Platform Computing Ushers in the Next Generation of Virtual Machine Environment Management for Enterprises.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- Platform VM Orchestrator allows enterprises to extract more value and minimize risk from their virtual operating environment In computing, an operating environment is the environment in which users run programs, whether in a command line interface, such as in MS-DOS or the Unix shell, or in a graphical user interface, such as in the Macintosh operating system. Platform Computing Platform Computing is a privately held software company that is primarily known for its job scheduling product, Load Sharing Facility (LSF). It was founded in 1992 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its headquarter is in Markham, ON. , the global leader in grid computing grid computing, the concurrent application of the processing and data storage resources of many computers in a network to a single problem. It also can be used for load balancing as well as high availability by employing multiple computers—typically personal solutions, today announced Platform VM Orchestrator (VMO VMO Vendor Management Office VMO Veterinary Medical Officer VMO Visiting Medical Officer VMO Vastus Medialis Oblique (muscle) VMO Marine Observation Squadron VMO Volunteer Measuring Official ), an automated, policy driven environment manager for virtual infrastructures. As the migration towards virtual computing accelerates, enterprises must increasingly take steps to improve virtual machine (VM) availability, increase automation and better manage disparate environments. With the introduction of Platform VMO, users can easily automate tasks and improve efficiency through making more proactive decisions, minimize risk through high availability of critical applications, and protect existing investments through centralized management of diverse VM environments. Built on Platform Enterprise Grid Orchestrator (EGO), Platform VMO provides the underpinning technology for businesses to fully harness their IT resources and seize the cost and efficiency benefits of a virtual environment. Key benefits for Platform VMO include: --Dynamic balance and control of all resources in real time for optimal quality of service and simplified configuration and management --Auto-provisioning according to business policies for improved capacity utilization and reduced man-hours --High availability for mission critical applications through an adaptive environment that responds to changing business needs --Support for heterogeneous virtual machine environments, with initial support for VMware environments and others to follow --Scalable foundation through Platform EGO technology with the ability to easily expand and support virtual machine environments from multiple vendors "The move to virtual infrastructure environments creates new opportunities for enterprises with increased productivity and efficiency in their data centers," said Dan Chu, Senior Director of Global Alliances at VMware "We believe that an application-aware optimization approach combined with VMware virtual infrastructure Virtual Infrastructure 3, a suite of virtualization products from VMware, Inc., a division of EMC Corporation, includes VMware ESX Server version 3, VMware Virtual Center version 2, Virtual SMP (which allows a guest operating system to "see" up to 4 CPUs in the virtual machine). , as promoted by Platform's VM Orchestrator, can more rapidly deliver these benefits for customers deploying an enterprise grid computing architecture." Platform VMO is built on Platform Enterprise Grid Orchestrator (EGO) technology, the first and only grid platform for the 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. , automation and sharing of all IT resources for every enterprise application. Platform EGO is a single IT management environment that leverages commercial grid technology to enable enterprises to align and re-align resources with real-time changes in demand. "The acceleration and widespread adoption of virtual machines signals the start of a technology disruption that will have a profound impact on how we design, build and manage enterprise IT environments," said Bob Shecterle, Vice President, Marketing, Platform Computing. "With the introduction of Platform EGO technology, through Platform VMO, we have the ability to redefine the rules for VM management, allowing our customers to more easily harness the full potential of their virtual IT resources." "As virtualization technologies multiply in the data center, the importance will rise of selecting tools that integrate, coordinate or administer the growing chaos," said Carl Claunch, Vice President and Research Director, Gartner. Platform VM Orchestrator will be available in fall 2005. For more information please visit www.platform.com. About Platform Computing Platform Computing, the global leader in grid computing solutions, helps enterprises accelerate key business applications, reduce operational and capital costs, guarantee service levels and optimize their IT resources. Platform's integrated desktop and enterprise grid software solutions are used by over 1,700 customers worldwide in the financial services, government, industrial manufacturing, electronics and life science industries to deliver higher quality products and services, improve business performance and maximize the return on IT investments. Founded in 1992, Platform has strategic relationships with Apple, Dell, HP, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Intel, SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System. and SGI (SGI, Sunnyvale, CA, www.sgi.com) A manufacturer of workstations and servers, founded in 1982 by Jim Clark. The company was founded as Silicon Graphics, Inc., but changed to its acronym in 1999. , and the Industry's broadest application integration support. More information about Platform can be found at www.platform.com Platform Computing Corporation, LSF LSF Lisofylline, see there and Accelerating Intelligence are registered trademarks of Platform Computing Corporation. All other logo and product names are the trademarks of their respective owners, errors and omissions errors and omissions n. short-hand for malpractice insurance which gives physicians, attorneys, architects, accountants and other professionals coverage for claims by patients and clients for alleged professional errors and omissions which amount to negligence. excepted. Platform and Platform Computing refer to Platform Computing Inc. and each of its subsidiaries. |
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