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VergeIO Makes IT Hills Out of Mountains for SkiBig3

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Company’s VergeOS replaces Hyper-V to enable more scalable and cost-effective data center infrastructure for vacation destination experts

Ann Arbor, Mich, August 22, 2023 — VergeIO, the Ultraconverged Infrastructure (UCI) company, today announced that SkiBig3 has selected the VergeOS platform over VMware and public cloud options for its enhanced data protection and the ability to scale quickly to meet the organization’s continued growth.

SkiBig3 works on behalf of ski resorts in Banff National Park – Banff Sunshine, Lake Louise Ski Resort and Mt. Norquay. With the goal to make the organizing and booking of winter ski vacations to Banff and Lake Louise as easy and stress-free as possible, SkiBig3 vacation planners help visitors find the best ski and stay packages at the most competitive rates through both its website and through its in-house reservation system. To make sure that SkiBig3 is able to build the perfect ski vacation for customers, it means that the IT systems have to work flawlessly.

SkiBig3 was looking to replace its Hyper-V solution with a more scalable and cost-effective data center infrastructure solution. The solution needed to provide enhanced data protection and make the organization more resilient to hardware failures or data loss events like ransomware. The company looked at VMware and the public cloud as potential alternatives but eventually selected VergeIO’s VergeOS because it provided better capabilities and better data resiliency at a lower cost.

VergeOS moves beyond legacy HCI configuration with its ultraconverged infrastructure (UCI), which integrates virtualization, storage, and networking into a single piece of software. This integration provides a high degree of efficiency that enables VergeOS to deliver more performance from existing hardware and a wider range of scale. VergeOS can scale up to meet the needs of the most demanding enterprise and scale down to fit the constraints of the edge.

“VMware is so complex, you must be certified to have a chance of operating it,” said Mitch Matula, IT Manager at SkiBig3. “VergeOS, by comparison, is so easy to use you can figure out most tasks by clicking around in the GUI or going through the self-paced training on the VergeIO website. It is just one package instead of a never-ending list of add-ons.”

SkiBig3 is confident that VergeOS is a platform that will last for years, improve its data resiliency, and help it provide Banff-area visitors with the promised stress-free vacation experience. The goal for this coming year is to add a disaster recovery site, leveraging VergeIO’s global inline deduplication and replication to move data to a remote location.

“Without a system protecting against hardware failures and data loss, SkiBig3 customers’ ability to buy passes and packages could be severely impacted and make the promise of a stress-free experience impossible,” said George Crump, VergeIO CMO. “The benefits of VergeOS to provide complete application availability and data protection over other solutions like VMware and the public cloud was attractive to the SkiBig3 Board and overcome the IT challenges they faced with their Hyper-V environment. Our ability to provide a stress-free solution was a win-win for SkiBig3 and their Banff-area visitors.”

Join SkiBig3 and VergeIO live for an in-depth look at how one of the largest Ski Resorts in Canada is using VergeOS to reduce hardware acquisition costs, improve data resiliency, and simplify IT operations during our webinar “A Customer’s Journey: VMware, Cloud or VergeOS.”

About VergeIO
VergeIO is the Ultraconverged Infrastructure (UCI) company. Unlike hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI), it rotates the traditional IT stack (compute, storage, and networking) into an integrated data center operating system, VergeOS. Its efficiency enables greater workload density on the same hardware with high levels of data resiliency. The result is dramatically lower costs and greatly simplified IT.


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The 4 Hidden Costs of VMware

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? Learn the Hidden Cost of:

1️⃣ Per CPU Pricing: It is worse than you think

2️⃣ VMware’s Inefficiency and Scaling Difficulties

3️⃣ VMware’s Snapshot and Deduplication Shortcomings

4️⃣ Cost of Compromise: Essential Edition Shortcomings

See a live demonstration of VergeOS’ Cost Savings Capabilities. 

Dive Even Deeper

• Learn about “The High Cost of Dedicated Storage“

• Learn about the cost of VMware’s “Essentials” and “Editions” strategy in our blog, “VMware’s Licensing Paywall“

• Test it Yourself: You can try out the full power of VergeOS right now without borrowing hardware. Signup for a test drive, and we will create an instance just for you.

eChannelNews talks to VergeIO CEO, Yan Ness, about IOfortify

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VergeIO, the Ultraconverged Infrastructure (UCI) company, introduced a groundbreaking solution for ransomware protection – IOfortify. This latest innovation combines robust security; unlimited, unchangeable clones; and rapid, complete recovery to fortify data integrity and provide users with true peace of mind. – Julian Lee, President TechnoPlanet

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Creating a Holistic Ransomware Response

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Discover the best practices for protecting and recovering not only your data from a ransomware attack but your entire data center.

In this educational TechTalk, our world-class speakers provided thought leadership on the latest strategies and best practices for protecting your valuable data from ransomware attacks. We delved into the intricacies of ransomware threats and equipped you with the knowledge and tools to improve your organization’s defenses and response strategy.

We also demonstrated the encryption of a Windows virtual machine, showcasing our advanced detection technology and promptly alerting the administrator. Furthermore, we highlighted the speed at which they could recover from the attack, providing a practical demonstration of our efficient recovery process.

Yan Ness: CEO, VergeIO: Before joining VergeIO, Ness was CEO of Online Tech, the Midwest’s Leading Secure, Compliant Enterprise Hosting Company with 7 Data Centers across Michigan and Indiana. His team at Online Tech had to prepare and respond to cyber threats every day. 

Jeff Campbell: Runs VergeIO’s Customer Success team and has first-hand experience helping customers recover from disasters and ransomware attacks. 

George Crump: before joining VergeIO, was an IT Analyst for 15 years and spent five years leading TechTarget’s SearchStorage and SearchDisasterRecovery workshops, training IT professionals worldwide to develop fully functioning disaster recovery plans.

Agenda

Building a Solid Defense Foundation

  • Learn about the vulnerabilities of Virtual Machines (VMs), hypervisors, metadata, backup software, and even network switches.
  • Discover the importance of a hardened operating environment in reducing ransomware threats and vulnerabilities.

Unparalleled Data Resilience

  • Explore the concept of unlimited and unchangeable clones and their role in preserving data integrity.
  • Understand the advantages of clones over snapshots as it pertains to ransomware defense and recovery.

Proactive Detection and Alerting

  • Learn the importance of rapidly detecting ransomware anomalies and empowering you to limit the damage, identify the most appropriate recovery method and take swift action.
  • Learn how to create ransomware honeypots to understand how to improve your resiliency.

Rapid Recovery for Business Continuity

  • Discover how IOfortify enables speedy restoration of systems, virtual machines, and even entire data centers, minimizing downtime and ensuring business continuity.
  • Learn how to recover quickly while maintaining forensic capabilities to understand the “how” of the attack.

Real-life Success Stories

  • Hear from VergeIO customers who have successfully restored their systems to a secure state within minutes.
  • Gain valuable insights from testimonials and case studies, showcasing the effectiveness of IOfortify in real-world scenarios.

IOfortify Product Demonstration

  • Understand the foundation of IOfortify, the ultimate solution for Holistic ransomware protection and recovery.
  • Explore the integration of IOfortify into VergeOS and its key features.
  • See IOfortify in action

Don’t miss this opportunity to gain insights from industry leaders and stay ahead of the constantly evolving ransomware landscape. Register now to secure your spot!

About VergeIO

VergeIO is a leading provider of unltraconverged infrastructure solutions, committed to empowering organizations with robust and reliable technologies. With IOfortify, we redefine ransomware protection by combining state-of-the-art security measures, unlimited clones, and rapid recovery capabilities. Our mission is to equip businesses with the tools and knowledge to fortify their data integrity and ensure peace of mind.

IOfortify Covered by Blocks and Files

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Enterprise or MSP tenants of a VergeIO datacenter run VMs in software-defined hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) combining compute, storage, and networking. VergeIO calls this “ultraconverged” infrastructure. The VergeOS controlling software presents these nodes to tenants and protects the VMs, meaning systems, applications, and files. Immutable clones are made, globally deduplicated and stored, then used as the basis for recovery in the event of ransomware attacks. — Chris Mellor, Editor

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TechTalk: Deep Dive on Virtual Infrastructure File Systems

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Join us for a technical deep dive on virtual storage file system design with our panel of experts:

  • Greg Campbell, VergeIO’s Founder, and CTO
  • Aaron Reid, VergeIO’s SE Director
  • George Crump, VergeIO CMO

The panel will discuss the various design choices that storage software developers make and how those choices impact the capabilities of the storage infrastructure and the entire virtual environment.

We will also provide a live demonstration of the VergeOS storage capabilities, including showing our IOclone functionality and answer your questions in the chat throughout the event.

Key Takeaways

  • The differences between stand-alone All-Flash Arrays, Hyperconverged Infrastructure, and Ultraconverged Infrastructure in their support of virtual infrastructure.
  • The differences between deduplication technologies and how those differences impact performance and scalability
  • The differences between snapshots and clone technologies and which provides the most benefit with the most negligible impact for the modern storage infrastructure.

About our Speakers

Greg Campbell is the founder and CTO of VergeIO. He is the original architect of VergeOS and sets its strategic vision. Before founding VergeIO, he was the Founder and CTO of Codespear, later acquired by Federal Signal Corporation, where he was Chief Architect and Director of Advanced Technology.

Aaron Reid is VergeIO’s SE Director for the US and APAC. Before joining VergeIO, he was a Senior Systems Engineer for Morpheus Data, a multi-cloud management platform. He has over 25 years of experience designing storage solutions to support virtual infrastructures.

George Crump is VergeIO’s, Chief Marketing Officer. Before joining VergeIO, he was Chief Product Strategist at StorONE after spending 14 years as the founder and lead analyst of Storage Switzerland, a storage industry analyst firm.