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ExaGrid Expands Support For Veeam’s Backup & Replication Solution

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ExaGrid Systems, which provides disk-based backup solutions with data deduplication, has announced expanded backup application support for Veeam Backup & Replication.

Customers can now use Veeam Backup’s built-in source-side deduplication in concert with ExaGrid’s disk-based backup system with Zone Deduplication to further shrink backups with optimal performance.

The combination of ExaGrid’s and Veeam’s VMware data protection solutions allows customers to utilize Veeam Backup & Replication in VMware virtual environments on ExaGrid’s disk-based backup system for backups and data storage as well as ExaGrid replication to an offsite location for disaster recovery. W

ith the latest enhancement, ExaGrid now provides full support for Veeam Backup & Replication v5, including its advanced features such as Instant VM Recovery, U-AIR (Universal Application-Item Recovery) and SureBackup Recovery Verification.

Veeam customers can now recover an entire virtual machine (VM), individual application objects and individual files from the same fully tested image-based backup.

USPTO Grants AppZero 3 Application Virtualization Patents

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Application virtualization software company AppZero has announced the granting of 3 patents related to its Cloud Container Isolation technology by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

These patents underlie critical capabilities including:

– Isolating applications from one another and from the underlying OS avoids application conflict. Isolation also limits any virus to a single container, protecting other applications and the OS.

– The ability to package unmodified desktop and server-side applications from old operating systems (OS) for secure delivery to, and execution on, new OS versions.

– The packaging of fully configured applications and their dependencies into a portable and reusable OS-free Virtual Application Appliance (VAA) which can be copied and run quickly without installation.

– Rapid provisioning of server and desktop business applications from the data center to/from and among clouds.

Greg O’Connor, AppZero CEO marked the occasion saying:

“Everyone says their solution is unique, but nothing says “unique” quite like a patent. While I’m certain that the granting of 3 patents will increase the company’s recognition as a credentialed innovator, what our customers care about is the business agility that AppZero brings to the enterprise, ISVs, and cloud providers alike. They get to run their business applications when and where they choose, with elasticity and ease – without lock-in. The innovation protected by these patents form the heart of this agility.”

The specific granted patents covered in this announcement are:

Patent # 7,757,291 / Title: Malware Containment by Application Encapsulation

Patent # 7,774,762 / Title: System Including Run-Time Software to Enable a Software Application to Execute on an Incompatible Computer Platform

Patent # 7,784,058 / Computing System Having User Mode Critical System Elements as Shared Libraries

VMware Plans $550 Million Stock Repurchase

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VMware‘s board has authorized a $550 million Class A common stock repurchase plan that will extend through the end of 2012, the company said Monday.

The company said the stock will be purchased in the open market or through private transactions, subject to market conditions.VMware expects the equity purchase program to help offset dilution from its equity programs.

VMware also said its current $400 million stock repurchase program, originally announced in March 2010, will be completed in March 2011.

DynamicOps Raises $11.3 Million, SEC Filing Reveals

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DynamicOps, founded in 2008 by Credit Suisse based on their five years of large-scale production deployment with what is now known as DynamicOps Virtual Resource Manager (VRM) software, has apparently raised $11.3 million in yet unannounced funding (SEC filing).

DynamicOps provides private cloud automation software. The company recently reported 200% year-over-year revenue growth.

Update: confirmed.

The Series B round of funding was led by Sierra Ventures, with Next World Capital participating, joining Credit Suisse’s Next II venture group in ownership of the company.

Parallels Appoints Microsoft Vet Birger Steen As Its New CEO

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Parallels has announced the promotion to CEO of current company President Birger Steen.

Parallels founder and outgoing CEO Serguei Beloussov will continue his full-time role as Executive Chairman of the Board and Chief Architect driving the company’s strategy and innovation.

Steen has been charged with managing and accelerating the growth Parallels has experienced in recent years. The profitable company generates more than $100 million in revenue.

Steen joined Parallels from Microsoft in September 2010. Since joining the company, Steen has overseen sales, marketing, product management, and customer support and services. He has also been integral in working with Beloussov to prepare the company for its next stage of growth.

As company president, Steen oversaw the launch of Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac and Parallels Plesk Panel 10.

In his expanded role, Steen will also be responsible for all day-to-day execution including engineering sales, partner relationships, support, marketing and deployment services.

Steen will work to further the company’s leadership in Cloud services enablement and desktop virtualization, where it has 78 percent market share according to NPD Group.

Prior to joining Parallels, Steen was Vice President of Small and Medium Business and Distribution at Microsoft. He held several other senior positions at the company since joining in 2002. He started his Microsoft career at as General Manager in Norway and then moved on to serve as General Manager and Vice President of Microsoft Russia.

Before Microsoft, Steen was CEO of Scandinavia Online AB, which was listed on the Stockholm and Oslo Stock Exchanges in 2000 under his leadership. Birger holds a Master of Science in Computer Science and Industrial Engineering from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in Trondheim and earned his MBA from INSEAD in France.

Report: Worldwide Cloud Systems Management Software Market Will Grow To $2.5 Billion By 2015

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MarketResearch.com has announced the addition of IDC’s new report “Worldwide Cloud Systems Management Software 2010-2015 Forecast and Trends” to their collection of Internet Applications market reports.

This IDC study examines the worldwide cloud systems management software market from 2009 to 2015.

IDC estimates the worldwide cloud systems management software market will total $2.5 billion by 2015.

“Although starting from a relatively low base today, the worldwide cloud systems management software market will grow very quickly as enterprise, midmarket, and service provider customers become comfortable with shared, dynamic cloud environments and migrate more and more applications to cloud in order to improve IT economics and operations,” explains Mary Johnston Turner, research director, Enterprise System Management Software.