virtualisation

Composite Information Server Now Interoperates with HP Neoview Data Warehouse

September 30, 2008 by Robin Wauters Leave a Comment

Composite Software today announced its Composite Information Server has been certified for interoperability with the HP Neoview enterprise data warehouse platform. Composite Software is also part of the HP Developer & Solution Partner Program (DSPP), a worldwide alliance program providing fast, easy access to resources that can help partners to develop, market, deliver and support quality solutions using HP products and services.

The Composite Information Server delivers advanced data virtualization software for quick access to business-critical information regardless of data source or geographical location. The HP Neoview enterprise data warehouse features an integrated hardware/software platform that supports hundreds of terabytes of data and handles massive data queries. The recently released version, HP Neoview 2.3, addresses a market shift from traditional business intelligence (BI) by offering leadership capabilities for operational BI to enable real-time decision making.

As a member of the DSPP, Composite Software will work with HP to integrate its data virtualization with HP Neoview to create an array of BI and reporting, master data management (MDM), data virtualization and service-oriented architecture (SOA) data services.

The Composite Information Server with support for HP Neoview is available now. Pricing is based on project requirements.

Lanamark Debuts Virtualization and IT Assessment Suite Lanamark Suite

September 30, 2008 by Robin Wauters Leave a Comment

Lanamark today announced general availability and product packaging for its flagship software solution, Lanamark Suite, after announcing limited availability last June. The company also launched its global solution provider program that will help value-added resellers, system integrators and consultants accelerate delivery of virtualization services across desktops and servers.

Lanamark Suite 2008 is now generally available in Professional and Team editions with per workload per assessment licensing. Licenses are only required for analysis in Lanamark Studio after data about application workloads and server resources has been collected by the Lanamark Explorer. This allows solution providers to accelerate sales cycles by starting virtualization and IT assessments for customers without upfront licensing costs.

Retail product pricing per workload per assessment starts at $40 for Lanamark Suite Professional Edition and $50 for Lanamark Suite Team Edition.

AppSense Announces Partnership with CSC

September 30, 2008 by Robin Wauters 1 Comment

AppSense announced today that it has teamed with CSC to provide the AppSense Management Suite as the user environment management solution for the CSC Dynamic Desktop.

The CSC Dynamic Desktop is a virtual desktop solution that uses a combination of virtualization, thin client and secure access technologies to deliver a highly flexible personal desktop environment that is accessible from anywhere. With CSC Dynamic Desktop, applications and user data are stored on servers located behind firewalls. This enables employees to access their “desktop” remotely and securely, regardless of location, and it allows the IT department to rapidly deploy systems to new users or refresh desktops without having to touch them individually.

AppSense user environment management technology enables CSC Dynamic Desktop users to experience a fully personalized desktop while enabling the business to more effectively implement corporate policy.

In addition to the personalization of dynamic desktops, AppSense technology has been designed to work across multiple application delivery mechanisms. By combining virtual, streamed, provisioned and published applications, organizations are able to use the right mechanism for the right users at the right time. With AppSense, the user’s working environment is not dependent on the delivery mechanism, providing the user with a consistent, predictable and personalized working experience.

Industry Moves: Christopher Page (Vizioncore) and Patrick Clark (Expert Server Group)

September 30, 2008 by Robin Wauters Leave a Comment

Vizioncore today announced Christopher Page as the company’s new Director of Product Management, reporting to company VP of Products and Support, Jason Mattox.

Prior to joining Vizioncore, Page spent 18 years in product management and engineering positions at companies such as Motorola, Macrovision and Navteq. His diverse experience includes managing the development of software, data content and hardware products. Page’s accomplishments include helping companies win new business, developing new products and marketing complex technologies.

Page also holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management as well as an MS in Electrical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology and a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Expert Server Group also announced the appointment of Patrick L. Clark as Chief Operating Officer. As COO, Clark will be responsible for developing and overseeing Expert Server Group’s growing sales force and customer relations programs.

Clark’s extensive background spans the history of Internet and networking technology, starting early on as a co-founder and VP of Sales and Marketing at Interlan, one of the first local area network product companies, and continuing through his most recent role as head of Worldwide Sales for Converged Access, a leader in VoIP Application Performance Management.

Clark also brings the experience of building worldwide sales organizations. Prior to Converged Access, he was head of North American sales and service at Phone.com, a leading provider of wireless Internet infrastructure software to global telecommunications companies. Before that, he was the vice president of worldwide sales with Paragon Software, a leading provider of data and content synchronization software for the major wireless handset vendors and global telecommunications companies that was acquired by Phone.com in early 2000. Prior to Paragon Software, Clark was vice president of worldwide sales at Software.com, a leading provider of Internet/Intranet infrastructure software to global Telcos and Internet Service Providers (ISP’s). Previous to Software.com, Clark was EVP worldwide sales and field marketing for Computervision, a leading provider of CAD/CAM software and services where he was part of the successful turnaround of this $800 million software company.

Clark held significant roles in startup and high growth companies throughout his career. First, as the co-founder of Interlan, an early pioneer in the local area networking product space, and then serving as EVP and general manager with Microcom, a leading manufacturer of protocol modem, internetworking bridges/routers and communications software.

Clark also was a general partner of Windspeed Ventures, a seed round and early stage investment group in software and communications infrastructure companies. Clark sat on the advisory board for privately held companies Bitfone, Esmertec and Vividon.

Veeam Goes After European Market With VMware Management Tools

September 30, 2008 by Robin Wauters 1 Comment

Veeam Software today announced its entry into the European market. The company has launched a dedicated sales organisation, headquartered in its new UK-based EMEA headquarters office, for customers seeking to improve the manageability of virtual IT infrastructures based on VMware‘s market leading virtualisation software. The European executive team will be led by Managing Director Colin Wright and comprise a number of executives who have joined Veeam Software from senior positions at VMware. In addition, Veeam is launching two new products, Veeam Monitor Version 3.0 and version 4 of its nworks enterprise management connectors.

A recent study by IDC found that eighty-two percent of European companies are using VMware. The study also found that across Europe, disaster recovery, backup and availability have been the main growth areas for virtualisation over the past year. In order to more effectively address these specific challenges, Veeam Software is establishing a sales organisation that mirrors VMware’s presence in Europe. From today, European VMware users will be able to access the entire Veeam Software portfolio, which includes Veeam Backup, Veeam Reporter, Veeam Configurator and Veeam Monitor. They will also be able to use the company’s nworks enterprise management connectors that enable organisations to manage VMware environments with systems management tools from Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft.

Founded in 2006, Veeam Software’s fifty strong development team quickly created a range of systems management tools for VMware ESX Server environments. Veeam actively sought customer feedback to its early versions, and is now beginning the rollout of its 3.0 releases, offering advanced capabilities and the innovative features customers want most. The company will launch into Europe with two brand new updates.

Veeam Monitor Version 3.0, an easy-to-deploy VMware monitoring solution, provides VMware administrators with performance monitoring, capacity planning and trend analysis, as well as troubleshooting and problem resolution. In addition, Veeam will launch Version 4.0 of its nworks enterprise management connectors, composed of new updates for the nworks Management Pack (MP) for VMware for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager; and the nworks Smart Plug-in (SPI) for VMware for HP Software Operations Manager. Both products offer major new capabilities including hardware and sensor status.

SAVVIS To Resell Skytap’s Virtual Lab service, Seals Alliance With Parallels

September 30, 2008 by Robin Wauters Leave a Comment

Skytap today announced a strategic alliance with SAVVIS, provider of IT infrastructure services for business applications, to resell Skytap’s Virtual Lab service.

Skytap Virtual Lab provides virtualized infrastructure, including hardware, storage and networking resources. Customers get access to a complete virtual lab solution on demand including a pre-populated virtual machine library with major operating systems, databases and other application software.

SAVVIS also announced a business alliance with Parallels. The alliance enables independent software vendors (ISVs) to rapidly convert their single-tenancy applications to operate in a Software as a Service (SaaS) environment without having to re-architect their software.