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Dell EMC enables organizations to modernize, automate and transform their data center using industry-leading converged infrastructure, servers, storage and data protection technologies. This provides a trusted foundation for businesses to transform IT, through the creation of a hybrid cloud, and transform their business through the creation of cloud-native applications and big data solutions. Dell EMC services its customers – including 98 percent of the Fortune 500 – with the industry’s broadest, most innovative infrastructure portfolio from edge to core to cloud.



Vonage is a leading provider of cloud communications services for business. Vonage transforms the way people work and businesses operate through a portfolio of cloud-based communications solutions that enable internal collaboration among employees, while also keeping companies closely connected with their customers, across any mode of communication, on any device.

INNOVATOR

Oracle’s Dyn is a pioneer in DNS and a leader in cloud-based infrastructure. Dyn's solution is powered by a global network that drives 40 billion traffic optimization decisions daily. Adding Dyn's best-in-class DNS and email services extend the Oracle cloud computing platform and provides enterprise customers with a one-stop shop for IaaS and PaaS.



Pluribus Networks provides fabric networking and analytics solutions that transform existing data center network infrastructures from being rigid, costly and complex, into a foundation for modern digital-centric businesses. Our Virtualization-Centric Fabric provides unprecedented insight, agility and security to create the industry’s only combined SDN and Network Performance Monitoring (NPM) offering for customers seeking to simplify operations, reduce OPEX and introduce applications online more rapidly.

Sophos makes IT security simple. Focused on innovation in next-generation protection, Sophos solutions are simple to deploy, maintain, and manage, enabling organizations to protect and defend their networks, their information, and their people. Sophos — Security made simple.

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Cloudistics delivers superconverged cloud infrastructure to medium and large enterprises with its software-defined application cloud platform, natively converging network, storage, compute, virtualization, and management into a single solution to drive unprecedented simplicity in the datacenter. Customers can start with a base infrastructure and scale to multi-site and multi-geo infrastructures with predictable economics and performance. With proprietary secure virtual networking, elastic storage, and SaaS management, Cloudistics is the blueprint for application-optimized hybrid cloud infrastructures.

 



Nutanix makes infrastructure invisible, elevating IT to focus on the applications and services that power their business. The Nutanix enterprise cloud platform delivers the agility, pay-as-you-grow economics and operational simplicity of the public cloud, without sacrificing the predictability, security and control of on-premises infrastructure. Nutanix solutions leverage web-scale engineering and consumer-grade design to natively converge compute, virtualization and storage into a resilient, software-defined solution that delivers any application at any scale.

RingCentral is the leading provider of cloud-based business communications and collaboration solutions. Easier to manage, more flexible and cost-efficient than legacy, on-premise systems, RingCentral’s cloud solutions meet the needs of distributed and mobile workforces.

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Delphix's mission is to free companies from data friction and accelerate innovation. Fortune 100 companies use the Delphix Dynamic Data Platform to connect, virtualize, secure and manage data in the cloud and in on-premise environments. For more information visit www.delphix.com .

     

            

Extreme Networks delivers software-driven networking solutions that help IT departments everywhere deliver the ultimate business outcome: stronger connections with customers, partners and employees. Wired to wireless, desktop to datacenter, we 'go to the extreme' for our 20,000-plus customers in more than 80 countries, delivering 100% insourced support to organizations large and small.


Zerto provides Resilience for Evolving IT™ by delivering automated, seamless Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery for vSphere, Hyper-V, Azure and AWS. Zerto Virtual Replication delivers critical application availability in the event of a disaster while creating recovery points (RPO) of seconds and recovery times (RTO) of minutes with continuous replication.

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Clearpath Solutions Group helps clients store, protect, and manage their organization’s most valuable asset – information – while increasing their efficiency and decreasing their costs. We are a datacenter and cloud computing integrator, but it is our approach that sets us apart. Rather than serving solely as a reseller, we partner with our clients to create and deliver integrated, results-driven solutions that make sense. Clearpath capitalizes on our knowledge of manufacturer and industry best practices while increasing IT efficiency and agility. All the while, we focus intently on efficient use of capital. 

Ixia provides testing, visibility and security solutions, strengthening applications across physical and virtual networks for enterprises and governments, service providers, and network equipment manufacturers.



                
            



Accelerate software innovation & quality while reducing waste & risk with Nexus Software Supply Chain solutions integrated in your continuous toolchain. www.sonatype.com



        
              

ThousandEyes is a Network Intelligence platform that delivers visibility into every network your organization relies on. Quickly and precisely pinpoint the root cause of problems—and then share your insights with your vendors and customers. Respond to issues before they impact customers, services and revenue - and ensure your business runs smoothly.


 


Whitlock is a video collaboration company that provides strategy, management, technologies and support to the world's largest and most innovative businesses. We believe face-to-face collaboration creates stronger relationships and makes way for both business and personal success. What we give to a customer is the ability to connect, work together and share ideas with each other and the world, with a reliable video experience every time. Whitlock serves customers across the U.S. and worldwide through the Global Presence Alliance.