven IT Infrastructure to Solve Data I/O Bottlenecks for VDI Applications WHIPPANY, N.J. – June 12, 2012 – Faced with the formidable challenge of improving campus-wide PC kiosk performance, the University of Portland in Portland, Ore., needed a solution that enabled 250 simultaneous users but could scale to thousands of simultaneous users. WHIPTAIL,…
As WHIPTAIL increases its global presence the market has made it clear that performance is key. “We’re pretty overwhelmed by the initial reaction from European channel partners,” states Brian Feller, VP of Sales and Marketing. “In our business, we are never demand-constrained as there are always people who buy performance.” Read WHIPTAIL Changes Speed of Storage and learn more about…
International Conference Provides Showcase for WHIPTAIL’s Class-Leading Solutions WHIPPANY, NJ–(Marketwire – Jun 7, 2012) – The 10th International Cloud Expo at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City will put a fine focus on two of the hottest topics in Enterprise IT today — Cloud Computing and Big Data. WHIPTAIL, the world leader in high performance 100 percent…
WHIPTAIL continues to take the lead in the solid state storage industry with its new products: ACCELA and INVICTA. “The ACCELA is a refreshed version of WHIPTAIL’s XLR8r array…The new INVICTA appliance is a high-availability, multi-protocol storage array,” writes Storage Strategies NOW analysts Deni Connor and James E. Bagley. Read WHIPTAIL’s SSD Array Scales to 72TB and find out how…
Network Computing takes a look at the world’s first scale-out, modular, enterprise-class solid state storage platform, introduced by WHIPTAIL. With an installed base of more than 100 customers, Max Riggsbee WHIPTAIL VP & CMO describes the company as “a high-performance array vendor, a new category that is entirely around performance.” Read WHIPTAIL Reinvents Performance Flash and learn more on the…
WHIPTAIL’s channel strategy proves to have initiated success for the company. As it introduces its newest products, INVICTA and ACCELA, WHIPTAIL will continue to grow its channel efforts. Brian Feller, VP & GM for EMEA, points out that, “if you do it right, through the channel and the disties, it is the fastest way to get your name out there.”…
WHIPTAIL’s INVICTA competes in the all-flash array market where few vendors have launched their products. CEO Dan Crain responds to a challenge by stating, “INVICTA’s strong points is the ability to serve up data in a multi-tenancy architecture…multiple units can all share the same storage pool.” Read WHIPTAIL whips up modularly scalable all-flash storage array and learn more about the enterprise-class, multi-protocol storage array.
TechTarget writer Dave Raffo interviews CEO Dan Crain and CMO Max Riggsbee on the features and specifications of WHIPTAIL’s latest second-generation high-performance storage systems. WHIPTAIL understands its customers’ needs and as Max states, “Our number one goal is to do no harm to performance.” Read WHIPTAIL launches second-generation all-flash array and scale-out SAN and learn more about the launch of…
WHIPTAIL proves to offer a lot more than expected for a storage system. Taneja blogger Christine Taylor writes, “When you truly need next-gen fast storage processing – at speeds we didn’t expect to see quite this soon – the INVICTA is your man.” Read the full article, WHIPTAIL INVICTA, not your Grandfather’s SSD, and see what WHIPTAIL’s big news is all about.
WHIPPANY, NJ – May 8, 2012 – WHIPTAIL, the world leader in high performance 100% solid state storage arrays, today publicly launched INVICTA, the world’s first scale‐out, modular, enterprise class solid state storage platform, as well as ACCELA, the next generation of the world’s most widely deployed all flash storage array. INVICTA and ACCELA are available now through WHIPTAIL as…
WHIPTAIL welcomes Russ Dauer, Vice President, Engineering, to the executive team to lead the charge on product development. This addition comes at a time when the company plans to maximize its storage leadership position through the introduction of revolutionizing technology. Read the full article to learn more about Dauer and the experience he brings to WHIPTAIL.
IDG’s Computerworld Honors Program has recognized the State of Ohio DODD’s successful implementation of a 1,500-user VDI project by naming it a 2012 Laureate. The program honors visionary applications of information technology that promote positive economic, education and social change. Ohio DODD’s VDI deployment is connected to WHIPTAIL storage. CIO Bryant Young said, “To better fulfill our agency’s mission, we…
Customers ask, WHIPTAIL delivers. WHIPTAIL has achieved VMware Ready™ status, making them the solid-state storage provider with the tested, real-world experience to effectively support the deployment and performance requirements of VMware virtualization solutions. This puts WHIPTAIL among the best-of-breed technology partners proven to deliver a comprehensive, performance driven solution to joint customers. “By using WHIPTAIL’s enterprise class NAND flash silicon…
WHIPTAIL CEO Dan Crain joins flash storage leaders at Computerworld SNW conference to debate enterprise IT approaches to SSD storage. Dan will demonstrate the WHIPTAIL approach, using 100 percent NAND flash storage arrays, to deliver what customers ask for: proven, scaleable technology for maximum application performance that will have real bottom-line impact. Read the full article to learn more about…
InfoStor writer Kenneth Corbin asks the question, “Has the hard disk run its course?” in his article profiling WHIPTAIL. Corbin interviews WHIPTAIL CMO, Max Riggsbee, who states, “We strive to highlight that the problem is not about storing things–a legacy of the hard disk itself–it is about being able to transact very quickly.” Read WHIPTAIL Flash-Based Arrays Target Performance, Latency,…
Cost Effective, Scalable Solid-State Storage Array Improves Performance Using More Than 80 Percent Less Energy WHIPPANY, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, WHIPTAIL, maker of the world’s first and most widely deployed enterprise flash storage array, announced that Hempstead School District, one of Long Island’s largest districts with approximately 7,000 students, selected the WHIPTAIL solid-state storage array to serve as the storage hub for…
Storage VARs have questions about the future of flash-based storage and how it can serve their SMB and enterprise customers. In an interview with Business Solutions Magazine, WHIPTAIL CEO Dan Crain answers these questions, including where does solid state have the strongest play right now and how does solid state complement a VAR’s current BDR offering. Read the web exclusive,…
WHIPTAIL welcomes enterprise IT veteran, Max Riggsbee, to the executive team at a time of great success for the company—success that will continue as Max leads the company’s aggressive growth plans for 2012 and establishes the company’s role as industry leader. Max joins the team as V.P. and Chief Marketing Officer and will drive the company’s quest to prime the…
In part III of James Candelaria’s interview with DCIG, WHIPTAIL CTO discusses how our products deal with the variances between solid state drive manufacturer’s hardware and firmware and how and why WHIPTAIL implements software RAID in its appliance. Read Part I of the interview, The SSD Garbage Collection Problem Explained. Read Part II of the interview, SSD Optimization Techniques that…
In Part III of DCIG’s interview with WHIPTAIL CTO James Candelaria, Ben Maas asks Candelaria about the variances between SSD manufacturer’s hardware and firmware and how WHIPTAIL deals with those differences. Candelaria discusses the research done to understand the drives used in WHIPTAIL arrays, what it means to offer a field-serviceable array and the latest Intel announcement. Read the DCIG…
Enterprise Flash Storage Provides Superior Flexibility and Significant Improvements in Latency and Performance WHIPPANY, N.J.–Today WHIPTAIL, maker of high-performance, cost-effective solid-state storage arrays, announced that AMD’s (NYSE: AMD) System Optimization Engineering Department has replaced 480 15K spinning drives with WHIPTAIL solid-state storage arrays. The move will help eliminate slow response times associated with traditional storage arrays. The department chose the…
WHIPTAIL’s storage solutions are in demand. So much so, the company secured a Series B round of funding to continue to fuel its accelerated growth in the global IT marketplace. New York-based VC firm RRE Ventures led the round and distinguished investors Will Porteous of RRE and Richard Fade of Ignition Partners joined Spring Mountain Capital’s Raymond Wong and Avi…
Part II of DCIG’s interview with James Candelaria, WHIPTAIL CTO, focuses on SSD optimization techniques that minimize MLC flash deficiencies. Candelaria explains that this is what sets WHIPTAIL apart from other storage vendors. Read the interview to learn more about how WHIPTAIL minimizes MLC deficiencies. Read Part I of the interview, The SSD Garbage Collection Problem Explained.
Recently Ben Mass of DCIG talked with James Candelaria about a variety of SSD storage topics. In the first of a series of blog posts from the interview, Mass asks Candelaria to discuss the “SSD garbage collection” problem, also known as repacking data on SSDs, and how WHIPTAIL addresses this common challenge for solid-state storage arrays. Read the DCIG interview…
When Renasant Bank launched its VDI project, immediate concerns grew regarding the existing hardware infrastructure. The group simply could not reach the ideal performance threshold and was stuck at a standstill. After hearing about WHIPTAIL’s solid-state storage array, James Hayes of Renasant Bank knew the XLR8r is what the project needed to properly execute the company’s Citrix XenDesktop VDI deployment.…
The virtual desktop I/O workload is tremendously punishing on a hard disk array. For starters, despite the traditional I/O workload of an individual workstation being sequential in nature, many IT departments are running thousands of virtual desktops on a single storage platform, which creates the I/O “blender effect.” “They’re all doing sequential I/O in different regions of the disk, which…
Single Solution Adds Scalable Performance without High Capital Costs Whippany, NJ – September 27, 2011 – Today, WHIPTAIL, the recognized market leader in high-performance, cost-effective solid-state based storage arrays, announced that UHS-Pruitt Corporation, a Southeast regional leader in long-term health care, has selected two 12TB WHIPTAIL solid-state XLR8r arrays to support the 20,000 IOPS (and growing) required for its Citrix®…
SearchStorage.com.au Published: 12 Sep 2011 VMware may be wagging the storage industry’s dog with innovations like the Virtual Storage Appliance and vCenter Site Recovery Manager, and consolidation of mid-tier storage vendors is proceeding apace thanks to transactions like HDS buying BlueArc. But neither trend has stopped a new crop of storage startups trying to bring new approaches to the industry.…
Computer Technology Review- Friday, 09 September 2011 The ExecEvent, a technology networking and business development-only event, announced this week two additional panels focused on SSDs and cloud and virtualization data protection to its upcoming three-day virtualization and cloud event beginning Sept. 14 at the Network Meeting Center in Santa Clara, California. The panels further round out a roster of networking…
Abstract Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) published Lab Validation Report documents the results of hands-on testing of a solid state drive (SSD) solution from WHIPTAIL Tech with a focus on cost effectively solving storage performance challenges in a consolidated virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). Background In recent years there has been a significant increase in the number of organizations considering flash-based solid-state…
Venture Capital Dispatch | By Scott Denne | August 23, 2011, 5:49 PM ET There’s near universal agreement that flash will replace hard disk drives in enterprise storage, but it’s not clear if it’s a new feature for established vendors or a disruptive opportunity to build a new, lasting company. Several start-ups are betting on the latter. The latest to…
WHIPTAIL Tech, the recognized market leader in high-performance, cost-effective solid-state based storagearrays, today announced it has been selected by Everything Channel as a 2011 CRN Emerging Technology Vendor. The annual list features the most innovative vendors who not only deliver technology that is easy to use, but can generate the high margins solution providers require. By alleviating long-standing cost and…
David Lamont for Marketing Storage One of my favorite storage events is the annual Flash Memory Summit in Santa Clara, CA. The 3+ day summit attracts design engineers, product managers and hands-on business executives who buy and sell flash memory components, solid state disks (SSD) and related tools. I’ve attended the summit for years and each year it gets bigger…
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on Thu, August 11th, 2011 Survey from Storage Strategies NOW co-sponsored by SNIA Storage Strategies NOW (SSG-NOW), a specialist storage analysis and research organization, released the findings of a new report and survey on solid state drives and high-speed memory.Titled, Solid State Drives and High-Speed Memory: Adoption, Practice and Deployment, the report…
by Jack Madden on BrianMadden.com Startup hardware vendor V3 Systems is offering VDI-specific servers with claims of high performance and ease of use. But some people wonder whether they’re nothing more than just a fancy bezel on a Super Micro server with a Fusion-io card.V3 came on the scene about a year ago promising to make VDI practical for the…
