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PHD Virtual Presents New Integrated Backup and Replication Solution

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PHD Virtual today announced the new version of PHD Virtual Backup and Replication, providing a single integrated solution for virtual machine backup, recovery and replication.

The new version includes an enhanced and optimized processing engine that provides unparalleled performance and scalability for backup and recovery of virtual machines along with new capabilities that provide more flexibility for DR in virtual environments.

PHD Virtual Backup and Replication boasts a new optimized processing engine, and a new enterprise edition provides twice the number of data streams per VBA (Virtual Backup Appliance), enabling up to 8 parallel streams for concurrent backup and restore processing.

The new processing engine also provides enhanced support to fully leverage multiple virtual CPU’s and virtual resources enabling seamless scalability.

PHD Virtual will demonstrate PHD Virtual Backup and Replication at VMworld 2011 next week in Las Vegas – it will be generally available in Q4 2011.

Pano Logic Sets Up Shop In India

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Pano Logic, provider of zero client desktop virtualization solutions, has announced its formal expansion into the Indian market, distributing through Pano Logic Technologies India Pvt. Ltd.

The latter will appoint resellers in all the states of India and will provide sales and technical training for its partners. Opening the Indian market places Pano Logic into 20 countries globally.

The Pano System’s solid-state device has no processor, no storage, no memory and no operating system. As a result, it completely eliminates endpoint management, enabling the benefits of centralized management with a cloud ready device. Zero client devices also consume 95 percent less power than PCs and are unable to store data locally, minimizing security risks.

To commemorate its expansion into India, Pano Logic recently sponsored the Devas Snake boat team in the Nehru Trophy Boat Race – which they won.

NovaStor Launches Microsoft Hyper-V Support

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Data protection specialist NovaStor announces the availability of Microsoft Hyper-V support for its public cloud backup platform.

NovaBACKUP xSP 12.2 enables service providers to offer data protection services to business customers running virtual machines on Hyper-V and VMware.

New management features allow service providers to import existing backup jobs into their central management console, thereby massively simplifying the outsourcing process for new customers.

Former Cisco CTO Alan Conley Joins Zenoss

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Zenoss today announced the appointment of Alan Conley as chief technology officer.

Conley joins Zenoss from Cisco where for many years he led Cisco’s IT operations architecture and was most recently CTO of the Network Management Technology Group where he was responsible for Cisco’s cloud and virtualization management offerings.

Conley was a key driver of Cisco’s strategy and architecture for Cloud management, next generation network API, OpenStack, DMTF OVF 2.0, and Open Network Foundation (ONF).

Conley also brings to Zenoss more than 14 years’ experience in IT at Cisco as a distinguished engineer responsible for IT operations and management technology.

As CTO, Conley will be responsible for driving Zenoss cloud management vision, direction and on-going innovation.

VMware Announces Availability Of VMware vSphere 5

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VMware today announced the general availability of VMware vSphere 5, delivering nearly 200 new and enhanced capabilities to help customers transform IT by driving greater efficiency from existing investments and improving operational agility.

The foundation of VMware’s cloud infrastructure suite, VMware vSphere 5, includes new features and enhancements to deliver better application performance and availability for all business-critical applications. It also introduces advanced automation capabilities to free IT from manual processes and allow it to be more responsive to changing business requirements.

VMware vSphere 5 supports virtual machines (VMs) that are up to four times more powerful than previous versions — VMs can now be configured with up to 1 terabyte of memory and 32 virtual CPUs. When combined with VMware vSphere 5’s enhanced High Availability, these gains in VM scalability and performance enable customers to virtualize any business-critical applications with confidence in the application’s continued performance and availability.

VMware vSphere 5 and the cloud infrastructure suite are supported by more than 25,000 partners, including technology partners, independent software vendors (ISVs), solution providers, service providers, and systems integrators, as well as every major global hardware manufacturer.

VMware vSphere 5 is currently available in packages and prices that address the widest range of customer requirements, starting at $83 per processor.

Ixia Launches Testing Solution For Virtualized Data Centers

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Ixia, provider of converged IP and wireless network test solutions, will unveil IxLoad-VM – a solution for testing virtualized data centers and their infrastructures – at VMWorld 2011.

IxLoad-VM measures the quality and capacity of cloud data center components, applications, and networks to deliver effective cloud-based services. Ixia will use IxLoad-VM and other Ixia products to demonstrate the testing of a fully virtualized data center with virtual security elements, virtual router/switch nodes, and actual web infrastructure.

The IxLoad-VM solution assesses application performance across the virtualized data center in conjunction with IxNetwork-VM, which assesses layer 2/3 network performance in virtual environments.

The combination of Ixia’s virtualized test solutions provide the essential tools to ensure that cloud service will perform with high availability and security, allowing enterprises and cloud providers to independently validate service level agreements (SLAs). Ixia’s virtual tools isolate portions of the virtual data center to pinpoint security flaws, performance bottlenecks, and operational issues.