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Nexenta to Showcase Latest Software-Defined Storage Solutions at Dell World

SANTA CLARA, California – December  10, 2013 - Nexenta (@Nexenta), the global leader of Software-Defined Storage (SDS) (#softwaredefinedstorage) solutions, today announced it will showcase its enterprise class, hardware-independent storage software at the Dell World IT Conference (@Dell) in Austin, TX, December 11 - 13, Kiosk #1E2B.

Dell World is the premier IT event for professionals looking to find out new trends, exchange ideas or learn how Dell is evolving to deliver solutions for the future.

Nexenta will have demos of its enterprise storage software, NexentaStor™, as well as its VDI technology, Nexenta VSA for VMware  Horizon View™, available at the kiosk.

“Our partnership with Dell allows Nexenta customers to take advantage of Dell’s leadership in customer service, technology and innovation from the data center to end user solutions while leveraging Nexenta’s industry-leading Software-Defined Storage solutions. Our joint solutions are delivering optimized performance and scalability in cloud hosting environments and changing the economics of storage across the enterprise landscape. ” stated Tarkan Maner, Chairman and CEO of Nexenta.

“Dell’s customers and channel partners are realizing tremendous value from our innovative data center infrastructure solutions coupled with targeted technology and solution partnerships.  We are committed to extending Dell’s market leadership in storage and data center infrastructure and providing our customers with end-to-end enterprise solutions,” said Alan Atkinson, Vice President and General Manager, Dell Storage.  “Nexenta is one of our key partners in the Software Defined Storage solution space to deliver the best value to our customers and partners.”

With increasing demand for flexible storage capabilities, Nexenta’s solutions provide the scalable infrastructure needed to extend storage capacities. Software-Defined Storage offers the ability to keep up with the innovation in both hardware and software that is necessary given today’s IT challenges.

Nexenta is a sponsor of the hugely popular grassroots #vBBQ Tuesday night at 7:30pm at the SaltLick in Driftwood, TX.  Nexenta is also hosting a VIP cocktail party for customers and partners on Thursday, December 12 from 5:30-8:30pm at the Four Seasons.

Nexenta to Discuss Software-Defined Storage Trends and Myths
at Enterprise 451 Storage Summit

SANTA CLARA, California – November 26, 2013 - Nexenta (@Nexenta), the global leader of Software-Defined Storage (SDS) (#softwaredefinedstorage) solutions, today announced that Tarkan Maner, Nexenta CEO, will host an executive round table, as well as join a panel discussion, at the Enterprise 451 Storage Executive Summit in New York City on December 2, 2013 at the JW Marriott Essex House.

Enterprise 451 events are exclusive summits providing a 360° perspective for the enterprise IT decision maker. The focus of this one-day Summit is “Modernizing the Storage Infrastructure”.

Mr. Maner will host a round table on ‘The Drive for Better Storage Economics’  from 9:50 – 10:30am on the 2^nd floor in the Tivoli West Room, discussing why the current storage model is unsustainable based on escalating costs, flat IT budgets and data center limitations. Maner will show organizations how to dramatically reduce their storage spend while simultaneously gaining a highly scalable, feature rich storage platform.

Mr. Maner will also be joining a panel discussion from 5:05 – 5:45pm in the Petit Salon.  The focus of the panel will be on “Leading Disruptive Trends in Storage and Success Stories from Enterprise End-Users .” Other panelists include Sara O'Neill, Global Head of Distributed and Mainframe Storage, BNY Mellon (@bnymellon), Darrell Westbury, Regional Director of Storage Operations, Credit Suisse (@creditsuisse) and Doug Soltesz, VP and CIO of Budd Van Lines (@BuddVanLines).

“Software-Defined Storage is on the minds of IT leaders.” states Tarkan Maner, CEO Nexenta, “SDS can reduce storage spend as well as deliver tangible, quantified business benefit as an alternative to the current approach in the face of data center optimization and consolidation. ”

"Software-defined storage is still an emerging term in the industry, but we believe it has the potential to make a significant impact on enterprise storage infrastructure through its ability to enable high-value software to run on commodity hardware,” states Simon Robinson, Research VP - Storage of The451Group, “This has been Nexenta's model from day 1, and as a visionary in the space, I look forward to them participating in the discussion at our summit.”

Nexenta to Extend its Industry Leadership in Software-Defined Storage via Strategic Collaboration around CloudStack Solutions

Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Santa Clara, CA USA, 20 November 2013—Nexenta (@Nexenta), the global leader in Software-Defined Storage (SDS) (#softwaredefinedstorage) today announced a collaboration with Opscode^® Enterprise Chef™ to help CloudStack customers provision and automate their storage, creating the Software-Defined Data Center of the future. The solution will be demonstrated at the CloudStack Collaboration Conference in Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam, 20-22 November.

The combination of Opscode Enterprise Chef and Nexenta, which is already installed at leading Netherlands-based IT outsourcer Schuberg Philis (@schubergphilis), helps users configure their entire hybrid cloud application including the compute, network and storage infrastructure all the way through to application delivery. By augmenting CloudStack with Enterprise Chef and Nexenta, customers can guarantee 100 percent functional uptime on their mission critical application infrastructure, bolstered with the right amount of storage.

The integrated Chef code with NexentaStor allows the entire storage systems for primary or secondary CloudStack storage to be tuned and delivered in a consistent reliable way.  This removes the human error from the equation, increasing reliability. Automation of numerous NexentaStor arrays brings software defined storage to the next step in the Software Defined Data Center.

“Chef code can be deployed to tune NexentaStor as needed for each unique group within an organization,” states Ken Cheney, VP of Business Development for Opscode. “This combination presents a unified storage pool to both the CloudStack deployment and any other systems simultaneously via NFS, automating storage resources at the software layer to minimize management.”

Nexenta will demonstrate the solution at the conference.  In addition, Nexenta will present a cloud storage workshop with Schuberg Philis:

Date: 20^th November

Time: 4pm for one hour

Topic: Automating storage for the cloud workshop

Speaker: Mike Letschin, Tarkan Maner, Nexenta and Brenn Oosterbaan, Schuberg Philis

Dmitry Yusupov, Co-founder of Nexenta, said, “Having 100 percent uptime is business critical for cloud providers. By combining Opscode and NexentaStor, cloud providers can create a unique, highly flexible hybrid cloud that delivers maximum flexibility and availability and combines the best of storage and networking to create a true Software-Defined Data Center.”

To arrange an interview with Nexenta at Cloudstack contact nexenta@touchdownpr.com.

Nexenta Continues to Grow Global Presence in Software Defined Storage

Sievers Group Gains Nexenta Premium Partner Status

Munich, GERMANY and Santa Clara, CA USA - 7 November 2013 – Nexenta (@Nexenta), the global leader in Software-Defined Storage (#softwaredefinedstorage), today announced that Sievers Group has become a Nexenta Premium Partner. Sievers Group is an IT system house, providing a wide spectrum of innovative IT solutions, ranging from infrastructure and network systems to ERP and telecommunications.

Sievers Group has a strong focus on storage and virtualization (#virtualization), CTI and unified communication, as well as custom-developed logistic products. It also provides a tailored range of solutions for its customers, as well as 24/7 monitoring and support service.

Sievers Group has been one of Nexenta’s partners since early 2013. Due to the increase in demand for openstorage (#openstorage) solutions, the company has now built a certified team of 10 Nexenta storage consultants and created a dedicated division for support and training on OpenStorage products from Nexenta. With offices in Mannheim, Frankfurt, Osnabrück, Hamburg and Dortmund and more than 270 highly-skilled employees, Sievers Group is able to support customers that have reached their capacity and performance limits and are looking for a sustainable storage technology that will grow and evolve with their demands without the need to rip and replace.

Sievers Group provides a wide range of business services for mid to enterprise-sized companies. It has established relationships with key players from various industries such as trade, energy and healthcare. In terms of storage requirements the typical target group ranges from between 5TB to 10PB, with most clients having high demands in both performance and high-availability.

Sievers Group can meet customers' needs with Nexenta’s flagship solution NexentaStor™. NexentaStor eliminates vendor lock-in and provides open, unified storage management at a competitive cost. The open source-based solution delivers high-performance, ultra-scalable, cloud- and virtualization-optimized storage.

With increasing demand for flexible storage capabilities, Nexenta’s solutions provide the scalable infrastructure needed to extend storage capacities. Software-Defined Storage offers the ability to keep up with the innovation in both hardware and software that is necessary given today’s IT challenges.

“We needed to provide a solution to our customers which was more sustainable over the average lifecycle compared to other storage solutions. Nexenta fit the bill,” said Knut Seifert, Senior Consultant at Sievers Group. “The reliability and quality of Nexenta coupled with a rich set of features and no vendor lock-in, confirmed our decision to move forward and partner with Nexenta.”

“Sievers Group has had a very successful year with several major NexentaStor deployments in Germany, including deployments with Metro HA Clusters. The Sievers team of Nexenta experts understand the market and how OpenStorage can benefit its customers,” said Jacco van Achterberg, sales director EMEA at Nexenta. “With Nexenta, a strong set of features is included in the base license, providing customers the maximum amount of flexibility within their financial limitations.”