June 2012

Cloud Computing: Veeam Wins 2012 Microsoft Management and Virtualization Partner of the Year

Grazed from BusinessWire. Author: PR Announcement.

Veeam Software, innovative provider of backup, replication and virtualization management solutions for VMware vSphere and Windows Server Hyper-V, announced it has won the 2012 Microsoft Management and Virtualization Partner of the Year Award. The company was honored among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology.

“Veeam is pleased to be recognized as the 2012 Microsoft Management and Virtualization Partner of the Year,” said Ratmir Timashev, President and CEO, Veeam Software. “We have been working with Microsoft to help our customers manage and monitor their virtualized environments using System Center for more than five years. With the introduction of System Center 2012, we believe the promise of cloud computing is tangible and the benefits to businesses large and small will be immense.”...

Pano Logic Reinvents Cloud Computing for the Desktop

Grazed from MarketWatch. Author: PR Announcement.

Pano Logic, the leader in zero client desktop virtualization (VDI), today announced Pano System for Cloud, the lowest cost desktop computing platform for organizations moving to web-based applications. Pano System for Cloud eliminates the need for a local operating system and central processing unit and delivers web-based computing, using Google's Chrome browser as the interface.

Pano System for Cloud is the most cost-effective computing platform available for many businesses, schools, governments and other organizations seeking an alternative to PC-based or thin client models that rely on costly end user software and hardware. The platform centralizes all computing activities in the cloud; end users see a familiar browser interface and use software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions or web-based applications to do their work. Other web-based computing solutions still require endpoint processing, increasing the overall cost by 50 percent over the new Pano System for Cloud, which utilizes a new low cost Pano Zero Client, the G2M, introduced at $149. The new platform also strips away costly infrastructure layers including software licensing, expensive SAN or NAS hardware and ongoing operational expenses...

Citrix Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of the 2012 Magic Quadrant for x86 Server Virtualization Infrastructure

Grazed from MarketWatch. Author: PR Announcement.

Citrix today announced that it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the leaders quadrant of the 2012 "Magic Quadrant for x86 Server Virtualization Infrastructure*" report by Thomas Bittman, vice president and distinguished analyst.

The report evaluates Citrix XenServer(R), a key component of the company's virtualization and cloud computing strategy. For its evaluation of the server virtualization market, Gartner highlighted that "vendor understanding and articulation of the strategic path for virtualization (expanding into the foundation for the future of infrastructure architecture and operations, and extending toward cloud computing) is particularly important and differentiating."

The full 2012 Magic Quadrant for x86 Server Virtualization Infrastructure report can be viewed on the Citrix website...

Piston, Gridcentric Partner on OpenStack-Based VDI

Grazed from Data Center Knowledge. Author: Colleen Miller.

Piston Cloud Computing announced an exclusive licensing agreement with Gridcentric, a virtualization optimization company, to include Gridcentric’s Virtual Memory Streaming (VMS) technology in Piston Enterprise OS, which will support Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI). The exclusive licensing agreement assists enterprises in delivering secure, low-cost virtual desktops without complexity, according to Piston Cloud.

“Until now, there have been several challenges to VDI adoption in the enterprise, including prohibitive costs, security issues and complexity,” said Joshua McKenty, co-founder and CEO of Piston Cloud. “Bundling VMS technology with Piston Enterprise OS doubles the virtual machine density per server, requiring less physical RAM without any impact to user customization or application performance.”...