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VMware Vet Howie Xu Joins Big Switch Networks As VP Of Engineering

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Big Switch Networks, an OpenFlow company bringing the benefits of virtualization and cloud architecture to enterprise networks, today announced that Howie Xu has joined the company to lead the R&D organization.

Xu was at VMware for nine years before joining Big Switch Networks.

He led VMware’s networking R&D team for the past five years and, under his leadership, the team innovated and developed the industry’s first Distributed Virtual Switch and collaborated with Cisco on Nexus 1000V.

He joined VMware in 2002 as one of the lead developers in virtual networking. He is credited with co-inventing VMware’s Virtual Switch and holds multiple patents in this area.

Big Switch Network’s technical staff has doubled in size this year. More than 70 percent of the team has at least one graduate degree in CS; 50 percent of the team are former distinguished engineers, principal engineers, senior staff engineers or faculty from leading universities.

The company is continuing to hire and recently moved into its new corporate headquarters in Palo Alto.

Red Hat’s Q2 2011: $281.3 Million In Revenue, $40 Million In Net Income

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Red Hat, provider of open source solutions, has announced financial results for its fiscal year 2012 second quarter ended August 31, 2011.

Total revenue for the quarter was $281.3 million, an increase of 28% from the year ago quarter. Subscription revenue for the quarter was $238.3 million, up 28% year-over-year.

GAAP operating income for the second quarter was $52.5 million, or 18.7% operating margin. After adjusting for stock compensation and amortization expenses as detailed in the tables below, non-GAAP operating income for the second quarter was $76.4 million, up 41% year-over-year. Non-GAAP operating margin was 27.2%, up 250 basis points from the year ago quarter.

Net income for the quarter was $40 million, or $0.20 per diluted share, compared with $23.7 million, or $0.12 per diluted share, in the year ago quarter.

Operating cash flow was $77.1 million for the second quarter, as compared to $64.3 million in the year ago quarter. At quarter end, the company’s total deferred revenue balance was $813.2 million, an increase of 25% on a year-over-year basis.

Total cash, cash equivalents and investments as of August 31, 2011 was $1.3 billion.

Route1 Offers Identity Assurance, Security For Desktop Virtualization

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Route1, a security and identity management company, today reported the success of its TruOFFICE Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) solution, which it says answers the call from enterprise and government organizations for secure, remote desktop management.

TruOFFICE VDI, powered by Route1’s patented identity assurance and management technology, integrates directly into traditional desktop virtualization solutions to offer an unparalleled level of security.

Unlike other offerings that authenticate only against a remote computer or device, Route1 utilizes multiple verifications to guarantee a specific individual’s identity.

Route1’s unique, integrated secure remote access solution offers many benefits, including the following:

– Keeps files within enterprise firewalls – data is not moved outside the network.
– Authenticates the individual user’s identity using multiple factors.
– Offers remote users identical access that they have at their physical office; they are actually working on their virtual or physical office computer in real time.
– Protects against man-in-the-middle attacks and malware.
– Requires no software installation on the remote PC; any internet-enabled PC can be used.
– Leaves no footprint on the remote PC; no files are transferred, leaving nothing on the remote device.
– Integrates seamlessly into existing IT infrastructure, requiring no additional servers or network upgrades or configuration changes.
– Offers very quick installation on the host computer, supported by a highly regarded helpdesk.

Cisco, Microsoft Team Up For Data Center Virtualization Solutions

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Cisco has announced that is partnering with Microsoft to deliver data center virtualization solutions designed to provide improved scalability and operational control of Microsoft Windows Server “8” virtual environments.

The Cisco Nexus 1000V distributed virtual switch and the Cisco Unified Computing System with Virtual Machine Fabric Extender (VM-FEX) capabilities will work with the Windows Server Hyper-V hypervisor to provide customers with Cisco networking features that are constant across both virtual and physical networks while supporting customers’ existing IT management processes.

The Cisco Nexus 1000V distributed virtual switch adds the dynamic provisioning and management capabilities of Cisco NX-OS Software to Windows Server Hyper-V to simplify the operations of virtual networking infrastructures as extensions of physical networks.

It also provides full VM-level visibility, security controls in a virtualized environment that are consistent with their Cisco physical network.

By working with Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) management tools, the Cisco Nexus 1000V will help network, virtualization and server administrators gain efficiency in collaboratively managing multi-tenant and mobile virtual environments. It also helps them to obtain real-time data for troubleshooting of virtual environments.

The Cisco Nexus 1000V and VM-FEX solutions for Hyper-V will be available when Windows 8 Server is released to the market.

Proofpoint To Provide Security And Compliance Solutions For VMware Zimbra

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Proofpoint, a provider of cloud-based security and compliance solutions for enterprise messaging and collaboration, today announced a collaboration with VMware to provide security and compliance solutions for the VMware Zimbra platform.

The integration of Proofpoint Enterprise Protection and Proofpoint Enterprise Privacy with VMware Zimbra provides customers with advanced regulatory compliance, email encryption, anti-phishing, data privacy and data loss prevention capabilities

VMware Zimbra is a collaboration hub for email, contacts, calendars, documents, file sharing, tasks, social media and enterprise applications. VMware Zimbra supports Firefox, Chrome, Safari or Internet Explorer on any desktop or device, and works with Windows, Mac and Linux desktops.

Proofpoint has worked with VMware Zimbra to custom-engineer the integration of its solutions with the VMware Zimbra platform to provide users with maximum protection
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The VMware Zimbra Platform has open APIs to add new end user functionality called “Zimlets.” This partnership introduces a new Zimlet: the secure-send Zimlet which allows users to send encrypted messages using Proofpoint Encryption.

Moreover, Proofpoint has introduced functionality to automatically quarantine spam by learning from actions taken by the user.

Qualified trial users of the Zimbra collaboration server virtual appliance can download a fully functional, 60-day trial version of Proofpoint Enterprise. Qualified trial users that purchase a license for Zimbra collaboration server can have the trial period for Proofpoint Enterprise Protection extended for another 12 months.

AppSense Establishes Certified Specialist Program

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AppSense, provider of user virtualization technology, today announced the AppSense Certified Specialist program with computer-based testing for information technology provider Pearson Vue.

As the second tier of its three-tier global certification program, the specialist certification program is designed to increase and benchmark competency while validating an IT professional’s ability to implement, configure, and administer the AppSense User Virtualization Platform (UVP).

The AppSense UVP decouples the user layer from any native PC or virtual desktop, capturing this user-specific ‘digital personality’ into a centralized management framework. The UVP then delivers this personality, along with related IT-defined policies, on-demand to any point on an organization’s desktop and application delivery infrastructure – physical and virtual.