Scale Computing Adds StorageCraft to Alliance Program

Scale
Computing, Inc., developers of HC3, an
hyperconverged solution built for SMBs that combines
servers, storage and virtualization into a single system, announced an alliance
with StorageCraft Technology Corporation,
a software company focused on backup, DR, system migration and
data protection solutions.

StorageCraft joins Scale Computing’s growing
alliance program as a Technology Alliance Partner and becomes one of the newest
application providers in Scale Computing’s HC3 ecosystem.

"StorageCraft shares our vision of
providing products that are not only easy to use and manage, but that provide
real value to IT administrators at midsize companies," said Patrick
Conte, EVP and GM of WW field operations for Scale Computing. "As we continue to build and expand HC3
ecosystem of top application providers that our VARs and customers can trust,
StorageCraft’s solutions fulfill a high demand by HC3 customers to migrate
physical machines to virtual ones not only with minimal downtime, but also
extreme simplicity."

StorageCraft ShadowProtect IT Edition
provides a solution for physical to virtual migration – a
companion product to HC3. The architecture of
ShadowProtect IT Edition aligns with the deployment of the HC3 cluster,
providing minimal downtime to migrate data from older physical machines to new
VMs provisioned on HC3.

An immediate benefit of the Scale Computing
and StorageCraft partnership is that StorageCraft will give Scale Computing
partners a 30% discount on a two-week subscription of ShadowProtect IT Edition,
delivering a migration tool supporting an unlimited number of physical to
virtual migrations of Windows systems during the subscription period. Scale
Computing will provide its partners with a discount code to enable purchase of a ShadowProtect IT Edition subscription via the
StorageCraft web store.

"HC3
is opening an entirely new market of midsize companies who couldn’t afford the
costs and complexities of traditional virtualization deployment," said
Curt James, VP marketing and business development at StorageCraft. "More
and more SMBs are moving to virtualization through the opportunity Scale
Computing provides with HC3. By adding StorageCraft ShadowProtect IT Edition to
the mix, it’s easy to tackle P2V migrations, and there’s no limit to the number
of systems you can migrate during the subscription period." 

Scale Computing has transformed their
affordable scale-out storage cluster into a hyperconverged solution that
combines servers, storage, and virtualization into a product
that delivers virtualized infrastructure-as-an-appliance. With no
virtualization software to license and no external storage to buy, HC3 lowers
out of pocket costs by as much as 75% and simplifies the
infrastructure needed to keep applications running. HC3 makes the deployment
and management of an available and scalable infrastructure as easy to
manage as a single server. HC3 removes all of the complexity of managing a
virtualized environment, eases the challenges of working with multiple vendors,
and enables IT departments to actually focus their time on the applications.

For first-time virtualizers and small IT departments, a complete 3-node HC3
cluster capable of 15-30 virtual workloads starts at under $25,500 and
includes all necessary servers, storage and virtualization, along with 24×7 support. StorageCraft is now offering ShadowProtect IT Edition at an
exclusive discounted MSRP to Scale Computing customers upon the purchase of
HC3 through December 31, 2013.