Whiptail ACCELA Silicon Storage Array – Win One

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Now through December 31, 2012, you can enter to win a free ACCELA Bundle—the high performance solid-state data storage solution from WHIPTAIL.

Benefits of ACCELA

  • Increase Performance—Reports and data analysis in minutes versus hours and/or days.
  • Reduce IT Storage Cost—Cease costly overprovisioning of legacy technology.
  • Scalability—Deploy VDI and server virtualization more broadly without massive capital spend on new hardware.
  • Efficiency—Leave latency behind by removing the physical limitations of HDDs.

The bundle includes

  • 1.5 TB ACCELA Silicon Storage Array
  • 10 Gb Quad Ethernet, or 8 Gb Fibre Channel, or Infiniband
  • 12 months of Monthly Basic Support for 1.5 TB ACCELA Array
  • Cold Spare Kit for 1.5 TB ACCELA Array

How to enter

  • Click here to fill out the entry form.

Solving Virtual Desktop Performance Problems – RKON Case Study

Friday, May 25, 2012

Med3000′s Nick Miller describes how RKON helped solve virtual desktop performance problems related to storage using WHIPTAIL.

Synergy Speak Easy: Thought Leaders in the Community Presenting Hot Topics

Date of Event: Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Join RKON on Wednesday, May 9, for Synergy Speak Easy at BlueStem Brasserie in San Francisco, minutes from the Moscone Center where Citrix Synergy is taking place. This is an opportunity for thought leaders in the community to talk about what is trending in the industry today. An open, ‘un-forum’ format:

  • Lightning-round presentations
  • Rants welcome
  • Un-conference setting
  • After each round, chance for attendees to challenge and debate

This is geek go-time!

Topics

Community HOT Topics provided by speakers around the broad topics of cloud computing, mobile workstyles, desktop virtualization. Released during event.

Where

Bluestem Brasserie
One Yerba Buena Lane, San Francisco CA 94103 (two blocks from Moscone Center)

Register

Click here to register. Attendance is limited.

Sponsors

RES Software: RES Software, the proven leader in dynamic desktop solutions, is driving a transformation in the way today’s organizations manage and reduce the cost of their desktop infrastructure. Designed for physical, server-based computing environments or virtual desktop platforms, RES Software enables IT professionals to centrally manage, automate and deliver secure, personalized, context-aware and less complex desktops for any user. Learn more at www.ressoftware.com.

WhipTail: WhipTail Tech’s flash based storage arrays drastically improve the performance and scalability of virtualized environments such as virtual desktops, virtual servers, databases & email.  With its dramatic performance of 250,000 WRITE IOPS (the key to virtualization) The XLR8r SAN appliance reduces delays related to disk contention & access times- thus lowering the overall TCO by 90% compared to traditional hard disk storage.  Not another caching vendor, not another PCIe card’s just true speed and scalability for the enterprise. Learn more at www.whiptail.com.

Web Seminar: Solid-state Storage Past, Present and Future

Date of Event: Tuesday, April 24, 2012

On Tuesday, April 24, from 1:00-1:30 p.m. CT, WhipTail is hosting a free web seminar that overviews solid-state storage technology, including:

  • How solid-state storage technology has evolved over time
  • Key solid-state characteristics and components
  • How flash technology works
  • Differences between: pure solid-state arrays, solid-state appliances, hybrid HDD/SSD arrays and caching devices

Click here to register.

WhipTail Tech