The 50 Coolest Software-Defined Data Center Vendors Of 2021

June 07, 2021, 09:00 AM EDT

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.

Veeam Software

Top Executive: William Largent, Chairman, CEO

Headquarters: Columbus, Ohio

Veeam Software provide flexible and reliable backup and recovery offerings in a single platform for cloud, virtual, SaaS, Kubernetes and data center environments. Veeam’s new 4-in-1 Backup & Replication v11 offerings protect each phase of the data life cycle while handling the complexities of a multi-cloud environments. The company protects over 400,000 customers worldwide.

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Mark Haranas

Mark Haranas is an assistant news editor and longtime journalist now covering cloud, multicloud, software, SaaS and channel partners at CRN. He speaks with world-renown CEOs and IT experts as well as covering breaking news and live events while also managing several CRN reporters. He can be reached at mharanas@thechannelcompany.com.