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| logo = File:DataCore_Software_Logo.svg

| type = Private

| ___location = 63001901 NWCypress 5thCreek WayRoad, Suite 200, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 33309, USA

| foundation = February 1998

| founder = George Teixeira

| key_people = Dave Zabrowski, CEO<br /> George Teixeira, Executive Chairman

| industry = Computer data[[Data storage]]

| products = [[Software -defined storage]], storage [[storage virtualization]], [[hyper-converged infrastructure]], [[object storage]], [[distributed file system]]

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| homepage = [httphttps://www.datacore.com datacore.com]

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'''DataCore''', also known as '''DataCore Software''', is a developer of [[software-defined storage]] based in [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida]], United States. The company is a pioneer in the development of [[Storage area network|SAN]] virtualization technology.<ref, name=register3>{{citeand web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/10/24/datacore_picture/|title=Canoffers a 'onesoftware-trick'defined softwarestorage firmsolutions survivefor in[[Block erastorage|block]], of[[File converged engorgement?storage|website=theregister.co.ukfile]], |date=2012-10-24and |accessdate=2017-10-26}}</ref>[[object storage]].

==History==

DataCore was founded in Fort Lauderdale in February 1998 by George Teixeira and Ziya Aral<ref name="register2" />, co-workers at [[parallel computing]] company [[Encore Computer]].<ref name=register2>{{cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/30/datacore_chairman_ziya_aral_has_left_this_world/ |title=Smiley techie Datacore chairman Ziya Aral: RIP|website=theregister.co.uk |date=2017-01-30 |accessdate=2017-10-26}}</ref> The premise behind the company was to allow network operators to purchase commodity disk drives, external storage arrays or SAN disk drive arrays, and treat them all as virtual disks of networked, block-access storage. This storage was controlled using DataCore software.<ref name=register3/>

They were joined by 10 other former Encore colleagues, and they all worked without pay until January 1999, when the company secured its first funding round, of US$68 million.<ref name=register2/>

In 2000, the company had a $35 million Series C funding round.<ref name=pehub>{{cite web|url=https://www.pehub.com/2008/04/datacore-stores-away-30-million/ |title=DataCore Stores Away $30 Million|website=pehub.com |date=2008-04-28 |accessdate=2017-10-27}}</ref>

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In 2006, seeing an exodus of venture funding, company employees mortgaged their homes to keep the business going, until 2008 when a US$30 million round of funding stabilized company finances.<ref name=register2/><ref name=pehub/>

In 2011, the company launched SANSymphonySANsymphony-V, an upgrade to its storage virtualization software offering faster performance.<ref name=techtarget1>{{cite web|url=http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/news/1526862/DataCore-launches-SANsymphony-V-storage-virtualization-software|title=DataCore launches SANsymphony-V storage virtualization software|website=techtarget.com |date=2011-01-31 |accessdate=2017-10-27}}</ref>

In April 2014, the company released version 10 of its SANSymphonySANsymphony product.<ref name=zdnet1>{{cite web|url=http://www.zdnet.com/article/software-defined-storage-datacore-style/|title=Software-defined storage, DataCore style|website=zdnet.com |date=2014-04-29 |accessdate=2017-10-27}}</ref>

In March 2015, DataCore partnered with Chinese technology vendor [[Huawei]] to run SANSymphonySANsymphony-V software on Huawei's FusionServer to create virtual storage networks.<ref name=eweek>{{cite web|url=http://www.eweek.com/storage/huawei-datacore-join-forces-for-hyper-converged-system |title=Huawei, DataCore Join Forces for Hyper-Converged System|website=eweek.com |date=2015-03-20 |accessdate=2017-10-27}}</ref>

In 2016, the company's SANSymphonySANsymphony-V software was reported to have set new price performance records based on testing done by Redwood City, California-based non-profit testing company Storage Performance Council using their SPC-1 storage performance benchmark.<ref name=register2/> The results led to complaints from multiple vendors, who claimed that storing all the "test" data in [[Cache (computing)|cache]] made the results unfair.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/23/are_datacores_spc_benchmarks_unfair/ |title=Are DataCore's SPC benchmarks unfair?|website=longroom.com |date=2016-06-23 |accessdate=2018-04-12}}</ref> One of the three SPC-1 benchmark results was later withdrawn.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/24/spc_says_up_yours_datacore/ |title=SPC says up yours to DataCore|website=theregister.co.uk |date=2016-06-24 |accessdate=2017-12-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.storageperformance.org/results/benchmark_results_spc1_withdrawn |title=Withdrawn SPC-1 and SPC-1/E Results |website=storageperformance.org |date=2016-06-16 |accessdate=2017-12-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106000457/http://www.storageperformance.org/results/benchmark_results_spc1_withdrawn# |archive-date=2018-01-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In March 2017, the company partnered with technology company [[Lenovo]] to develop data center business by integrating DataCore's SANSymphonySANsymphony software defined storage with Lenovo's servers. This was reportedly to compete with companies like [[Nutanix]] and SimpliVity (now part of [[Hewlett Packard Enterprise]] (HPE)) that were shipping whole hyper-converged stacks rather than just a software-defined storage component.<ref name=crn1>{{cite web|url=http://www.crn.com/news/storage/300084215/partners-cheer-lenovos-datacore-deal-ponder-its-long-term-storage-strategy.htm |title=Partners Cheer Lenovo's DataCore Deal, Ponder Its Long-Term Storage Strategy |website=CRN.com |date=2017-03-16 |accessdate=2017-10-27}}</ref> In September 2017, in an attempt to compete with the [[in-memory database]] features of [[Microsoft SQL Server|SQL Server]], the company released its MaxParallel driver, which uses parallel I/O technology to accelerate database-related processing such as with [[Database server|SQL Server]] databases.<ref name=register1>{{cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/26/datacore_drives_sql_server_to_silly_speeds/ |title=DataCore tech cranks wheezing SQL Servers to ridiculous speeds|website=theregister.co.uk |date=2017-09-26 |accessdate=2017-10-26}}</ref> This product has been discontinued lessin thanAugust one year after release due to the low demand2018. <ref name=maxparallel1>{{cite web|url=https://maxparallel.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1692/~/maxparallel-end-of-life-notice |title=MaxParallel End-of-Life Notice|website=maxparallel.com |date=2019-05-06 |accessdate=2019-05-06}}</ref>

In April 2018 DataCore announced that Dave Zabrowski, previously CEO of cloud-based financial services company [[Cloud Cruiser]], was its new CEO, and former CEO George Teixeira was named Executive Chairman.<ref name=pehub2>{{cite web|url=https://www.pehub.com/2018/04/datacore-software-appoints-ceo-cmo/|title=DataCore Software appoints CEO and CMO|website=pehub.com |date=2018-04-05 |accessdate=2018-04-05}}</ref>

In October 2019, DataCore was awarded a patent for performing parallel I/O operations.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Patents Assigned to Datacore Software Corporation - Justia Patents Search|url=https://patents.justia.com/assignee/datacore-software-corporation|access-date=2022-02-13|website=patents.justia.com}}</ref>

In February 2020, DataCore, together with AME Cloud Ventures and Insight Partners, invested $26 million in Palo Alto-based MayaData.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kovar|first=Joseph F.|date=2020-02-04|title=Container Storage Developer MayaData Gets $26M Infusion From DataCore, Others|url=https://www.crn.com/news/storage/container-storage-developer-mayadata-gets-26m-infusion-from-datacore-others|access-date=2022-02-13|website=CRN}}</ref> In the same month, DataCore launched a global research and development center in Bangalore, India.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Agarwal|first=Surabhi|title=DataCore launches R&D center in India; largest after Florida|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/software/datacore-launches-rd-center-in-india-largest-after-florida/articleshow/74390400.cms|access-date=2022-02-13}}</ref>

In January 2021, DataCore acquired Caringo, Inc., enabling the company to offer complete storage solution portfolio spanning block, file, and object storage. DataCore announced the global availability of DataCore Swarm object storage software in April 2021 as a result of the acquisition.<ref>{{Cite web|title=DataCore Software buys Caringo to fill object storage gap|url=https://www.techtarget.com/searchstorage/news/252495356/DataCore-Software-buys-Caringo-to-fill-object-storage-gap|access-date=2022-02-13|website=SearchStorage|language=en}}</ref> In November 2021, DataCore acquired MayaData, the original developer of [[Cloud native computing|cloud-native]] storage platform OpenEBS and Mayastor.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-11-18|title=DataCore Acquires MayaData to Expand Storage Portfolio|url=https://containerjournal.com/features/datacore-acquires-mayadata-to-expand-storage-portfolio/|access-date=2022-02-13|website=Container Journal|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Products/technology==

DataCore develops software to help companies manage their data storage resourcesinfrastructure.

* SANsymphony- – Virtualizes [V][Block virtualizes(data storage)|block storage]] across a range of storage devices ([[Storage area network|SAN]] and [[Hyper-converged infrastructure|HCI]]) and provides uniform data services across all of them.<ref name=techtarget1"zdnet1" />

* vFilO – Simplifies shared access, control, and protection of [[distributed file systems]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=DataCore adds file and S3 object storage with vFilO|url=https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252474099/DataCore-adds-file-and-S3-object-storage-with-vFilO|access-date=2022-02-13|website=ComputerWeekly.com|language=en}}</ref>

*Hyperconverged Virtual SAN allows companies to develop [[hyper-converged infrastructure]], whereby conventional hardware systems are [[virtualization|virtualized]].

* Swarm – On-premises [[object storage]] platform that simplifies data access, delivery, and archive.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Software|first=DataCore|title=DataCore Announces Swarm Object Storage Solution to Help Organizations Manage Petabyte-Scale Data Cost-Effectively|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/datacore-announces-swarm-object-storage-solution-to-help-organizations-manage-petabyte-scale-data-cost-effectively-301267290.html|access-date=2022-02-13|website=www.prnewswire.com|language=en}}</ref>

*Through its acquisition of Caringo, Inc. Datacore offers the Swarm Object Storage solution<ref name=caringoacquire>{{cite web|url=https://www.crn.com/news/storage/datacore-acquires-caringo-in-major-software-defined-storage-play | title=DataCore Acquires Caringo In Major Software-defined Storage Play|website=CRN|date=January 26, 2021|accessdate=February 3, 2022}}</ref>

==References==