Archives for 2011

Kaspersky Lab To Add Support For VMware vShield For Virtual Data Centers

May 16, 2011 by Robin Wauters Leave a Comment

Kaspersky Lab, a developer of secure content and threat management solutions, recently announced that it will support VMware vShield Endpoint from later this year and offer comprehensive protection for virtual machines from the latest malware threats.

VMware vShield Endpoint streamlines and accelerates anti-virus and anti-malware processing. It improves performance and provides comprehensive security by eliminating the need for agents in every virtual machine. In addition, the solution optimises resource utilisation by offloading anti-virus processing to a single security virtual machine.

Product Launch: Citrix NetScaler SDX

May 16, 2011 by Robin Wauters Leave a Comment

Citrix Systems recently debuted NetScaler SDX, a new virtualized networking platform designed from the ground up to serve as the “front door” for virtual datacenters and clouds.

With the NetScaler SDX platform, customers can run numerous virtualized NetScaler instances on a single purpose-built physical appliance with full multi-service, multi-tenant support.

Each virtual instance is a complete NetScaler environment, incorporating all the functions needed to deliver apps and services with the best performance, security and reliability, including load balancing, caching, compression, SSL VPN, SSL offload, federated identity and app firewall.

NetScaler SDX is the latest addition to a growing family of NetScaler platforms designed to fit the needs of customers of all sizes and business requirements.

Customers looking for a solution for traditional application networking, for example, can choose the NetScaler MPX hardware appliance product line, and customers who want all the power of a NetScaler in a software form factor can choose the NetScaler VPX virtual appliance.

NetScaler SDX platforms include the SDX-17500, SDX-19500 and SDX-21500, offering performance up to 50Gbps, has been available since April 2011.

AppSense Names VPs Of Marketing And Sales For The US

May 16, 2011 by Robin Wauters 1 Comment

AppSense, provider of user virtualization solutions, recently announced it has expanded its executive management team in the U.S. and hired David Burton as vice president of marketing and Michael Nicosia as vice president of sales.

Burton joins AppSense’s global corporate marketing team and will lead its efforts in the U.S. territory, driving all aspects including new opportunity generation and the rapid expansion of the channel program. Nicosia will be responsible for the sales organization within the U.S.

Prior to joining AppSense, Burton was the VP of marketing and business development at AlgoSec, a provider of network security solutions, and previously held senior marketing roles at Check Point Software Technologies, NetContinuum and Symantec.

Nicosia was previously part of the leadership team for the Citrix Online Division. Previously, Nicosia was the president of Barry Rhein & Associates, a sales consulting and training company targeting Fortune 1000 companies.

Red Hat And IBM Join Forces To Advance ‘Open Virtualization’

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Red Hat and IBM recently announced that they are working together to make products and solutions based on KVM technology. Together, the companies are driving adoption of the open source virtualization technology through joint development projects and enablement of the KVM ecosystem.

KVM open source virtualization technology allows a business to create multiple virtual versions of Linux and Windows environments on the same server.

KVM-based products and solutions, incorporating comprehensive management capabilities and scaling from local servers to large public clouds, help businesses save money by consolidating and sharing IT resources without the expense and limitations of a proprietary solution.

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, designed to enable pervasive datacenter virtualization, combines a centralized virtualization management system with advanced features as well as a KVM-based hypervisor.

Planned areas of collaboration between Red Hat and IBM include increasing the scope and adoption of the Red Hat Virtualization Management APIs, and building a community to encourage the use of the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager APIs by third-party virtualization products.

Together, the companies will also drive adoption of the open source virtualization technology through jointly developing key virtualization and cloud management interfaces and using the APIs in their respective management products, including Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager, IBM Director and Tivoli software.

The APIs will address cloud, datacenter automation, virtual storage and networking, virtualization security and virtual appliance management.

Xsigo Appoints Mark Leslie As Chairman Of The Board

May 16, 2011 by Robin Wauters Leave a Comment

Data center I/O virtualization company Xsigo Systems recently announced that Mark Leslie has been appointed as Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Leslie is the managing director of Leslie Ventures, a private investment company, and serves on the boards of a number of private companies and nonprofit organizations including Big Switch Networks, Librato Software, Model N, Pure Storage, SeaMicro Systems, Sugar CRM, Wall Street Systems, NYU Board of Overseers and NYU Science Advisory Board.

He is also a Lecturer in Management at Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Leslie was the founding Chairman and CEO of Veritas Software.

BMC Software Acquires Web App Performance Management Software Company Coradiant

May 16, 2011 by Robin Wauters Leave a Comment

BMC Software recently moved to acquire Coradiant, a provider of end-user experience and web application performance monitoring.

This acquisition enhances BMC’s ability to offer businesses a 360-degree view of service performance – from end-user experience and behavior to infrastructure.

The new BMC End User Experience Management solution based on Coradiant’s technology is to enable business and IT service managers to see and understand how application performance affects end-user behavior and ultimately the business by providing complete visibility into real-time, end-to-end performance of enterprise, cloud and SaaS-based applications.

By monitoring the end-user’s experience, organizations can protect revenue, enhance productivity and ensure operational stability for their business-critical applications.

Coradiant also brings partnerships, such as the one with Akamai to deliver solutions that manage, optimize and ensure the value of application performance acceleration delivered via the cloud.

BMC says an “aggressive product integration plan” is already underway.