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Abaca Virtual Email Protection Gateway VPG 1500 Receives VMware Virtual Appliance Validation

August 25, 2008 by Robin Wauters Leave a Comment

Abaca Technology Corporation recently announced that the Abaca Virtual Email Protection Gateway VPG 1500 is now a validated VMware virtual appliance and available for download here.

The Abaca Virtual Email Protection Gateway VPG 1500 has been rigorously tested for compatibility with both the VMware ESX and ESXi hypervisors. Validation through the VMware Virtual Appliance Program is designed to ensure that products are reliable, supported, enterprise-ready, and fully compatible with VMware’s industry-leading virtualization solutions. VMware validation requires testing to verify that appliances work with VMware Infrastructure and have all of the necessary documentation to assist new users in either evaluating the virtual appliance or setting it up for production use.

The Abaca Virtual Email Protection Gateway VPG 1500 is available now directly from Abaca, through Abaca’s valued channel partners, as well as on the VMware Virtual Appliance Marketplace. The MSRP is US$495 for this product.

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[Source: ITWorld]

IntApp Releases Integration Builder 4.1 for VMware ESX

August 25, 2008 by Robin Wauters 1 Comment

IntApp (Integration Appliance), a VMware TAP program member, today announced the availability of Integration Builder 4.1.

Integration Builder allows organizations to move information among software applications in real time and to automate a wide range of business processes. With this release, IntApp makes this product available both as a hardware appliance and as a software-only solution.

Additionally, the 4.1 release includes expanded support for communicating international characters across integrated systems, added controls for managing remote Windows file systems, including the ability to create and set access rights for file shares, and improved administrative logging and reporting capabilities.

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XTS Releases Handy Configuration Reporting Utility for Citrix XenApp, Free of Charge

August 25, 2008 by Robin Wauters Leave a Comment

XTS, a Citrix Ready Partner and a VMware Technology Alliance Partner, has just released their Configuration Report Generator utility that works with XenApp 4.x (meaning any edition). The company is making this solution a free download via a fully functional virtual machine.

The company is bringing their flexible interface to the Citrix data store in order to make it really easy to use. Leveraging the XTS advanced filters, Citrix customers can generate the configuration reports they need when they need them. In addition to the free configuration reporting utility, the VM also includes a demo of the company’s full Introspect product (released last April) which provides usage reporting and much needed analysis.

Specific benefits of the free configuration reports include:

Document Citrix environmental configurations to create baselines for future troubleshooting, disaster recovery or audit requirements.

Verify baselines for migrations to XenApp 4.5.

Track Citrix hotfixes to ensure consistency across servers

Attain more in-depth security insight with user/application assignment reports, leveraging integration with Active Directory.

Gain immediate visibility into risks that might exist in their Citrix environment due to misconfigurations

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DataCore Software Upgrades SANsymphony and Traveller CDP

August 25, 2008 by Robin Wauters Leave a Comment

DataCore Software today announced that it has updated its flagship SANsymphony open storage networking platform and its Traveller CDP (continuous data protection) add-on capability.

The new update releases are available immediately. Notable enhancements include 8GB FC Support, Performance for CDP and Replication, Usability, Improved Thin Provisioning Monitoring, Live Data Migration Services and Better Virtual Server Integration.

DataCore recently renewed its OEM agreement with NEC Soft to conquer Japan.

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HyPerformix Releases Capacity Manager 3.4

August 25, 2008 by Robin Wauters 1 Comment

HyPerformix recently announced the availability of the latest version of their flagship HyPerformix Capacity Manager product.

Capacity Manager is a capacity planning platform that is designed specifically to support IT decision makers with accurate predictions of capacity requirements, cost implications and expected performance from virtually any IT architecture. Capacity Manager also identifies servers and workloads that are safe candidates for consolidation and virtualization. Capacity Manager collects performance and business data and applies advanced algorithms to deliver concise, accurate predictions through compelling interactive dashboards.

HyPerformix has simplified capacity planning to accelerate customer success, and has incorporated extensive process automation and best practices into Capacity Manager 3.4.

VMware Puts Out Release Candidates for Server 2.0, Workstation 6.5 and ACE 2.5

August 25, 2008 by Robin Wauters 1 Comment

Troubled VMware doesn’t let recent problems and acquisition talk get in the way of continuously updating its product line.

Readying their official launch, the company has put out several release candidates recently: just last week, VMware announced the Release Candidate 2 (build 110949) for Server 2.0 and the Release Candidate 1 (build 110068) for Workstation 6.5 and ACE 2.5.