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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.

BMC Software Acquires Web App Performance Management Software Company Coradiant

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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.

Citrix’s Q1 2011: Revenue Grows 18 Percent To $491 Million

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Citrix Systems recently reported financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2011 ended March 31, 2011.

The company achieved revenue of $491 million, compared to $414 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2010, representing 18 percent revenue growth. Net income for the first quarter of fiscal 2011 was $74 million, or $0.38 per diluted share, compared to $47 million, or $0.25 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2010.

“I’m pleased with our results for the first quarter,” said Mark Templeton, president and chief executive officer for Citrix. “Customer demand was solid across our core SaaS, desktop and networking markets, especially in the Americas and Pacific, supported by large, strategic technical services engagements.

In addition to quarterly financial results, Citrix also announced that its board of directors has authorized it to repurchase up to an additional $500 million of its common stock. As of March 31, 2011, approximately $11.5 million remained for repurchases from previous authorizations.

VMware Acquires SlideRocket

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VMware recently announced that it has acquired SlideRocket, an SaaS-based business presentation provider.

Terms of the acquisition were not announced.

SlideRocket delivers innovative presentation solutions that uniquely leverage modern concepts of cloud computing, collaboration, social media and mobile computing platforms. More than 20,000 customers and 300,000 users leverage Slide Rocket to more effectively build, deliver and share presentations.

SlideRocket is built specifically to take advantage of a modern web and cloud based end-user computing model that blurs the lines between presentations, websites and multi-media content.

The acquisition of SlideRocket advances VMware’s vision for a modern end-user computing model leveraging cloud computing to securely deliver access to applications and data from any device, where and when a user needs it. Presentation software is second only to email as the most widely used business software.

VMware Reports Q1 2011 Earnings: Revenue Up 33% To $844 Million YoY

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VMware recently reported results for the first quarter of the year.

Revenues for Q1 2011 were $844 million, an increase of 33% from the first quarter of 2010. Operating income for the first quarter was $154 million, an increase of 50% from the first quarter of 2010.

Net income for the first quarter was $126 million, or $0.29 per diluted share, compared to $78 million, or $0.19 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2010.

Trailing twelve months operating cash flows were $1.3 billion, an increase of 20%. Trailing twelve months free cash flows were $1.3 billion, an increase of 39%.

U.S. revenues for the first quarter of 2011 grew 26% to $400 million from the first quarter of 2010. International revenues grew 40% to $444 million from the first quarter of 2010.

License revenues for the first quarter of 2011 were $419 million, an increase of 34% from the first quarter of 2010. Service revenues, which include software maintenance and professional services, were $425 million for the first quarter of 2011, an increase of 32% from the first quarter of 2010.

Virtacore Debuts VMware vCloud Express, An On-Demand Self-Service Cloud Offering

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Virtacore Systems, provider of hybrid cloud services, has announced the availability of the company’s vCloud Express offering. The public cloud solution, based on VMware vCloud technology, provides virtual servers from a shared resource pool for a low monthly cost.

One of only two global providers to offer vCloud Express, Virtacore vCloud Express provides organizations with an on-demand, pay-as-you-go infrastructure that meets the needs of organizations seeking a flexible and affordable infrastructure.