Author: Josh Achtemeier

DxEnterprise Recognized for Empowering Users to Ensure HA and DR Across Complex, Multi-Platform, and Multi-Cloud Environments – While Maintaining Security, Compliance, and Data Sovereignty

FORT COLLINS, CO – November 13, 2024 – DH2i®, the world’s leading provider of always-secure and always-on IT infrastructure solutions, today announced that TMC, a global, integrated media company, has named DxEnterprise (DxE) as a 2024 Cloud Computing Excellence Award winner, presented by Cloud Computing Magazine. 

 The Cloud Computing Excellence Award recognizes companies that have most effectively leveraged cloud computing in their efforts to bring new, differentiated services and solutions to the market. DH2i’s DxEnterprise was recognized as a truly innovative, efficient, and effective Smart High Availability (HA) Clustering software for SQL Server instances and containers. DxE enables users to drive SQL Server downtime, data loss, and management complexity to near-zero and easily set up multi-site clusters for disaster recovery (DR). With DxEnterprise, users can ensure maximum uptime for native instances in traditional SQL Server deployments as well as SQL Server Kubernetes deployments.

“We are indeed honored to have been recognized by the esteemed editorial team at TMC’s Cloud Computing Magazine as a 2024 Cloud Computing Excellence Award winner,” said Don Boxley, CEO and Co-Founder, DH2i. “We believe it underscores that one of the biggest challenges businesses face today is ensuring HA and DR across complex, multi-platform, and multi-cloud environments while maintaining security, compliance, and data sovereignty.” He continued, “As organizations increasingly rely on cloud-native and hybrid infrastructures, they struggle to minimize downtime, prevent data loss, and manage the complexity of HA solutions that work across containers, VMs, and diverse infrastructures. Tools like DxEnterprise address these challenges by offering automatic failover, multi-site clustering, and Zero Trust security to simplify and secure SQL Server deployments across virtually any environment.” 

“Recognizing leaders in the advancement of cloud computing, TMC is proud to announce DH2i’s DxEnterprise as a recipient of the 2024 Cloud Computing Excellence Award,” said Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC. “DH2i is being honored for its achievement in bringing innovation and excellence to the market while leveraging the latest technology trends.”  

More About DxEnterprise: 

Fully Automatic Failover for Always-On Availability Groups in Containers 

DxEnterprise is the only clustering solution that enables fully automatic failover of SQL Server Availability Groups in Kubernetes, as well as unified instance failover for Windows and Linux. It is a completely standalone HA solution that replaces the need for Linux and Windows-specific solutions like Pacemaker or WSFC. DxEnterprise also fully supports Active Directory for native and containerized SQL Server high availability deployments. 

Multi-Platform Clusters on Any Mix of Infrastructure 

DxEnterprise gives you the power to create SQL Server clusters (and stretch clusters for disaster recovery) containing any mix of containers, virtual machines, bare-metal, and cloud servers. You have the freedom to mix and match: 

• Mix and match Windows and Linux servers in the same cluster 
• Mix and match any version of SQL Server, containers, HA instances, and Availability Groups 
• Deploy Kubernetes: On-premises or Cloud (AKS, EKS, Rancher, GKE) 

“Smart” High Availability 

Smart high availability clustering is the convergence of HA clustering and software-defined perimeter (SDP) technologies. It helps you solve the challenge of securely deploying SQL Server Clustering in virtualized and cloud environments. 

DxEnterprise integrates built-in SDP technology with application-level, Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) tunnels to build secure SQL Server clusters that span from anywhere to anywhere, without VPNs or direct links. You have the power to:  

• Connect any server, any container, anywhere 
• Connect clusters across multiple sites or clouds for disaster recovery
• Connect clusters across multiple subnets, availability zones, and regions 

Please visit https://dh2i.com/trial/ to learn more and apply for your free DxEnterprise trial.

About DH2i 

DH2i Company is the world’s leading provider of multi-platform smart high availability (HA) clustering and software-defined perimeter (SDP) software for Windows, Linux, and containers. DH2i enables users to connect securely and failover enterprise applications – from anywhere to anywhere. DH2i’s DxOdyssey® SDP software, the unVPN® networking solution for Zero Trust security, enables users to create highly available application-level Zero Trust Network Access tunnels across any mix of locations and platforms. DH2i’s DxEnterprise® smart high availability clustering software – now optimized for containers, delivers an all-in-one clustering solution for any application, any OS, any server configuration, and any cloud. DxEnterprise is the only SQL Server clustering solution to provide fully automatic failover of SQL Server AG in Kubernetes. To learn more, please visit: www.dh2i.com, call: 800-380-5405, or email: [email protected]. 

 

Our CEO, Don Boxley, was recently published in Credit Union Today (CUToday) talking about a simplified path for credit unions and other financial sector organizations to simultaneously unlock intra-site and cross-site high availability for their SQL Server environments.

Read the full article for detailed recommendations on how organizations can set up a flexible, tiered approach to SQL Server HA using Extended Vhost technology. It is a cost-effective approach to ensure peak uptime for your most critical workloads while not overpaying for HA for the applications that don’t require stringent availability.

Read here: Credit Union Today

Our CEO, Don Boxley, joins the discussion on the considerations that organizations need to make regarding their network security infrastructure with the coming holidays of Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

Boxely recommends phasing out virtual private networks (VPNs) in favor of adopting more secure cybersecurity solutions like software-defined perimeter. This will take away the excessive lateral attack surface put forth by VPNs and instead isolate secure connections to individual applications.

Read here:

Enterprise Security Tech

The IT Nerd

Will be Joined by a Member of the Microsoft SQL Server Team to Present General Session: “Harness the Power of Kubernetes to Achieve Truly Cloud-Agnostic SQL Server”

Will Present 10-Minute Lightning Talk: “Deploy Highly Available SQL Server Containers in Azure Kubernetes Service in 3 Easy Steps”

FORT COLLINS, CO – October 28, 2024 – DH2i®, the world’s leading provider of always-secure and always-on IT infrastructure solutions, today announced it will be showcasing its DxEnterprise Microsoft SQL Server high availability software for instances and containers at this year’s PASS Data Community Summit. PASS Summit 2024 will bring thousands of data platform professionals together for an in-person event in Seattle, WA, from November 4-8, 2024.

DH2i Booth #204:

Attendees will have the opportunity to experience DH2i’s industry-leading DxEnterprise software firsthand and learn how to drive Microsoft SQL Server downtime and data loss to near-zero across on-prem, remote, cloud, and hybrid environments – all while eliminating management complexity. DH2i will also show how to easily set up multi-site clusters for disaster recovery (DR), manage Windows and Linux SQL Server side-by-side in the same cluster, and easily and securely usher in the era of containers with DxOperator by DH2i, the industry’s preferred SQL Server Operator for Kubernetes (K8s).

In-Booth Demos & Raffles, DH2i Booth #204:

• Wednesday, November 6: 10:50 am

• Thursday, November 7: 3:10 pm

• Friday, November 8: 10:00 am

Don’t Miss:

General Session: “Harness the Power of Kubernetes to Achieve Truly Cloud-Agnostic SQL Server”

• Wednesday, November 6: 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm in Room 345-346

• DH2i’s CTO and Co-Founder, OJ Ngo, to join Microsoft’s Principal Product Manager, Amit Khandelwal, to discuss how organizations can cost-effectively maintain “5-nines” SQL Server uptime while eliminating the risk of cloud vendor lock-in. While Kubernetes and containers offer infrastructure autonomy, they also introduce complexity and downtime risks. Ngo and Khandelwal will present a solution to these concerns by demonstrating a cloud-agnostic SQL Server environment using Kubernetes, allowing multi-cloud deployments and automatic failover across platforms. This approach accelerates digital transformation, enabling unified HA management for SQL Server across Windows, Linux, and Kubernetes in a single framework.

10-Minute Lightning Talk: “Deploy Highly Available SQL Server Containers in AKS in 3 Easy Steps”

• Thursday, November 7 at 11:15 am in room 343-344

• DH2i’s CTO and Co-Founder, OJ Ngo, will present a 10-minute lightning talk to demonstrate how easy SQL Server container deployment and HA can be with the industry’s preferred SQL Server Operator for Kubernetes. Whether you’re an expert or just curious about the benefits of database containers, this session will show an easy-to-execute, 3-step approach to deploy a customizable, Always-On Availability Group in an Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster.

20-Minute Session at AWS Booth: “Deploy a SQL Server Availability Group on Amazon EKS with Ease using DH2i”

• Wednesday, November 6 at 1:00 pm at the AWS Booth

• DH2i’s CTO and Co-Founder, OJ Ngo, will present alongside Yogi Barot from AWS as they demonstrate an easy, operator-driven approach to deploy highly available SQL Server on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service and the combined ability of this solution stack to ensure the industry’s lowest downtime for SQL Server containers.

About DH2i

DH2i Company is the world’s leading provider of multi-platform smart high availability (HA) clustering and software-defined perimeter (SDP) software for Windows, Linux, and containers. DH2i enables users to connect securely and failover enterprise applications – from anywhere to anywhere. DH2i’s DxOdyssey® SDP software, the unVPN® networking solution for Zero Trust security, enables users to create highly available application-level Zero Trust Network Access tunnels across any mix of locations and platforms. DH2i’s DxEnterprise® smart high availability clustering software – now optimized for containers, delivers an all-in-one clustering solution for any application, any OS, any server configuration, and any cloud. DxEnterprise is the only SQL Server clustering solution to provide fully automatic failover of SQL Server AG in Kubernetes. To learn more, please visit: www.dh2i.com, call: 800-380-5405, or email: [email protected].

Other Publishers of This Press Release:

The IT Nerd

The education industry is an increasingly popular target for cybercriminals due to historically underfunded cybersecurity programs. These institutions have valuable personal and financial information that they have to keep safe, so it’s imperative that they continue to evolve security efforts.

Hear from DH2i’s CEO, Don Boxley, on steps that education institutions can take to enhance their cybersecurity efforts in a cost-effective way with solutions like software-defined perimeter, as well as how to gain much needed funding from other sources like government grants and other initiatives.

Read here: Dataversity

Our CEO, Don Boxley, was recently featured in a financial industry publication detailing how organizations operating in the industry can pursue more cost-effective high availability and disaster recovery for their SQL Server environments.

In particular, Boxley detailed the benefit of using Extended Vhost technology to get the most out of the included capability of SQL Server for local HA, and the included replication capability of Availability Groups—totally eliminating any need for 3rd party replication.

Read here: Global Banking and Finance Review