Atlantis Computing Expands HyperScale Lineup
Atlantis Computing, the leading provider of Software-Defined Storage (SDS), today announced the expansion of its hyperconverged appliance product line with the introduction of the Atlantis HyperScale CX-4 model and the availability of all models on the Dell PowerEdge FX2 server platform. The CX-4 appliance is a two-node hyperconverged integrated system with compute, all-flash storage, networking and virtualization designed for remote offices, branch offices (ROBO) and micro data centers.
Paul Delory, research director at Gartner Research, said, "ROBO infrastructure often takes the form of a micro data center, an architecture that is increasingly common for specific use cases. HCIS can make ideal building blocks for micro data centers. A cluster of HCIS appliances can be paired with a network switch to create a complete infrastructure stack that requires relatively little space, less power, no special cooling system, no nonstandard power outlets and no special mounting hardware. In Gartner’s analysis, the two primary design goals in a micro data center are that it should run autonomously, but be controlled centrally; and that it should be a self-contained solution that is easy to deploy, replace, monitor and control remotely. The HCIS architecture aligns very well with these design objectives."
Fusion, a leading provider of cloud services, announced today that Fidelity, a Fusion company, has secured a three year, $150,000 agreement to initially connect three of its twelve primary care health centers to the Fusion cloud. Citing Fusion’s fully integrated suite of cloud solutions as a primary reason for the selection, this practice of more than fifty physicians has been growing at a rapid pace, and anticipates expanding the company’s integrated cloud solutions to all of its locations.
Datadog—the New York startup that monitors how well (or not so well) its customers’ applications run in the cloud—now has $94.5 million in new funding, bringing its total to a healthy $147.9 million. The company will use the money to flesh out its product line and beef up global operations in Europe, Asia and the Americas.
Citrix’s CloudStack-based cloud orchestration platform, CloudPlatform, as well as its unified cloud services delivery and business management platform CloudPortal Business Manager have been acquired by Accelerite. According a Monday announcement from Citrix, the acquisition will let Citrix focus its “core priorities around the secure delivery of apps and data.”
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