Connectix Addresses Growing Demand for Server Consolidation With Virtual Server.Business Editors SAN MATEO San Mateo (săn mətā`ō), city (1990 pop. 85,486), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1894. It is a commercial and retail center with some high-technology manufacturing. San Mateo, Spanish for St. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 2002 Leader in Virtual Computing computing - computer Announces BladeLogic, ProTier and LeoStream as First Development Partners to Deliver Next Generation Server Management Solutions to Global 2000 Enterprises Connectix(R), the technology and market leader in 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. software for Intel-based computing, today announced that it has delivered Connectix Virtual Server(TM) for initial partner and customer testing. Built upon Connectix's proven virtual computing technology, Virtual Server is an enterprise-grade virtualization solution for server consolidation targeted to Global 2000 users. Virtual Server is a native Windows(R)-based server application that enables users to run a broad range of 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. as virtual machines including Windows 2000 Server, Linux, Unix and OS/2(R), concurrently on a single physical server, offering unmatched cross-platform compatibility and reducing the number of physical servers required. A direct evolution of Connectix's proven Virtual PC client virtualization product line -- used on over one million desktops and grossing over $100 million in sales -- Virtual Server is designed to run on industry standard Intel servers, from entry-level to high performance platforms. Connectix Virtual Server addresses the growing demand for server consolidation, improved server application lifecycle management The administration and control of an application from inception to its demise. It embraces requirements management, system design, software development and configuration management and implies an integrated set of tools for developing and controlling the project. and enhanced operating efficiencies in data center environments. "Virtualization technology See VT. See also virtualization. has emerged as one of the most promising approaches to server consolidation and Connectix is armed with proven technology to increase adoption 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 within the enterprise," said Vernon Turner, Group Vice President, Global Enterprise Server Solutions at IDC. "By creating independent, portable, isolated computing environments, virtualization technology boosts server efficiency and security, improves allocation of available IT resources and increases control over end-user service levels." "Server sprawl is a rapidly growing problem in the enterprise. Our customers have voiced a broad range of server consolidation requirements that focus on the need for compatibility, reliability, performance and manageability," said David Atlas Atlas, in Greek mythology Atlas (ăt`ləs), in Greek mythology, a Titan; son of Iapetus and Clymene and the brother of Prometheus. , VP of Enterprise Products at Connectix. "We are pleased to be able to extend our product line to deliver a data center-grade solution offering tremendous technical and economic benefits to our enterprise customers." Leveraging Connectix's patented virtualization technology and its extensible, modular Windows-based architecture, leading server management software vendors including BladeLogic, LeoStream and ProTier will provide next generation server management applications. These compatible third party solutions will be integrated with the core virtualization capabilities of Virtual Server, greatly improving overall server manageability and utilization. Through these development partnerships, Connectix will provide next-generation server consolidation solutions to Global 2000 enterprises, enabling Virtual Server users to cut administration costs and hardware requirements, reducing the total cost of ownership of Intel servers. "A critical technology to support server consolidation is virtualization software," said Vance Loiselle, vice president, Product Management for BladeLogic. "Our alliance with Connectix combines the power of their virtualization architecture with BladeLogic's proven capabilities in server configuration management. After testing their Virtual Server, we determined that our customers can benefit greatly by automating the entire server consolidation process of analyzing configurations, migrating servers and managing heterogeneous Not the same. Contrast with homogeneous. heterogeneous - Composed of unrelated parts, different in kind. Often used in the context of distributed systems that may be running different operating systems or network protocols (a heterogeneous network). platforms in a unified way." "Connectix's proven virtualization is an ideal technology platform not only for server consolidation, but also for many different types of new data center and server management solutions," said David Crosbie, 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. of LeoStream. "Virtual Server's advanced architecture and feature set provides LeoStream with a rich and sophisticated interface that enables us to offer functionality typically found only in mainframe-class machines. Combined with the LeoStream Server Controller 1000 network appliance (1) A specialized device for use on a network. For example, Web servers, cache servers and file servers can be implemented as general-purpose computers with the appropriate software or as network appliances, which are computers dedicated to a single function and cannot do anything , our customers have a fully integrated server consolidation solution that not only reduces the cost of providing today's IT needs but provides an automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. platform on which to build future IT services." "We have been testing Connectix Virtual Server and have seen great performance and capabilities that we have been unable to find in other products." said Dave McCrory, CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. of ProTier. "Our customers attain increased operational efficiencies and defer de·fer 1 v. de·ferred, de·fer·ring, de·fers v.tr. 1. To put off; postpone. 2. To postpone the induction of (one eligible for the military draft). v.intr. IT capital spend by deploying ProTier's solutions to automanage hundreds of physical and logical application servers. Connectix's virtualization technology helps data centers further reduce their total cost of management." Availability Connectix is currently beta testing (programming) beta testing - Testing a pre-release (potentially unreliable) version of a piece of software by making it available to selected users. This term derives from early 1960s terminology for product cycle checkpoints, first used at IBM but later standard throughout the Virtual Server with selected partners and Global 2000 IT organizations. Final product is expected at the end of the year. Interested systems administrators and IT managers can visit www.connectix.com/virtualserver/ for beta program information or contact Connectix inside sales at 1-800-950-5880. About Connectix Corporation Connectix pioneered virtual computing 13 years ago with the industry's first virtual memory manager for the personal computer. With more than one million customers, Connectix is the technology and market leader in virtualization software for Intel-based computing. Virtualization software emulates hardware across the enterprise -- from PCs to Macs to server deployment -- enabling businesses to maximize the value of existing hardware resources. Connectix's award-winning virtual computing family of products extends throughout the enterprise, allowing users to consolidate applications that previously required dedicated hardware into a single system. Through reduced administration requirements, hardware consolidation and faster application deployment, Connectix optimizes IT productivity to drive down 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. . Privately held Connectix is headquartered in San Mateo, CA. For more information, visit Connectix at www.connectix.com. About BladeLogic BladeLogic makes a new class of systems management software that enables IT to improve productivity ten fold and reduce downtime The time during which a computer is not functioning due to hardware, operating system or application program failure. by automating complex changes to disparate and distributed server networks. Unlike traditional approaches that lock companies into managing only one server type or task, BladeLogic software enables secure administration of thousands of UNIX, NT and Linux servers in parallel for efficiently conducting configuration and compliance management changes as a unified system. More than 60 leading companies, including Sprint, AT&T Wireless, priceline and Verisign use BladeLogic to increase system availability, systems administrator productivity and security. For more information, visit the Web Site at www.bladelogic.com. About LeoStream The Leostream Controller 1000 converts thousands of virtualized servers and their underlying physical servers into a single logical server, giving mainframe class virtual machine functionality and control. Functionality includes automated server management -- avoiding any need to write scripts even for complex operations; advanced networking on a per server basis -- local and global load balancing The fine tuning of a computer system, network or disk subsystem in order to more evenly distribute the data and/or processing across available resources. For example, in clustering, load balancing might distribute the incoming transactions evenly to all servers, or it might redirect them , fail-over, QoS, and firewalling; server and application monitoring; and role based access control -connecting users to services according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. their needs, rights, location, server and network conditions. The Controller manages all workstation and server virtualization software. Privately held Leostream is based in Waltham, MA. More information is available at www.leostream.com. About ProTier ProTier is a recognized leader in Application Resource Management (ARM)(TM), a new class of Systems Management solution that significantly improves operations efficiency of IT organizations. ProTier solutions simplify data center management, expand server utilization and capabilities, and manage application's performance. ProTier solutions impact the entire application life cycle from development and testing to deployment and post-production management of the application environments. ProTier ARM customers include industry leaders in the financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , pharmaceuticals and hi-tech industry. For more information call 504/569-8000 or visit ProTier on the web: http://www.protier.com Connectix, the Connectix logo, and Connectix Virtual PC are trademarks of Connectix Corp All other trademarks are property of their respective holders. |
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