SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 18, 2014 – Silver Peak, the leader in accelerating data over distance, today announced that it has been recognized in the CRN Data Center 100 annual list, featuring top technology vendors whose solutions are vital for powering today’s data centers. CRN developed the list to help solution providers navigate the marketplace and identify the top companies and technologies across the data center to best meet their needs as they build solutions for their customers.
Identified by the editorial staff, the vendors featured on this list power, support and protect today’s data center services from data backup tools to virtual data center solutions and cloud hosting services, while boosting efficiency and productivity.
The list honors vendors in five different data center technology categories: Infrastructure, Tools, Virtualization, Service Providers, and Designers and Builders.
Silver Peak is listed among the CRN Infrastructure 20, which recognizes the top data center infrastructure providers. Silver Peak software powers the industry’s highest performance and most-flexible virtual and physical data acceleration products. The software solves network bandwidth, distance and quality challenges that hinder data mobility and application performance over a wide area network, allowing customers to move more data, over longer distances, and in less time.
“The Data Center 100 list recognizes vendors that embrace innovation, efficiency and sustainability, to bring the data center to the next level,” said Robert Faletra, CEO, The Channel Company. “These dynamic companies are led by forward-thinking executives who understand today’s data center environment. We applaud their success and look forward to their continued contributions to this industry.”
“Silver Peak's technology was designed from the ground up for the wide area networking demands of the modern enterprise,” said Damon Ennis, SVP of products for Silver Peak. “Our unsurpassed software performance and flexibility give IT professionals the best choice for optimizing any set of applications over distance, from remote collaboration, to voice and video, and data replication. And as IT managers make the shift to software-defined everything, we're right there with them, offering a robust set of virtual options buyers can choose now or upgrade to at a later date at no extra cost."
Coverage of the Data Center 100 will be featured in the February/March issue of CRN, and online at www.CRN.com.
About Silver Peak
Silver Peak software accelerates data movement between data centers, remote offices and the cloud. Download a free trial at http://marketplace.silver-peak.com.
About the Channel Company
The Channel Company is the channel community's trusted authority for growth and innovation, with established brands including CRN, XChange Events, IPED and SharedVue. For more than three decades, we have leveraged our proven and leading-edge platforms to deliver prescriptive sales and marketing solutions to the technology channel. The Channel Company provides Communication, Recruitment, Engagement, Enablement, Demand Generation and Intelligence services to drive technology partnerships. Learn more at www.thechannelcompany.com.