Calsoft to Deploy Permabit VDO in Storage Solutions for Software-Defined Data Centers and Storage

Permabit Technology Corporation, open source data reduction experts, and Calsoft Pvt. Ltd., an IT services company specializing in storage, networking, virtualization and cloud business verticals have entered into a reseller agreement for Permabit VDO.

The agreement will enable Calsoft to deliver data reduction solutions via their consulting and systems integration services for storage and cloud solutions.

Calsoft will deploy Permabit VDO in its storage solutions for software-defined data centers and storage in addition to cloud solutions for public, private and hybrid clouds.

“We selected Permabit because it is a solid data reduction offering that spans OEM and ODM deployments in Linux. Permabit data reduction complements our existing efforts in storage, cloud development and integration services,” said Anupam Bhide, CEO, Calsoft.  “With Permabit VDO we will be able to deploy across Red Hat, Ubuntu and CentOS based solutions enabling our clients to optimize data center efficiency, increasing data density while avoiding costly expansion.“

Permabit announced the latest release of its Virtual Data Optimizer (VDO) software, VDO 6 – a modular data reduction solution available for the Linux block storage stack.  It delivers the company’s patented deduplication, HIO/s compression and thin provisioning in a commercial software package for Linux for enterprise hybrid cloud data centers and cloud service providers.

“Calsoft excels in software development and the delivery of integration services for complex data center storage and cloud solutions,” said Tom Cook, Permabit CEO and president. “We are thrilled to welcome Calsoft to Permabit’s reseller network and are fully committed to their success.“