StarWind Software
American computer storage company
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::summary American computer storage company ::
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| Field | Value |
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| name | StarWind Software Inc. |
| logo | [[File:StarWind Logo 2025 New.png]] |
| logo_size | 150px |
| type | Commercial |
| industry | Computer software, Storage virtualization, Software-defined storage |
| foundation | 2008 |
| founder | |
| key_people | Anton Kolomyeytsev (Organizational founder), Dave Zabrowski (CEO) |
| location_city | Beverly, Massachusetts{{cite web |
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| location_country | U.S. |
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| name = StarWind Software Inc. | logo = [[File:StarWind Logo 2025 New.png]] | logo_size = 150px | type = Commercial | industry = Computer software, Storage virtualization, Software-defined storage | foundation = 2008 | founder = | key_people = Anton Kolomyeytsev (Organizational founder), Dave Zabrowski (CEO) | location_city = Beverly, Massachusetts{{cite web|url= https://www.crn.com/slide-shows/data-center/gartner-s-top-10-hyperconverged-hci-software-market-leaders/9 |title=Gartner's Top 10 Hyperconverged (HCI) Software Market Leaders |website=CRN |date=December 16, 2020 |access-date=April 9, 2021}} | location_country = U.S. | homepage =
StarWind Software, Inc. is a software and hardware appliance company based in Beverly, Massachusetts
History
StarWind Software began in 2008 as a spin-off from Rocket Division Software, Ltd. (founded in 2003), with a round A of investment from venture capital firm ABRT.{{Cite web |url = http://www.ewdn.com/2014/05/08/far-from-politics-russian-money-still-fuels-us-startups/ |title = Far from politics, Russian money still fuels US startups |author = Adrien Henni |work = East-West Digital News |url = http://www.infoworld.com/article/2632952/virtualization/starwind-provides-two-free-virtualization-solutions.html |title = StarWind provides two free virtualization solutions |author = David Marshall |work = InfoWorld |date = 5 June 2009 |url = http://www.infostor.com/index/blogs_new/dave_simpson_storage/blogs/infostor/dave_simpson_storage/post987_6202480.html |title = StarWind offers free iSCSI software |author = Dave Simpson |work = Infostor |date = 21 May 2024 |url = https://www.itprotoday.com/server-virtualization/converting-hyper-v-vms-vmware |title = Converting Hyper-V VMs to VMware |author = Rod Trent |work = IT Pro Today |date = 2 June 2014 |url = http://www.datacenterjournal.com/diy-converged-server-software-defined-storage-budget-lenovo-ts140 |title = DIY converged server software defined storage on a budget |author = Greg Schulz |work = Data Center Journal
In 2013, hard drive manufacturer Western Digital began integrating StarWind's iSCSI engine with some of the company's Network Attached Storage (NAS) appliances.{{cite web |url = https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/25/review_wd_sentinel_dx4000/ |title = Western Digital Sentinel DX4000 |author = Trevor Pott |work = The Register |date=April 25, 2013 |access-date=April 9, 2021
In February 2020, StarWind's Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) software StarWind VSAN set performance benchmarks for off the shelf commodity hardware. In December, StarWind was named to Gartner's Magic Quadrant for HCI software.
In March 2022, the Wall Street Journal reported how the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine was affecting technology firms with a significant presence in Ukraine, including StarWind. Once the invasion was imminent, the company helped its employees move out of the country, including relocating 60 of the 180 workers from its Kyiv, Ukraine office to Wroclaw, Poland. The company also reportedly doubled the salaries of employees who enlisted in the Ukrainian army.
In May 2025, StarWind was acquired by DataCore Software.
Products
StarWind develops "standards-based storage virtualization and management software that will run on any x86 platform".{{cite web |url = http://www.informationweek.com/how-to-break-free-from-tier-1-san-vendors/d/d-id/1093724? |title = How To Break Free From Tier 1 SAN Vendors |author = Steve McMurray |work = InformationWeek |date = 29 October 2010 |url = https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/gg441250.aspx?ppud=4 |title = Toolbox: New Products for IT Professionals. |author = Greg Steen |work = Microsoft TechNet |date = 8 September 2016 |url = https://silvertonconsulting.com/blog/2018/09/25/screaming-san-performance/ |title = Screaming IOP performance with StarWind's new NVMeoF software & Optane SSDs |author = Ray Lucchesi |work = Ray on Storage |date = 26 September 2018
References
References
- Zwets, Berry. (2025-05-21). "DataCore completes HCI offering with acquisition of StarWind".
- (February 28, 2020). "StarWind Virtual SAN Software HCI Performance Record".
- (March 20, 2022). "Ukraine Tech Startups Pivot From Software Code to Rescue Plans".
- Zwets, Berry. (2025-05-21). "DataCore completes HCI offering with acquisition of StarWind".
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