Network Virtualization Innovator Midokura Secures $17.3 Million in Series A Funding

Midokura, a global startup focused on network virtualization, today announced it has raised $17.3M in Series A funding. The investment will be used toward furthering Midokura’s vision, product innovation and go-to-market strategy.

The round was led by Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ), a Japanese public-private partnership. Other investors who participated in the round include NTT Group’s Venture Fund: NTT Investment Partners, L.P. and NEC Group’s Venture Fund: Innovative Ventures Fund Investment L.P.

As part of today’s announcement, Midokura also named Dan Mihai Dumitriu CEO. Dan is a co-founder and previously served as CTO. Fellow co-founder Tatsuya Kato, who had been serving as CEO, is now Chairman of the Board.

Midokura offers an overlay-based network virtualization technology that allows cloud users to provision virtual network devices, including virtual switches, routers, firewalls and load balancers. Virtual network devices can then be connected to virtual machines, as well as other virtual network devices to create complex network topologies.

Midokura’s MidoNet offers the industry a key added network virtualization benefit, as it was designed to be fully distributed and can be scaled out incrementally as demand increases. It also integrates with cloud management solutions so that virtual network device provisioning is automated. With MidoNet, users can virtualize the network stack for popular cloud platforms and reduce associated costs of managing the network. This impacts the overall economics of cloud computing by simplifying network requirements.

“As enterprises and carriers embrace and build out IaaS clouds, an overlay-based network virtualization platform will soon be a must-have technology. The financial support of Innovation Network Corporation of Japan, and other key backers, validates our strategy as well as the work we’ve done over the past three years developing our industry leading product MidoNet. This funding will enable us to accelerate our product engineering, the establishment of partnerships, and the growth of our customer base. We look forward to delivering the most preformant, scalable and fault tolerant network virtualization solution to the IaaS infrastructure market.” - Dan Mihai Dumitriu, CEO of Midokura

“With funding from INCJ and other key investment firms, we are now entering a new stage of growth in the network virtualization landscape. With our new financial support and management structure we will be able to better serve the global market. I’m excited to be able to accelerate Midokura’s product development and expand our sales channel and customer base.” - Tatsuya Kato, Chairman of Midokura

“We, INCJ, strongly admire Midokura’s extremely high-value of its innovative network virtualization technology and globally distributed team. We are certain that Midokura’s MidoNet software already leads the global community of Software-Defined Networking, which solves problems over network infrastructure while the cloud service market grows rapidly. We also believe that Midokura has become a role model among startups for innovative software development, in order to foster attractive core industries from Japan in addition to manufacturing businesses.” - Mr. Kimikazu Noumi, President & CEO of INCJ

Q&A: Interview with PHD Virtual about their Latest Acquisition of VirtualSharp

PHD Virtual announced yesterday that they have acquired privately-held VirtualSharp Software.  To find out even more information about this acquisition news, I was able to catch up with Robert Payne, marketing specialist at PHD Virtual.  

VMblog:  So you guys just made an acquisition announcement.  Can you tell us a little about the acquired company -- VirtualSharp?

Robert Payne:  VirtualSharp is a virtualization and cloud software company that develops a next generation disaster recovery (DR) assurance solution automatically certifying achievement of Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs). This solution, named ReliableDR, automatically certifies the recoverability of business services running in the private or public cloud. VirtualSharp's software enables high levels of resiliency for virtual IT infrastructures and full alignment between IT disaster recovery and corporate business continuity planning. VirtualSharp has approximately 15 employees and more than 45 customers.

• Founded in 2010
• CEO - Carlos Escapa
• Incorporated in the US, with offices in the US, UK, and Spain
• Listed as Gartner Cool Vendor in 2012
• #10 in Storage Newsletter's Top 15 Fastest Growing Storage Start-­‐ups
• Strong Executive Management experience in storage, virtualization and DR

VMblog:  And what were some of the reasons why PHD acquired VirtualSharp?

Payne:  In today's compliance focused world, organizations are demanding more frequent verification that their disaster recovery processes actually work.

VirtualSharp Software has pioneered the concept of disaster recovery assurance in order to address this complex problem. Disaster recovery assurance leverages the synergies between the virtualization and storage layers, which allow DR to be orchestrated and automated across data centers. Recovery tests can be executed without any human intervention and without impacting production systems. DR assurance enables the automated enforcement of Recovery Point Objectives or RPOs (maximum data loss) and the continuous measurement and compliance of Recovery Time Objectives or RTOs (maximum outage time).

With the acquisition of VirtualSharp, PHD Virtual delivers transformational technology for virtual backup and disaster recovery assurance providing the easiest, most affordable solutions for data protection and business continuity, automatically certifying achievement of both RTOs and RPOs. With PHD - customers get ironclad assurance!

VMblog:  Can you tell us about some of the business benefits to the merger?

Payne:  PHD Virtual and VirtualSharp bring several business benefits to the table, positioning the unified organization to grow and succeed in the virtualization market much better than the two companies could have done individually, thus increasing our competitive position. The combined company now achieves the following:

• Expanded market opportunity -­ greater ability to capture more of the $4.6B data protection market opportunity (Source: 451 Group) as well as the ability to participate in the $22B disaster recovery market.
• A larger global presence -­ VirtualSharp accelerates PHD's expansion into EMEA - PHD accelerates VirtualSharp's expansion in North America.
• A strongly positioned portfolio for the SMB, SME/Enterprise, and Cloud markets with clear opportunity to cross sell ReliableDR to existing PHDVB customers.
• An immediate boost to sales and marketing for VirtualSharp.
• An immediate boost in development skills in the areas of virtualization, automation, storage integration, application awareness, and data protection to help drive future product strategy.
• Ability to bring a PHD Virtual CloudHook DR solution to market sooner.
• VirtualSharp accelerates PHD SAN based snapshot support and PHD accelerates Virtual Sharp Host based snapshot support.
• Additional service and revenue opportunities for channel partners versed in storage replication and application testing, thereby providing additional value to our respective partners, and potentially driving increased mindshare for our expanded portfolio of products.
• A new route to market through Cloud Services Providers that need to expand their services portfolio, and differentiate themselves with high value-add offerings.
• The opportunity to partner with storage suppliers and bring a solution that leverages the advanced features of new storage arrays and extends the investment of their install base.

VMblog:  Talk to us about who VirtualSharp's customers would be and what their key challenges are that the solution solves.

Payne:  VirtualSharp sells into mid-sized and large customer as well as into Cloud service providers. Their solutions are best suited for companies subject to regulatory compliance or to those with a high cost of downtime.

Key Challenges:

• The cost and complexity of virtual backup and virtual disaster recovery management continues to increase as the number of VMs in production continues to grow.
• New technologies, processes and configuration changes in virtual environments are being introduced at an accelerated rate - the sheer volume makes it difficult to manage and track individual changes.
• Application and infrastructure complexity (virtual, public and private cloud) is increasing the number of individual components that combine to deliver IT services - this growing interdependency fuels risk as individual failure can cause severe disruption to IT services.
• On top of this complexity, new, more aggressive recovery time targets are being required by customers. There is an increased need for more frequent and lower-cost disaster recovery testing as well as the need to satisfy regulatory DR compliance requirements.

According to Gartner Group, the high cost of disaster recovery testing is a critical obstacle - most organization's report spending $30k-$40k per test - some spending as much as $100k per test. The cost of DR testing must be reduced. This is causing over stretched IT personnel to rethink their virtual backup methods as well as how they can cost effectively orchestrate a disaster recovery plan they can not only rely on, but guarantee. 

VMblog:  And how will the VirtualSharp acquisition allow PHD to solve these challenges?

Payne:  Disaster recovery is an area where legacy DR processes are still the norm. They are slow, cumbersome, unreliable, and unrealistic. VMware Site Recovery Manager attempts to compete with ReliableDR, but falls short in many respects. Veeam has some DR features, but it is still primarily a backup solution and does not come close to the robust capabilities of ReliableDR. Let's take a closer look:

• DR Compliance - ReliableDR is very clear in how it measures the validity of your DR plan: you simply state your RPOs and RTOs, and it tests the actual points and times achieved against those objectives, and reports this information using dashboards, exported reports, email reports and SNMP to ensure that you have complete awareness of how your plan is performing. This gives invaluable insight into how changes in an environment can impact a DR plan over time, and proactively brings attention to any issues way before an outage occurs.
• SRM and Veeam have no such capabilities: they leave you wondering whether you'll have any chance of meeting your organization's stated objectives when a disaster occurs. 

• Application Awareness - ReliableDR is the only product on the market that performs detailed, out-of-the-box application aware testing of the DR service, so you know it will work in the event of an outage. It is important to cover all application components and how they interact in your DR testing. ReliableDR automates the entire process.
• SRM has no such capability: All you know is that a VM can boot and talk on the network.
• Veeam can perform this type of robust testing, but only against backups, which have no automated failover capability and require additional, time consuming restore processes. Veeam cannot compare that testing progress to objectives either. 

• Replication Flexibility - ReliableDR offers its own built-in replication, but it can also integrate with enterprise-level array based replication. This flexibility makes it very extensible to mid-market and enterprise customers that have a vested interest in DR assurance. The great thing about its storage replication is that the architecture is agnostic to the storage platforms and can easily add new storage vendors without making significant changes to its products.
• SRM also has these two options for replication, but requires new adapters to be built for each new storage model it supports, making it less flexible with its integration.
• Veeam has no storage replication integration whatsoever in its product. 

• Certified Recovery Points - It is very important to ensure that bad data at the production site does not manifest itself at the DR site. The DR site is there to protect from these types of issues, not inherit them. ReliableDR offers multiple Certified Recovery Points to ensure that issues at the production site are caught during the DR test process and the DR site can easily rollback to earlier points in time.
• SRM has no rollback capabilities at all, leaving the DR site at risk if bad data gets replicated from the production environment.
• Veeam does have multiple recovery points for its replication process, but that process is never tested. Therefore, they are not certified and verified recovery points like ReliableDR CRPs.

Parasoft Service Virtualization and Cloud/API Testing Showcased at Cloud Connect

Parasoft announced today that they will be showcasing their solutions for Service Virtualization and Cloud/API Testing at Cloud Connect in Silicon Valley, CA. These complementary solutions help organizations facilitate cloud migration and ensure that functionality, security, and performance expectations are met in dynamic cloud-based environments.

Testing cloud-based applications is commonly complicated by:

• Systems that are impractical or too complex for test labs
• Divisional and political boundaries that limit access to resources
• Inaccessible 3rd party/partner systems and services
• Scheduling constraints that limit testing to inadequate and inconvenient windows
• Missing/unstable components
• Evolving development environments

By pairing Service Virtualization technology that enables anytime, anywhere access to a reliable test environment with API Testing technology for ensuring the integrity of APIs and API-driven applications, Parasoft helps organizations significantly reduce the time, cost, and risks of application development for the cloud.

“With the move to the cloud, businesses are aggregating and consuming APIs at a staggering pace,” explained Parasoft CSO Wayne Ariola. “However, the composite mashup is only as strong as its weakest link. Parasoft API Testing solution simplifies the complex testing that's vital for secure, reliable, and compliant composite applications. Parasoft Service Virtualization enables the expected breadth and depth of testing to be executed much earlier, faster, and more completely. The bottom line is that by applying Parasoft Service Virtualization and API Testing in concert, organizations significantly speed innovation, accelerate time-to-market, and reduce risks during cloud migration.”

Parasoft Service Virtualization

More information about Parasoft's service virtualization / simulated test environment capabilities is available at:

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Parasoft Cloud and API Testing

More information about Parasoft’s service virtualization and test environment management capabilities is available at:

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Acronis Delivers Reliable Cloud Data Protection to Small Office and Home Office Users

Acronis today ushered in a new era of data protection and business continuity for small office and home office (SOHO) users through the release of Acronis Small Office: Server Cloud Backup. Acronis’ new SOHO cloud solution protects against downtime in ways that neither traditional backup nor cloud backup services can. It provides small business owners with the same protection that was, until now, only available to enterprises, in an exceptionally easy-to-use and affordable solution. Acronis has harnessed the power of innovative “hybrid cloud” technology in a manner that makes it extremely simple to use. By following Acronis’ three-click 3-2-1 backup strategy, users get the benefits of both local and cloud backup.

"Many small businesses and home office users we speak to have limited data protection and disaster recovery capabilities," said Robert Amatruda, research director, data protection and recovery, IDC. "Acronis Small Office: Server Cloud Backup offers customers a full-featured cloud backup solution providing secure off-site data protection."

Acronis Small Office: Server Cloud Backup is built on proven cloud backup technology from Acronis, designed with the specific needs and requirements of SOHO businesses in mind. With just three clicks, users can easily, quickly and securely back up files and critical data locally and to Acronis cloud storage where it is constantly available and accessible. Users can also leverage system-image backup technology for faster disaster recovery, and perform server restore within minutes to any hardware using Acronis Universal Restore.

“Small business owners rely on their computers and mobile devices, and can’t afford downtime or data loss,” said Dmitri Joukovski, senior vice president, product management, Acronis. “We provide SOHO users with a secure hybrid cloud solution, a reliable alternative to new-to-market or public cloud solutions, helping to ensure business continuity and secure data protection. Our solution is enterprise-grade, yet extremely easy to use, and is based on proven technology that millions of customers trust.”

Acronis Small Office: Server Cloud Backup is available in a variety of subscription packages, giving SOHO users the flexibility to purchase the storage space they need, within their budget. Packages start at $499 for a one-year subscription, which includes 350 GB of Acronis cloud storage, and scale up to a three-year subscription plan with one TB of cloud storage. View the full range of subscription plans, or start a free trial now.

DataCore Software Named to CRN’s 2013 5-Star Partner Program Guide

DataCore Software, the storage hypervisor leader and premier provider of storage virtualization software, today announced it has been named to CRN’s 2013 Partner Program Guide and awarded a 5-Star Partner rating. The CRN Partner Program Guide is the definitive listing of manufacturers and software publishers that service solution providers or provide products to the IT Channel. The guide recognizes those vendors who have channel programs and derive a portion – or all – of their sales through the indirect IT Channel. The 5-Star Partner Program rating recognizes an elite subset of Partner Program Guide vendors who give solution providers the best partnering elements in their channel programs. 

The list methodology is based on objective criteria that take into account each vendor’s investments in program offerings, partner profitability, partner training, education and support, marketing programs and resources, sales support and communication. Vendors are assessed using information provided in their completed applications. 

DataCore has a vibrant global channel partner community, with channel programs tailored to the nuances of each geographic location. Through its Premier Partner Program, DataCore looks to extend partners’ current virtualization practices and expand their prospecting fields and account footprints. More than 500 solution partners worldwide actively offer solutions based on the SANsymphony-V storage hypervisor, and the program’s singular “Premier” tier is designed for partners focused on IT infrastructure solutions. Partners are selected by invitation only to cover regional territories without over-distribution. The DataCore Premier Partner Program offers resellers a range of benefits, including a distinctive competitive advantage, an expanded virtualization opportunity, greater account control, better customer retention, and higher profitability.

“The companies listed in the CRN 2013 Partner Program Guide represent a comprehensive list of the best channel programs in the market today,” said Kelley Damore, senior vice president and editorial director for UBM Tech Channel’s CRN. “The 5-Star award is reserved for vendors that understand that a successful partnership does not rely solely on the technology. By offering their partners tools, education and regular updates, vendors on this list go above and beyond traditional support to ensure a mutually beneficial partnership.”

“DataCore Software is honored to be recognized by CRN with its prestigious 5-Star award for the fourth consecutive year and included in the CRN 2013 Partner Program Guide,” said David Ochser, channel chief, Americas at DataCore Software. “Our partners have been and will continue to be fundamental in our continued growth and success and we value the close working relationships we have with them. DataCore is continuously innovating to ensure that our channel partners benefit from all the services and support we offer through our DataCore Premier Partner Program.”

The 2013 Partner Program Guide is featured on CRN.com and the 5-Star Partners listing is highlighted in the March 2013 issue of CRN.

SolarWinds' Sci-Fi Bracket Battle Crowns Inaugural Champion

The Multiverse - Stardate: -309747.945 - At long last, the laser fire has cooled and the plasma blasters have fallen silent as the inaugural SolarWinds' Sci-Fi Bracket Battle comes to a close. From the initial 34 iconic science fiction characters from television, film and literature and with nearly 5,700 votes cast over the past three weeks in thwack, only a single battle-scarred figure still stands.

That icon is Spock, Star Trek's first officer of the USS Enterprise.

Spock faced down the omnipotent Q in an all Star Trek Final Judgment battle, using his logic to take on Q's seemingly all-powerful nature. But before each finalist could enter the ring, both Spock and Q each had to handle a murderer's row of resurrected challengers:

• For Q, this line-up was comprised of Neo, the Infinite Improbability Drive, the Borg and Number 6. 
• Spock, on the other hand, had to out think Darth Vader, the 10th Doctor, Kaylee and River Tam.

At the end, however, Spock's logic prevailed against the fallen and his current challenger, leaving him the champion of a war-ravaged cosmos. Spock stands alone...

The first annual SolarWinds Bracket Battle featured a tournament-style battle royal between science fiction icons, including characters from Star Wars, Star Trek and Firefly. Driven purely by community votes, the Bracket Battle led to heated discussions across SolarWinds' thwack community and beyond, with fan bases taking to Twitter, Facebook and other message boards to defend their chosen champions.

So what changes are in store for the SolarWinds Bracket Battle 2.0? Stay tuned to thwack to find out -- 2014 is a new year, and a new group of challengers, possibly from an entirely new genre, will seek the crown and victory.

Shred-it Selects Virtustream Cloud Professional Services to Manage SAP Upgrade

Virtustream, Inc., the leading enterprise class cloud software and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) provider, today announced that Shred-it, a world-leading information security company providing document destruction services, has selected Virtustream's Cloud Professional Services to handle its SAP ERP Central Component (ECC) upgrade. Virtustream, which already manages all aspects of Shred-it's SAP technical landscape administration and management, will help update the system to SAP ECC version 6.0, enabling the company to attain new functionalities from the latest code and remain in compliance with other requirements.

"Virtustream demonstrated an unmatched level of SAP expertise while managing our virtual SAP landscapes when they first took over administration of the environment back in July. They essentially became an extension of our IT group, so when it came time to pick a service provider for the system update, the choice was simple," said Phillip Hancock, director of engineering and operations, Shred-it. "Virtustream was able to optimize our SAP environment for improved infrastructure performance and stability. They have helped us create a strong foundation that will also make a future cloud migration simple and seamless, when that is appropriate."

Shred-it is a rapidly growing enterprise with 140 branches across five continents. The company initially selected Virtustream to manage its SAP landscape in July 2012, after various issues with sprawl, performance and instability prompted the IT team to seek out a service provider with expertise in running SAP in a virtual environment. Over the past several months, Virtustream has helped Shred-it reduce operating and support costs while maintaining applications with improved service levels. Now, Shred-it has again selected Virtustream to manage a full SAP system upgrade from ECC 5.0 to ECC 6.0, which will help it integrate further into the SAP framework and add in new performance and compliance benefits. The update will also make it possible for Shred-it to leverage the cloud for testing, which creates a series of new opportunities. Although it currently utilizes a virtual environment housed in its own data centers, this capability will ensure a smooth transition to the cloud if Shred-it chooses to migrate its SAP landscape at a later date, as business needs evolve.

"Our professional services team has extensive experience in dealing with sizeable SAP environments, so when Shred-it approached us again, we were more than prepared to assist them with the ECC update," said Frank Vella, chief operating officer, Virtustream. "Their selection of Virtustream for the project validates our ability to provide efficient and effective managed services that enable enterprises to expand capabilities and respond to fluctuating business needs, all while controlling costs and reducing risk."

Virtustream's professional services group assists customers in achieving increased performance and stability for their virtual or cloud environments. For more information, please visit http://www.virtustream.com/content/other_cloud_solutions.

RES Software Announces VP of Business Development to Fuel Enterprise Adoption and Accelerate Company Growth

Workspace virtualization leader RES Software today announced Rex White III has been appointed to Vice President of Business Development. Rex will focus on significantly strengthening and expanding RES Software’s relationships with top tier alliance and technology partners, as well as relationships with key system integrators and strategic outsourcers, as the company enjoys increasing adoption of its technology among these large enterprise customers.

“Rex’s wealth of experience in strategic planning and business development will be an invaluable asset to RES Software as we further accelerate our growth, strengthening our technology leadership in 2013,” said Klaus Besier, CEO of RES Software. “With increasing momentum of very large customers, including a 100,000 seat license sale, more and more large enterprises are investing in our technology. We look forward to Rex’s guidance in further assuring the best fit of our products within these companies’ increasingly complex and hybrid IT ecosystems, as well as building new opportunities to ensure our continued growth.”

In his most recent position, Rex served as the VP of Business Development for Matrix42 where he was responsible for global alliances, channel development and OEM opportunities, as well as for establishing and developing the company’s comprehensive alliance, OEM and channel strategy for its global business units. He has also held business and sales development and consulting positions at Altiris (Symantec), PDF Complete, Dorado Software, and many leading technology clients through his Alliance and Channel Consulting practice, making him a seasoned professional, well suited for his new position at RES Software.

Spurred by growth, RES Software is greatly increasing the size of its employee base in the U.S. With global responsibility, Rex will be a powerful new member of the company’s U.S. roster of employees with deep experience in the industry.

“I am excited to assume this role as it presents an excellent opportunity to strengthen RES Software’s position as a leading provider of workspace virtualization solutions that enable IT to fully support the key elements of a user’s computing experience," said Rex. “This company has a terrific reputation as an innovative market leader and I look forward to helping drive its future success.”

RES Software’s workspace virtualization solution enables IT to centrally deliver, manage and secure the key elements of a user’s computing experience, independently of workstyles and devices.

Using Windows Server 2012 Data Deduplication with Veeam Backup & Replication

Backing up your entire virtual infrastructure will keep your mind at ease, but it comes at the cost of used disk space. The amount of backup data you have on the backup repositories can grow quickly. Using Microsoft Windows Server 2012's Data Deduplication, however, will save a significant amount of storage space without the use of complex or expensive tools.

Join this live webinar and learn about:

• How to configure native data deduplication with Microsoft Windows Server 2012
• Use cases; when to use it and when not to
• How to optimize Veeam backup jobs for deduplication

Featured Speakers:

Hans De Leenheer - Veeam evangelist, author and blogger; and Joep Piscaer, VMware VCDX and vExpert, IT Infrastructure Architect, VMUG blogger.

Embotics V-Commander for Microsoft Hyper-V Delivers Cloud Automation, Cost Savings

Embotics Corporation, a pioneer in virtualization and cloud management software, today released Embotics V-Commander for Microsoft Hyper-V. The unified cloud management platform, with a new multi-tenant cost model capability, helps deliver IT-as-a-service (ITaaS) with support for multi-hypervisor environments, while also helping customers make the right economic decisions for their virtualized data centers.

In 24 hours or less, Embotics V-Commander – which offers easy-to-use rapid provisioning, self-service, service catalogs, IT costing and chargeback, workflow automation, resource optimization and lifecycle management capabilities – now provides cost comparison functionality unlike other market solutions. Users receive a cost breakdown that supports decisions about which virtual machines (VM) and services should be host on which platform – an unmatched feature that fulfills the economic justification for adopting multiple hypervisors.

Embotics V-Commander helps users integrate Hyper-V into their data center environment for rationalization via reclamation, optimization and workload migration through multi-hypervisor adoption. Data centers can implement Embotics V-Commander and accelerate cloud maturity without simultaneously accelerating costs or complexity. Embotics V-Commander also now provides for integration with Microsoft System Center.

“Multi-hypervisor environments are proliferating because they promise cost advantages without degrading performance, but accomplishing that goal requires a management and automation platform that reveals cost breakdowns to inform decision-making,” said Bernd Harzog, analyst at The Virtualization Practice. “The multi-tenant cost model lets enterprises take economic control of their data centers.”

Gordon McKenna, CEO of Inframon system center specialists, said, “Understanding the true economics of your virtualized workloads is critical to understanding the benefits derived from adopting a Hybrid-IT strategy within cloud environments. Embotics V-Commander demonstrates the returns and efficiency gains by managing the lifecycle of critical workloads on Microsoft technologies.”

Embotics V-Commander return on investment (ROI) is gained later through automation and the standardizing of services for the best fit. Additionally, by examining the historical view of the environment and how it grows, Embotics V-Commander can retrofit the environment to achieve ROI. It can also identify waste and help recycle, migrate and reclaim that waste on the Microsoft Hyper-V platform.

“Increasingly, data centers are managing multiple hypervisors,” said Jay Litkey, CEO of Embotics. “In order to harmonize cloud automation across these elements, organizations need to know where to place workloads for greatest economic advantage, regardless of their understanding of the underlying hypervisor technology. That’s exactly what Embotics V-Commander delivers.”

Embotics V-Commander for Microsoft Hyper-V enables IT organizations to offer any service they like in the service catalog, whether physical or virtual in nature. End users can make requests that are tailored to their needs and track all of their virtual and non-virtual IT assets in real-time. V-Commander delivers more encompassing service levels to users while giving IT administrators broader support for more IT assets.

Availability

Embotics V-Commander is generally available now. For more information, visit Embotics at booth 633 at Microsoft Management Summit, April 8-12 in Las Vegas, NV or contact sales at info@embotics.com. Embotics will be making additional announcements in Q2 2013 as part of its continuing commitment to support “any hypervisor, any cloud.”