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Acquisition Mania: Quest Software Snaps Up Vizioncore

January 22, 2008 by Robin Wauters Leave a Comment

Ain’t no stopping the flurry of acquisition spree we’re witnessing lately in the virtualization space. As reported by many media already, Quest Software Inc . has completed its acquisition of Vizioncore Inc. , a provider of disaster recovery and other products for virtual infrastructure management.

Quest already took a controlling stake in the company in 2005, but now moved to snap up the remaining interests. In 2007, Quest had already broadened its virtualization product portfolio by buying Invirtus , a provider of virtual machine optimization, conversion and automation products, and Provision Networks , a provider of virtual client and desktop management solutions.

Vinny Smith, CEO of Quest, said: “We see virtualization as the next great frontier within IT. The completion of the Vizioncore acquisition along with the recent additions of Provision Networks and Invirtus to the Quest family combine to position us as one of the leading pioneers in this emerging market space.”

[Source: press release at TradingMarkets.com ]

Filed Under: Acquisitions, News Tagged With: acquisition, disaster recovery, Invirtus, Provision Networks, quest, quest software, virtual infrastructure management, virtualisation, virtualization, Vizioncore

Microsoft Betting Big on Virtualization; Acquires Calista Technologies. Citrix Up Next?

January 21, 2008 by Robin Wauters 2 Comments

Microsoft plans to announce today what it calls a companywide strategy to accelerate broad adoption of virtualization by its customers. As part of the its new approach, the Redmond-based software giant unveiled a suite of services aimed at reducing the number of servers businesses need to use, separating applications from operating systems, reducing costs and lowering carbon emissions.

Microsoft announced that it competed acquisition of Calista Technologies , a California-based startup that makes computer graphics for virtualized computers, and an expanded partnership with Citrix Systems, a VMware competitor based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Microsoft and Citrix will jointly market services that virtualize computers, operating systems and applications.

Microsoft wouldn’t disclose how much it paid for Calista, but Roger Kay, President of technology research firm Endpoint Technologies Associates,  speculates that the price tag was likely south of $100 million. He also says Microsoft may be interested in acquiring Citrix. “Citrix, on its own, has a small market share,” Kay says. “VMware was cleaning its clock.” A Microsoft-Citrix combination could present formidable competition to VMware, he suggests. Buying Citrix, however, would be a significant deal: The company has a market cap of $6.4 billion.

[Source: Forbes ]

Filed Under: Acquisitions, News, Partnerships Tagged With: acquisition, calista, Calista Technologies, citrix, Citrix Systems, Endpoint Technologies Associates, microsoft, virtualisation, virtualization, vmware

PortableApps Following In Thinstall’s Acquisition Footsteps?

January 19, 2008 by Robin Wauters Leave a Comment

Joe Foran is speculating a future acquisition of application virtualization provider PortableApps on the Server Virtualization Blog .

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“There are, of course, differences, but the overall business models are very similar. PA is an open-source outfit, which makes them a bit more transparent than Thinstall, which has a mix of OSS and proprietary products. Since PA is purely open source, and relies a lot on the community to deliver portable-ized apps, their list of of programs is smaller and limited to open source and other freely-licensed software. Still, with the recent focus on OSS in the enterprise, one can’t help but see the value of a PortableApps version of OpenOffice sitting on a Citrix Server for thin-client and virtual desktop users to access.”

The virtualization space is continuously heating up, and no doubt we will see more acquisitions of these types of technology providers in 2008, but will PortableApps really be the next one? Time will tell.

Filed Under: Acquisitions, News, Partnerships, Rumors Tagged With: acquisition, application virtualization, Joe Foran, PortableApps, server virtualization, virtualisation, virtualization

VMWare Picks Up Desktop Virtualization Startup Thinstall

January 15, 2008 by Robin Wauters 2 Comments

Virtualization may well be considered non-sexy in some parts , VMWare’s announcement that it is set to acquire Thinstall , a San Francisco-based desktop virtualization technology provider, should be able to change that view. Bringing virtualization to the desktop is a natural evolution that is destined to become a huge opportunity in a thriving market, and Thinstall’s remarkable progress over the past few years have obviously captured the attention of the 30,6 billion $ gorilla, who made the acquisition move for an undisclosed amount.

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When you install a Windows program or an upgrade of a previously installed program on your PC, it messes with just about everything, including the registry that stores all of the settings, options, and configuration files for the Windows OS. That, in turn, opens up opportunities for security breaches and vastly increases other headaches for the IT staff who have to deploy software in organizations with lots of PCs. It all makes the idea of software-as-a-service—serving up applications on-demand over corporate networks or the web— look quite appealing. But if companies could give their employees a way to run traditional desktop programs like MS Word and PowerPoint over a corporate network without actually having to install them, they could keep using these powerful programs with less hassle—and might not be so tempted by web-based alternatives like Google Docs.

That’s exactly what Thinstall allows. Using its system, companies can create special, compact Thinstall versions of programs like PowerPoint. When a worker accesses one of these executable files over a network, it loads within a virtual operating system that communicates with the resident operating system, but doesn’t modify it in any way. A “thinstalled” application runs in “user mode” only, meaning that the user can start it, but can’t fiddle with the machine’s other settings.

For VMware, this deal pushes them deeper into the software side of virtualization, which is a good thing considering the company’s dominant market share on the server side. To feed that huge market cap, VMware needs to grow. That’s exactly what makes buying Thinstall, an application virtualization product much similar to Microsoft SoftGrid, Citrix’s Application Streaming, or Symantec / Altiris’s SVS technology, a very logical step. The move also follows on the heels of VMware’s purchase of small independent software integrator Propero . The company will likely make additional buys to stay ahead of its competition.

For additional analysis, you might want to give The Brian Madden Company‘s piece a good read.

VMware also disclosed its acquisition of services-related assets from Foedus , a Portsmouth, New Hampshire-based provider of virtualization technologies and services. From the press release:

VMware intends to leverage Foedus’s application and desktop virtualization services expertise to help VMware partners expand their virtualization services business.  Foedus’s remaining assets, including the company’s sales and marketing organizations, were acquired earlier this month by GreenPages Technology, a national, consultative IT solutions provider and VMware Authorized Consultant (VAC) partner.

Filed Under: Acquisitions, News Tagged With: acquisition, application virtualization, desktop virtualization, Foedus, Thinstall, virtualisation, virtualization, vmware

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January 1, 2006 by Robin Wauters 1 Comment

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