Lightbits Labs Named to CRN 2021 Software-Defined Data Center 50 List Award recognizes Lightbits and its partner community in delivering market-leading private and edge cloud solution offerings
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June 17, 2021 08:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Lightbits Labs™, the pioneer and leader in NVMe™ over TCP (NVMe/TCP) cloud-native storage, today announced that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Lightbits to its 2021 Software-Defined Data Center 50 list. Propelled by the need for agility and flexibility, enterprise IT organizations are modernizing their data centers by leveraging cloud-native, software-defined solutions that enable automation, resource pooling, and virtualization. The annual list acknowledges technology vendors that partner with solution providers to deliver software-defined solutions that play a critical role in the hybrid cloud and data-driven era.
CRN’s Software-Defined Data Center 50 List recognizes forward-thinking technology providers that seek to nurture, innovate, and grow the data center industry with modern, software-centric technologies. The list is selected by a panel of CRN editors each year, who review companies based on feedback from solution providers in the industry, as well as the strength of the vendors’ technology portfolios, effectiveness, visibility, business and sales influence, and their impact on the channel. Lightbits was chosen as a premier technology supplier based on the strength of the product portfolio it offers through partners, as well as its overall standing in the IT channel.
“We are pleased to have been named to the CRN Software-Defined Data Center 50 List for our achievements in delivering the performance, flexibility, and cost-efficiencies IT organizations need,” said Josh Goldenhar, VP of Product at Lightbits. “CRN has honored Lightbits with various awards, validating our technology innovation in driving digital transformation and meeting the needs of the modern data center.”
“From industry stalwarts to innovative startups, these vendors are transforming the software-defined data center market, partnering with top solution providers to create agile, efficient, cost-effective data center solutions that foster scalable, easy-to-manage IT environments,” said Blaine Raddon, CEO of The Channel Company. “We at The Channel Company congratulate them on their dedication to delivering best-in-class data center products and services to help improve business across the industry. They are truly raising the bar for the modern data center.”
Lightbits LightOS™ provides NVMe-based, software-defined storage that enables easily scalable capacity, enterprise-class data services, flash-optimized efficiency, and independent scaling of compute and storage resources. It runs on commodity storage servers over standard Ethernet networks and requires zero modification to the application servers to achieve lower cost, greater scalability, and better performance than DAS or other software-defined storage solutions based on Ceph or iSCSI. The company is on a mission to democratize hyperscale storage, making these efficiencies available to enterprise IT organizations supporting high-performance databases (both SQL and NoSQL-based), big data analytics, and web-scale environments using either virtual or container-based architectures.
“Congratulations to Lightbits for their continued recognition by CRN and their inclusion on the publication’s Software-Defined Data Center 50 List,” said Alexey Stolyar, Director of Development at International Computer Concepts (ICC). “We have confidence that when we implement LightOS to simplify our customer's cloud infrastructure, accelerate their applications, and scale their capacity in line with the demands of their business that Lightbits can deliver on those promises.”
The Software-Defined Data Center 50 list is featured online at www.CRN.com/SDDC50
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About The Channel Company
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About International Computer Concepts (ICC)
International Computer Concepts (ICC) is a leading provider of IT technology. Since 1993, ICC has been integrating computing systems with the latest hardware and software components to meet the rapidly changing business and IT requirements of its clients. With a focus on technical expertise and delivering energy-efficient and high-performance solutions, ICC uses only the best components available to design and assemble computing systems. Based in Northbrook, Illinois, ICC works closely with clients that include local businesses, multinational corporations, institutions of higher learning, and government agencies to equip them with superb computers.
For more information on International Computer Concepts (ICC), visit http://www.icc-usa.com/.
About Lightbits Labs
Lightbits Labs’ mission is to lead the cloud-native data center transformation by delivering scalable and efficient software defined storage that is easy to consume. Founded in 2016, Lightbits brings the agility of hyperscale storage to private clouds and edge clouds. The company pioneered NVMe/TCP so the solution is easy to deploy at scale, while delivering performance that is similar to local flash. Lightbits Labs is backed by strategic investors including Cisco Investments, Dell Technologies Capital, Intel Capital, and Micron, as well as top investors and VCs including Avigdor Willenz, Lip-Bu Tan, Marius Nacht, SquarePeg Capital, and Celesta Capital.
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Lightbits, Lightbits Labs, LightOS, and Lightbits SuperSSD are trademarks of Lightbits Labs, Ltd.
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