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Today, instrumented devices connected by powerful service managementsystems are infusing intelligence into things like production equipmentand supply chains, redefining the role of the infrastructure at the core ofthe enterprise. On a smarter planet, the datacenter is not simply the heartof IT—it’s also the central nervous system of the entire business.

IBM is helping companies view their extended infrastructure not as acollection of disconnected pieces, but as an integrated system thatconnects the datacenter to all of the digital and physical assets of thebusiness, creating a more dynamic infrastructure. From railway systemsthat can predict and schedule their own maintenance to power grids thatmatch supply and demand, we’re already helping customers improveservice, increase flexibility and reduce operating costs by as much as 50%.

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Start with Citrix XenServer™, the enterprise-class, cloud-proven virtualization

platform — for free. Then, simply add Citrix Essentials™ for XenServer™ for the

advanced management capabilities you need to maximize the scalability, resiliency

and manageability of your virtualized environment.

• Streamline Accelerate application delivery; provision workloads on demand

• Protect Implement cost-effective high availability and disaster recovery

• Integrate Better leverage existing storage capacity and feature sets

• Save Reduce license costs; consolidate servers; repurpose administrators

And if you’ve decided to go with Microsoft® Hyper-V™, you’ll want to add Citrix

Essentials™ for Hyper-V™ to get advanced virtualization management capabilities

for your Hyper-V and System Center environment.

Visit our Web site at www.citrix.com/XenServerVRACH and download our

free white paper, Achieving the Lowest Server Virtualization TCO. And while

you're there, if you haven't already, get started by downloading Citrix

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UPFRONT8 Point XenDesktop: High Performance and Flexibility

8 Counterpoint VMware View: A True End-to-End Solution

12 Opinion 2010: What’s Hot and What’s Not

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18 Business Continuity

19 Cloud Computing

19 Desktop Virtualization

20 Management & Optimization

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In this special online-only opinion column, Jon William Toigo, CEO of consultancy and research fi rm Toigo Partners LLC, goes against popular industry sentiment and questions the value of server-virtualization products. Writes Toigo:

“That virtualization of servers, storage and networks is inevitable should be taken as a given. It’s only logical that, as hardware becomes commoditized, software should scale independently of the kit … A corollary to this inevitability thesis is also true. Perpetuating a tight coupling of software to hardware eventually hobbles engineers and IT administrators alike with respect to important things like design improvement, scaling of performance and capacity, and management. Tight coupling leads to unwieldy and proprietary stovepipe products that obfuscate heterogeneous management and drive up cost of ownership in heterogeneous environments. In the end, IT costs too much.”

Read Toigo’s arguments and join the discussion online at VirtualizationReview.com/Toigo1209.

Check out new Editor in Chief Bruce Hoard’s blog at VirtualizationReview.com/ HoardB1209. Recent topics discussed include the possible collapse of the Oracle/Sun merger, the Citrix Ready Open Desktop Virtualization program and multiple hypervisors.

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Today, many companies are finding out the hard way that virtual image sprawl can be just as complicated asthe physical server sprawl virtualization was meant to solve. IBM can help you manage, simplify and evenautomate your virtual environment with a broad range of solutions designed to give you visibility and control over all of your virtual resources—servers, storage, applications, etc. So you can provision and configureresources in minutes instead of days, driving up efficiencies and setting the stage for new delivery modelslike cloud computing. Our open approach to virtualization has helped customers reduce capital and operatingcosts by up to 30% and is an essential building block of a smarter, more dynamic infrastructure.

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Mastering ManagementJust in case you haven’t caught one of my blogs, please allow me to introduce myself as the new editor in chief of Virtualization Review. My name is Bruce Hoard, and to put bookends on my career, I started out with Computerworld back in the early ’80s and was founding editor of Network World. I then spent 20 years as a freelance writer and editor before being hired into this new role by Doug Barney—who obviously has an eye for talent, not to mention craggy good looks.

Prior to taking this job, I wrote a few white papers and magazine articles on virtualization. But all that was really only dabbling compared to what I’ve been doing in my fi rst few weeks on the job: a fl urry of vendor briefi ngs, user interviews and immersing myself in all things virtual.

It didn’t take long for me to get a handle on the importance of managing and controlling virtualization environments. In fact, it seems like almost every day a new survey drives home that idea.

Case in point: This past summer, Network World reported on a survey conducted by Network Instruments LLC, a vendor of network-analysis software tools. In this survey, 442 IT pros revealed that while 75 percent of respondents were deploying virtualization, “They lacked the adequate tools, visibility or information about their virtual environments to troubleshoot their problems.”

Entitled “Security and Trust: The Backbone of Doing Business over the Internet,” this survey discovered that respondents might not have the money required to invest in the tools they needed to manage their advanced environments. Why? Because 73 percent were being asked to do more with fewer resources. Among those tightening budgets, more than half of those polled said the reduction in fi nancial resources could lead to IT degradation and failures.

Talk about a recipe for disaster: You install this disruptive technology that touches your servers and networks, and then you realize you don’t have the means to manage it. What happens if there are major problems? How can you resolve them if you lack the necessary tools and information?

Meanwhile, virtualization technology continues to improve and proliferate. The Network Instruments survey went on to note that in 2009, an estimated 27 percent of applications are sitting on virtual servers. The survey also predicted that number would rise to 44 percent in 2010 and 60 percent by 2011.

Thomas Bittman, vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner Inc., is also forecasting bullish numbers. He says that the installed base of virtual machines (VMs) will increase by a factor of 10, reaching 58 million VMs by 2012.

Asked what decision makers such as CIOs dislike about virtualization, Bittman cites “a new layer of complexity” that requires them to be very careful about how they manage their resource pools. In his worst-case scenario, companies that mismanage their virtualization installations run the risk of undoing key confi guration-management and performance-management processes that may have been defi ned—and refi ned—over the course of years.

“All those processes have to change when I virtualize,” he notes. “I have to change how I do capacity planning; how I deal with speed and virtualization; how I deal with offl ine images. I have to change all my processes, so it’s very disruptive.”

It is with these challenges in mind that we offer our 2010 Ultimate Virtualization Buyer’s Guide, which is included in this issue. In addition to offering a slew of management tools from a variety of vendors large and small, it contains a wealth of other helpful products that cover the virtualization market from A to Z.

Check it out, and let us know what you think. VR

Thinking outside the boxdepends on what’s in the box.


1 Source: IDC Market Analysis #215870,Volume 1, December 2008,Worldwide Server Energy Expense 2008–2012 Forecast. 2Return on investment and power savings calculation based on 11:1 consolidation ratio scenario of166 Intel 1U 2 socket servers to 14 BladeCenter HS22 servers and savings in energy costs, software license fees and other operating costs. Actual costs and savings will vary depending on individual customer configurationsand environment. For more information, visit www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/claims. IBM, the IBM logo, ibm.com, BladeCenter, Smarter Planet and the planet icon are trademarks of International Business Machines Corp.,registered in many jurisdictions worldwide. Other product and service names might be trademarks of IBM or other companies. A current list of IBM trademarks is available on the Web at www.ibm.com/legal/copytrade.shtml.Intel, the Intel logo, Xeon and Xeon Inside are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States and other countries. © International Business Machines Corporation 2009. All rights reserved.

The systemic inefficiencies in many server rooms today, in terms of both energy consumption and utilization,are becoming unsustainable. A recent study found that an estimated half of all businesses experience IToutages due to power and cooling issues1. Smarter tools like the IBM BladeCenter® HS22 can help. It’sdesigned to give you greater efficiency at every level, from its highly efficient design and Intel® Xeon®

Processor 5500 Series to its advanced management software like IBM Systems Director that activelymonitors and limits power consumption. All of which can add up to 93% in energy savings over theprevious generation of rack servers. Learn how you can see a return on your investment in as little asthree months2 at ibm.com/hs22

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POINT COUNTERPOINT

As our industry defi nes best practices for large-scale deployment of desktop virtualization, user experience has become the proving ground for

IT and end users. XenDesktop provides advanced HDX technologies to deliver a high-defi nition experience on any device, over any network. When comparing features, VMware View lacks several capabilities that users expect to see, including PC-like Flash experience, broad smartcard support, voice, video and webcam support, VoIP softphone compatibility, bi-directional audio, WAN optimization support, single sign-on and 3-D professional graphics capabilities to name a few.

As customers quickly fi nd out, delivery protocols are just one part of the equation. Optimizations are needed across the entire delivery infrastructure.

Here XenDesktop comes out ahead. To prove this, Citrix conducted internal tests to measure protocol throughput. (Note: Tests can easily be replicated using publicly available tools and WAN emulators. A WAN emulator is not needed when testing in a LAN environment.) A load-testing tool ran a series of randomized applications including Microsoft Offi ce, Web content, and Flash audio and video. We ran the tests for 30 minutes or more with no Flash acceleration, redirection or throttling on either product. Chart 1 shows the results.

To get a view of performance requirements to address professional 3-D graphics users—even over the WAN—we tested XenDesktop and HDX 3D against the hardware version of PC over IP (PCoIP). VMware has since released a software version of Teradici’s PCoIP. HDX 3D consumed 90 percent less bandwidth than hardware PCoIP—even at the lowest performance settings (see Chart 2, p. 10).

XenDesktop: High Performance and FlexibilityBy Harry Labana

Desktop virtualization is quickly changing how businesses are delivering desktops to end users. Desktop virtualization should deliver a seamless

experience for all applications and media to a range of end users, while enabling IT to easily secure and manage desktops. To achieve these benefi ts while meeting the expectations of end users requires a tightly integrated solution that can also provide a superior user experience. VMware View, with the PC over IP (PCoIP) protocol, robust feature set, platform integration, broad ecosystem and best ROI, provides a true end-to-end solution and the best user experience for the widest range of end users.

In a typical enterprise, users vary from simple task workers with a fi xed set of applications and limited graphics requirements, to knowledge workers and power users who demand an uncompromised computing experience. Power users utilize a range of applications and access to content, including rich media and graphics. All end users demand an uninhibited, rich experience from their desktop environments, and in many cases they demand this from a range of devices and locations.

Foundation for Virtual Desktop DeliveryVMware View with PCoIP technology is purpose-built for delivering an uncompromised desktop experience across the widest range of users, tasks and locations, ensuring the best user experience regardless of network conditions. It is an innovative display protocol that compresses, encrypts and encodes the entire computing experience at the data center and transmits it across a standard network to end points, which can be running PCoIP hardware, or using VMware View’s software-based client. The compression algorithm adapts dynamically with existing conditions to enable the best user experience for a given network connection.

When network parameters change, the adaptive nature of the protocol helps by progressively refi ning the desktop in an effi cient manner to maintain the optimal user experience; the protocol actually senses the content being rendered, and prioritizes based on what’s most important to the end user. As a result, it addresses the demanding requirements of even the highest-end power users.

VMware View: A True End-to-End SolutionBy Patrick Harr

Chart 1. Citrix HDX vs. VMware View 3 Protocol Throughput Results

REMOTE DISPLAY PROTOCOL BANDWIDTH

Citrix HDX 233 Kbps

VMware View 3 820 Kbps

Manage desktops centrally

Personalized desktops for each user

High-definition experience over any network

Best bandwidth on LAN or WAN

Delivers VDI, streamed and shared desktops

Works with any hypervisor

If you’re considering a VDI solution, you should know that Citrix XenDesktop with high-definition

HDX Technology delivers a host of benefits that other products simply can’t match — like superior

performance, proven scalability, and the lowest cost per desktop. It even makes migration to

Windows® 7 a snap. When it comes to these benefits, our competitors just can’t connect the dots.

Learn more about what makes Citrix XenDesktop the best VDI solution. Download the VDI Comparison Kit at www.citrix.com/XD4VRM.

Citrix XenDesktop with VMware View

(Hint: add up the dots)

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The user experience of PCoIP degraded signifi cantly as bandwidth decreased from an open LAN to lower speeds. HDX 3D remained stable while PCoIP began to falter. At 2Mbps, PCoIP was unusable. It is logical to conclude that the software version of PCoIP will not perform as well as the hardware version. PCoIP will not work in a Microsoft Remote Desktop Services (RDS) environment, further reducing potential total cost of ownership benefi ts.

Achieving ROI with Every Use CaseTo achieve strong ROI with desktop virtualization, we believe there are four factors to consider:

1. On-Demand Applications: The cost and complexity of desktop management is a direct result of applications running on each user’s desktop. Integrating the capabilities of XenApp technology into XenDesktop 4 signifi cantly improves ROI by making application delivery an integrated part of overall desktop management.

2. Flexible Delivery Models: VDI only serves a subset of users. XenDesktop 4 includes FlexCast delivery technology, allowing IT to mix-and-match delivery scenarios, which can be executed from a centrally managed solution.

3. Network Infrastructure Costs: By optimizing user experience at every point—endpoint, network and data center—HDX provides the best user experience using the existing network infrastructure.

4. Open Architecture: XenDesktop fully supports Citrix XenServer, Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware ESX and VMware vSphere, giving customers choice. View is locked into the VMware hypervisor platform and the required version may not match the version deployed.

Combining inadequate performance with a single, VDI-only, locked-in architecture is not the way to improve ROI and end-user satisfaction. Customers need high virtual desktop performance and fl exibility that support an increasingly distributed workforce to achieve the best ROI given the diverse requirements. Citrix XenDesktop 4 with HDX and FlexCast technologies helps customers achieve this goal. VR

Harry Labana is CTO, Desktop Division, Citrix Systems Inc.

Seamless User ExperienceVMware View includes a range of technologies to ensure a seamless, natural user experience, even exceeding that of the traditional desktop. USB redirection simplifi es support for locally attached peripherals, so when plugged in to the local client, the input is automatically mapped to the virtual desktop without user intervention. Multimedia redirection ensures top performance for the delivery of rich media by eliminating concerns related to network conditions and leveraging local computing power for the best user experience.

Platform Matters Tight integration with VMware vSphere means VMware View users benefi t from the rich and robust feature set of the industry-leading virtualization platform, delivering high availability, fault tolerance and scalability. These capabilities, traditionally reserved for server infrastructures, are now extended to the desktop.

The Ecosystem of Partners VMware’s broad partner ecosystem ensures that customers can deploy VMware View with their choice of components to build the best solution. Working with vendors who provide components ranging from PCoIP hardware end points and other thin clients, to security, storage and network infrastructures, means customers can implement an end-to-end solution that delivers the right level of service to meet end-user demands.

Highest ROIVMware View has been shown to reduce the annual cost of PC ownership by 50 percent, resulting in savings of $600 or more per end user. Savings result from signifi cant reduction in IT staff support costs and reduced downtime. According to research fi rm IDC, on average, customers can realize a payback period as short as 5.6 months. At $250 per seat, VMware View is also less expensive than other solutions.

Complete PackageVMware View 4 provides a comprehensive solution for delivering virtualized desktops and the best user experience for the widest range of end users. Together these components—the rich PCoIP protocol, robust feature set, platform integration and high ROI—are changing they way people deploy and interact with desktops. VR

Patrick Harr is vice president of marketing, VMware Desktop Business Unit.

Chart 2. Citrix HDX 3D vs. Hardware PCoIP 3-D Graphics Requirements

REMOTE DISPLAY PROTOCOL BANDWIDTH

Citrix HDX 3D 2 Mbps

Hardware PCoIP 54 Mbps

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As virtualization becomes more mainstream, there are many anticipated developments and

advancements on the horizon. Here’s a brief lay of the land, in addition to players you should watch for in the coming year.

Better network infrastructure management, Physical-to-Virtual (P2V) and dynamic provisioning. There are several vendors working in these areas to make it easier to deploy new virtual machines (VMs) and complete virtual infrastructures. One newcomer to watch is LineSider.com, as it works to virtualize network infrastructures. VMware’s vNetwork Distributed Switch in vSphere can centrally manage virtual networking features of all of its hosts and VM instances. And Novell’s PlateSpin Orchestrate continues to be one of the best ways to start, stop, migrate or clone VMs across VMware, Microsoft and Xen environments. Microsoft is playing catch-up with Hyper-V, and now includes a live migration feature to move a VM from one host to another.

Better VM policy-management tools. As virtualization becomes more pervasive, you may need additional granularity and security to prevent employees from gaining access to your infrastructure. This is where third-party tools can come in handy. HyTrust’s appliance can protect access to the hypervisor, while VMware’s vShield Zone appliance protects guest VMs. Finally, Microsoft’s new System Center Essentials 2010 has improvements that make Hyper-V’s policy management more fl exible.

VM Licensing can only get better—or at least moreunderstandable. It’s hard to say who has the more inscrutable licensing, Microsoft or VMware. There’s a growing feature gap between free and fee versions, especially once you load up your hosts with management apps, operating systems and user-application licenses. One of the advantages of going with Hyper-V running on the Enterprise version of Windows Server 2008 is that you can have unlimited free licenses for your guest Windows VMs, which can add up to a signifi cant savings. We can only hope that both vendors simplify their licensing in the coming year.

More selection on hypervisors that are pre-installed on servers. Dell PowerEdge, HP ProLiant and IBM BladeCenter all offer a selection of rack-mounted servers with either VMware ESX or Citrix XenServer. A few vendors are starting to look at pre-loading Hyper-V, too. Look for bigger and better servers from these and other server vendors in the coming year.

Hypervisor scalability and performance improvements. As people build larger and more complex VM infrastructures, it’s nice that the latest versions of all hypervisor products will come with full 64-bit goodness inside and support more CPUs. (Hyper-V supports up to 64 logical processors and 384 concurrent VMs, although building

a server that can handle that large a workload could be a challenge.) Look for more capable hypervisors in the future. As an example, VMware vLockstep adds high-availability mirroring on two different hosts. And the Cisco Unifi ed Computing System platform allows for high-density VM confi gurations: It can handle 384GB of RAM and doesn’t require the purchase of four CPU licenses for hypervisors, saving some money in the long term.

Continued maturing of application-virtualization tools. This includes layering and applications streaming in real time. It also includes protection, so you can run multiple versions of the same app, provide better

support for offl ine users and reduce licensing expenses of desktop apps. Microsoft App-V, Symantec Endpoint Virtualization Suite, Citrix XenApp and VMware ThinApp will all see big improvements in 2010. There’s a great comparison chart from Sven Huisman of these and a few other application-virtualization tools available at http://tinyurl.com/n2k7jk.

As you can see, a lot is happening, so look for bigger and better virtualization tools in the coming year. VR

David Strom ([email protected]) is the former editor in chief of Network Computing, Tom’s Hardware.com and DigitalLanding.com. He’s written about networking topics for more than 20 years, and his blog can be found at strominator.com.

2010: What’s Hot and What’s NotBy David Strom

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2010 BUYER’S GUIDE


As the virtualization juggernaut continues to build momentum, it’s incumbent upon both current and potential virtualization users to research the market for products that fi t their specifi c needs. It’s not just all about server virtualization anymore. Desktop virtualization—aka Virtual Desktop Infrastructure—storage

virtualization and network virtualization are just a few of the new product categories luring users with their possibilities and challenging them with their promises.

In order to help you make the best virtualization choices, we have compiled and now off er this year’s version of The Ultimate Virtualization Buyer’s Guide. Putting this mother of all virtualization buyer’s guides together involved contacting and soliciting product information across 12 diff erent categories, running the gamut from Virtualization Security to Cloud Computing.

In addition to including a new crop of 2010 products, we also painstakingly reviewed submissions from last year’s guide, which involved getting in touch with many vendors to get the low-down on any changes they have made to their products. We hope you fi nd this information helpful, and we look forward to off ering even more next year.

Also, be sure to check out an extended PDF of the Buyer’s Guide online at VirtualizationReview.com/Hoard1209. The extended PDF contains more listings, more product information and more insights into choosing the best products for your business.

Please send me your comments at [email protected].

THE INDUSTRY’S MOST COMPREHENSIVE PRINT GUIDE TO VIRTUALIZATION PRODUCTS. By Bruce Hoard and Virtualization Review Staff




APPLICATION VIRTUALIZATION

2X VirtualDesktopServer2X Software 1825 W. Walnut Hill Lane Irving, TX 75038214-288-05522x.comPublishes virtual desktops and applications, rather than local installations, letting companies experience the full benefi ts of desktop and application virtualization by improving desktop manageability, security and performance. Inte-grates with VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer, Parallels, Oracle Virtual Iron, Sun VirtualBox and other virtualization platforms.Cost: Contact vendor

AX SeriesA10 Networks Inc.2309 Bering Dr.San Jose, CA 95131408-325-8696a10networks.comHelps accelerate virtual servers by offl oading compute-intensive tasks as well as intelligently distributing users among multiple virtual machines. The AX Series also allows dynamic provisioning and other tasks using the aXAPI (RESTful API) in conjunction with virtual environments such as VMware vCenter. Cost: Starts at $15,995

Citrix XenAppCitrix Systems Inc.4988 Great America Pkwy.Santa Clara, CA 95054408-790-8921citrix.com An application virtualization solution that reduces the cost of Windows application management by up to 50 percent. Virtualizing applications with Citrix XenApp enables organi-zations to improve application management by centralizing applications in the data center, which reduces costs and improves security by encrypting access to data and applications. Cost: Advanced Edition - $350; Enterprise Edition - $450; Platinum Edition - $600

InstallFree BridgeInstallFree Inc. 60 Long Ridge Road Stamford, CT 06902 203-276-1460 installfree.comA clientless and serverless platform that enables enterprises to centrally deliver and manage virtual applications, add-ons and patches to end users with complete transparency based on the customer’s existing IT infrastructure.Cost: Contact vendor

Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 SP1Microsoft1 Microsoft WayRedmond, WA 98052-7329425-882-8080microsoft.comEnables you to transform applications into centrally managed virtual services that reduce the cost of application deployment, eliminate application confl icts and reboots, simplify your base image footprint to expedite PC provisioning, and increase user productivity.Cost: Contact vendor

Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 7Novell404 Wyman StreetWaltham, MA 02451800-529-3400novell.comCan now be integrated with Novell ZENworks Confi guration Management, helping customers and managed service providers reduce the costs of testing, packaging and confi guring virtual applications. ZENworks Application Virtualiza-tion eliminates application compatibility problems with Windows desktops, providing greater security and management. Cost: Consult vendor

Radware VirtualDirectorRadware Ltd.575 Corporate DriveMahwah, NJ 07430201-785-3236radware.comAn application-delivery optimization solution for the virtualized data center providing real-time, dynamic allocation of data center resources based on business events. This ensures optimal user experience and SLAs, improved response times and increased CAPEX/OPEX savings. It can be deployed external to the virtual environ-ment to remain independent of virtualized constraints or as a virtual appliance for use in fully virtualized environments. It provides visibility to the entire application even if deployed in a hybrid environment with both physical and virtual servers. Cost: $35,000 single power; $40,000 dual power

VMware ThinAppVMware Inc.3401 Hillview AvenuePalo Alto, CA 94304877-486-9273vmware.comSimplify application deployments by eliminating application confl icts through application virtualization. Package an entire application

and its settings into a single executable that is isolated from the OS. Plug VMware ThinApp into your existing management infrastructure and accelerate your application development and desktop deployment. Deliver and deploy applications more effi ciently, more securely and more cost eff ectively.Cost: $5,000

Xenocode Virtual Application Studio Code Systems Corp.119 First Avenue South, 3rd FloorSeattle, WA 98104877-223-3551xenocode.comEnables applications to be deployed in light-weight, pre-confi gured virtual executables that run instantly, anywhere via the Web, USB keys or existing infrastructures. Xenocode virtual applications are isolated from each another and the host device, allowing enterprise desktops to be locked down, and eliminating confl icts associated with shared components and application upgrades. Cost: Starts at $499

AUTOMATION

Surgient Virtual Automation PlatformSurgient Inc.8303 North MoPac, Suite C300 Austin, TX 78759512-241-4699surgient.comLeverages leading virtualization and systems management technologies to automate the deployment and management of complex IT services. Through a patented, just-in-time, self-service approach, administrators and users access resource pools on-demand and through guaranteed reservations. Cost: Contact vendor

vControlVizioncore Inc.2300 Barrington RoadSte. 700, Hoff man Estates Chicago, IL 60169847-589-2222vizioncore.comvControl is a multi-hypervisor VM management solution that provides self-service provisioning, multi-VM control and task-based automation that reduces VM administration costs and improves consistency. vControl lets VM consumers build and deploy VMs for themselves, while providing administrators a single interface for task-based administration of VMs. Cost: Contact vendor

Q Who is Citrix Systems?A We are a software and services company focused on deliver-ing applications over a network and the Internet. Centraliza-tion, optimization and virtualization have been the focus of Citrix product innovation, strategic acquisitions, go-to-market partnerships, and talent development for over twenty years. It’s why we remain fundamentally committed to our vision— a world where anyone can work and play from anywhere.

Q Citrix has been around for 20 years, what has changed?A Years ago, mainframe computing dominated the enterprise. Then came distributed computing, which brought computing power, applications and flexibility out to millions of desktops everywhere. Today, traditional distributed computing is beginning to collapse under the weight of its own complexity.Citrix allows IT to evolve from distributed computing to a dramatically simpler, service-oriented model. Leveraging virtualization, cloud computing, network optimization and on-demand collaboration, Citrix empowers IT with the flexibility it needs to respond to a dynamic, changing world. The introduction of Citrix XenDesktop™ 4, Citrix’s desktop virtualization solution, represents a decision on the part of Citrix to focus on growth, capitalizing on the opportunity of accelerating adoption of desktop virtualization and an increasingly strategic role in our customers’ business operations.

Q Is desktop virtualization the same as VDI?A VDI, or “virtual desktop infrastructure”, refers to the process of running an end user desktop inside a virtual machine that lives on a server in the datacenter. However, VDI is only one form of desktop virtualization. Most companies have a broad diversity of users, including task workers, power users, guest workers, contractors and mobile employees. While VDI works great for some of these use cases, it’s entirely unsuitable for

others. With XenDesktop, customers can choose from any of the popular server-side virtual desktop models, including VDI, blade PCs, and traditional server-based computing, as well as client-side virtual desktop models that execute at the end point. With XenDesktop, customers no longer have to bet on just one form of desktop virtualization and can instead deliver the best desktop for every user, every time.

Q What are the expectations for desktop virtualization?A Today’s digital workforce won’t compromise: on one hand they demand the flexibility to work from anywhere at any time using any device they’d like, yet on the other hand they demand the high definition experience that they would get in the office. Leveraging XenDesktop, users can access their desktop and corporate applications from any PC, Mac, thin client or smartphone, with better reliability and higher availability than a traditional PC—all while getting a high definition multimedia experience. This enables complete workplace flexibility, business continuity and user mobility.

Q Can you tell us about your relationship with Microsoft?A Citrix has a rich history of embracing and extending Microsoft’s platform. As such, Microsoft endorses XenDesktop as the premier desktop virtualization solution for enterprise and complex environments. XenDesktop 4 strengthens our partnership and product alignment by plugging into App-V,Remote Desktop Services, Hyper-V Server and System Center, providing the most comprehensive solution to virtual and physical desktops. Microsoft shares our view that desktop virtualization is broader than VDI and shares a common vision of user centric computing. Together, the joint solution provides the best user experience, integrated management and the most comprehensive and cost effective solution to service the different user types and business drivers.

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Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server Acronis Inc.23 Third Ave.Burlington, MA 01803877-669-9749acronis.comFeatures centralized disk-image-based backup and recovery of Windows or Linux servers—including operating systems, data-bases, confi guration fi les and applications—for physical and virtual server environments. It’s available with optional deduplication and dissimilar hardware restore modules. Cost: $1,469

Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server Virtual Edition Protects an unlimited number of VMs on a single physical host for one price per host and off ers agent-less backup for VMware and Microsoft VMs. Optional deduplication and dissimilar hardware/virtual machine restore modules are available. Cost: $1,999

Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 WorkstationEnables users to create an exact disk image of their offi ce workstations, while backing up the OS, applications, key data fi les and folders. The product performs a full-system or bare-metal restore to diff erent hardware or a VM in minutes. The advanced workstation version adds centralized management features, and integrates an optional deduplication module. Cost: $74; the advanced workstation version costs $99

Backup Express (BEX)Syncsort Inc.50 Tice Blvd.Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677201-930-9700syncsort.comProvides the tools that accelerate server virtualization, make VMs dramatically more effi cient and help provide a full return on server consolidation investments. BEX enables fast, low-impact data protection, near-instant recovery with BEX Instant Virtualization, highly effi cient storage utilization and customizable virtual machine reporting.Cost: Contact vendor

DXi-Series Disk-Backup Appliances with DeduplicationQuantum Corp.11 Innovation DriveIrvine, CA 92617

800-677-6268quantum.comThe Quantum DXi Series of deduplication appliances reduces the typical amount of disk space and bandwidth needed for backup by 90 percent or more, leading to lower costs and enabling replication-based disaster recovery. From 1 to more than 200TB capacity (before deduplication). All models include backup software for VMware.Cost: Starting at $12,500 MSRP

LifeKeeper for LinuxSteelEye Technology Inc.4400 Bohannon Road, Ste. 110Menlo Park, CA 94025650-213-1487steeleye.comSteelEye’s LifeKeeper for Linux is a software application that ensures the continuous availabil-ity of applications by maintaining system uptime. LifeKeeper maintains the high availability of Linux cluster systems by monitoring system and application health, maintaining client connec-tivity and providing uninterrupted data access regardless of where clients reside, whether it be on the corporate Internet, intranet or extranet.Cost: Contact vendor

Linux Multi-site ClusterSteelEye Protection Suite for Linux Multi-site Cluster provides local application HA protection with a shared storage cluster plus the ability to host a complete disaster recovery server and storage at a remote location. Should a disaster befall the primary data center, a complete mirror of all critical data is available at the disaster recovery site.Cost: Contact vendor

Neverfail vXtenderNeverfail3839 Bee Caves Road, Ste. 100Austin, TX 78746512-327-5777neverfailgroup.comA new solution designed to extend the benefi ts and value of virtualization to applications deployed in physical environments. Neverfail vXtender cost eff ectively and effi ciently ensures the continuous availability of applications that are deployed across multiple production servers.Cost: Consult vendor

vAppHANeverfail’s unique application-aware availability framework has established itself as the protec-tion tool of choice for continuous availability of Tier-1 Microsoft applications. vAppHA integrates this same technology with the VMware High Availability (HA) and VMware VMotion, compo-nents of VMware vSphere 4, to help ensure the deepest level of protection against application outages. vAppHA continuously monitors and analyzes the health and state of Tier-1 applica-tions running within virtual machines. Cost: Pricing options vary

Replay VRA – Replay 4AppAssure Software Inc.1925 Isaac Newton Square E., Ste. 440Reston, VA 20190703-547-8686AppAssure.comThe only solution that delivers rapid local and cloud-based recoveries, which provide companies with protection from both isolated hardware and application failures, as well as entire site-wide failures. Previous solutions to this problem required expensive storage hardware, complicated replication software and many layers of redundancy.Cost: Consult vendor

SANmelodyDataCore Software Corp.6300 NW 5th WayFort Lauderdale, FL 33309954-377-6000datacore.comDelivers high availability and serves as a disaster recovery (DR) solution. SANmelody software fulfi lls business continuity objectives by preventing storage-related maintenance, upgrades, reconfi guration, expansion and failures from disrupting IT operations. The manufacturer-independent software automati-cally updates identical copies of virtual disks stored on separate drives. Cost: Entry-level SAN software starts at under $1,000. High-availability SANmelody pair starts at under $10,000 (two SANmelody licenses confi gured as a High-Availability pair).

StorageCraft ShadowProtect Desktop EditionStorageCraft Technology Corp.121 W. Election Road, Suite 110Draper, UT 84020801-545-4700storagecraft.comProvides fast and reliable disaster recovery, data protection and system migration for Windows desktops and laptops. ShadowProtect provides hardware- independent restore for physical-to-physical system (P2P) recovery, and also supports conversion from physical systems to virtual environments (P2V), virtual environ-ments to physical systems (V2P) and virtual environments to virtual environments (V2V). ShadowProtect is complementary to VMWare and Microsoft virtualization solutions for fast and reliable disaster recovery. Cost: Contact vendor

STORServer Appliance for VMwareSTORServer Inc.485-B Elkton Dr.Colorado Springs, CO 80907719-266-8777storeserver.comIncorporates VMware Consolidated Backup to improve manageability of backups and reduce costs by centralizing the backup of ESX servers




on the STORServer. Consolidating backups of virtual machines on the STORServer also reduces resource utilization on production ESX servers, hosts and LANs during backup operations, and allows virtual machines to continue operating without impact during backup operations.Cost: Consult vendor

UBDR Gold v5.0UltraBac Software 15015 Main Street, Ste. 200 Bellevue, WA 98007425-644-6000ultrabac.comUsing image-based technology, UBDR Gold provides high-performance physical or virtual restores. It executes 100 percent scripted restores for unassisted recoveries, and features backup/restore to literally any type of network storage device, in addition to performing virtual and physical dissimilar hardware restores. Recovering is automatic, requiring no special setup, pre-confi guration, or other considerations.Cost: Contact vendor

Veeam Backup and ReplicationVeeam Software6479 Refl ections Drive, Ste. 200Columbus, OH 43017614-339-8217veeam.comThe fi rst enterprise-ready solution for fast VMware ESX/ESXi backup and restore that com-bines backup and replication in a single product. Also features ESXi support with and without VCB support, fi le-level recovery in seconds, database-consistent backup, faster backup and restore with synthetic backup, replica rollback, and integration with VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB), all while reducing storage costs with data de-duplication.Cost: $499/socket (1-50 sockets)

vRanger Pro 4.1 DPPVizioncore Inc.975 Weiland Road, Ste. 200Buff alo grove, IL 60089847-589-2222vizioncore.comThe 4.1 release is the next-generation version of vRanger Pro, which features a completely redesigned architecture, including plug-and-play modularity, service-based architecture, and signifi cantly faster virtual machine backup and recovery operations. Cost: $499 per CPU socket

vConverter DRProvides numerous features for eff ective ongoing disaster recovery in existing physical environ-ments. First, vConverter generates virtual backups for physical servers. Next, vConverter’s Continuous Protection Mode regularly updates these virtual backups with changes occurring on the physical server. vConverter ensures that companies have a “virtual standby system”

that’s up-to-date and can be immediately utilized in the event of physical server problems or outages.Cost: $299 per CPU socket

vReplicatorBuilt for short and critical recovery time objec-tives (RTOs), vReplicator provides host-level replication, off -site data protection and fail-over support for customers needing a fl exible, cost-eff ective and reliable replication solution. Supports full, diff erential or hybrid backup repli-cations of VMs to dissimilar hardware. Cost: $499 per socket

CLOUD COMPUTING

MaxVMaximumASP LLC 752 Barret Ave., Ste. 103Louisville, KY 40206502-213-7721maxv.comPowered by Microsoft Hyper-V to provide an alternative to the MaximumASP’s Dedicated Server off erings. Each MaxV Virtual Dedicated Server performs and behaves exactly like a stand-alone server for both users and applica-tions. Microsoft named MaximumASP Hosting Solution Partner of the Year for the develop-ment and launch of this product.Cost: Contact vendor

RelianceUniva UD1001 Warrenville Rd., Ste. 550Lisle, IL 60532512-692-4118univaud.comApplication Service Governance: The Brains of Cloud. Reliance is an application service governance product that provides the essential “brains” of a cloud-based infrastructure. This unique technology automates resource allocation based on application requirements to ensure SLA-based application delivery. With Reliance, companies can run their computing environments as effi ciently as cloud providers do, while maintaining control of their own applications and data.Cost: Consult vendor

VMLogix LabManager–Cloud EditionVMLogix Inc.2350 Mission College Boulevard, Ste. 225Santa Clara, CA 95054650-451-5555vmlogix.comEnables software teams to run virtual labs within the public cloud. LabManager–Cloud Edition off ers an enterprise-class virtual lab solution with a utility-like, pay-as-you-go model. The fl exibility of this cost model is ideal for use cases wherein demand patterns are highly variable, including software development, testing, training, demonstrations and support. Cost: Pay as you go (tied to VM hours)

vSMP Foundation for CloudScaleMP Inc.20863 Stevens Creek Blvd., Ste. 275Cupertino, CA 95014408-342-0330scalemp.comEnables on-demand virtual SMP provisioning for enterprise cloud infrastructures. It works seamlessly with existing systems in a grid or cloud, creating a new dimension of cloud fl ex-ibility and increased resource utilization. Tightly integrated with systems management and provisioning tools, it off ers the fl exibility of on-the-fl y creation of VMs on a per-job, per-project or per-customer basis.Cost: From $500 per node

DESKTOP VIRTUALIZATION

2X VirtualDesktopServer2X Software Ltd.1825 W. Walnut Hill LaneIrving, TX 75038214-288-05522x.comImproves virtual desktop security, manageability and performance, helping companies see the full benefi ts of desktop and application virtualization. The product is hosted on a variety of virtualiza-tion platforms, and helps to lower operating costs by delivering secure, centrally managed access to virtual desktops and applications. Cost: Contact vendor

Citrix XenDesktopCitrix Systems Inc.4988 Great America Pkwy.Santa Clara, CA 95054408-790-8921citrix.com A desktop virtualization and VDI solution that delivers a complete Windows desktop experi-ence as an on-demand service to any user, anywhere. XenDesktop can quickly and securely deliver individual applications or complete desktops while providing a high-defi nition user experience on any device.Cost: VDI - $95 per user or device; $195 per concurrent user; Enterprise - $225 per user or device; Platinum - $350 per user or device

Parallels Desktop 4 for Windows and LinuxParallels 660 SW 39th Street, Ste. 205Renton, WA 98057 415-277-4934parallels.comDesigned to enable widespread adoption of PC virtualization. It can be installed on top of a



Windows or Linux host OS, and then used to run any combination of guest Windows and Linux OSes at the same time on one PC. Ben-efi ts include improvement of reaction time, increased productivity and the enablement of widespread adoption. Cost: Contact vendor

Prism Asset ManagerNew Boundary Technologies1300 Godward St. NEMinneapolis, MN 55413612-379-3805newboundary.comA powerful, easy-to-use tool that collects and analyzes data on all installed software and hardware assets—providing the information needed to ensure full software license compli-ance and optimize software purchases and migrations. Prism Asset Manager dramatically improves IT department productivity and re-duces overall system costs by streamlining, simplifying and automating asset management processes.Cost: Consult vendor

Quest vWorkspaceQuest Software10701 Parkridge Boulevard, Ste. 100Reston, VA 20191703-709-9210vworkspace.comAggregates application delivery and desktop deployments from any virtualization platform, blade PCs and Terminal Services/Remote Desktop Services environments. vWorkspace is an enterprise-grade desktop management solution that transforms the corporate desktop infrastructure into an on-demand service with an optimized user experience for LAN and WAN deployments. Cost: $50/per concurrent user (Basic)

RES PowerFuseRES Software18200 Von Karman Ave.Irvine, CA 92614949-333-2299ressoftware.comEnables IT professionals to dynamically compose and manage a personalized and secure workspace for each and every user—separately from the user’s underlying applications, systems software and hardware. This greatly simplifi es IT adminis-tration, ensures compliance and saves money.Cost: Consult vendor

RTO Virtual Profi lesRTO Software Inc.6120 Windward Pkwy.Alpharetta, GA 30005678-987-4178rtosoft.comVirtualizes user personality and confi guration data. It works with VDI, Citrix, physical desktops and laptops. It eliminates user profi le data

corruption problems, enhances user fl exibility and delivers faster log-ons.Cost: Consult vendor

SysTrack Virtual Machine PlannerLakeside Software Inc.40950 Woodward AvenueBloomfi eld Hills, MI 48304248-686-1700LakesideSoftware.comThe fi rst suite of tools that addresses the full spectrum of planning needs involved in the adoption of desktop virtualization. SysTrack VMP provides VDI assessment, VDI capacity planning, virtualization modeling and predictive analysis, migration planning, storage throughput and space planning. Cost: Contact vendor

Thin DesktopThinLaunch Software LLC3432 Denmark Ave.Eagan, MN 55142612-216-5469thinlaunch.comEnhances the overall value of virtualization by simplifying the deployment and implementa-tion of virtual desktops at the user device. Thin Desktop replaces the local user interface, then locks down and monitors the user/client device. This allows the administrator to gain complete control over the client endpoint and the user experience.Cost: Consult vendor

ThinPrint .print Desktop EngineThinPrint AG7600 Grandview AvenueDenver, CO 80002 303-487-1302 ext 2100thinprint.comEnables quick and easy printing when accessing desktops remotely via RDP or ICA. When printing in Citrix XenDesktop or VMware VDI environ-ments, or when accessing a physical desktop, the .print Desktop Engine ensures that users can output the results of their work on a locally available printer at any time. Cost: $69 per user

Vizioncore EcoShellVizioncore Inc.2300 Barrington RoadSte. 700, Hoff man Estates Chicago, IL 60169847-590-2222vizioncore.comA freeware desktop application that enables IT admins to unlock the full potential of their virtual infrastructures and reduce the daily operating costs of managing multi-platform environments. Fostered and supported by The Virtualization EcoShell Initiative (VESI)—an online community-driven Web site sponsored

by Vizioncore (the VESI.org)—Virtualization EcoShell is enhanced by the participation of community members.Cost: Free desktop application

MANAGEMENT & OPTIMIZATION

Akorri BalancePoint 3.0Akorri Inc.305 Foster St.Littleton, MA 01460978-431-1200akorri.comBalancePoint is a performance and capacity management software that provides analysis across IT virtualization layers and technology silos for both virtual and physical, server and storage infrastructures.Cost: Consult vendor

AppManager for VMwareNetIQ Corp.1233 W. Loop St., Ste. 1800Houston, TX 77027713-418-5705netiq.comYou can monitor, manage and report on your entire VMware virtual infrastructure—including vCenter servers, host servers and virtual machines—from one location.Consolidation of data and correlation of events provides the opportunity to proactively manage IT and more easily support business initiatives.Cost: Consult vendor

Cassatt Active ResponseCassatt Corp.1740 Technology DriveSan Jose, CA 95110408-437-7602cassatt.comAn automated, dynamic server resource man-agement platform for Windows, Linux and Solaris servers. It provides both for the automated initial deployment of application and OS images to servers, and additionally provides continuous monitoring of server and application health, with the ability to reassign resources dynamically—based on administrator-defi ned performance goals—to keep application performance within designated operational levels.Cost: Consult vendor

CiRBACiRBA Inc.45 Vogell Rd., Ste. 600Richmond Hill, Ontario L4B 3P6 Canada905-731-0090cirba.comProvides advanced analytics and collaborative capabilities that enable enterprise views of capacity health for both physical and virtual infrastructures.Cost: Consult vendor

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eG EnterpriseeG Innovations33 Wood Avenue South, Ste. 600Iselin, NJ 08830866-526-6700eginnovations.comAn architecture that handles centralized con-fi guration, administration and control of agents, powered by a central component, eG Manager, which uses pre-defi ned models of diff erent infrastructure components (network devices, databases, applications and so on) to instruct the agents on what metrics need to be collected, and how often.Cost: Contact vendor

EMC Ionix Server Confi guration Manager (SCM)Confi guresoft7450 Campus Dr.Colorado Springs, CO 80920719-686-4600confi guresoft.comProvides enterprise visibility to help you control your IT infrastructure, virtual sprawl, and under-stand planned and unplanned changes.Cost: Consult vendor.

Equalizer VLBCoyote Point Systems Inc.675 M First St.San Jose, CA 95112408-291-5240coyotepoint.comMonitors VMware vCenter or ESX server (VMware infrastructure) to determine virtual machine status. Equalizer VLB utilizes VMware’s management API to retrieve the real-time virtual server performance informa-tion from VMware, which is combined with Coyote Point’s application- and network-aware capabilities to manage the traffi c fl owing to VMware VMs running on ESX server.Cost: Consult vendor

FactFinderBlueStripe Software Inc.2501 Aerial Center Pkwy.Morrisville, NC 27560919-462-3660bluestripe.comAn application service management software solution that monitors applications around the clock and measures true application service per-formance by measuring all real application service requests, hop-by-hop, across the entire applica-tion system.Cost: Consult vendor

Hyper9 Virtual Environment Optimization (VEO)Hyper99015 Mountain Ridge Dr., Ste. 140Austin, TX 78759877-949-7379hyper9.com

Provides strategic insights across your virtual infrastructure, combining analytics about how your environment is performing with the ability to report and act on key business priorities.Cost: Consult vendor

IBM Systems Director 6.1IBM Corp.1 New Orchard RoadArmonk, NY 10504800-426-4968ibm.comA platform management foundation that streamlines the way physical and virtual systems are managed across multisystem environments. Leveraging industry standards, it supports multiple OSes and virtualization technologies across IBM and non-IBM platforms. IBM Systems Director 6.1 is an easy-to-use, point-and-click, simplifi ed management solution.Cost: Consult vendor

ISOdx SolutionsISOdx 8999 Gemini ParkwayColumbus, OH 43240877-217-9710isodxsolutions.comISOdx IT change control software reduces the impact of problematic infrastructure changes and brings IT performance potential to unprec-edented levels. Proven to reduce mean time to IT problem resolution by up to 92 percent, ISOdx IT change control solutions eliminate fi refi ghting work modes and help companies become effi cient, proactive and more strategic in their approach to work. Cost: Consult vendor

IxChariotIxia26601 Agoura Rd.Calabasas, CA 91302818-871-1800ixchariot.comA tool for assessing the performance of enter-prise applications and simulating network traffi c load from enterprise applications. By installing small, multiplatform software agents on VMs and servers inside the virtualized data center, the entire virtual infrastructure, vNIC, vSwitch, pNIC and switching backbone can be tested to understand the performance and potential bottlenecks. Cost: Contact vendor

Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V)MicrosoftOne Microsoft WayRedmond, WA 98052-7329425-882-8080microsoft.com

Reduces downtime by turning Windows applica-tions into centrally managed virtual services that are delivered to any licensed Windows desktop or laptop in the customer network. App-V 4.5 SP1 is available as part of the recently released Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack 2009 R2.Cost: Consult vendor

Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V)Available in the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack, it allows users to easily create, deliver and centrally manage a virtual Windows XP or Windows 2000 environment based on Microsoft Virtual PC 2007, and run legacy applications on Windows Vista desktops. MED-V 1.0 SP1 is scheduled for release in Q1 2010, and will be compatible with Windows 7.Cost: Consult vendor

Microsoft Data Protection Manager 2007 (DPM)A member of the Microsoft System Center family of management products, which are designed to help IT Professionals manage their Windows Server infrastructures, DPM 2007 delivers continuous data protection for Microsoft application and fi le servers to a seamlessly integrated secondary disk and tape solution on the DPM server. Cost: Consult vendor

MokaFive SuiteMokaFive Inc.475 Broadway St.Redwood City, CA 94063650-980-0970mokafi ve.comA desktop as a service platform designed for the enterprise and managed services providers, its desktop management capabilities make it easy for IT administrators to centrally create, deliver, secure and update a fully contained virtual envi-ronment, called a LivePC, to thousands of users.Cost: $89 per user/per year. (Volume discounts apply at higher user counts.)

OmniVisionSystar8618 Westwood Center Drive, Ste. 240Vienna, VA 22182703-556-8400Systar.comOmniVision delivers proactive capacity management for virtual and physical server environments, enabling IT organizations to optimize resource allocation and improve quality of service. OmniVision uncovers trends, mitigates risks and generates intuitive reports for key stakeholders.Cost: Contact vendor

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PerfectDisk 10 Enterprise ConsoleRaxco Software Inc.6 Montgomery Village Avenue, Ste. 500Gaithersburg, MD 20879301-527-0803perfectdisk.comManages defragmentation across the enterprise through a single, convenient interface and provides fully customizable central manage-ment tools that allow system administrators to manage defragmentation of workstations, servers and virtual environments quickly and effi ciently—making it easy to install, deploy, confi gure, manage and report on those environments. Cost: $199.99

RTO PinPointRTO Software Inc.6120 Windward Pkwy.Alpharetta, GA 30005678-987-4178rtosoft.comAn application performance monitoring solution used by enterprise IT managers and staff to keep applications, server infrastructures and users operating at peak effi ciency, it tracks application performance metrics against busi-ness objectives.Cost: Consult vendor

ScrewDriverstriCerat Inc.10320 Little Patuxent Parkway, Ste. 200Columbia, MD 21044410-715-4226tricerat.comA plug-and-play solution for remote desktop printing from any application to any printer. ScrewDrivers is engineered for remote corporate Windows application delivery environments. Cost: Contact vendor.

SolarWinds Orion Network Performance MonitorSolarWinds Inc.3711 S. MoPac Expy.Austin, TX 78746512-682-9300solarwinds.comEnables you to quickly detect, diagnose, and resolve network performance problems and outages. Out-of-the-box, it off ers network-centric views that are designed to deliver the critical information network engineers need.Cost: Consult vendor

SolarWinds VMI MonitorA new free tool that makes it easy to monitor your Windows applications and servers and gives you insight into real-time performance with a slick desktop dashboard. With VMI Monitor, you can monitor virtually any application. Choose from pre-built application templates in the tool or explore templates created and posted on thwack by the SolarWinds community of more than 20,000 network engineers. Cost: Free

Sun xVM Ops CenterSun Microsystems Inc.18 Network CircleMenlo Park, CA 94025650-786-6041sun.comA highly scalable data center automation tool that enables customers to simplify the management of heterogeneous IT environments and reduce costs. Sun xVM Ops Center is a key component of Sun xVM software, the company’s open virtualization and management platform.Cost: Consult vendor

SysTrackLakeside Software Inc.40950 Woodward AvenueBloomfi eld Hills, MI 48304248-686-1700LakesideSoftware.comIntegrates many management disciplines into a unique, comprehensive management console. The toolset seamlessly manages virtualized desktops, virtualized servers, terminal servers and physical systems to provide an end-to-end view of the environment. It also integrates data and information from multiple disciplines, which provides a complete view of the environment, from desktop to data center to cloud.Cost: Contact vendor

up.time5Uptime Software Inc.555 Richmond St.W. Toronto, Ontario M4X-1V7 Canada416-594-4605uptimesoftware.comProvides deep virtual monitoring by managing performance, capacity and availability of all virtual technologies, down to the performance metrics of instances and the applications that reside inside them.Cost: Consult vendor

vFoglightVizioncore Inc.2300 Barrington RoadSte. 700, Hoff man Estates Chicago, IL 60169847-589-2222vizioncore.com

Provides performance monitoring, capacity planning and chargeback capabilities that help organizations mitigate the impact of resource sharing, while optimizing resource utilization and recovering infrastructure costs. With vFoglight, administrators can visualize the entire infrastructure through detailed architectural representations. This allows them to leverage both out-of-the-box alerts and expert advice to detect, diagnose and resolve problems aff ecting performance and availability. Cost: Contact vendor

VIRTUALfxTDI1600 10th St.Plano, TX 75074800-695-1258tditx.comLogs, monitors, manages and remediates problems in a virtualized infrastructure. It does so for VMware or XEN hypervisor systems today and will add more vendor technologies as they’re more generally accepted. Cost: Consult vendor

Virtual Resource ManagerDynamicOps20 Mall Rd., Ste. 450Burlington, MA 01803781-328-9232dynamicops.comSimplifi es and automates virtual infrastructure management by providing build templates, provisioning policies and run book automation that, together, create a repeatable process for the deployment, tracking and ongoing manage-ment of VMs.Cost: Consult vendor

VKernel Capacity AnalyzerVKernel Corp.222 International Drive, Ste. 105Portsmouth, NH 03801603-610-4300vkernel.comDelivers proactive resource monitoring and predictive capacity-analysis capabilities that enhance VMware vCenter (VirtualCenter). Capacity Analyzer is the only virtualization management software that predicts resource utilization trends and alerts users days in advance of potential issues.Cost: Consult vendor

VKernel ChargebackAn aff ordable and easy-to-use tool that gives users immediate cost visibility chargeback reporting for their VMware ESX infrastructure—“who’s using what resources and how much it costs.” VKernel Chargeback continually measures and meters actual shared resource consumption (CPU, memory, storage, network) of each VM.Cost: Consult vendor

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Virtual Profi lerTek-Tools Software4040 McEwen Road, Ste. 240Dallas, TX 75244972-980-2890tek-tools.comAs part of the Profi ler Suite, Profi ler provides agentless, cross-domain visibility, management and intelligence from applications through serv-ers, networks and storage. It provides modeling scenarios that demonstrate how adding VMs impacts CPUs and describes how users can plan for that impact. Its view into all resources makes it possible to control server sprawl through physical server consolidation and recovery of virtual instances that are no longer in use. Cost: Contact vendor

Virtual Service ManagerFortisphere Inc.4530 Walney Road, Ste. 203Chantilly, VA 20151301-339-7700fortisphere.comA virtualization management solution with a unique, customer-driven approach to the opera-tional management of virtual environments. Committed to virtual data center heterogeneity, the company off ers solutions that scale to sup-port complex, diverse environments. Cost: Contact vendor

vProfi lerProvides agentless, cross-domain visibility, management and intelligence. It’s the fi rst tool in the market to provide full top-to-bottom visibility into diff erent components within the virtual infrastructure. Small VMware environments can use vProfi ler to immediately achieve in-depth capacity analysis, storage utilization analysis and bottleneck identifi cation. It also provides real-time performance and availability monitoring, historical reporting, load balancing analysis—all from a Web console that deploys in minutes. Cost: Contact vendor

VIRTUALIZATION SECURITY

DirectAuditCentrify Corp.444 Castro Street, Ste. 1100Mountain View, CA 94041650-961-1100centrify.comHelps ensure compliance with regulatory require-ments, perform in-depth troubleshooting and protect against insider threats for Unix and Linux systems. Its detailed logging strengthens compli-ance reporting and helps you spot suspicious activity by showing which users accessed what systems, what commands they executed and what changes they made to key fi les and data.Cost: Consult vendor

Enterprise Random Password ManagerLieberman Software Corp.1900 Avenue of the Stars, Ste. 425

Los Angeles, CA 90067310-550-8575liebsoft.comEnterprise Random Password Manager is a privileged identity-management solution that automatically discovers, strengthens, moni-tors and recovers all of the local, domain and process account passwords in the enterprise. It helps you achieve full compliance with your security and operational auditor’s privileged account password management and shared account password-management requirements.Cost: Consult vendor

Refl ex Virtualization Management Center (VMC)Refl ex Systems LLC53 Perimeter Center East, Ste. 175Atlanta, GA 30346888-696-5725refl exsystems.com VMC integrates security, compliance, audit and management of the virtual environment by providing visibility, correlation, control and automation through a single pane of glass. VMC combines complete virtual infrastructure management with VMsafe-level security to create a comprehensive management and con-trol methodology for VMs that operate in a cloud environment. Cost: $6,700

Shavlik NetChk ProtectShavlik Technologies LLC2665 Long Lake Road, Ste. 400Roseville, MN 55113800-690-6911shavlik.comShavlik NetChk Protect simplifi es and automates critical performance and management tasks, as well as lowering operational costs and increasing visibility and control. NetChk Protect automates identifying and fi xing gaps in must-do tasks such as patch management, asset management, active protection, anti-virus and anti-spyware. Cost: $40.00; volume discounts apply

Shavlik Security SuiteShavlik Security Suite simplifi es and automates the most critical aspects of IT operations—discovery, asset management, patch and confi guration management, and anti-virus and anti-spyware defenses—providing powerful, certifi ed protection against the even the most complex viruses, Trojans, rootkits and malware. Cost: $70.00; volume discounts apply

Tripwire EnterpriseTripwire Inc.326 SW Broadway, 3rd FloorPortland, OR 97205503-276-7500tripwire.com

Tripwire Enterprise provides complete control of virtual and physical IT confi gurations, com-bining confi guration assessment with change auditing in a single software solution for enter-prise confi guration control. Confi guration assessment policies shipped with Tripwire Enterprise proactively assess and validate IT confi gurations against internal policies, compli-ance standards and security best practices, reporting on out-of-policy settings and providing detailed remediation guidance. Cost: Consult vendor

Tripwire for ServersTripwire for Servers lets organizations regain confi guration control of servers and desktop machines by alerting IT to improper changes to key system fi les, directories and registries. Organizations manually confi gure each moni-tored server and desktop the way they want, and then Tripwire for Servers agents detect any changes from that desired confi guration. For many public, private and governmental organi-zations, Tripwire for Servers is a must for achieving compliance with important regulations andensuring the sensitive data that resides on agency desktops and servers is secure. Cost: Consult vendor

VPN-1 Virtual Edition (VE)Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.800 Bridge ParkwayRedwood City, CA 94065650-628-2031checkpoint.comCheck Point helps security professionals cre-ate a roadmap for taking advantage of virtual-ization while maintaining a high level of secu-rity. VPN-1 VE for VMware enables companies to deploy the same technology used to secure their networks to secure their virtual environ-ments. Additionally, VPN-1 Power VSX pro-vides a secure platform for virtualizing VPN-1 security gateways, enabling quick provision-ing and consolidation to reduce costs.Cost: Consult vendor

vSecurity 2.0Catbird Networks Inc.1800 Green Hills Road, Ste. 113Scotts Valley, CA 95066212-677-2101catbird.comCatbird’s vSecurity is an advancement in VMware security, and off ers broad and cost-eff ective security protection for virtual networks of all sizes. Catbird vSecurity and the OVF-compliant Catbird V-Agent virtual appliance bring visibility, management and control to the virtualized data center. vSecurity is a non-invasive and comprehen-sive service-oriented application for virtual and physical networks.Cost: Consult vendor


SERVER VIRTUALIZATION

AMAX Virtualization ServersAMAX Information Technologies1565 Reliance WayFremont, CA 94539510-651-8886amax.comAMAX off ers a complete line of high-performance virtualization servers that fully utilize VMware’s suite of virtualization capabilities. These built-to-order virtualized servers are confi gured for maximized virtualization performance, higher server utilization, increased security, high scal-ability, minimized system downtime, maximum storage, full redundancy and high failover capabilities. They also provide continuous data protection, rapid disaster and data recovery, and better effi ciency rates, while managing systems in mission-critical environments. Cost: Consult vendor

Citrix XenServerCitrix Systems Inc.4988 Great America ParkwaySanta Clara, CA 95054408-790-8000citrix.comAn enterprise-class, cloud-proven virtualization platform that eliminates cost and complexity and improves application management, delivery and availability. It provides free live migration; central-ized, multi-node management; shared storage support; and automated P2V conversion tools. Easy to install and manage, XenServer delivers open, powerful server virtualization for all work-loads, transforming complex data centers into dynamic workload-delivery centers. Cost: None

FalconStor Continuous Data Protector (CDP) Virtual ApplianceFalconStor Software2 Huntington Quadrangle, Ste. 201Melville, NY 11747631-773-4301falconstor.comThe CDP Virtual Appliance for VMware is a pre-built software app in a virtual machine. Off ering disk-based data protection, it protects physical and virtual servers simultaneously for instant recovery and continuous data availability, elimi-nating data loss from corruption or failure.Cost: $2,000

Microsoft Hyper-VMicrosoft1 Microsoft WayRedmond, WA 98052425-882-8080microsoft.com

Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 is a stand-alone product that provides a reliable and optimized virtualization solution that enables organizations to improve server utilization and reduce costs. As Hyper-V Server is a dedicated standalone product—containing only the Windows hypervisor, Windows Server driver model and virtualization components—it provides a small footprint and minimal overhead.Cost: Consult vendor

Parallels Server for MacParallels660 SW 39th Street, Ste. 205Renton, WA 98057425-282-6400parallels.comTake your Apple Xserve to the next level. Built on Parallels’ hypervisor architecture and virtu-alization technology, Parallels Server for Mac enables organizations to run the world’s leading server applications—including Microsoft Exchange, Oracle Database, Microsoft SharePoint—on their Apple Xservers. Cost: Consult vendor

Parallels Server/VirtuozzoParallels Virtuozzo Containers is an OS virtual-ization solution that lets you maximize the investment in your existing server hardware. Parallels technology provides two to three times more virtual servers than hypervisor solutions, providing greater utilization from your infrastructure.Cost: Consult vendor

Sun VirtualBoxSun Microsystems Inc.4150 Network CircleSanta Clara, CA 95054888-516-9362sun.comSun VirtualBox is multi-platform virtualiza-tion software for multiple virtualized environments, from desktops to servers. VirtualBox is ideal for IT professionals who need to run multiple OSes on their existing computers simultaneously. OEMs can use VirtualBox as the virtualization component to develop countless new off erings with built-in virtualization.Cost: Free for individual use

Sun xVM ServerSun xVM Server software delivers an easy-to-use, open source, data center-grade server virtualization solution to virtualize and manage heterogeneous workloads, including Windows, Red Hat and SuSE Linux, Solaris and OpenSolaris OSes. xVM Server is based on the Xen open source hypervisor.Cost: Consult vendor

ThinPrint .print Server EngineThinPrint AG7600 Grandview AvenueDenver, CO 80002303-487-1302 thinprint.comThe .print Server Engine is aimed at companies that use central print servers in their IT environ-ments. This use of central servers signifi cantly reduces administrative requirements, and the .print Server Engine ideally complements this concept. Connection-oriented bandwidth control, combined with a high print data com-pression of up to 98 percent, ensure extremely fast print output. Cost: $39 per user

Veeam ReporterVeeam Software6479 Refl ections Drive, Ste. 200Columbus, OH 43017614-339-8217veeam.comVeeam Reporter automatically discovers and collects information about VMware Infrastruc-ture 3 environments, their components and confi guration settings, and then provides comprehensive visual reports for analysis, docu-mentation and decision-making support. It’s designed for use by ESX consultants, adminis-trators, system integrators and data center managers. Veeam Reporter extends the capabilities of VMware VirtualCenter Maps, and produces convenient reports in multiple formats. Cost: $250/socket (1 to 50 sockets)

Virtual Iron Single Server Edition/Extended Enterprise EditionVirtual Iron Software Inc.900 Chelmsford Street, Tower I, Floor 2Lowell, MA 01851978-849-1200virtualiron.comA server virtualization and virtual infrastructure-management solution that off ers comparable capabilities and performance to established off erings and is easy to deploy, use and manage. By taking full advantage of industry standards and open source economics, Virtual Iron dramatically reduces the cost and complexity of virtualization and for the fi rst time, makes production-ready capabilities avail-able to the mainstream market.Cost: Consult vendor

VMware ESXVMware Inc.3401 Hillview AvenuePalo Alto, CA 94304877-486-9273vmware.comVMware ESX and ESXi are widely deployed and deliver a high level of reliability and performance to applications. They are a core component of VMware vSphere, enabling companies of all sizes to reduce IT costs and improve fl exibility



with server consolidation. They also decrease downtime and improve reliability with business continuity and disaster recovery.Cost: Consult vendor

Xenxen.orgThe Xen hypervisor, an open source industry standard for virtualization, off ers a powerful, effi cient and secure feature set for virtualization of x86, x86_64, IA64, ARM and other CPU archi-tectures. It supports a wide range of guest OSes including Windows, Linux, Solaris and various versions of the BSD OSes. Support is off ered through the large Xen developer community. Xen.org is hosted and maintained by Citrix.Cost: Free

STORAGE VIRTUALIZATION & MANAGEMENT

Emprise Storage FamilyXiotech Corp.6455 Flying Cloud DriveEden Prairie, MN 55344952-983-3000xiotech.comEmprise 5,000 is built on patented Intelligent Storage Element (ISE) technology and provides a balanced building block of performance, reliability and scalability that delivers a SAN storage system with low total cost of ownership. Emprise 7000 system is a nested, virtualized solution based on Intelligent Storage Element (ISE) technology and Xiotech’s proven virtualized, distributed cluster architecture.Cost: Consult vendor

FalconStor Network Storage Server (NSS)FalconStor Software2 Huntington Quadrangle, Ste. 201Melville, NY 11747631-773-4301falconstor.comIntegrates storage virtualization and provisioning across multiple disk arrays and connection protocols for an easy-to-use, scalable SAN solution. From a small iSCSI virtual server lab to an enterprise-class Fibre Channel SAN running Tier-1 database applications, NSS can meet the storage needs of your organization. Cost: Consult vendor

FalconStor NSS Virtual Appliance for VMware InfrastructureProvides a cost-eff ective, feature-rich virtual SAN solution for small and midsize businesses and remote or branch offi ces. Deployed as a pre-built, pre-confi gured, totally open and ready-to-run software application packaged with an OS in a VM, the NSS Virtual Appliance brings intelligent storage virtualization and a virtual SAN within reach of any organization.Cost: Consult vendor

NetApp Data ONTAP 7GNetApp495 East Java Dr.Sunnyvale, CA 94089415-848-2582netapp.comPools your storage resources, using breakthrough thin-provisioning technology. Data ONTAP 7G provides a virtualized data environment with a simple interface that enables you to create virtual storage volumes, make changes quickly and achieve superior storage utilization. Cost: Consult vendor

NetXen NX3-4GBT NetXen Inc., a QLogic Corp. company3965 Freedom Circle, 4th FloorSanta Clara, CA 95054408-330-0010qlogic.comThe NX3-4GBT Quad Gigabit Ethernet PCIe 2.0 Adapter is a low-profi le PCIe 2.0 card with four Gigabit ethernet ports. It can support offl oad of TCP/IP protocols, signifi cantly improving application throughput while reducing host CPU utilization. Advanced virtualization features make it ideal for virtual server environments.Cost: Consult vendor

sanbolicSanbolic Melio FSSanbolic Inc.304 Pleasant Street, 2nd FloorWatertown, MA 02472617-833-4249sanbolic.comA clustered fi le system designed specifi cally for SAN storage environments. It provides shared access to data on a SAN from multiple servers, enabling high availability, horizontal scaling of applications, and greatly simplifi ed storage provi-sioning and management for virtual server environments. Users gain extensive new capabili-ties to utilize industry-standard shared storage hardware, packaged in an easy-to-use system.Cost: Consult vendor

SANsymphonyDataCore Software Corp.6300 NW 5th WayFort Lauderdale, FL 33309954-377-6000datacore.comA software-based storage virtualization solu-tion that optimizes storage management and advances the state of business continuity and disaster recovery with virtualization. It provides a rich set of functions in software that work SAN-wide to enhance the speed, resiliency and utility of all the popular disk storage manufac-turers. The product is centrally managed without regard to device model or disk interfaces. Cost: Starts at $30,000

Storage HorizonQuest Software Inc.5 Polaris WayAliso Viejo, CA 92656949-754-8000quest.comOff ers storage teams a unifi ed view of current and projected storage capacity usage, providing them with the insight for eff ective storage capac-ity management that enables them to maximize utilization of existing and future storage assets. Storage Horizon correlates storage devices to fi le system usage to determine their actual use. It further provides a lifecycle-oriented method-ology that helps users understand how much storage they need, and where to deploy it. Cost: Contact vendor

Ultamus RaidOverland Storage4820 Overland AvenueSan Diego, CA 92123858-495-4217overlandstorage.comUltamus Raid near-line data protection applianc-es deliver enterprise-class features, built-in data protection and simplifi ed capacity management. Ultamus Raid storage arrays provide advanced features, performance and fl exibility that make IT departments as effi cient and dynamic as the businesses they support.Cost: Consult vendor

VessRAIDPromise Technology Inc.580 Cottonwood DriveMilpitas, CA 95035 408-228-1400promise.comVessRAID storage subsystems, formally certifi ed for interoperability with the VMware server vir-tualization platform, provide small and midsize businesses with a cost-eff ective way to keep data online longer, while allowing fast access and reliable data protection. VessRAID can handle today’s high-capacity storage requirements for video surveillance, unstructured data and disk-to-disk backup, while meeting backup requirements necessary for business continuity. Cost: $1,899 for an 8-bay system; $3,099 for a 16-bay system

vOptimizer ProVizioncore Inc.975 Weiland Road, Ste. 200Buff alo grove, IL 60089847-589-2222vizioncore.comvOptimizer Pro is an advanced product that fi nds and reclaims over-allocated VM storage through-out VMware virtual infrastructures. vOptimizer Pro automates and simplifi es the process of reclaiming wasted virtual storage, and


reestablishes free space in VMs running danger-ously low on storage. Cost: $299/CPU socket

THIN CLIENT

IGEL UD2 SeriesIGEL TechnologySchlachte 39/40Bremen 28195Germany 49 0421-1769-2240igel.comThe UD2 model is a small, aff ordable, energy-effi cient hardware platform that can be VESA mounted on the back of a monitor. The DVI-I port supports dual monitors with an optional Y-Cable and connects to common peripherals with its four USB ports. The UD2 off ers access to all VMware-, Citrix- and Microsoft-based virtualization solutions via native clients, including multimedia redirection and multimedia acceleration support (HDX and View 3.1). Cost: Contact vendor

IGEL UD3 SeriesAn aff ordable, compact, versatile mid-range hardware platform that supports all feature packages (Entry, Standard and Advanced). The UD3 series is available with an integrated smartcard reader and a connectivity foot that off ers wireless network connectivity and an additional serial port for legacy peripherals. Cost: Contact vendor

IGEL UD5 SeriesA powerful and expandable hardware platform with a high-speed processor and graphics capa-bility that can support demanding applications or many applications running simultaneously. It supports the broadest set of connectivity to peripherals. Optionally, users can add an inte-grated smartcard reader and a connectivity foot for WiFi and a parallel port. Cost: $544

IGEL Universal Desktop (UD) Thin ClientsIGEL UDs let companies deliver their server-based applications anywhere, while providing an enhanced user experience, tight security, easy management, and a low total cost of ownership. Each UD features many server-based protocols or “Digital Services” that connect to centralized applications. Three Universal Images (Linux, Microsoft Windows Embedded Standard 2009, and Microsoft Windows Embedded CE 6.0) come with the choice of three diff erent digital service packs across a range of hardware platforms.Cost: $179 to $619

Pano System Pano Logic Inc.1350 Willow Road

Menlo Park, CA 94025877.677.7266panologic.comPano Logic has redefi ned the delivery and management of end-user computing by radi-cally centralizing desktop management. The all-in-one Pano System was purpose-built for virtualization with uncompromising IT man-agement simplicity and end-user experience.Cost: $329/client; $59/year for service and support

VIRTUAL NETWORKING

Veeam MonitorVeeam Software6479 Refl ections Drive, Ste. 200Columbus, OH 43017614-339-8217veeam.comAn easy-to-deploy, framework-independent VMware monitoring solution designed to meet the day-to-day needs of VMware administrators. Built from the ground up specifi cally for the virtual world, Veeam Monitor provides support for troubleshooting and issue resolution, as well as trend reporting and capacity planning, making it possible to proactively manage Virtual Infrastructure 3 (VI3) and vSphere system health and performance over the long term.Cost: $250/socket (1 to 50 sockets)

Veeam nworks Management Pack (MP) for VMwareMP for VMware optimizes investments in Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM). It provides distributed monitoring and management of the VMware infrastructure (VI3 and vSphere), and is fully integrated into SCOM 2007. It publishes VMware confi guration, performance, state, capacity, topology and VMware vCenter events directly into SCOM, providing a common view across physical and virtual infrastructures. Cost: $450/socket (1 to 50 sockets)

MISCELLANEOUS VIRTUALIZATION

AppSense Environment Manager 8.0AppSense16th Floor, 70 West 40th StreetNew York, NY 10018212-597-5500appsense.comEnables personalization such as desktop look and feel, shortcuts, application settings and printer mapping to be applied for each individual user despite being in shared environments such as Microsoft’s Terminal Services or Centralized Virtual Desktops. AppSense Environment Manager decouples user data from the desktop environment and manages this data indepen-dently of the desktop. Cost: $60 per user with optional 20 percent for annual maintenance

Netronome Flow Engine (NFE) Acceleration Cards Netronome Systems Inc.144 Emeryville Drive, Ste. 230Cranberry Township, PA 16066724-778-3290netronome.comFamily of multi-gigabit PCIe interface cards enables the acceleration of network and security applications in a highly scalable manner. Featuring high-performance packet processing delivered from multiple micro-engine cores, the NFE acceleration cards utilize several techniques to improve network I/O workloads, including deep packet inspection and classifi cation. Cost: $2,500 (500 units)

Network Flow Processor (NFP-32xx)The industry’s fi rst processor designed for unifi ed computing architectures. It combines high-performance network, content and secu-rity processing with I/O virtualization. NFP provides a new approach to controlling the IO, off ering a more fl exible solution than many other hardware-based IOV approaches.Cost: $275 (25K units)

Professional ServicesAMAX Information Technologies1565 Reliance WayFremont, CA 94539510-651-8886amax.comAs a VMware Authorized Consultant (VAC) Partner, AMAX Information Technology’s highly trained and certifi ed engineers are able to successfully implement complete server consolidation and virtualization projects. By working with AMAX to deploy a stable and mature virtualization technology in IT infra-structures, users can consolidate workloads onto fewer servers and storage devices.Cost: Depends on project scope

vSMP Foundation for ClusterScaleMP Inc.20863 Stevens Creek Boulevard, Ste. 275Cupertino, CA 95014408-342-0330scalemp.comProvides a unique way to leverage entry-level systems so they increase manageability and performance while delivering the operational simplicity of traditional shared-memory systems. The solution is ideal for smaller compute imple-mentations in which management tools and skills may not be readily available. Cost: From $500 per node

vSMP Foundation for SMPTargets customers seeking solutions for large-scale x86 systems running compute-intensive applications such as simulation, analytics and modeling. Uses blade or rack-mounted systems and Infi niBand and is ideal for any application that benefi ts from large memory, high core-count coupled with shared memory. Cost: From $500 per node

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TAKE FIVE 5 TIPS AND TRICKS TO TAKE WITH YOU : : BY KEITH WARD, FORMER EDITOR IN CHIEF

THINGS I’LL MISS MOSTParting is such sweet sorrow.

Send your thoughts on what you like best about the magazine and what you’d like changed to [email protected].

The readers. I’ve gotten to know you

through my blog, your comments in

stories and your e-mails, and even met

you face-to-face at various shows.

You are what make this magazine

worthwhile. You’ve told me what you

like and don’t like about the magazine,

virtualization in general, the various

vendors and much more. I thank you for your

valuable feedback. I hope I’ve served you

well; you’ve certainly served me well.

TAKE

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The authors. It’s been a pleasure to work with such a stellar group of writers and technologists over the past several years. A partial list includes: Tom Valovic, Beth Schultz, Chris Wolf, Greg Shields, Nelson Ruest and Danielle Ruest, Scott Lowe, Rick Vanover, Drue Reeves, Reed

Wilson and a host of others that I don’t have space to mention. (I don’t want this to be an Academy Awards acceptance speech.) You folks are simply the best. Thanks for making my job such a pleasure.

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The vendors. I’ve taken hundreds of

briefi ngs over the years and got to know

a number of vendors quite well. It’s my

opinion that innovation is greater in

virtualization than in any other fi eld of

IT, and that’s in large measure due to the

creative folks making great hardware and software to

move this industry forward. Most vendors have been

unfailingly patient in explaining their technology to me

and, in many cases, even allowing me to demo and use

it. Keep pushing that envelope, folks!

TAKE

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Just everything. Helping produce Virtualization

Review, both in print and online, has been the most fun

I’ve had on the job in my 20 years as a journalist. The

energy of the industry; the cool new products that are,

in many ways, inventions; the merger and acquisition

phase it’s going through; the battle to be “King of the

Hill.” These are the things I’ll miss. I want to thank all of

you for making this the ride of my life. Keep in touch.

TAKE

5

This is my fi nal “Take 5” column for Virtualization Review magazine. I’m moving on to other magazine pastures, and I only hope the grass is as green there as it is here.

I took on the role of founding editor of Virtualization Review a little more than two years ago. It was a somewhat crazy idea, starting a new print magazine in the depressed IT publishing space—especially in an area that had no print magazines in existence. But my bosses had faith in the idea, and their vision has been rewarded. Virtualization Review is going strong, and I’ve left the magazine in the fantastically capable hands of Bruce Hoard, who’s off to a fast start.

There are many things I’ll miss about covering virtualization on a day-to-day basis. Here are the fi ve chart-toppers.

The blogs. When it comes to industry coverage, virtualization—more than most IT arenas—is driven by blogs. The writers do a wonderful job of giving great insights and analyses on what’s happening. While I’ll still be checking in regularly, it won’t be a daily exercise

anymore. Some of the blogs and bloggers I’ll miss most (and this is another woefully incomplete list): Brian Madden (brianmadden.com); Scott Lowe (scottlowe.org); Alessandro Pirilli (virtualization.info); Everyday Virtualization (our own Rick Vanover); Yellow Bricks (Duncan Epping, yellow-bricks.com); and Virtually Speaking (Dan Kusnetzky and Paula Rooney, blogs.zdnet.com/virtualization).

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