AutoVirt to Revolutionize Data Migration for Windows in the Mid-Market By VSM News Staff published: Friday, October 10 2008
IT Managers to Reclaim Nights and Weekends.
Nashua, NH (October 14, 2008)
- AutoVirt, Inc., today announced the official launch of the company,
as well as its roadmap to deliver the industry's first fully automated
and transparent data migration solution geared specifically for
networked Windows file systems. In conjunction with the launch of the
company, AutoVirt also announced the successful completion of its
A-round of financing of $4.5 million to date from world-renowned
investors Sigma Partners and Kepha Partners. The funds will be
utilized for product development and preliminary go-to-market
activities.
Historically,
the high-end of the market has enjoyed a choice from a number of
product offerings. However, these data migration products have proven
to be too expensive for mid-range companies to employ. AutoVirt
software will leverage its automated file virtualization technology to
provide mid-range IT Managers with a sophisticated, yet easy to use,
transparent data migration solution. With AutoVirt, these IT Mangers
will no longer have to devote nights and weekends to the tedious job of
migrating data. AutoVirt will offer the ideal solution - an easy to
acquire, deploy, and manage solution at a highly affordable price.
Finally, mid-range IT Managers will have the freedom to focus on more
critical revenue generating activities.
"After
50 years of advancements in commercial IT, why is it that year after
year we still are talking about the same tactical challenges? Data
migration is still a huge problem that everyone has to contend with -
an issue exacerbated by exponential data growth. It is astounding to
me that so few focus on solving this real world problem," said Steve
Duplessie, founder and senior analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group
(ESG). "Hat's off to AutoVirt who is doing just that. Out of the
gate, the AutoVirt solution will help IT managers to overcome one of
their greatest pain-points - Windows data migration."
"For
the first time ever, customers will be able to easily acquire a data
migration solution via an entirely online purchase and deployment
process - with no incremental work, downtime, configurations changes,
or client software agents required. Furthermore, the AutoVirt solution
is out-of-band, thus eliminating the associated cost and complexity of
an in-band approach," said Klavs Landberg, founder and chief technology
officer (CTO), AutoVirt. "With AutoVirt, administrators will be able
to automate one of their most painful, time consuming, and error prone
tasks, effortlessly and with consistent results."
AutoVirt Customer Advisory Board and Early Adopter Program
AutoVirt conducted a study to identify and survey IT management executives with interest in an affordable and easy-to-use data
migration solution. AutoVirt then went on to have in-depth conversations with respondents.
"The
discussions confirmed that data migration has become one of IT
management's biggest headaches," said Diane Clay, vice president of
marketing, AutoVirt. "However, what was more interesting is that this
pain and the interest in a viable solution were so great, that these
customers agreed without hesitation to join our Customer Advisory Board
and potentially, our Early Adopter Program."
"Members
of the Customer Advisory Board have played a key role in helping to
define the requirements of the AutoVirt solution - the first and only
online data migration solution aimed at the rapidly growing
mid-market," Clay continued. "Members of the Early Adopter Program
will have the opportunity to deploy and utilize the software in their
own environments. We were careful not to name this program a ‘Beta
Program' because rather than de-bug our software - which is our job -
these customers will be asked to validate the software's applicability
and effectiveness in solving real problems in real customer
environments."
Customers
interested in learning more about the benefits of joining the AutoVirt
Advisory Board and/or the AutoVirt Early Adopter program should call:
603-546-2927
World-class Management Team with Enviable Depth and Breadth of Experience
Klavs Landberg, Founder and CTO
- A visionary software architect and innovator, Klavs Landberg has
enjoyed over 30 years of successful engineering and product development
experience, with particular expertise in networking, operating, file
systems, and data storage. Prior to founding AutoVirt, Landberg held
senior executive management positions at Sun, Data General/CLARiiON,
Datapoint, Alliant, and Regnecentralen in Denmark. Landberg graduated
from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Diane Clay, Vice President of Marketing
- With over 25 years of successful product marketing and management
experience, Clay brings an enviable breadth and depth of data storage
hardware and software expertise to AutoVirt. Prior to joining the
company, Clay held senior marketing management positions with Revivio,
ProvisionSoft, and EMC, as well as several early-stage leading-edge
technology companies. Clay holds a BSBS from the University of
Missouri - Columbia, and an MBA in Marketing from Clark University's
Graduate School of Management.
Rick Knowles, Vice President of Engineering - Rick Knowles is a
software executive with over 20 years of successful product development
experience. Knowles has significant expertise in Windows, Windows
real-time extensions, Linux, UNIX and several embedded operating
systems. His earlier work included the creation of disruptive security
appliance technology. Knowles has held executive management positions
at AMCC, Predatorwatch, Ardence, and GraphON. He holds a BSEE from
Northeastern University and a MSCS from University of Massachusetts,
Lowell.
About AutoVirt
AutoVirt,
Inc. is the emerging leader in fully automated online data migration
solutions for mid-range Windows environments. AutoVirtTM software will
offer customers a data migration solution that is easy to acquire and
deploy - with no incremental work, downtime, configurations changes, or
client software agents required. Moreover, AutoVirt software will
provide an out-of-band solution that eliminates the associated cost and
added latency of an in-band approach. With AutoVirt, customers have an
easy to acquire, deploy, and manage solution at a highly affordable
price. For further information, please call: 603-546-2900, email:
info@autovirt.com, or visit:
www.autovirt.com.
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