Infinidat

Infinidat Ltd is an Israeli company founded in 2011 that manufactures enterprise-class storage (storage) systems for primary storage and disk backup.

As of May 2020, headquarters and production are located in Israel, equipment is delivered to Russia by air transportation for 3 weeks.

Products

Infinidat products include SHD the main purpose of InfiniBox for a wide range of tasks (business-critical applications,, databases analytics, projects, Big Data HPC, etc.) and disk systems. backup InfiniGuard

Infinidat's software approach uses special data organization logic, artificial intelligence, and algorithmachine training to improve performance by processing an overwhelming number of operations in RAM. Triple redundancy of all key components and the self-healing architecture of the disk subsystem, which can withstand serial failure of more than a hundred disks, allow you to achieve a seven-nine data availability indicator, 99,99999%, Infinidat claims.

All Infinidat solutions include 24x7x365 technical support, storage installation service, and hardware administrator training. Any service call opened to the systems by telephone, email or by automatically notifying the manufacturer directly with equipment is processed by the third level of support, eliminating the problem of escalating critical incidents. In addition, the package includes the service of a dedicated Russian-language technical specialist, whose duties include maintaining the system throughout the warranty period.

History

2021

Appointment of Richard Bradbury as Vice President for EMEA and APJ

On November 3, 2021, Infinidat, an enterprise-class storage solution provider, announced the appointment of Richard Bradbury as vice president of EMEA and APJ. More details here.

Appointment of Phil Bullinger as CEO

On January 11, 2021, Infinidat, a provider of enterprise-class storage solutions, informed TAdviser of the appointment of Phil Bullinger as CEO of the company. More details here.

2020

Receiving additional round of investments

On June 11, 2020, it became known that Infinidat, a provider of multipetabyte storage solutions, announced the receipt of an additional round of investments from existing investors - TPG Growth, Goldman Sachs, Claridge Israel, ION Crossover Partners and Infinidat founder Moshe Yanai (Anoshe) investors, which confirms the commitment of the company. The company also announces the strengthening of the leadership team by appointing Boaz Chalamish as executive chairman.

The funds will be used to implement initiatives such as the growing demand for flexible consumption models in the market, additional steps towards the growth of the company, strengthening of leadership positions in the industry, as well as technical research and product development.

It is becoming increasingly important for IT organizations and managed service providers to remain competitive, exceeding service-level expectations, while effectively managing costs and addressing complex issues in storage environments, "says Tim Millikin, partner at TPG Growth. - We are proud to continue our partnership with Infinidat and welcome Boaz to the leadership team. With extensive experience and the completion of a significant round of funding, Infinidat is ready to meet the rapidly changing needs of customers and position itself as a provider of flexible storage technologies.

The confidence and commitment that investors show to our vision, strategy and implementation process is a sign of recognition of our team's work in creating reliable world-class storage solutions, "said Infinidat CEO Cariel Sandler (Kariel Sandler) and Nir Simon, - We are glad to the beginning of cooperation with Boaz for realization of the strategy focused on customers with expanded support and delivery of control systems of data. We want to assure that we will provide end users with the quality of service, productivity and availability of the system at the highest level in an increasingly information-oriented economy.

The company's storage solutions are designed to manage even the most demanding workloads, and their technical capabilities provided by the customer are very wide. Adhering to high operating standards, the company shipped more than six exabytes around the world, with more than one exabyte deployed in less than six months.

At such a significant moment for the company, Infinidat strengthens the management team with the help of Boaz Chalamish, a recognized industry veteran who joined Infinidat on June eighth as executive chairman.

{{quote 'Customers are increasingly demanding cost-effective, flexible storage solutions with an uncompromising approach to performance, reliability, and scalability, "says Chalamish. - I am particularly pleased to start this journey with Infinidat, as I believe that the company can meet the requirements of end users in the most innovative way in the industry. I will try to contribute to the development of the company in the next stage of sustainable profitable growth. }}

Infinidat also announces promotions to the management team - Catherine Vlaeminck has been appointed vice president of global marketing; Dan Shprung becomes Executive Vice President for EMEA and APJ; Steve Sullivan is now executive vice president for the America region.

Cariel Sandler and Nir Simon become co-directors of Infinidat

In May 2020, Moshe Yanai the founder and CEO, Infinidat took office as the company's chief technology evangelist. Meanwhile, the company (as co-CEOs) was headed by the chief operating officer (Cariel Sandler Kariel Sandler) and the chief financial executive officer (Nir Nir Simon Simon). More. here

2019: Total delivered solutions - over 6 exabytes

SHD Infinidat are introduced at customers worldwide, including the clients entering the list of Fortune 500 in USA To Europe, Asia Russia and and in various industries. Customers include financial companies, cloud service providers medical , institutions, large industrial enterprises, etc., and the total volume of solutions delivered exceeds 6 exabytes at the end of 2019. The company continues to increase its staff in the world Russia and in particular.

2018: Application of machine learning algorithms

According to information as of November 2018, the INFINIDAT software approach uses machine learning algorithms to achieve very high performance and reliability with a rating of seven 9s 99.99999% in an environment of low-cost hardware. For comparison, traditional enterprise storage systems rely on expensive flash media to improve performance. Building on the single software in its product line, INFINIDAT offers deep learning, business continuity, and cloud-based solutions that target enterprises seeking to accelerate digitalization and reduce IT costs.

As of 2018, the company's revenue growth continues for 17 quarters.

2017: Additional investment and valuation of the company at $1.6 billion

In 2017, Goldman Sachs Bank invests $95 million in Infinidat. Additional investments are also made by TPG. Infinidat's valuation reaches $1.6 billion.

2016: Opening of new offices

In 2016, new Infinidat offices are opened around the world, including the EMEA and APJ regions. A second development laboratory is also opening in Waltham, USA.

2015: Investment and valuation of the company in more than $1 billion

In 2015, TPG invests $150 million in Infinidat, after which the company's valuation reaches $1.2 billion. In the same year, the company entered the Russian market.

Infinidat produces SHD the next generation enterprise class. With patented storage architecture, standard hardware as of September 2015 provides high-performance system performance with 99.99999% availability and more than 850K IOPS performance. The product also supports standard interfaces to connect to existing IT structures, it can be delivered in configurations from 250TB to 2PB in one rack.

Infinidat storage is introduced in the United States, Europe, and Asia for Fortune 500 customers.

2014: Obtaining the first patents

In 2014, the company receives more than 40 patents for ways to implement data distribution and storage, including log-structured recording, massive-parallel use of resources. An increase in sales turnover was recorded.

2011: Moshe Yanai establishes a company

Infinidat was founded in 2011 by Moshe Yanay, who once led the development, and EMC Symmetrix subsequently founded the company XIV and was the main architect of this system. In 2008, XIV was acquired by the company. IBM Initial investments were received and product development was started.