Virtustream Wins 2013 Asigra Cloud-Based Data Recovery Award
Enterprise class cloud provider recognized for delivering comprehensive disaster recovery capabilities in a
public cloud environment
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—July 17, 2013—Virtustream, Inc., the leading enterprise class cloud software
and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) provider, today announced that it has won the award for Best
Public Cloud Backup and Recovery Implementation at the 2013 Asigra Cloud-Based Data Recovery
Awards. Winners were announced at the Asigra Cloud Backup Partner Summit in Toronto on July 9.
“With our continued focus on quality, our service provider partners continue to exemplify the leadership
that only the best can provide,” said David Farajun, chief executive officer at Asigra. “The partners
named in the Asigra 2013 partner awards program showcases partners who have demonstrated their
ability to excel and win in the competitive backup and recovery market. We applaud the winners and
encourage others in our partner ecosystem to showcase their successes as we grow our businesses
together.”
With an extensive global ecosystem of service providers to choose from, Asigra ultimately selected
partners that have continued to demonstrate success in deploying private, public and hybrid cloud
backup services that meet the business needs and requirements of customers. Virtustream’s
advancements in innovation and significant contributions to the cloud-based data recovery market
placed the company on the winner board.
“Partnering with Asigra has enabled us to deliver a top-tier enterprise class cloud backup solution, and
being honored with this award recognizes our industry successes,” said Simon Aspinall, chief of vertical
markets, strategy and marketing for Virtustream. “Given that our target market is enterprises with
stringent business requirements, backup and disaster recovery are critical – and we are proud to have
developed a solution that thoroughly addresses those needs.”
Virtustream partnered with Asigra in April 2013 to enhance its end-to-end data recovery capabilities.
The company’s xStream cloud management software for private, virtual private, public and hybrid
clouds delivers an innovative approach to deploying mission-critical applications in the cloud. Leveraging
Virtustream µVMTM (micro-VM) technology, xStream provides enterprise-grade security and compliance,
multi-tenant efficiency, application performance SLAs and consumption-based charging for both legacy
(SAP, Oracle, Microsoft, etc.) and web-scale applications.
For more information on the Asigra Cloud-Based Data Recovery Awards, please visit:
http://www.asigra.com/blog/congratulations-2013-asigra-cloud-backup-partner-summit-awardwinners.
About Virtustream®
Virtustream is a leading cloud innovator offering enterprise class cloud solutions to enterprises,
governments and service providers. Virtustream enables businesses to move complex production
applications to the cloud – whether private, public or hybrid – while delivering the full economic and
business benefits of the cloud. Virtustream offers xStream, cloud management software for
private/public/hybrid clouds and also offers the Virtustream Cloud which provides secure, high
availability, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) to enterprises. Both xStream and the Virtustream Cloud
deliver secure, cloud efficiency with performance SLAs for mission critical applications (SAP, Oracle,
Microsoft and thousands more). Virtustream’s solutions are backed by professional services to design,
migrate to, and manage clouds.
Virtustream offers these enterprise class cloud solutions worldwide; owns data centers in the U.S. and
EMEA; operates an international Cloud Exchange, SpotCloud®; has offices in San Francisco, Atlanta, New
York, Washington D.C., Toronto, London, Dubai, Saudi Arabia and has partners in Asia and China.
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Media Contacts:
Lisa Desmond
Virtustream, Inc.
(615) 368-7325
lisa.desmond@virtustream.com
Heather Fitzsimmons
Mindshare PR
(650) 800-7160
Heather@mindsharepr.com