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Virtustream Gets A $49.4 Million Capital Injection

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Virtualization infrastructure services provider Virtustream has raised $49.4 million in funding, according to an SEC filing.

Virtustream delivers infrastructure services to enterprise customers, leveraging its xStream platform to deliver elastic compute resources at consumption-based pricing.

Virtustream owns and operates its own data centers in the U.S. and U.K., and has offices in Washington, D.C., New York, San Francisco, Atlanta, London, Dublin and the Channel Islands.

Intel Capital is an investor.

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Zero Client Desktop Virtualization Company Pano Logic Releases Pano System 4

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Pano Logic, provider of zero client desktop virtualization solutions, this morning announced Pano System 4, a zero client device that it says will replace PCs and thin clients with server-side software flexible enough to support all three leading hypervisor platforms (Citrix XenDesktop, Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware vSphere/View).

John Kish, CEO of Pano Logic, commented:

“The consumerization of IT is becoming a powerful catalyst for desktop virtualization, and as network technology matures and security vendors catch up, cloud computing can finally deliver upon its promise to the desktop.

This new paradigm requires a desktop architecture that works independently of the underlying hypervisor infrastructure and is interoperable with any management system. That is what we are giving customers today with Pano System 4.”

Pano Logic is including a year of maintenance and support with all new purchases of the Pano System.

Breaking: NetApp To Acquire Akorri Networks In All-Cash Transaction

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NetApp today announced that it is to acquire Akorri Networks, which enables IT organizations to increase virtualization ROI through optimization and planning of their virtual and physical infrastructure resources.

Terms of the agreement were not disclosed, but it was all-cash, NetApp says. Akorri was founded in 2005 and has raised $48.7 million in funding to date.

Akorri’s BalancePoint software uses cross-domain analysis and analytics to help companies manage, optimize, and plan performance and utilization across their data center infrastructure. BalancePoint provides visibility into the root cause of performance issues through drill-down into server and storage resources and the ability to understand both server and storage virtualization.

The acquisition is expected to close early in NetApp’s fourth fiscal quarter, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

(TechCrunchIT)

AppZero Appoints Two New Vice Presidents

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Application virtualization company AppZero this morning announced the appointment of two new executives.

Effective immediately, Ross Norrie will be responsible for product development and delivery; Valerie O’Connell will spearhead the company’s Business Development and Marketing initiatives. Both report to Greg O’Connor, AppZero CEO.

Prior to joining AppZero, Norrie co-founded AssetMetrix, a subscription-based business intelligence system, which was acquired by Microsoft. Norrie led the integration of AssetMetrix technologies and Microsoft’s System Center Product line. Norrie also ran technology efforts for companies such as Provance Technologies and Asset Software International (ASI) as well as providing consulting services to Compaq and Citibank.

He co-founded Radar Interactive, a provider of helpdesk analysis software and now sits on the board of directors. Norrie holds several patent awards and he earned a technology and business degree from Algonquin College.

O’Connell has served industry leaders such as Microsoft and EMC in a longstanding consulting practice. She was Vice President of Product Marketing at CA and Managing Director, Systems Management Practice at Aberdeen Group.

She holds an MA from Boston College and a BA from the University of Massachusetts, which was punctuated by exchange programs at Oxford University, England and the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa.

So Long, Alessandro, And Thanks For Breaking New Ground With Virtualization.info

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After running virtualization.info, which has long been regarded as the leading resource for independent virtualization industry news and analysis, for a total of seven years, Alessandro Perilli on the last day of 2010 announced that he’s starting a new job today.

Perilli is now a Research Director for Gartner, where he will be covering cloud computing, virtualization and datacenter technologies in the firm’s IT Professionals research team.

As a result, Perilli will be stepping down from his role with virtualization.info. Kenneth van Surksum will be replacing him as editor of the site, as well as sister site cloudcomputing.info.

He has big shoes to fill.

We wish both Perilli and van Surksum all the best in 2011 and beyond, and will continue to subscribe to Virtualization.info, which has long been providing solid news on the booming industry we actively track as well.

Godspeed, guys.

Cloud Automation Solutions Provider Skytap Lands $10 Million

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Skytap, which provides cloud automation solutions for enterprises and software vendors to securely develop, test and demo cloud applications, has raised $10 million in a third round of financing, according to an SEC filing.

This brings the total amount of financing raised by the company to $23 million.

Skytap enables users to run enterprise applications in the cloud, collaborate with global teams and gain business productivity. Additionally, IT organizations can gain visibility and control over cloud projects, align capacity with demand and reduce costs.

Enterprises can also connect Skytap to their data centers and create virtual private clouds.

(Source: TechCrunchIT)