| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software |
| Founded | 2007[1] |
| Headquarters | Nashua, New Hampshire |
| Key people | Klavs Landberg, CTO & Founder Ed Spies, VP Finance Warren Mead, VP Sales [2] |
| Products | AutoVirt |
| Employees | 40[3] |
| Website | http://www.autovirt.com/ |
AutoVirt is a file virtualization, global namespace, and data migration company. It is based in Nashua, NH.[4]
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Klavs Landberg founded AutoVirt in 2007 to create an automated, transparent data migration solution for Windows environments. Landberg’s vision was to relieve IT professionals of a manual, painful task: migrating unstructured file data, specifically in Windows file sharing environments.[5] Core requirements were that the solution be easy to deploy, with minimal downtime, no configuration changes, and no client software agents.[6]
AutoVirt is backed by venture capital firms Sigma and Kepha partners.[7]
AutoVirt’s first product was a data copy tool called AutoClone, sold briefly in 2009 before AutoVirt renewed its commitment to moving and managing unstructured data behind a Global Namespace. AutoClone offered fast, schedulable data replication, but without the benefits of user-transparent migration that a Global Namespace provides.[8]
In May 2009, AutoVirt released AutoMove – a software platform offering transparent data migration as its core functionality. AutoMove was out-of-band, with no added latency and unlimited bandwidth. Migration was made invisible by AutoVirt’s Global Namespace. In October, AutoMove was re-launched, with expanded functionality, under the name AutoVirt (v3.0).[9] [10]
With v3.5, AutoVirt added data assessment functionality to the AutoVirt platform. AutoVirt v3.5 was launched in February 2011.[11]
Today AutoVirt is sold in three editions – AutoAssess, AutoMigrate, and AutoManage.
AutoVirt is a software product for assessing, migrating, and managing unstructured data stored on NAS devices and Windows file servers. AutoVirt virtualizes access to networked files and provides a data management platform for moving files across storage. Because a file virtualization layer (a Global Namespace) exists between clients and networked file servers, all data movement happens without disruption to the client. Shortcuts, links, and the client browsing experience are preserved. End users access data independently of its location, and administrators move data without disrupting end users.[12]
AutoVirt is out-of-band, meaning that it virtualizes the access path – providing a referral to the appropriate file server – but does not virtualize the data path. Once AutoVirt completes its referral, the client connects directly to storage.
AutoVirt is commonly used to:
AutoVirt interacts with clients and networked file servers using the Common Internet File System (CIFS) protocol.