Availigent to Integrate Its Duration(R) Software with XenSource's XenEnterprise(TM).OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and Agreement Will Expand Virtualization An umbrella term for enhancing a computer's ability to do work. Following are the ways virtualization is used. Hardware Virtualization Partitioning the computer's memory into separate and isolated "virtual machines" simulates multiple machines within one physical computer. Management Solutions SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif. -- Availigent, a leading provider of Application Service Management software for Linux-based, dynamic data centers, said today it has signed an Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) agreement with XenSource, Inc. to provide an integrated application management solution. The agreement will integrate Availigent's Duration virtual application management software with XenSource's XenEnterprise, a platform virtualization solution. "By combining Duration with XenEnterprise, we will give data center managers unprecedented ability to monitor the health of running applications, Operating Systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. and networks, and migrate applications to other data center resources without interruption or loss of data," said Bud Michael, Availigent CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . Duration uses unique, rule-based Application Virtualization A smaller umbrella term within the larger umbrella term of "virtualization." It refers to several techniques that make running applications more protected, more flexible or easier to manage. See virtualization, network virtualization and storage virtualization. technology to provide application monitoring, fault detection and stateful recovery of Linux applications without application or OS kernel modifications. "Today's enterprises require continuous delivery of application services See ASP and Web services. ," said Frank Artale, VP Business Development for XenSource. "To achieve this, CIOs need to deploy state-of-the-art solutions such as those delivered through the combination of XenEnterprise and Duration." Availigent recently joined XenSource's partner program for XenEnterprise, which offers a full virtualization solution for single or multiple operating system environments, including Windows and Linux. The OEM agreement carries that relationship one step further and will lead to an integrated product offering that will be marketed by Availigent. About Availigent Availigent is a leading Application Service Management provider for dynamic data centers. Its Duration software enables organizations to deliver optimal application service levels, maximize the utilization of commodity-based computing infrastructure and minimize the costs and complexities of application deployment and system administration. Duration uses Application Virtualization that leverages OS, storage and network virtualization already used in modern data centers. Headquartered in San Jose, CA, Availigent is a privately funded by Intel Capital, Diamondhead Ventures and Smart Technology Ventures. For further information consult our Web site at www.availigent.com or phone us at 408-570-3500. About XenSource XenSource, Inc. develops the leading enterprise grade platform virtualization solution, XenEnterprise[TM], based on the industry's highest-performance virtualization technology, the open source Xen[TM] hypervisor. Founded and run by the Xen development team, XenSource products allow enterprises to realize the TCO (1) (Total Cost of Ownership) The cost of using a computer. It includes the cost of the hardware, software and upgrades as well as the cost of the inhouse staff and/or consultants that provide training and technical support. See ROI. savings that result from server consolidation, increased utilization, and reduced complexity in the datacenter. For more information, visit http://www.xensource.com. |
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