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Red Hat, HP Achieve Top Virtualization Performance Spec.org Benchmark

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Red Hat, today announced that it has achieved a new record-setting SPECvirt_sc2010 virtualization performance benchmark in collaboration with partner HP based on the powerful Kernel-based Virtual Machine hypervisor and HP ProLiant systems.

The SPECvirt virtualization benchmark measures the ability of a system to host virtual machines that are running a set of typical server applications and is modeled to look like a customer’s real environment.

The SPECvirt_sc2010 metric is derived from a combination of the performance of the virtualized applications, noting the number of virtual machines used in the test, and a Quality of Service (QoS) requirement.

The combination of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 and its integrated KVM hypervisor and the HP ProLiant DL980 G7 has established new leading results – 7,424@456VMs and 76 tiles – setting the best virtual performance mark and highest number of tiles, or set of six virtual machines running an application, of any published SPECvirt result.

Including today’s record-setting result, 11 of the 18 published SPECvirt 2010 benchmark results published at Spec.org were achieved using KVM technology.

HP Announces VirtualSystem for VMware

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HP today announced VirtualSystem for VMware, a turnkey solution that gives organizations a virtualized infrastructure that speeds implementation and provides a foundation for cloud computing.

HP VirtualSystem for VMware includes virtualized HP Networking solutions, HP Converged Storage, HP BladeSystem servers, HP Insight software with on-site installation services.

HP VirtualSystem is modular and easily optimized for midsize businesses, helping channel partners to sell and speed time to value. HP VirtualSystem for VMware offers partners faster time to revenue via streamlined and simplified solution sales and delivery of HP-optimized VMware solutions.

In addition to delivering HP VirtualSystem for VMware solutions, partners can customize HP Virtualization Smart Bundles. These are optimized configurations that deliver predictable performance and reduce complexity with modular components to add performance and capacity as needed.

HP VirtualSystem for VMware is available now starting at $167,300, including HP Converged Infrastructure, factory integration and three years of HP Support Plus 24.

Clients can leverage existing licensing agreements or purchase pre-installed VMware licensing from HP.

HP Launches New Cloud Software Solutions

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HP recently announced new software solutions that improve collaboration among application delivery teams, enabling organizations to accelerate business innovation and lower operational costs.

The new HP software solutions are key components to the HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) suite, which accelerates application delivery with a single platform, while enhancing collaboration among application delivery teams.

The HP solutions provide business analysts, developers and testers with visibility across the life cycle and new levels of automation to streamline the delivery process.

The new HP ALM software solutions include:

HP Service Virtualization 1.0

integrates with a broad set of application life cycle management solutions to reduce complexity and business risks. By accessing a simulated environment immediately, organizations can enhance performance testing of composite applications.

The simulated environment also eliminates the need to build a redundant test environment, access production systems or recreate a proxy to mimic service behaviors.

HP Application Lifecycle Intelligence (ALI)

is an enterprise technology agnostic solution that turns disparate data into actionable intelligence. HP ALI, combined with HP ALM 11, provides a real-time view into changes made to source code while allowing developers to work with the tools of their choice. This allows organizations to measure the impact of changes on requirements, tests and defects for a complete analysis of application quality prior to release.

HP Agile Accelerator 5.0

features a new scheduling tool for viewing deliverables in development and provides real-time visibility across the application life cycle for rapid response to changing business requirements.

Egenera Signs Reseller Agreement With HP Solutions Provider

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Egenera, a provider of open converged infrastructure software for data center management, announced that the company has entered into a reseller agreement with HPM Networks, a provider of enterprise IT solutions and professional services with specialized virtualization and networking practices.

HPM is an HP Preferred Partner and one of HP’s largest solution providers.

The company has a significant presence in northern California and other west coast business centers. Both Egenera and HPM Networks are members of HP AllianceONE, a comprehensive partner program focused on HP’s Converged Infrastructure strategy of providing a shared services model to deliver secure, best-in-class applications.

With more than 20 years of experience in virtualization and IT architecture, HPM’s practice excels in communicating and delivering technical and strategic solutions at all organizational levels. Core competencies include data center consolidation, business continuity, desktop and server virtualization, data protection and cloud computing.

AppSense’s User Virtualization Platform Selected For HP’s Client Virtualization Reference Architecture

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AppSense, provider of user virtualization solutions, today announced that its User Virtualization Platform is now a core building block of HP’s new Client Virtualization Reference Architecture.

Along with Microsoft, VMware and Citrix, AppSense User Virtualization has been recognized by HP as a crucial technology for a successful architecture that meets the goals for client virtualization.

With the HP Client Virtualization Reference Architecture, customers can achieve the goals of IT and workforce agility without compromising performance, operating costs, information security and user experience, which is AppSense’s area of focus.

AppSense User Virtualization is a software solution that enables user management across both physical and virtual desktops.

HP, IBM, Intel, Red Hat And Others Form Open Virtualization Alliance

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BMC Software, Eucalyptus Systems, HP, IBM, Intel, Red Hat and SUSE yesterday announced the formation of the Open Virtualization Alliance, a consortium committed to fostering the adoption of open virtualization technologies including Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM).

The consortium will promote examples of customer successes, encourage interoperability and accelerate the expansion of the ecosystem of third party solutions around KVM, providing businesses improved choice, performance and price for virtualization.

The Open Virtualization Alliance will also provide education, best practices and technical advice to help businesses understand and evaluate their virtualization options.

The consortium complements the existing open source communities managing the development of the KVM hypervisor and associated management capabilities, which are driving technology innovations for customers virtualizing both Linux and Windows applications.

Members of the Open Virtualization Alliance have a common interest in supporting open virtualization, and are involved in the development, distribution, support, use, or other business interest in KVM or offerings which use it. By providing an open virtualization alternative, they are offering their clients choice and enabling them to select the ideal virtualization products for their business needs.