Cloud Computing: New Hyperconvergence Player Promises No Lock-In
February 20, 2015
Grazed from VirtualizationReview. Author: Jeffrey Schwartz.
Another supplier of hyperconvergence has arrived on the scene, hoping to get closer to realizing the promise of the entirely software-defined datacenter (SDDC). Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Springpath has come out of stealth mode, with key financial backers and founders who engineered the VMware SDDC and the company’s widely used file system.
Whether it will rise to prominence remains to be seen, but Springpath’s hyperconverged infrastructure aims to displace traditional OSes, virtual machines (VMs) and application programming models. In addition to the VMware veterans, Springpath is debuting with $34 million in backing from key investors with strong track records…
Among them is Sequoia Capital’s Jim Goetz, whose portfolio has included such names as Palo Alto Networks, Barracuda Networks, Nimble Storage, Jive and WhatsApp. Also contributing to the round are New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and Redpoint Ventures…
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