JetStream Software: Cross-Cloud Data Management Platform With Cloud Migration

JetStream Software Inc., in cloud software development, launched its next-generation cross-cloud data management platform.

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The platform gives cloud service providers and Fortune 500 enterprise cloud operations a better way to support workload migration, resource elasticity, and BC across multi-cloud and multi-data center infrastructures.

“JetStream has been working closely with cloud and MSPs to help them deliver new and better services, including seamless cloud migration, DRaaS and BC,” said Tom Critser, founder and CEO, “At the same time, our partners have continued to provide the enterprise-grade availability, agility and resilience enterprise customers expect while dramatically reducing their operating costs.“

The market opportunity for cross-cloud solutions is significant: Research and advisory firm Gartner, Inc. has reported that “the Disaster-Recover-as-a-Service market is estimated at approximately $2.01 billion with an expected growth to $3.7 billion through 2021.” ⁽ⁱ⁾ Many cross-cloud operations, such as enterprise hybrid cloud deployment and cloud migration, still require significant professional services, but improvements in cloud-native tools can increase efficiency and productivity.

“Cross-cloud IT operations require new thinking and new technologies for data management,” explains Serge Shats, founder and CTO. “Rather than adapting legacy technologies originally designed for on-premises data management, the JetStream Software platform leverages standard virtualization APIs to provide a unique architecture that delivers the capabilities of the software-defined data center to the cross-cloud world.“

Cross-Cloud Platform
The Cross-Cloud Platform will provide ‘built for the cloud’ data management capability in an all-software, hypervisor-integrated solution for multi-cloud, multi-data center operations. The platform will be designed to complement VMware-based cloud infrastructures offered by VMware Cloud Provider Partners and VMware Cloud on AWS.

• The platform will enable reliable data replication for DR and DR as a service with performance and minimal impact on application performance.

• On-premises data centers will gain cloud elasticity with workload migration to and from CSPs without interruption – all with enterprise-grade performance and availability.

“At OMC, we are always pursuing the most advanced technology to provide the greatest reliability and performance for our customers,” said Yohay Azulay, CEO, OMC, a cloud service provider. “I am particularly impressed that JetStream Software applies VMware’s IO Filter API for data replication because it removes the financial and technical penalties a cloud provider incurs when using legacy snapshot-based applications for backup and DR.“

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Cloud migration: JetStream Migrate
A key component of the Cross-Cloud Platform, JetStream Migrate, is a data replication solution for cloud migration to run as an IO filter in vSphere. It facilitates the live migration of enterprise VMs and their workloads from on-premises data centers to the cloud.

Advantages of product’s architecture include:

• Live migration supported even when data is replicated on a data transport device

• Live migration without snapshots, for better application performance

• Fault tolerant – if interrupted, data replication continues from point of interruption

• Migration prediction – forecasts time required, optimal data transport method

• Support for migration groups, so interdependent VMs migrate together

• Simple, lightweight deployment and management

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“I’ve been running a beta version of the JetStream Migrate software to move VMs between data centers, and beyond the product’s robust capabilities, I’m amazed at the simplicity and ease of use,” said Gary Lamb, CTO and data center architect, AxisFlow. “When you can remove the friction of VM migration from the customer onboarding process, you’ve given a massive boost to a cloud provider’s bottom line.“

Partnerships
The company’s engineering team collaborated with VMware, Inc. on the vSphere API for IO Filter framework, a key technology for the Cross-Cloud Platform. The company continues to partner with VMware to deliver capabilities that will complement VMware’s cloud offerings, including VMware Cloud Provider Partners and VMware Cloud on AWS.

“JetStream Software is addressing important requirements for a seamless cloud computing experience,” said Teri Bruns, VP, partner services, VMware “With a focus on VMware Cloud offerings, JetStream underscores VMware’s support for a vibrant partner ecosystem. JetStream’s established relationship provides VMware Cloud Provider Partners access to a rich set of third-party technologies to draw upon to build powerful solutions for their customers.“

The company is also partnering with innovators in cloud computing, including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Corp. and Red Hat, Inc. The company’s application and infrastructure partners include Dell EMC, part of Dell Technologies, Cisco Technology, Inc., and Hewlett Packard Enterprise LP (HPE).

Technology foundation
The Cross-Cloud Platform benefits from the investment of 200 developer years by the company’s engineering team. A key component of the platform, JetStream Accelerate typically increases virtual computing capacity by 2-3 times and increases application performance 3-5 times. Now featuring cloud-scale deployment and management capabilities, this technology has been deployed in hundreds of data centers worldwide. As a result, cloud architects from global enterprises and CSPs are collaborating with the company to further define product requirements and engage in proof-of-concepts with the company’s Cross-Cloud Platform.

JetStream Migrate is currently in customer beta evaluation and will be available in 2Q18. The technology will be delivered by the company’s CSP partners.

JetStream Accelerate is available for vSphere, Windows Server/Hyper-V and Linux/KVM environments. JetStream Accelerate is sold through channel partners and resellers, including Arrow, SHI, ePlus and others.

^[i] Smarter with Gartner, Gartner Research and Advice for Disaster Recovery, August 31, 2017.

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