Microsoft to acquire StorSimple for integrated Cloud storage
- 16 October, 2012 19:06
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To augment its own Azure Cloud service, Microsoft is acquiring StorSimple, a company that provides appliances that back up enterprise data to Cloud storage services. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
"StorSimple's approach of seamless integration of on-premise storage with cloud storage is clearly aligned with our Cloud OS vision," wrote Michael Park, Microsoft corporate vice president in the server and tools division, in a blog post announcing the pending company purchase. StorSimple's products "enable IT organizations to reduce the cost of storing data for backup, [disaster recovery] and archival."
StorSimple's appliances and associated software allow organizations to run hybrid storage systems, an approach called Cloud-integrated Storage (CiS) that combines in-house storage with cloud storage services. StorSimple's service uses both Microsoft's Azure service and third-party cloud providers running VMware's cloud platform. The software is run by either a Web console or with a snap-in to the Microsoft Management Console (MMC).
StorSimple's products have been used across a number of industries, including retail, manufacturing, health care and financial services.
Microsoft did not state when the acquisition would be finalized nor how StorSimple products would be incorporated into Microsoft's own product lines.
Joab Jackson covers enterprise software and general technology breaking news for The IDG News Service. Follow Joab on Twitter at @Joab_Jackson. Joab's e-mail address is Joab_Jackson@idg.com
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