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Confio Software Introduces VMware Database Performance Monitoring Software

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Confio Software, the makers of the Ignite8 performance analysis software tool, have announced the general availability of IgniteVM, the first software designed specifically for database administrators (DBAs) to monitor and ensure database performance in a VMware environment.

By offering DBAs visibility beyond the database and into the virtual server layers, IgniteVM reduces the risk of database performance issues and connects IT directors, VMWare administrators and DBAs to help ensure a successful physical to virtual (P2V) transition.

IgniteVM is agentless, with no software installed on production databases, virtual servers or vCenter.

VMware Buys SaaS Company Digital Fuel

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VMware has announced its intention to acquire Digital Fuel, a provider of IT Financial and Business Management SaaS solutions.

Digital Fuel’s solutions enable companies to plan, manage and optimize cost and value in the emerging world of cloud based dynamic IT.

With this acquisition, VMware will enable enterprises to more effectively manage the business impact of IT environments, centralizing visibility of IT costs, integrating financial discipline into IT decisions, and delivering meaningful measurements and reports that drive engagement with the CFO and line of business stakeholders.

Terms of the acquisition were not announced.

The acquisition is scheduled to close in July 2011, subject to customary closing conditions.

Hitachi, VMware Enter Strategic Cloud Partnership To Deliver IT As A Service

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Hitachi and VMware have announced a strategic partnership enabling Hitachi to deliver new cloud services to financial institutions in Asia. The new solution, Private Cloud for Finance Institutes, is based on VMware vSphere and the VMware vFabric cloud application platform and will help Hitachi deliver IT as a Service to customers.

The new Private Cloud for Finance Institutes combines VMware’s virtualization and cloud infrastructure expertise with Hitachi’s experience in providing vertically integrated solutions to deliver cloud services for customers.

As part of the new partnership, Hitachi and VMware will also work together on continued technology collaboration and joint marketing initiatives.

DataCore Software Names Former Citrix Exec As VP Of Worldwide Marketing

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DataCore Software, provider of storage virtualization software, has announced the appointment of Linda Haury as vice president of worldwide marketing.

A 25-year high-tech industry veteran, Haury comes to DataCore from her most recent position as senior director of global marketing business partner, planning and operations at Citrix Systems.

She brings deep expertise in virtualization and storage technologies and will help drive continued growth for DataCore’s next-generation storage virtualization software solution, SANsymphony- V.

Haury will report directly to DataCore Software president and CEO, George Teixeira.

While at Citrix Systems, Haury held a variety of senior-level marketing positions throughout her 14-year tenure. She was most recently senior director of global marketing business partner, planning and operations and served as the primary interface between Citrix’s corporate and field marketing organizations.

Prior to Citrix Systems, Haury spent much of her career in the storage industry serving as one of the founders of SyDos, a division of SyQuest Technology, where she was vice president of marketing. She also served in that same role for Rodime Systems, a global disk-drive storage provider.

Virsto Lands $12 Million To “Transform Virtual Machine Storage”, Buys EvoStor

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Virsto™ Software has raised $12 million in Series B venture capital funding to drive new growth, product development and expand industry partnerships. The funding was led by InterWest Partners, and previous investors August Capital and Canaan Partners also participated in the round.

Khaled Nasr, a partner at InterWest who focuses on enterprise IT and data center infrastructure, will join Virsto’s board of directors.

In addition, Virsto today announced its acquisition of EvoStor, a company specializing in storage virtualization technology for VMware environments, to further deliver on the vision of multi-hypervisor support for reliable, heterogeneous, high-performance and low-cost storage.

Founded in 2007, Virsto has developed a hypervisor-based storage solution built for virtual machines. A close partner of Citrix and Microsoft, the company has a track record of advancing storage virtualization in the enterprise.

Today’s news also includes the acquisition of intellectual property and key team members from EvoStor, deepening Virsto’s bench of talent and technology.

EvoStor was an early innovator in the VMware storage market, delivering easy-to-deploy, reliable, scalable and affordable solutions. The strong partnership between EvoStor and VMware will benefit Virsto as it readies its software solutions for additional hypervisor platforms.

The new Virsto R&D team in Melbourne, Australia is working on near-term products that will be launched in coming months, as well as next-generation technology to be released in 2012.

The $12 million in Series B financing follows a $7 million Series A round in June 2009, with more than $20 million raised to date.

VMware Updates Fusion

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The latest update for VMware Fusion is now available and includes support for some of the latest operating systems: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and, for Linux fans, Ubuntu 10.10 and 11.04.

VMware Fusion 3.1.3 is a maintenance release that resolves some known issues and includes improved functionality.

It is a free upgrade for all VMware Fusion 3.x users.

To download the free update start VMware Fusion, select the “VMware Fusion” menu and click on “Check for Updates.”