Lightbits Labs Joins Mirantis Partner Program

Lightbits Labs Ltd  announced they have joined the Mirantis partner program, a provider of open source- based infrastructure services and solutions.

This collaboration brings together 2 industry pioneers to move customers from VMware to a more agile cloud infrastructure with improved performance and cost-efficiency at scale.

This collaboration addresses the increasing adoption of NVMe-oF as a tier-1 storage standard and the continued adoption of software-defined, open-source solutions in modern data centers, reflecting a broader industry shift toward flexibility and hardware-agnostic systems to power modern data centers. Lightbits, as the inventor of NVMe/TCP and the truly hardware-agnostic software-defined block storage solution on the market, is positioned to help Mirantis customers capitalize on these trends.

“We believe Lightbits offers a modernized, software-defined approach to block storage that enhances application performance and improves efficiency while reducing infrastructure complexity and cost,” said Michael Kress, director, partners and alliances, Mirantis. “This collaboration enhances Mirantis‘ commitment to optimize our customers’ cloud environments for scale, performance, resiliency, and efficiency while reducing their dependency on proprietary platforms that make their IT strategy vulnerable to unwanted vendor pricing, policy, and product decisions.“

Mirantis has delivered some of the largest infrastructure as a service (IaaS) clouds on a resilient Kubernetes substrate, serving a third of Fortune 100 companies in telecommunications, technology, e-commerce, and other industries. This collaboration builds on the strengths of both companies, combining the best price/performance and Kubernetes OpenStack integration capabilities of Lightbits enterprise-grade block storage with Mirantis expertise. It is a compelling offering for organizations seeking an alternative to VMware or supporting databases, real-time analytics, and AI/ML workloads.

Enterprises working with Mirantis and Lightbits can achieve:

• More agile IT infrastructure, with the ability to scale service.
• Improved cost-efficiency, eliminating the need for overprovisioning to address unpredictable demand.
• Faster application development pipelines, empowering innovation and competitive advantage.

“Our collaboration with Mirantis represents a significant step forward in delivering next-gen OpenStack for Kubernetes private cloud platforms that deliver effortless scalability and unparalleled performance,” said Kam Eshghi, Co- founder and chief strategy officer, Lightbits. “I am confident that our combined solution will enable enterprises to achieve greater agility, cost-efficiency, and operational simplicity for their modern data centers.“

Enterprise organizations seeking to modernize their IT infrastructure with software-defined, open-source technologies, including Kubernetes and OpenStack, can reduce complexity, enhance flexibility, and optimize performance for mission-critical, cloud-native workloads.