Catbird's V-Agent(TM) Named One of Three Best in its Category in SearchServerVirtualization.com's "Products of the Year" Awards.V-Agent Earns Bronze Honors in Data Protection Category for Noninvasive non·in·va·sive adj. 1. Not penetrating the body, as by incision. Used especially of a diagnostic procedure. 2. Not invading healthy tissue. Approach to Hypervisor and Virtual Machine Protection SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. -- Catbird catbird: see mimic thrush. catbird Any of several passerine species (family Mimidae) named for their mewing calls, which they use in addition to song. The North American catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) is 9 in. today announced that its V-Agent was judged as one of the three best Data Protection products released in 2007, earning a Bronze award Several organizations issue awards with this name:
V-Agent was chosen from a number of new products submitted for consideration to SearchServerVirtualization.com in four categories. The awards were judged by the editors of TechTarget's SearchServerVirtualization.com, in conjunction with a team of users, industry experts, analysts and consultants. Judges selected the Products of the Year among enterprise 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. products introduced, upgraded and shipped between October 31, 2006 and November 1, 2007. Catbird's V-Agent virtual agent is the industry's first and only comprehensive security solution for virtual infrastructures. Leveraging many years of proven mission-critical protection in the "physical world", the Catbird V-Agent offers a best-practice security service for virtual networks of all sizes. Unlike conventional host-based solutions, stateful appliances and proprietary hardware solutions, Catbird's unique, stateless Refers to software that does not keep track of configuration settings, transaction information or any other data for the next session. When a program "does not maintain state" (is stateless) or when the infrastructure of a system prevents a program from maintaining state, it cannot take architecture is 100% plug-and-play, with protection delivered within the virtual network itself. Monitoring from the inside yields significantly more effective coverage, directly translating to financial benefits for customers including availability, business continuity and operational excellence. "Catbird won the Bronze for V-Agent for its noninvasive approach to protecting the VMware hypervisor as well as individual virtual machines," said Alex Barrett, News Director of Server Virtualization (1) Running applications in separate, isolated partitions within a single server. The "virtual machine" method can run different operating systems simultaneously, whereas the "OS virtualization" method runs applications for only one operating system (see virtual machine and OS News. "Congratulations to all the winners." "It is truly an honor As a verb, to accept a bill of exchange, or to pay a note, check, or accepted bill, at maturity. To pay or to accept and pay, or, where a credit so engages, to purchase or discount a draft complying with the terms of the draft. to be named one of the best products in the Data Protection category by such a respected industry publication and demanding team of judges," said Tamar Newberger, Catbird's VP of Marketing. "Catbird's V-Agent provides a full spectrum of security services Security services are state institutions for the provision of intelligence, primarily of a strategic nature, but also including protective security intelligence. Examples include the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in the United Kingdom, and the in a virtual environment. This award lends credibility to our customers' choice of Catbird as the right solution to help them meet their security challenges." About SearchServerVirtualization.com SearchServerVirtualization.com is a leading server virtualization information resource for system architects and IT managers, and is dedicated to helping IT organizations determine if virtualization is appropriate for their environments and, if it is, use that technology to gain unprecedented data center efficiency. The site provides access to the latest news, articles, tips, expert advice, learning guides, white papers, and multimedia vehicles covering all areas of server virtualization, such as virtualization platforms, server hardware, managing virtual environments, virtualization architectures and strategies, application issues and more. SearchServerVirtualization.com is part of the TechTarget network (www.techtarget.com). TechTarget publishes integrated media that enable information-technology (IT) marketers to reach targeted communities of IT professionals and executives in all phases of the technology decision-making decision-making, n the process of coming to a conclusion or making a judgment. decision-making, evidence-based, n a type of informal decision-making that combines clinical expertise, patient concerns, and evidence gathered from and purchase process. Through its industry-leading Web sites, magazines and conferences, TechTarget delivers measurable results that help IT marketers generate qualified sales leads A sales lead is the identity of a person or entity potentially interested in purchasing a product or service, and represents the first stage of a sales process. The lead may have a corporation or business associated with the person(s). , shorten (audio, compression) Shorten - A form of lossless audio compression. sales cycles and grow revenues. About Catbird Catbird is the industry leader in comprehensive security for virtualized and physical environment. Via Catbird V-Security and the Catbird V-Agent virtual appliance An operating system and application designed for a virtual machine (VM) environment. The virtual appliance is packaged as a pre-installed system image for the particular hardware environment it is intended for, such as VMware, Xen or Microsoft's Virtual Server. , Catbird is the only company delivering best-practice security for Hypervisor, Guest VMs and Policy/Regulatory Security Compliance. As companies migrate mainstream servers and desktops to virtual environments, uncertainty over security and compliance can impact deployment plans. Catbird's protection eliminates these worries and keeps virtualization plans on track. Founded in 2000 by Internet pioneer Ron Lachman, the company's in-the-cloud architecture protects thousands of customer systems and networks who rely on Catbird and its partners to protect their valuable IT assets from external and internal threats. The private company is based in Silicon Valley, and is currently recruiting new partners and resellers. |
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