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Scale Computing Scales Up With Linux KVM Servers
05.16.2013: ServerWatch: Scale Computing is scaling up its server business with a new HC3x server. The new HC3x expands on the initial HC3 servers with increased scale and scaleperformance. The HC3x starts off with a 3-node system with each node powered by a 6-core Intel Xeon E5 2400 and packed with 64 GB of memory.
Channel discovers scale-out architecture allies in SMB storage space
01.21.2013: Tech Target: The scale-out network-attached storage (NAS) market aims for a best-of-both-worlds approach: Combine scalability previously reserved for storage-area networks with a file server's strength in managing unstructured data.
iSCSI storage system innovation coming from SMB products
01.02.2013: TechTarget: A lot of the innovation in iSCSI storage systems is coming from midrange iSCSI vendors. We list some key points to help you determine if iSCSI is a fit for your organization.
EMC’s Storage Strategy
01.02.2013: Network Computing: The first monkey wrench is the rise in non-structured data (that is, data that doesn't reside in a relational database). The basic label for this category is big data, but the category also covers use cases such as online archiving and other data-driven intelligence applications. The requirements around this category include simplicity, low cost and high capacity.
Extreme makeover, legacy technology edition
01.02.2013: ZD Net: If you were to design an IT infrastructure from scratch would it look like anything you have today? 'No freaking way,' says a leading virtualization proponent.
Scale Computing HC3 solves school district’s virtualization problems
01.02.2013: TechTarget: When California-based Standard School District found that its aging hardware could no longer support its VMware environment, choosing a Scale Computing HC3 "storage in a box" was a simple solution.
Scale Computing wary of EMC’s ‘VMware trap’
12.03.2012: TechTarget: Scale Computing will use the $12 million funding round it recently closed to market its HC3 “hyper-converged” platform that combines storage, virtualization and networking. That marketing job includes explaining why the startup chose to use Red Hat’s KVM as the embedded hypervisor instead of VMware.
Non-IT sees cloud computing advantages, drives adoption
12.03.2012: TechTarget: Cloud computing is here, and enterprises are increasingly taking advantage of the limitless pool of offsite resources it provides. With few exceptions, though, IT isn't really leading the charge -- even though it should be.
Scale Computing CTO: Big Data demands scale-out storage
11.05.2012: TechWorld: By tightly integrating storage and virtualisation, midmarket companies can ensure high availability for their applications
Scale Computing Banks $12M for Midrange Converged Systems
10.24.2012: InfoStor: Indianapolis-based Scale Computing, a small to midsized business (SMB) storage specialist, announced today that it had raised $12 million in a Series D round of funding. Heron Capital Venture Fund led the round, which included newcomer Reservoir Venture Partners and several existing investors.
Scale Computing Weighs in on Convergence Market With $12M Series D
10.24.2012: Dow Jones: Investors have plowed $12 million in Series D funding into Scale Computing , betting that data centers will continue their early embrace of converged storage and computing,
Scale Computing Attracts More Investment
10.24.2012: Inside Indiana Business: Indianapolis-based Scale Computing has secured another $12 million in venture capital. The IT infrastructure company says the funding round has been led by Heron Capital Venture Fund in Indianapolis. It has also attracted Ohio-based Reservoir Venture Partners as a new investor.
Venture capital deals
10.24.2012: CNN Money: Scale Computing, an Indianapolis-based provider of IT infrastructure solutions for small and mid-sized organizations, has raised $12 million in Series D funding. Heron Capital Venture Fund led the round, and was joined by Reservoir Venture Partners and return backers Allos Ventures, CID Equity Capital, Spring Mill Venture Fund, Northgate Capital, Benchmark Capital Partners and Scale Venture Partners.
Scale Computing lands $12 million in VC funding
10.24.2012: IBJ: Scale Computing, a maker of data-storage devices that recently launched a “datacenter in a box,” has landed another $12 million in venture funding.
Scale Computing Gets $12M Funding To Develop Hyperconverged Solutions
10.24.2012: CRN: Scale Computing on Tuesday said it closed a new round of funding for $12 million to help it continue developing hyperconverged infrastructure, or "datacenter-in-a-box," offerings that integrate server, storage, networking and hypervisor into a single managed system.
Data Storage Company, Scale Computing, Raises $12M Series D Led By Heron Capital To Grow Its Datacen
10.24.2012: TechCrunch: Data storage company Scale Computing, which provides clustered storage infrastructure for small and medium-sized companies, has closed a $12 million Series D funding round, led by Heron Capital Venture Fund. Reservoir Venture Partners also contributed to this round as a new investor, joining existing investors — including: Allos Ventures, CID Equity Capital, Spring Mill Venture Fund, Northgate Capital, Benchmark Capital Partners and Scale Venture Partners.
Scale Computing promises SMBs a low cost way into virtualisation
10.17.2012: IT Pro: Scale-out storage vendor claims new product bundle will help firms save money on virtualisation projects.
Storage systems get supersized
10.12.2012: Computerworld: Storage systems are becoming storage computers as vendors push functionality downstream.
The Hyperconverged Infrastructure
09.10.2012: Network Computing: One of the biggest trends in the data center during the past two or three years has been the emergence of integrated stacks that combine compute platforms, storage and networking into a complete system. Customers like the idea of an integrated stack, as it eliminates finger pointing when something goes wrong and reduces implementation time.
VMworld to focus on SME products
09.05.2012: TechWorld: Businesses with less than 1,000 employees get special attention next week at VMware's VMworld conference in San Francisco where
Virtualized Infrastructure As An Appliance From Scale Computing
09.04.2012: The DataCenter Journal: Scale Computing, a clustered storage vendor has announced upgrades to its storage cluster which now includes compute resources and delivers easier management and allocation of storage and memory along with reduction in costs. These compute resources are dedicated to apps and a hypervisor component. The new HC3 update is being promoted as infrastructure in a box. The company states that this appliance can do away with the need to buy shared storage, virtualization software and external servers. This also reduces the complexity of the virtualization ecosystem. The HC3 also has a virtualization tab which can be found in the management console.
Scale Computing turns storage cluster into virtual data center in a box with HC3
09.04.2012: eChannelLine: Indianapolis-based Scale Computing, which has been making clustered storage solutions for the virtualization and archiving needs of the SME space, is announcing it is broadening its footprint in the datacenter with HC³. HC³ integrates Scale's storage with servers and virtualization into a single cluster for applications.
Scale Computing HC3 – Converged Infrastructure For Everybody!
09.04.2012: Stephen Foskett - Pack Rat: “Convergence” is a hot topic today but, like so many buzzwords, the term takes on many different meanings. But let’s consider converged infrastructure for a moment – systems that seamlessly combine server and storage. A variety of offerings can be called “converged”, from “stacks” of equipment curated by major vendors and resellers to integrated boxes with everything inside. Scale Computing is the latest company to join the ranks of the latter, introducing a “hyper-converged” solution combining a server hypervisor and scale-out storage software in a simple 1U chassis.
Scale Computing debuts a converged system
09.04.2012: InformationWeek: Scale Computing is introducing a new mid-range storage system which converges servers, virtualization, networking, and storage. HC3 consists of purpose-built servers and storage nodes, as well as virtualization software and virtual 1-Gbps and 10-Gbps Ethernet network adapters for connectivity. They support Windows Server or Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Datacenter in a box for SMB/SME
09.04.2012: Juku: Scale Computing just announced their new software upgrade to ICOS that brings server virtualization capabilities to their scale out storage. (yes, you read it right, it’ll be available to existing customers too).
Scale Computing weighs in with converged storage, compute, VM cluster
09.04.2012: TechTarget: Launched at VMworld 2012 here, HC3 runs in clusters of three or more nodes. Each node includes Red Hat Inc.'s KVM hypervisor built in; no additional virtual machine licenses are required. With the HC3, Scale is targeting midsize companies with small IT staffs, according to CEO Jeff Ready.
HC3: Simple Integrated Solution for the SMB
09.04.2012: Wahl Network: I’ve been witness to a number of converged infrastructure systems at the large corporate and enterprise scale environments. These solutions are typically quite robust in nature, requiring a number of disciplines to implement and maintain. You’ll most likely need a background in a variety of areas, such as blades, SAN, virtualization, and route / switch networking in order to be successful with a deployment. A larger corporation or enterprise scale environment will have these skill sets on staff, or have a means to provide them on an ad-hoc basis (via consultants or contract employment).
Scale Computing – HC3 Product Launch
09.04.2012: Virtual Bill: Scale Computing… the company with a name that never really made sense… until today. You see, Scale Computing began in 2007 as a storage company. Their most recent product lines, the M Series and S Series products, utilized GPFS (licensed through IBM) to provide a clustered filesystem for data consumption. Need more space… just add a new node and let the cluster work its magic. Combine the simplicity of the cluster file system with the creation of a highly usable web-based management utility, and you get a simple and powerful storage system.
HC3 the Datacenter-in-a-box
09.04.2012: InfoWorld: Clustered storage vendor Scale Computing today upgraded its scale-out storage cluster to include compute resources dedicated to applications and a hypervisor component that allows storage and memory to be easily managed and allocated.
Storage Start-Ups Find Inspiration in Old-School Mainframes
09.04.2012: Wall Street Journal: Scale Computing will sell an appliance as of Monday that combines a server and a storage system in a single box, taking data centers of the future in a direction which seems oddly like the mainframe past.
Scale Computing releases Datacenter-in-a-box
09.04.2012: ComputerWorld: Scale Computing calls its new HC3 appliance "infrastructure-in-a-box," saying it eliminates the need to buy virtualization software, external servers and shared storage. That can mean significant reductions in both costs and complexity.
The Dynamics of Scaling out Storage
08.05.2011: CTO Edge: Some might argue that the shift to scale-out storage is an event that is long overdue.
Scale-Out Storage Provides Performance Edge As Capacity Increases
07.25.2011: CRN: An article on the topis of scale-out storage written by Joseph F. Kovar, CRN.
Scale Plays for HP Storage Resellers with Free Training and Financial Incentives
06.29.2011: IT Channel Planet: All partners receive technical training on deploying and managing its storage solutions.
Scale Computing reworks partner program to add powerful marketing punch
05.26.2011: eChannelLine: The changes include an expansion of the program from two to four tiers --- Preferred, Select, Choice and Engaged.
Forbes to Identify America’s Most Promising Companies
04.20.2011: Forbes: Including quotes from Scale Computing CEO, Jeff Ready.
America’s Most Promising Companies: Where Are They Now?
04.20.2011: Forbes: America’s Most Promising Companies class of 2009 came through stronger than ever.
Mays Chemical Deployed 4TB Cluster From Scale Computing
04.04.2011: Storage Newsletter: Selected vs. HP LeftHand and Dell EqualLogic
2011 Partner Program Guide
03.28.2011: CRN: Scale Computing's Partner Program has been rated 5 Stars by CRN
Scale-out storage, the big winner for 2010
02.24.2011: Storage Magazine : Early adopters pave the way for primary storage use and more efficiencies
Is Your Business Taking Over Your Marriage?
02.14.2011: MSNBC.com: How three entrepreneur couples balance romance and the passion for their business
Readers’ Lives - Last tango in Buenos Aires
02.14.2011: ChannelWeb UK: Resellers should pick the battles they have a chance of winning
Is Your Business Taking Over Your Marriage?
02.11.2011: Entrepreneur : How three entrepreneur couples balance romance and the passion for their business
Scale Computing Announces Growth Plans
02.10.2011: Inside Indiana Business: Scale Computing says it plans to triple its work force over the next two years
IBJ 40 Under 40: Jeff Ready
02.07.2011: Indianapolis Business Journal : The serial entrepreneur discusses the evolution of great ideas
A Storage Cheat Sheet for SMB Clients
02.07.2011: ChannelPro: Scale Computing provides valuable ways of describing various storage options
How Jeff Ready succeeds by letting his people make mistakes
02.01.2011: Smart Business: How to help your people grow by giving them responsibility
Dell-EMC Relationship “On The Rocks” After Storage Acquisition
12.13.2010: Forbes: Expert insight from Jeff Ready, CEO of Scale Computing
Dell eyes up Compellent - but what does it mean for the channel?
12.10.2010: ChannelPro: Expert opinion from Jeff Ready, Scale Computing CEO
Compellent VARs raise Dell merger fears
12.10.2010: ChannelWeb UK: Scale CEO Jeff Ready Offers Insight
Dell Makes $876M offer to buy Compellent to Expand Storage Business
12.09.2010: eWeek: Scale Computing CEO Offers Expert Insight
Data Storage Company Scale Computing Raises $17 Million Series C
11.24.2010: TechCrunch: Scale Computing's latest round of funding brings the total raised for the company to $31 million.
Storage Funding Marches On: $17M for Scale Computing
11.24.2010: GigaOM : Clustered file system startup Scale Computing has closed a $17 million Series C round.
Scale Computing scores $17M in venture capital
11.24.2010: Indianapolis Business Journal: Scale Computing has landed $17 million from a California venture fund to help fuel its expansion plans.
Scale Computing Receives Big Investment
11.24.2010: Inside Indiana Business: Scale Computing raises $31 million in the last 18 months.
Scale Computing Raises $17M to Sell Storage One Terabyte at a Time
11.24.2010: New York Times: Scale Computing raises $17 million in its third round of funding to triple its staff over the next three years.
Indiana’s jobless rate drops to 9.9% in October
11.24.2010: Indianapolis Star: Scale Computing has raised $31 million in venture capital during 18 months of fundraising.
Scale Computing raises $17M to sell storage one terabyte at a time
11.24.2010: VentureBeat: Scale Computing raises $17 million in its third round of funding to triple its staff over the next three years.
Scale Computing signs on with Ingram Micro to push into SMB storage space
11.22.2010: eChannelLine: Scale Computing has broadened the channel by signing a distribution deal with Ingram Micro.
Ingram Micro to Distribute Scale Computing StorageNodes
11.17.2010: ChannelPro: A new distribution agreement makes Scale’s midmarket storage solutions available to partners in the channel
Ingram Adds Scale Computing’s SMB, Midmarket Storage Solutions
11.16.2010: IT Channel Planet: Ingram Micro Inc. said that it has signed a distribution agreement with fledgling Scale Computing
12 Cloud-Friendly Products For Virtualized Environments
10.28.2010: CRN: Scale Computing: Scalable Storage Clusters
Data Storage Growth Trends that Benefit the Channel
10.27.2010: Channel Insider: With so many solutions available to resell – how do you choose?
UK service providers biding time on vCloud Director
09.30.2010: SearchVirtualDataCentre: VMware's new vCloud Director appears ideally designed for the service provider.
Scale Computing aims clustered storage at SMEs
09.21.2010: Channel Pro: IBM licensed tech to offer lower cost alternative for channel
Scale brings its modular storage to the UK
09.20.2010: TechWorld
: Signs first customer with City of London deal
The Long March Toward Unified Storage
09.09.2010: CTOEdge: A unified approach to data storage is long overdue
Scale Computing: Scale-Out Storage For SMEs
09.08.2010: Network Computing: There's been plenty of talk about scale-out storage,
Scale Computing JBOD Clustered Storage at $2,500 per 500GB Node for SMBs
09.07.2010: Storage Newsletter : To displace EquaLogic, Nexsan and Promise
Scale Computing launches clustered multiprotocol storage system with iSCSI, NAS
09.02.2010: Search SMB Storage: A clustered multiprotocol storage system for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs)
VMworld: Scale Computing Ships ‘JBOD Killer’ for SMBs
09.02.2010: Enterprise Storage Forum: Scale Computing has taken its unified SAN/NAS storage cluster downstream with a new, entry-level storage cluster.
2010 Storage Superstars
07.13.2010: CRN : Some of the smartest people on the planet, these visionaries live and breathe storage.
10 Hot Emerging Vendors For July 2010
07.12.2010: CnannelWeb: A first look at 10 hot new IT vendors that are exploding onto the scene.
A balancing act
07.06.2010: BtoB Magazine: There’s a fine line between providing detailed specifications and information and technology overload.
Avoiding Second Startup Syndrome
06.22.2010: ReadWriteWeb: Jeff Ready says it's just as important for entrepreneurs to learn from their successes as well.
Virtualization: 10 Essential Questions to Ask Before You Upgrade a Storage System
06.07.2010: eWeek: Slideshow: 10 Essential Questions to Ask Before You Upgrade a Storage System
Citrix University eLabs Chooses Scale Computing
05.21.2010: StorageNewletter: Scale’s storage solutions deployed as primary storage solution for Citrix University eLabs program.
MarketLive Uses Scale Computing Clustered Storage
05.19.2010: StorageNewletter: Other solutions, like EMC, were tossed out of the running because of their cost.
Tiered storage alive and well, even for NetApp customers
05.17.2010: SearchStorage.com: MarketLive manages tier 2 storage with Scale Computing
Bell Data to Distribute Scale Computing
03.19.2010: StorageNewsletter: Scale Computing has signed an agreement with BELL DATA, Inc., a storage solution provider in Japan.
Scale Computing to Enter Japanese Market
03.16.2010: Inside Indiana Business: Scale Computing has signed an agreement with BELL DATA Inc.
Scale Computing Raises $9M in Second Round Led by Benchmark
03.09.2010: New York Times: Scale Computing raised $9 million in a second round led by Benchmark Capital.
Scale Computing lands $9M in venture funds
03.09.2010: Indianapolis Star: Scale Computing announced Monday it has received $9 million of venture funding.
Scale Computing lands $9M from Silicon Valley venture firm
03.09.2010: Indianapolis Business Journal: Scale Computing announces a $9 million investment from Silicon Valley venture firm Benchmark Capital.
VAD Promark Distributes Scale Computing
02.23.2010: StorageNewsletter: Promark and Scale Computing announce a new distribution relationship
Scale Computing Achieves VMware Ready Status
02.10.2010: StorageNewsletter: Scale Computing announces that fourteen of its storage solutions have achieved VMware Ready' status.
Scale Computing succeeds quickly after co-founder moves it to Indiana
02.08.2010: Indianapolis Business Journal: Not even a year has passed since Scale Computing launched its first product
Scale Computing Line of Products Achieves VMware Ready Status
02.02.2010: InfoStor: Fourteen of Scale's storage solutions have achieved VMware Ready status
GEO Foundation cuts desktop costs by $60K
01.27.2010: NetworkWorld: GEO worked with Scale Computing Inc. for more scalable storage depending on future needs of the schools.
Citrix and Scale Computing Chosen by Indiana Charter School
01.21.2010: StorageNewsletter: GEO Foundation cuts storage costs by nearly 50%.
Computer system overhaul yields $60,000 savings in one month
01.13.2010: School CIO: The GEO Foundation turned to Scale Computing's Intelligent Clustered StorageT (ICS) technology
GEO Foundation cuts desktop costs by $60K
01.12.2010: IT World Canada: GEO Foundation estimates it will cost a mere US$18,000 to upgrade its desktops during a five-year period.
Charter School Organization Virtualizes Infrastructure
01.12.2010: The T.H.E. Journal: Implementation of Citrix Systems and Scale Computing generates $60,000 in savings in the first month.
BEST PRACTICES: Classroom in the Cloud
01.12.2010: Scholastic Administrator: Citrix and Scale Computing coordinate to make one-to-one classroom computing much cheaper.
Indiana charter schools save big with virtualization
01.12.2010: ZDnet: The GEO Foundation, the major supporter of charter schools in Indiana (as well as Colorado) announced today
Products of the Week
01.06.2010: NetworkWorld: Our round-up of intriguing new products from Symantec, HP, IBM and Scale Computing among others
Scale Computing Selected as Channel Insider’s Innovator of the Year
12.21.2009: Channel Insider: Selected by Channel Insider's editorial team, members of the Channel Insider Alliance and industry experts.
Where is Dell Leaving its Channel Partners?
12.15.2009: Channel Insider: As Dell moves upmarket, where does that leave its channel partners?
IBM Teams with Scale to Provide Unified Storage
12.11.2009: IT Business Edge: IBM is well on the way toward unifying SAN and NAS infrastructures through an alliance with Scale Computing.
