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The 50 Coolest Software-Defined Data Center Vendors Of 2021
Mark Haranas
From Citrix and HPE to IP Infusion and Lightbits Labs, here are the 50 hottest IT companies leading the software-defined data center market in 2021.
SolarWinds
Top Executive: Sudhakar Ramakrishna, President, CEO
Headquarters: Austin, Texas
The IT management software player provides customers with dozens of network, security, application, database and system management and monitoring offerings for the data center. Former Pulse Secure CEO Ramakrishna was hired as SolarWinds’ new as president and CEO in January, bringing with him 25 years of experience working at Citrix Systems, Polycom and Motorola.
