Coresite, RiverMeadow and Violin Form Alliance

CoreSite
Realty
Corporation
a national provider of network-rich data centers announced that it
has formed a strategic channel and product alliance with RiverMeadow
Software
and Violin
Memory
Inc.

RiverMeadow’s product,
enCloud,
is an automated cloud onboarding solution built for carrier and cloud
service provider IaaS platforms. Violin Memory is a provider of fast and scalable flash memory arrays.

By colocating within CoreSite’s
network-centric, high-performance data centers with Violin Memory’s
scalability and capacity for high I/O rates and RiverMeadow’s enCloud
SaaS-based solution, over 275 carriers and cloud service providers
within the CoreSite ecosystem can access and deliver cloud
onboarding, DR, and storage services over their IaaS platforms.

The enCloud software runs an open
standard data-collection process that results in the creation of a
disk image of the server being migrated, whether physically or
virtually. That disk image is automatically converted and can be
deployed into most target cloud stacks including vCloud. The disk
image is saved using a storage device such as Violin’s flash memory
array and can be recovered in the event of a disaster. Because this
solution is deployed using CoreSite’s network-centric computing
platform, the enCloud software and the Violin appliance are
accessible to all carrier and cloud service providers across
CoreSite’s North American data center platform.

"This
strategic channel and product alliance creates value for both cloud
and network service providers as well as their enterprise customers
across CoreSite’s platform,"
said Jarrett Appleby, COO at CoreSite. "Our
customers in the carrier and cloud service provider ecosystems now
have immediate access to value-add, revenue-generating
cloud-migration and flash-storage solutions, enabling our customers
to deliver best-of-breed cloud services to the market.

"Porting
and tuning the enCloud software to run natively on the Violin Memory
appliance can reduce server migration times by as much as 80%
compared to those conducted over typical runtime environments,"
said Mark Shirman, CEO of RiverMeadow Software. "It’s
a compelling combination of connectivity, performance and capability
that gives carriers and cloud service providers three core IaaS
platform services that can be offered to end-user clients."

"We’ve
leveled the playing field and raised the performance bar, providing
customers across CoreSite’s North American data center platform with
a distinct competitive advantage,"
said Don Basile, CEO of Violin Memory. "The
Violin Flash Memory Array technology has been shown to be four times
faster than solid state disk storage I/O solutions and delivers a
higher level of service, availability, and performance at an optimal
price point."

The combined solution is available to vCloud-enabled IaaS partners
and will be
available to CloudStack and OpenStack providers in Q3, 2012.