Availability of VergeOS Small Data Center Edition from VergeIO

VergeIO, Inc. announced the availability of VergeOS Small Data Center (SDC) Edition.

The edition is more than a competitive swap out of VMware Essentials. It is a significant capability upgrade while lowering costs.

Ironically, VMware Essentials is missing the essential capabilities that small data centers need most. With VergeOS SDC, customers get everything included in VMware Essentials plus advanced storage services, live VM migration, advanced layer 2 and layer 3 networking capabilities, and ransomware protection. Finally, unlike VMware Essentials, the VergeOS SDC Edition isn’t limited to 3 servers.

“VMware Essential customers especially are finding they are the “odd-man-out” as Broadcom slashes sales, support, training, and development resources while it absorbs VMware. Today, with VergeOS SDC, Essential customers can switch to a more affordable, easier-to-use platform that uses their existing hardware while improving capabilities and data resilience,” said Yan Ness, CEO.

Two nodes free
VergeIO doesn’t adhere to the complex and expensive practices of charging per CPU, per core, or the amount of storage capacity. It is priced per physical server, regardless of resources.

With the launch of VergeOS, SDC organizations have the opportunity to improve cost savings further. Any customer who participates in a demonstration of the VergeOS before December 15t will receive an offer to buy one node license and get the 2nd free, or buy 2 node licenses and get 2 node licenses free (matching the term of their subscriptions).

Managed migration
The IT team that manages a small data center is often a team of one. To assist these overworked IT professionals, the company is including a white-glove migration service as part of VergeOS SDC. The firm’s customer success team will migrate the organization’s VMs, work with them to verify compatibility, and provide training on how to take full advantage of all the capabilities of VergeOS. The training includes enabling its ransomware-resilient, IOfortify capabilities. Customers can migrate in less than a day, fully enable data protection, and be fully certified for VergeOS operations.

Power to grow
Unlike VMware Essentials, VergeOS SDC can scale well beyond 3 nodes to VergeOS Enterprise, which supports an unlimited of nodes and advanced virtualization capabilities like GPU virtualization support, multi-site management, and a cloud-like recipe engine that can deploy complete workloads with a click of a button.

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