Dell, VMware Double Down on Desktop Virtualization

Dell, VMware Double Down on Desktop Virtualization











 

  • New Dell vStart for VDI, with VMware View® bundles, cloud client devices and channel programs designed to deliver simplified success
  • Joint offerings help channel partners deliver VDI to growing small and midsize business segment

Today at VMworld 2012, Dell and VMware announced the expansion of the companies’ joint efforts to simplify the delivery of world-class desktop virtualization solutions.

As part of the companies’ expanded strategic relationship, Dell and VMware will deliver new, turnkey virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) bundles based on VMware View. The joint solutions will provide customers and channel partners with tested and validated hardware configurations and vertically optimized reference architectures, along with new fulfillment mechanisms and enhanced incentives for joint channel partners.

Organizations are looking to implement trusted VDI solutions, which can scale with them as they grow. According to the results of the recent “Trends around Desktop Virtualization for Small and Midsized Organizations” study conducted by Spiceworks (April 2012), more than 60 percent of customers are planning to roll out or evaluate desktop virtualization in 2012. As a result, channel partners are seeking ways to respond to customer demand with solutions that work seamlessly and offer the ability to scale, delivering value to customers and their businesses.

Cloud client computing in combination with desktop virtualization enables organizations of all sizes to offer anytime, anywhere access to the applications, data and services people want while simplifying IT management and security. The combination of Dell and VMware technology can help customers and channel partners deliver more effective desktop virtualization solutions faster to drive business advantages, embrace bring your own device (BYOD) and mobility challenges and reduce total cost of ownership (TCO).

Dell vStart for VDI, with VMware View – Delivering VDI Success
Core to the joint initiative is the new Dell vStart for VDI, with VMware View bundle, a combination of Dell vStart preconfigured and tested server, storage and networking hardware that has been validated and optimized by VMware for optimum performance and scalability with VMware View. The solution also includes Dell Wyse cloud clients designed for VMware View. These bundles come with validated reference architectures.

This offering will provide channel partners flexibility to offer a wide range of solutions, from turnkey “View-in-a-box,” to a la carte components needed to expand existing VMware View installations. Moreover, solutions will be available in configurations optimized for healthcare, education and government organizations, as well as for the specific BYOD and mobility needs of private businesses.

Quotes
"Dell vStart for VDI, with VMware View®, is an exciting development for MCPc in our efforts to help customers design, implement and manage next generation workspaces. Our customers, especially small and midsize organizations, are asking for simple and cost effective VDI solutions, and we expect this initiative to be particularly attractive to our customers in the mid-market as well as healthcare and education, “ said Jed Ayres, SVP Partner Management & Marketing, MCPc, Inc. “This will be a catalyst for growth at MCPc as it provides a turnkey VDI technology stack coupled with programs and training to make sure our entire organization can deliver on this game changing value proposition."

"We are pleased to expand our strategic relationship with Dell to provide our joint channel partners and customers VDI solutions that offer security, ease of deployment and scalability," said Vittorio Viarengo, vice president, End-User Computing, VMware. "With the new vStart for VDI with VMware View®, we are enabling small and midsize businesses to quickly transform their organizations and help their employees work smarter, while reducing costs and driving efficiencies in IT."

“Customers are increasingly turning to cloud client computing technologies to solve their business challenges,” said Tarkan Maner, vice president and general manager, Cloud Client Computing at Dell. “Dell recognizes the considerable contribution made by our channel partners worldwide in counseling our customers and implementing robust solutions that meet their needs. Through our strategic relationship with VMware, we have devised a number of turnkey VMware View configurations, reference architectures and incentives to provide our joint partners with the tools needed to rapidly provide enhanced value to customers and prospects in the mid-market segment.”

“Today’s news reinforces Dell’s commitment to channel partners,” said Greg Davis, vice president and general manager, Global Commercial Channels at Dell. “In the past week, Dell announced the Dell vStart for VDI with VMware View as well as the Dell PartnerDirect Desktop Virtualization Solution Competency both designed to enable channel partners to optimize their business and better serve their mid-market customers helping them meet their business needs.”

About VMware
VMware (NYSE: VMW) is the leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions that enable businesses to thrive in the Cloud Era. Customers rely on VMware to help them transform the way they build, deliver and consume Information Technology resources in a manner that is evolutionary and based on their specific needs. With 2011 revenues of $3.77 billion, VMware has more than 350,000 customers and 50,000 partners. The company is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the world and can be found online at www.vmware.com.

Contact VMware
Ken Lotich, VMware PR
+1 (650) 427-1911
klotich@vmware.com

About Dell
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) listens to customers and delivers innovative technology and services that give them the power to do more. Dell’s global alliance with VMware produces tightly integrated cloud and virtualization solutions with exceptional performance, reliability and simplified management based on VMware technology running on Dell end-to-end infrastructure solutions. To learn more, visit http://www.dell.com/vmware.

Join us at Dell World 2012 – The Power to Do More. Technology professionals will learn from one another and identify key challenges and opportunities connected to the top forces changing business today. Learn more at www.DellWorld.com or follow #DellWorld on Twitter.

Gogo Licensed to Provide In-Air Connectivity over Canada

Gogo Licensed to Provide In-Air Connectivity over Canada


Allows Gogo to provide seamless connectivity service between U.S. and Canada for both commercial and business aviation

ITASCA, IL. – Aug 28, 2012 – Gogo, a leader of in-flight connectivity and a pioneer in wireless in-flight digital entertainment solutions, announced today that Industry Canada has issued Gogo a subordinate license for Canada's air-to-ground (ATG) radio frequency spectrum that will allow Gogo to serve passengers on commercial and business aircraft flying over Canada.
The Canadian network will operate on the same frequency as Gogo's existing ATG network in the continental United States, which will allow Gogo to provide seamless service within Canada and on cross-border flights between the U.S. and Canada. Gogo expects to begin cell site construction in the fourth quarter of this year and expects the network to be in operation by the end of 2013.

The network will focus initially on Canadian routes served by Gogo's existing U.S. and Canadian commercial airline customers.

It will also service business aircraft currently using Aircell's Gogo Biz high speed internet service. Aircell, a Gogo company, provides a suite of in-flight connectivity solutions for the global business aviation community.
"This license will allow us to offer seamless connectivity service for both our commercial airline partners and business aviation customers operating between the U.S. and Canada," said Michael Small, Gogo's president and CEO. "Whether it's on a commercial or business aircraft, passengers traveling in Canada can soon experience the same technology that has a proven track record of performance and reliability in the U.S."

Gogo's Canadian license is subordinate to a primary spectrum license that was acquired at auction in 2009 by SkySurf Canada Communications Inc. Gogo won the comparable U.S. spectrum at auction in 2006.

About Gogo
Gogo is fast becoming everyone's favorite part of flying. By allowing travelers to get online, in air, Gogo keeps them connected to life. Using the Gogo exclusive network and services, passengers with laptops and other Wi-Fi enabled devices can get online on more than 1,600 commercial aircraft including all domestic mainline Delta Air Lines and nearly all of Delta's regional jets; all AirTran Airways and Virgin America flights; and select Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, United Airlines, and US Airways flights.

Back on the ground, Gogo's 400+ employees in Itasca, IL, Broomfield, CO and London are working to continually redefine flying as a productive, socially connected, and all-around more satisfying experience. Connect with us at www.gogoair.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/gogo and on Twitter at www.twitter.com/gogo.

About Aircell
Aircell, a Gogo company, is a leading provider of in-flight connectivity for business aviation. Through a full range of services including voice, high-speed Internet, cockpit data and more, Aircell increases the productivity, safety, and enjoyment of the business aviation travel experience. Headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado, USA, Aircell is an AS9100-certified company serving a global customer base with an authorized dealer/distributor network that spans 6 continents. A trusted brand in airborne communications, Aircell is a factory option at every major business aircraft manufacturer and installed on the world's largest fractional ownership fleets. The only company to offer all three of the industry's most popular network technologies – Iridium Satellite, Inmarsat SwiftBroadband and Gogo Biz™, Aircell provides advice and solutions addressing any customer need, aircraft type, or geography. A Collier Trophy nominee and the recipient of several dozen awards for innovation, Aircell is widely credited with many of the industry's most influential historical achievements, beginning with the groundbreaking airborne cellular concept that launched the company in 1991. Connect with us www.aircell.com and on Twitter at twitter.com/aircellbizav.































Gartner Says Bring Your Own Device Programs Herald the Most Radical Shift in Enterprise Client Computing Since the Introduction of the PC

Gartner Says Bring Your Own Device Programs Herald the Most Radical Shift in Enterprise Client Computing Since the Introduction of the PC

STAMFORD, Conn., August 28, 2012—

                  The rise of bring your own device (BYOD) programs is the single most radical shift in the economics of client computing for business since PCs invaded the workplace, according to Gartner, Inc. Every business needs a clearly articulated position on BYOD, even if it chooses not to allow for it.

BYOD is an alternative strategy that allows employees, business partners and other users to use personally selected and purchased client devices to execute enterprise applications and access data. For most organizations, the program is currently limited to smartphones and tablets, but the strategy may also be used for PCs and may include subsidies for equipment or service fees.

"With the wide range of capabilities brought by mobile devices, and the myriad ways in which business processes are being reinvented as a result, we are entering a time of tremendous change," said David Willis, vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner. "The market for mobile devices is booming and the basic device used in business compared to those used by consumers is converging. Simultaneously, advances in network performance allow the personal device to be married to powerful software that resides in the cloud."

Mobile innovation is now driven more by consumer markets than business markets. Affordability is not only putting very powerful technology in the hands of consumers, but those consumers are also upgrading at a much faster rate. An organization may better keep up with mobile technology advancements by aligning to the consumer, rather than the much slower pace of business technology adoption, with its long cycle of detailed requirements analysis, established refresh rates, and centralized procurement heritage. Consumers also enjoy equipment and domestic service pricing that often matches the best deals that an enterprise can get on behalf of its users.

In a BYOD approach, users are permitted certain access rights to enterprise applications and information on personally owned devices, subject to user acceptance of enterprise security and management policies. The device is selected and purchased by the user, although IT may provide a list of acceptable devices for the user to purchase. In turn, IT provides partial or full support for device access, applications and data. The organization may provide full, partial or no reimbursement for the device or service plan.

"Just as we saw with home broadband in the past decade, the expectation that the company will supply full reimbursement for equipment and services will decline over time, and we will see the typical employer favor reimbursing only a portion of the monthly bill," said Mr. Willis. "We also expect that as adoption grows and prices decline employers will reduce the amount they reimburse." 

While BYOD programs can reduce costs, they typically do not. As businesses look to drive ever more capability to the mobile device, the costs of software, infrastructure, personnel support and related services will increase over time. Once companies start including file sharing, business applications and collaboration tools, the costs to provide mobile services go up dramatically. 

Gartner believes that IT's best strategy to deal with the rise of BYOD is to address it with a combination of policy, software, infrastructure controls and education in the near term; and with application management and appropriate cloud services in the longer term. Policies must be built in conjunction with legal and HR departments for the tax, labor, corporate liability and employee privacy implications. Gartner recommends that companies start with a standard policy that would apply anywhere, and create customized versions by country if necessary. 

"BYOD is not for every company, or every employee. There will be wide variances in BYOD adoption across the world — by geography, industry and corporate culture," said Mr. Willis. "Most programs are at the employee's discretion — they decide if they want to opt in. For the vast majority of companies it is not possible to force all users into a bring your own (BYO) program without substantial financial investments — and considerable support from senior management." 

Despite the inherent challenges, Gartner believes that we are likely to see highly successful BYOD programs in the coming years. Many businesses will expand beyond smartphones and tablets and embrace BYO for personal computers. Beyond PCs, it is likely that users will discover new uses for emerging devices not initially understood by IT planners, much like we saw with the iPad. 

"It won't stop with bring your own PC," said Mr. Willis. "Bring your own IT is on the horizon. Once these new devices are in the mix, employees will be bringing their own applications, collaboration systems, and even social networks into businesses." 

Additional information is available in the Special Report "Bring Your Own Device: New Opportunities, New Challenges." The Special Report is available on Gartner's website at http://www.gartner.com/technology/research/ipad-media-tablet/bring-your-own-device.jsp. The Special Report includes top-level advice and addresses every part of the BYOD strategy: from planning, to policy, to project management, to cost estimations. Gartner analysts drive deeper into the business case and the question of whether BYOD saves money, and assess the state of the art in management and security technologies. 

Gartner analysts will examine key issues for BYOD at Gartner Symposium/ITxpo. 

About Gartner Symposium/ITxpo
Gartner Symposium/ITxpo is the world's most important gathering of CIOs and senior IT executives. This event delivers independent and objective content with the authority and weight of the world's leading IT research and advisory organization, and provides access to the latest solutions from key technology providers. Gartner's annual Symposium/ITxpo events are key components of attendees' annual planning efforts. IT executives rely on Gartner Symposium/ITxpo to gain insight into how their organizations can use IT to address business challenges and improve operational efficiency. 

Additional information for Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2012 in Orlando, October 21-25, is available at www.gartner.com/symposium/us. Members of the media can register for the event by contacting Christy Pettey at christy.pettey@gartner.com

Additional information from the event will be shared on Twitter at http://twitter.com/Gartner_inc and using #GartnerSym.

 Upcoming dates and locations for Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2012 include:

August 28-30, Cape Town, South Africa: www.gartner.co.za
October 3-5, Tokyo, Japan:
 www.gartner.com/jp/symposium
October
10-12, Goa, India:
 www.gartner.com/in/symposium
October
21-25, Orlando, Florida:
 www.gartner.com/us/symposium
October
29-31, Sao Paulo, Brazil:
 www.gartner.com/br/symposium
November
5-8, Barcelona, Spain: www.gartner.com/eu/symposium
November 12-15, Gold Coast, Australia: www.gartner.com/au/symposium
March
5-7, 2013, Dubai, UAE: www.gartner.com/technology/symposium/dubai/

 

Contacts:

Christy Pettey
Gartner
+1 408 468 8312
christy.pettey@gartner.com

Rob van der Meulen
Gartner
+44 0 1784 267892
rob.vandermeulen@gartner.com


About Gartner:
Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT) is the world's leading information technology research and advisory company. Gartner delivers the technology-related insight necessary for its clients to make the right decisions, every day. From CIOs and senior IT leaders in corporations and government agencies, to business leaders in high-tech and telecom enterprises and professional services firms, to technology investors, Gartner is the valuable partner to clients in 12,000 distinct organizations. Through the resources of Gartner Research, Gartner Executive Programs, Gartner Consulting and Gartner Events, Gartner works with every client to research, analyze and interpret the business of IT within the context of their individual role. Founded in 1979, Gartner is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.A., and has 5,000 associates, including 1,280 research analysts and consultants, and clients in 85 countries. For more information, www.gartner.com.

Citrix GoToAssist Enhances Mobile and BYOD Support

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Citrix GoToAssist Enhances Mobile and BYOD Support

Remote Support of iOS Devices, Free App for Android, Upgraded App for iPad,                                                        and Session Recording Now Available                                                                                                                                                                

TORONTO, ON – August 29, 2012 –  Citrix announced today that its market-leading remote support product, Citrix GoToAssist, now offers an expanded feature set to address the growing IT demand to support mobile devices. As recent research has indicated, mobile workstyles and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) company initiatives are becoming accepted business practices, putting increased pressure on IT staff to deliver fast and efficient mobile device support both on and off company networks. The new GoToAssist capabilities enable IT professionals to deliver responsive remote support of iOS devices. In addition, remote support sessions can be initiated directly from the mobile devices themselves, using new GoToAssist apps for Android and iOS. Both applications offer free unlimited remote support for attended sessions.

As the remote support technology of choice for more than 50+ million support sessions in 2011, the GoToAssist product was recently recognized as a Community Choice Honoree in the 2012 Small Business Influencer Awards in the Apps Category.  GoToAssist achieved this designation by receiving top votes from its customer community and remote support users. This nomination reaffirms that GoToAssist is continuing to deliver IT support solutions that customers need and demand.

 “From smartphones to tablets and laptops, mobile devices have simply become a pervasive business necessity.  These are tools that organizations and their employees just can’t live without, which places increased pressure on  IT professionals to provide quick and effective support to a growing number of  devices,” said Elizabeth Cholawsky, vice president and general manager, IT Support Line of Business, Citrix.  “At Citrix, we’re focused on IT support solutions that deliver instant effective support, maximize client satisfaction and drive real business results for new ways of working.”

New Feature Highlights:

·        Remote Support of iOS Devices:   IT professionals now have the ability to provide support for  iPad and iPhone users and their mobile devices via optimized chat, as well as the ability to conduct secure chat sessions, update profiles and configure device settings remotely.  Profiles created with the iPhone Configuration Utility can also be shared to troubleshoot problems and set business policies.

·        GoToAssist for Android – free remote support appIT professionals can deliver live support anytime, anywhere directly from their Android mobile device, instantly connecting to their clients’ computers at no cost. In addition, GoToAssist paid subscribers receive the added benefits of access to unattended machines, diagnostic viewing and other support tools.

·        Updated GoToAssist App for iPadIn the new version, paid subscribers can now view diagnostic information about the computer supported, email the .TXT file of all the diagnostic reports, and transfer support sessions started from the GoToAssist Expert desktop application to the GoToAssist app for iPad (and vice versa).

·        Session RecordingThis new optional recording feature captures active support and chat sessions for auditing and training, enabling better monitoring of technician effectiveness and customer support. Recordings are stored for 90 days in standard downloadable MPEG-4 format.

·        Language support: International versions of GoToAssist Remote Support and Monitoring are now available in French and German.

GoToAssist Remote Support offers users the ability to provide support to PCs, Macs and iOS devices and from PCs, Macs, Android and iPad devices. 

Quotes:

“IRESS uses GoToAssist to remotely setup our trading software program for our clients. Both the team and our clients find the program very easy to use and helpful with solving issues. By using GoToAssist, IRESS is able to update and install software remotely. It saves us time by reducing the need to make trips to our clients’ offices, which isn’t always feasible.” Deborah Peterson, Client Services Manager, IRESS (Toronto, Ontario)

“Before using GoToAssist to provide our employees with remote IT support, we physically shipped laptops back and forth for service. On occasion, we traveled from location to location to service our machines, a practice that increased significantly during a recent acquisition. All of this was costly and inefficient. But now our IT personal can support our employees without leaving the office. They are very, very excited about GoToAssist, which saves us time and money.” Darcy White, Director, Marketing Strategy and Content Solium Capital (Calgary, Alberta)

“GoToAssist is a one-stop shop. I can do so much with a couple clicks of my mouse.  I can remotely connect into my client’s machines quickly and provide service with no problems.  With the mobile support features, I can be even more responsive.  The session recording will be great for trainings or for clients that want more detail on the resolution history – we plan to include this as another value added service.  I truly love the service.”   Goran Donev, Owner, Donev Technology Consulting (Chicago, Illinois)

 

Related Links

·        Citrix Recognized as Community Choice Honoree in 2012 Small Business Influencer Award

·        Supporting Mobile Devices with New Tools From GoToAssist

·        Session Recording with GoToAssist

·        CitrixSynergy 2012: Celebrating 10 Years of GoToAssist Remote Support  

·        Citrix Provides New Support Capabilities for Mobile and Social Workstyles with Its Award-Winning GoToAssist

·        Citrix GoToAssist Has Fastest Remote Support Connection Times in Head-to-Head Industry Comparison

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·        Twitter: @Citrix, @CitrixOnline, @GoToAssist 

·        Citrix on Facebook, GoToAssist on Facebook

·        Workshifting blog:  http://workshifting.com/

About Citrix

Citrix (NASDAQ:CTXS) transforms how businesses and IT work and people collaborate in the cloud era. With market-leading cloud, collaboration, networking and virtualization technologies, Citrix powers mobile workstyles and cloud services, making complex enterprise IT simpler and more accessible for 260,000 organizations. Citrix products touch 75 percent of Internet users each day and it partners with more than 10,000 companies in 100 countries. Annual revenue in 2011 was $2.21 billion. Learn more at www.citrix.com.

The Online Services division of Citrix provides secure, easy-to-use cloud-based solutions that enable people to work from anywhere with anyone. Whether using GoToMeeting to hold online meetings, GoToWebinar to conduct larger web events, GoToTraining to train customers or employees, Podio to create customized workspaces and apps to collaborate with anyone, GoToMyPC to access and work on a remote Mac or PC, GoToAssist  to provide IT support and management or ShareFile to securely share files, documents and data, businesses and individuals are increasing productivity, decreasing travel costs and improving sales, training and service on a global basis. For more information, visit www.citrixonline.com.

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VMware Unveils Industry's Most Comprehensive Cloud Infrastructure and Management Solution

VMware Unveils Industry's Most Comprehensive Cloud Infrastructure and Management Solution

VMware vCloud® Suite 5.1 Delivers the Software-Defined Datacenter

SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - Aug 27, 2012) -   Onstage at VMworld® 2012 today, VMware (NYSE: VMW) unveiled a comprehensive solution of cloud infrastructure and management products, expertise and ecosystem support to help customers drive greater efficiency and improve operational agility. At the heart of today's announcement is the new VMware vCloud® Suite 5.1 -- the first solution to deliver the software-defined datacenter. The vCloud suite integrates VMware's leading virtualization, cloud infrastructure and management portfolio into a single SKU, simplifying the adoption of cloud era technologies. 

"Today at VMworld®, VMware and its partners are taking a bold step toward simplifying IT, offering customers everything they need to build, operate and manage their cloud environments," said Paul Maritz, VMware CEO. "The VMware vCloud® Suite delivers the software-defined datacenter -- the architecture for implementing cloud computing."

The software-defined datacenter delivers on the promise of cloud computing for agile, elastic, efficient, and reliable IT services by extending the benefits of virtualization to every domain in the datacenter -- compute, storage, networking, and the associated availability and security services. The software-defined datacenter architecture abstracts all hardware resources and pools them into aggregate capacity, enabling automation to safely and efficiently dole it out as needed for applications. Tenants or customers utilizing the software-defined datacenter can have their own virtual datacenters with a logically isolated collection of all the virtual compute, storage, networking and security resources they are used to. 

"Today's IT requires organizations to take a holistic approach to planning, building and operating their infrastructure, especially as we move into this new era of cloud computing," said Don Henderson, Chief Technology Officer, NYSE Technologies. "At NYSE Euronext, not only have we embraced cloud computing as a foundation for our corporate IT strategy, we're extending that value to financial services organizations looking to modernize their individual IT operations, leveraging VMware cloud technology and expertise to offer the financial industry's first community cloud."

Introducing the VMware vCloud Suite: The first solution for the software-defined datacenter
By recasting every layer of datacenter infrastructure into software services running across pools of industry standard hardware, the VMware vCloud Suite will simplify and automate operations while ensuring application service levels for even the most resource-intensive business critical applications. The VMware vCloud Suite 5.1 brings together the components customers need to build, operate and manage cloud infrastructure -- virtualization, software-defined datacenter services, policy-based provisioning, disaster recovery, and application and operations management:

  • VMware vSphere® 5.1 -- The proven platform for any application
    The foundation of the VMware vCloud Suite is an updated version of the world's most widely deployed virtualization platform, which includes more than 100 enhancements and new features to deliver the highest service levels for all applications, including business-critical workloads and low-latency, I/O-sensitive applications. Key advancements in VMware vSphere 5.1 include more powerful VMs, more innovations to help customers avoid unplanned downtime and more robust networking capabilities. 

    VMware vSphere 5.1 will support virtual machines (VMs) with up to 64 virtual CPUs. To keep these VMs running 24/7, VMware has enhanced VMware vMotion® to enable live migration of VMs without the need for shared storage. VMware vSphere 5.1 also introduces new VMware vSphere Data Protection™ for simplified, reliable VM back-up and recovery, VMware vSphere Replication for cost-effective disaster protection, and VMware vShield Endpoint™ for more efficient VM security.

    VMware vSphere 5.1 will also include key enhancements to the VMware vSphere Distributed Switch™, including the ability to support up to 500 networked hosts per distributed switch. With new Network Health Check, Configuration Backup and Restore, Roll-Back and Recovery capabilities, VMware vSphere 5.1 Distributed Switch simplifies deployment, ongoing management and troubleshooting of virtual networks. In addition, VMware vSphere 5.1 now supports single-root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV) to optimize network performance for latency sensitive applications.
    Learn more about new features in VMware vSphere 5.1.

  • VMware vCloud Director® 5.1 -- Provision virtual datacenters in minutes
    At the heart of the VMware vCloud Suite is a set of software-defined datacenter services which apply the virtualization principles of abstraction, pooling and automation to the domains of storage, networking, security and availability. VMware vCloud Director orchestrates the provisioning of these services to deliver complete virtual datacenters (VDCs) that can be ready for consumption in minutes. VMware vCloud Director 5.1 includes major scalability enhancements, enabling it to support "elastic" VDCs that span multiple VMware vSphere clusters and up to 30,000 VMs. VMware vCloud Director 5.1 has enhanced APIs and an extensibility framework that enables customers to connect a broad range of third-party infrastructure services. 
    Learn more about new features in VMware vCloud Director 5.1.

  • VMware vCloud Networking and Security 5.1 -- Redefine the network
    With the introduction of the vCloud Suite, VMware is delivering a leading software defined networking and security solution to address one of the final barriers to achieving the agility of cloud computing -- the network. VMware vCloud Networking and Security will enable the dynamic creation of virtual networks and services that are completely decoupled and independent from the physical network hardware. 

    vCloud Networking and Security will allow customers to create logical networks for each application or tenant, and it can isolate the network traffic between applications belonging to the same organization -- regardless of physical network constraints or boundaries. By creating a pool of network capacity on top of any network hardware, vCloud Networking and Security can easily support tens of thousands of isolated virtual networks with the simplicity and operational ease of creating and managing VMs.

    VMware vCloud Networking and Security will bring together the VXLAN protocol and VMware vShield Edge™ and application security services to provide a full set of software-defined networking capabilities, and a comprehensive solution lineup for virtualizing the network -- from virtual switching to virtualized layer 4-7 services. It will also include an extensibility framework to support the integration of a wide range of third-party network and security solutions. 
    Learn more about VMware vCloud Networking and Security.

  • vCenter Site Recovery Manager™ 5.1 -- Automate disaster recovery for all applications
    To ensure the availability and rapid recovery of applications running in the software-defined datacenter, vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5.1 simplifies disaster recovery planning and ensures predictable recovery through automated testing and plan execution. VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5.1 can also support datacenter migrations and disaster avoidance. It integrates with VMware vSphere Replication and a broad range of replication technologies from VMware's partners. VMware vCenter Site Recovery manager is supported by an expanding ecosystem of service providers offering "disaster recovery to the cloud" services that enable customers to benefit from vCenter Site Recovery Manager's industry leading disaster recovery without having to invest in failover infrastructure.
    Learn more about new features in vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5.1

As the datacenter becomes software-driven, customers have the opportunity to simplify and automate management and operations to achieve the efficiency and agility of cloud computing. The VMware vCloud Suite includes vFabric Application Director™, vCenter Operations Management Suite™ and vCloud Connector™ to speed application provisioning, move workloads between clouds, and bring intelligent automation to capacity planning, performance and compliance management.

"Most private cloud implementations will build from a virtualization foundation -- virtualizing compute, storage, networking and availability to create pools of resources -- helping to reduce capital costs and the cost of operations and, most importantly, enable faster service delivery," said Tom Bittman, VP and Distinguished Analyst, Gartner.  

Broad Industry Support for the VMware vCloud Suite
VMware's partner community, more than 55,000 strong, continues to be a central part of delivering VMware's cloud solutions to customers. The new VMware vCloud Suite will be supported by a broad range of partners including technology partners and independent software vendors (ISVs), solution providers, service providers and systems integrators, as well as every major global hardware manufacturer. Read what partners are saying about the new VMware vCloud Suite.

New VMware Services and IP to help Customers Operate in the Cloud Era
VMware today also announced new Cloud Ops Intellectual Property (IP) and advisory, transformation and education services. Based on VMware's experience helping hundreds of clients worldwide navigate through the complex decisions around building, running and optimizing public and private cloud environments, Cloud Ops has emerged as a new operating model where IT shifts from a reactive, tactical relationship with the business to the role of a strategic partner, helping broker critical, value-added services across an organization.
Read the Press Release: VMware Defines New Operating Model for the Cloud Era

Pricing & Availability
The VMware vCloud Suite will be licensed per processer with no core, vRAM or number of VM limits. Customers can get the entire set of cloud infrastructure and management capabilities -- virtualization, software-defined datacenter services, policy-based provisioning, disaster recovery, application management and operations management -- in one easy-to-purchase offering. 

The VMware vCloud Suite 5.1 is expected to be available Sept. 11, 2012. It will be offered in three editions -- Standard, Advanced and Enterprise -- and includes the following products: VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus, VMware vCloud Director, VMware vCloud Connector, VMware vCloud Networking and Security, VMware vFabric Application Director, VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite and VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager. Prices will start at $4,995 per processor.
Read the vCloud Suite Pricing and Packaging whitepaper
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For a limited time, VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus customers will be able to upgrade to VMware vCloud Suite 5.1 Standard for free or upgrade to vCloud Suite 5.1 Enterprise at 35 percent off the list price. Learn more about this promotion.

VMware today is also announcing it has enhanced its offerings for Small and Midsize Business, significantly extending the capabilities of VMware vSphere Essentials Plus and introducing VMware vSphere 5.1 Standard with Operations Management.
Read the Press Release: VMware Introduces Enhanced Offerings for Small and Midsize Businesses

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About VMware
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Mississauga-based KMAG Develops New "GEMINI Dual Tag"

August 27, 2012

KMAG Develops New "GEMINI Dual Tag"

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Aug. 27, 2012) - KMA Global Solutions International, Inc. (PINKSHEETS:KMAG) KMAG announces the development of the GEMINI tag, a dual technology, RFID/EAS reusable hard tag, that can simultaneously and seamlessly provide all of the needed functionality of an RFID tag, while also functioning as an EAS tag with complete compatibility with the most common EAS technologies in use today.

Several major national and international retailers have announced a decision to implement RFID systems capable of tracking their inventory at the unit level, and will begin to implement the needed hardware in their stores beginning this year. Many others will follow suit over the course of the next few years. Most will begin to use RFID both for tracking inventory, and to perform the loss prevention duties that have, until now, been provided by their EAS system. Rolling out RFID in these enterprises will be a major undertaking and will proceed simultaneously on relatively small groups of stores until the changeover is completed across all locations. During the transition process, the retailers will continue to use their EAS system until the hardware transition is completed.

KMAG recognizes that there is a significant gap in the transition plans, as each store will require merchandise to bear both an EAS and an RFID tag until well after the process is completed. Applying separate RFID and EAS tags is an expensive proposition, which will be made considerably more economical through the use of the GEMINI tag from KMAG. KMAG has determined a market need numbering in the tens of millions, and possibly hundreds of millions of GEMINI tags over the course of the next few years as more and more retailers begin the technology switch.

Each GEMINI tag contains an RFID element that meets all Gen II EPC standards, as well as either of the most popular EAS elements, and can therefore simultaneously be read by the RFID system, while being detected by the EAS system in use in the store. Applying and removing GEMINI tags follows exactly the same process that the retailers employ today with their EAS tags, using the same equipment that they already own, and therefore requires no learning curve on the part of store employees or special equipment to put the GEMINI into use.

Retailers can continue to use the GEMINI tag even after they end the use of their EAS system as the RFID component will continue to be reusable and compatible with all of their needs.

About KMA Global Solutions International, Inc.

At KMA, our Business Mission is to constantly reinforce our industry leadership as a preferred competitive supplier in the timely delivery of superior, cost effective, source tagging products - all the time, every time.

For more information about KMA Global Solutions International, visit: http://www.kmaglobalsolutions.com.

IBM to Acquire Kenexa To Bolster Social Business Initiatives

IBM to Acquire Kenexa To Bolster Social Business Initiatives


ARMONK, N.Y. - 27 Aug 2012:  IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Kenexa Corporation (NYSE: KNXA) today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for IBM to acquire Kenexa, a publicly held company headquartered in Wayne, Pa., in a cash transaction at a price of $46 per share, or at a net price of approximately $1.3 billion.

The acquisition bolsters IBM's leadership in helping clients embrace social business capabilities while gaining actionable insights from the enormous streams of information generated from social networks every day.

Kenexa, a leading provider of recruiting and talent management solutions, brings a unique combination of Cloud-based technology and consulting services that integrates both people and processes, providing solutions to engage a smarter, more effective workforce across their most critical business functions.

Kenexa complements IBM's strategy of bringing relevant data and expertise into the hands of business leaders within every functional department, from sales and marketing to product development and human resources. As a result of this synergy, clients will be able to attract and develop the right skills to build the right teams, for the right projects, the first time.

The adoption of social business technology is supporting the growth of big data and the need for analytics in the enterprise. A recent global IBM study revealed that 57 percent of CEOs identified social business as a top priority and more than 73 percent are making significant investments to draw insights into available data.

The survey also reveals that 70 percent cite human capital as the single biggest contributor to sustained economic value. The combined strengths of IBM and Kenexa are key differentiators at a time when organizations of all sizes are looking to increase workforce efficiencies and gain more insight from their business information.  

Social media has pervaded the lives of consumers, helping them connect with each other in new ways. However, a shift is occurring in the enterprise as business leaders look for ways to generate real value through the use of social technologies to evolve their front-line business operations. According to Forrester Research, the market opportunity for social enterprise apps is expected to grow at a rate of 61 percent through 2016.*

"Every company, across every business operation, is looking to tap into the power of social networking to transform the way they work, collaborate and out innovate their competitors," said Alistair Rennie, general manager, social business, IBM. "IBM is uniquely positioned to help clients generate real returns from their social business investments, while helping them gain intelligence into the data being generated in these networks to be more competitive in their markets."

"The customer is the big winner in all this because the combination of our two organizations will deliver more business outcomes than ever before," said Rudy Karsan, chief executive officer, Kenexa. "Together, Kenexa and IBM will be unmatched in the industry, offering solutions that extend from strategy to the technology platform to the delivery of services for clients."

Today, Kenexa supports more than 8,900 customers across a variety of industries, including financial services, pharmaceuticals, retail and consumer, including more than half of the Fortune 500.

With Kenexa's world-class front-office process solutions, IBM will be able to offer strategic consulting, a social technology platform, and expertise on a global scale to help clients enable a smarter workforce and gain a competitive advantage in any market. By creating a smarter workforce, employees can resolve problems before they arise to improve customer service, drive innovation to bring products and services to market faster, and increase sales by building new skills -- linking the right experts to the right clients.

The Kenexa acquisition will complement IBM's social business and HR business services leadership. More than 60 percent of Fortune 100 companies have licensed IBM's solutions for social business. Through its combination of social software, analytics, content management, and deep industry expertise, IBM is uniquely positioned to help organizations capture information, create insights and generate interactions that translate into real business value.

With operations in 21 countries worldwide, Kenexa has approximately 2,800 employees. Consistent with its strategy, IBM plans to continue to support Kenexa clients and enhance Kenexa technologies while allowing these organizations to take advantage of the broader IBM portfolio.

IBM expects the transaction to close in the fourth quarter of 2012, subject to Kenexa shareholder and regulatory approvals and the satisfaction of other customary closing conditions.

About IBM
For more information visit www.ibm.com.

*Source: Social Enterprise Apps Redefine Collaboration," Forrester Research, Inc., November 30, 2011.

OPC launches new online complaint form

August 23, 2012

OPC launches new online complaint form

Canadians who are concerned that their privacy has been compromised now have another way to submit complaints to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC). The Office has launched an online complaint form on its website. The form helps users compile and submit electronically all the information needed to properly file a privacy complaint under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), Canada’s federal private-sector privacy law, or under the Privacy Act, which applies to the federal public sector.

The new form reflects the OPC’s commitment to meeting the needs and expectations of Canadians, and further improving its service to Canadians. All information submitted to the Office via the online form is encrypted and appropriate measures have been taken to ensure that all submitted information will be stored securely.

As always, the Office encourages Canadians who have privacy concerns to first try to resolve them by directly contacting the organization associated with their complaint. However, if they are not satisfied with response, they can visit our website or call our Office at 1-800-282-1376 toll-free for more information about how to file a complaint.

Savvis Announces Enterprise Cloud Ecosystem Program

Savvis Announces Enterprise Cloud Ecosystem Program

Leading Ecosystem Providers Participating Include BMC Software, ServiceMesh and Rackware

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 27, 2012 /CNW/ - Savvis, a CenturyLink company (NYSE: CTL) and leader in global cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprises, today announced details of its new Savvis Enterprise Cloud Ecosystem Program, which brings additional flexibility to Savvis' enterprise cloud computing environment through partnerships with innovative cloud technology providers.

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Through this ecosystem approach, Savvis' cloud clients gain access to leading orchestration, brokerage, management and governance solutions that complement their private, hybrid and public cloud environments.

"Enterprises seek comprehensive cloud governance and lifecycle management, including the ability to manage both on- and off-premise workloads – important capabilities that technology providers such as BMC Software, ServiceMesh and Rackware provide to our clients as part of the newly launched Savvis Enterprise Cloud Ecosystem Program," said Jonathan King, vice president of cloud solutions at Savvis. "We understand the demands of the enterprise market and listen to our customers to ensure their needs are met. In the future, we plan to augment this program with additional partners that will bring even more capabilities to our cloud platform."

In addition to BMC Software, ServiceMesh and Rackware, current technology providers participating in the Savvis Enterprise Cloud Ecosystem Program include Compuware, DataGardens, Racemi, RiverMeadow Software and ScaleXtreme. These technology providers have made their offerings available to Savvis clients, and in return gain complimentary access to Savvis Symphony VPDC cloud capacity for API integration and testing along with direct access to Savvis' product management and engineering teams. Upon completion of successful integration with the Savvis API, the technology providers gain access to Savvis sales and marketing resources.

"With the Savvis Cloud Ecosystem Program, our enterprise customers will be able to continue to leverage our software management tools to optimize their hybrid cloud deployments while also gaining additional product enhancements," said Tim Fessenden, BMC Software's area vice president of cloud and data center automation. "We have been collaborating for the past several months and already have a number of common customers with Savvis who are early adopters."

Savvis offers a full suite of enterprise-class cloud services, which are engineered and deployed to meet global computing needs. From shared, dedicated and hybrid cloud solutions to fully virtualized data centers, Savvis Symphony cloud services are part of a complete portfolio of IT solutions including managed services, colocation, consulting services and network services.

"Enterprises that are designing and implementing their private, public and hybrid cloud strategies need a cloud management platform that can provide extensible and auditable policy-based governance controls to mitigate risk exposure," said Jeff Drake, executive vice president of corporate development, cloud service providers, at ServiceMesh. "ServiceMesh's Agility Platform enables new self-service, on-demand IT operating models with the security, governance, transparency and policy controls enterprises require. The Savvis Enterprise Cloud Ecosystem Program enables us to work with Savvis to expand the number of customers moving their workloads safely into the cloud so they can achieve the strategic benefits of enterprise cloud computing."

For more information about the Savvis Enterprise Cloud Ecosystem Partner Program, visit www.savvis.com/cloud-ecosystem.

About Savvis
Savvis, a CenturyLink company, is a global leader in cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprises. Nearly 2,500 unique clients, including more than 30 of the top 100 companies in the Fortune 500, use Savvis to reduce capital expense, improve service levels and harness the latest advances in cloud computing.

About CenturyLink
CenturyLink is the third largest telecommunications company in the United States and is recognized as a leader in the network services market by technology industry analyst firms. The company is a global leader in cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprise customers. CenturyLink provides data, voice and managed services in local, national and select international markets through its high-quality advanced fiber optic network and multiple data centers for businesses and consumers. The company also offers advanced entertainment services under the CenturyLink™ Prism™ TV and DIRECTV brands. Headquartered in Monroe, La., CenturyLink is an S&P 500 company and is included among the Fortune 500 list of America's largest corporations.

For more information, visit www.savvis.com or www.centurylink.com.

SOURCE: Savvis

Avaya Expands Virtualization Capabilities to Drive the Collaborative Cloud

Avaya Expands Virtualization Capabilities to Drive the Collaborative Cloud

For Immediate Release:27 Aug 2012

  • Avaya highlights Collaborative Cloud solutions at VMworld® Booth #1823, including the new Avaya Collaboration Pods
  • Integrates VXLAN with Avaya VENA Fabric Connect for scaling, simplicity, and performance improvements
  • Distributed Top-of-Rack (ToR) solution revolutionizes effectiveness of ToR networking; optimizes performance of next-generation applications
VMWORLD 2012, SAN FRANCISCO (August 27, 2012) – Avaya, a global provider of business collaboration and communications solutions and services, today announced new virtualization solutions and enhancements to its portfolio that build on the Avaya Collaborative Cloud™, the company’s strategic framework for public, private and hybrid cloud solutions.
 
Among the enhancements on display at VMworld 2012 is integrated support for VXLAN with Avaya VENA Fabric Connect, a foundational component of Avaya VENA that is based on the Shortest Path Bridging (SPB) standard. Fabric Connect makes network deployments more efficient and less prone to error by enabling changes only at the edge of the network, rather than on every device and every link. While VXLAN can help businesses maximize the effectiveness of their server virtualization activities, integration with Avaya’s Fabric Connect will deliver scaling, simplification, and performance improvements compared to deploying VXLAN in traditional networks. The carrier-class attributes of Fabric Connect will also help enterprises scale their VXLAN deployments in a dynamic data center environment.
 
Avaya Fabric Connect solutions are already delivering better time-to-service, reduced downtime, and enhanced operational efficiency to customers. Fabric Connect is unique amongst next-generation network technologies in offering an end-to-end, network-wide solution that goes well beyond basic multi-pathing to deliver transparent Layer 2 connectivity, flexible Layer 3 interconnectivity, and simple, scalable multicast support.
 
Avaya Fabric Connect incorporates multiple technologies, products, and deployment options that allow it to easily adapt to a wide variety of real-world networking challenges. An example of this agility is the Avaya VENA Distributed ToR (dToR) solution, which Avaya is delivering today on the Avaya Virtual Services Platform (VSP) 7000. Avaya dToR creates a faster, flatter virtual backplane by interconnecting multiple Avaya VSP 7000 switches. This can result in as much as 25 times less latency than with traditional networks—crucial for next-generation application performance. Avaya dToR enables solutions that seamlessly scale to hundreds of nodes, supporting thousands of virtual machines as a single autonomic, high-performance network.
 
Avaya Collaborative Cloud solutions, including a new portfolio of cloud-ready, turnkey solutions announced separately today, codenamed Avaya Collaboration Pods, will be on display in Avaya Booth #1823 at VMWorld 2012 from August 26–30. Avaya will also demonstrate a broad range of virtualized, cloud-based solutions, including Avaya Customer Experience Management applications, AvayaLive Engage immersive web collaboration and Hosted Avaya Notification Solution, as well as interoperability with VXLAN on the new Avaya Collaboration Pods.
 
Quotes
“Compute virtualization delivers undoubted operational efficiencies, however the very nature of modern, composite-architecture applications is driving east-west traffic higher and multi-hop latency is impacting ultimate productivity. Avaya is addressing this challenge with the Distributed Top-of-Rack solution for their Virtual Services Platform 7000, creating a low-latency, application-optimized interconnect that seamlessly scales to support hundreds of nodes and thousands of virtual machines, all as a single autonomic, high-performance network.”
—Zeus Kerravala, principal analyst, ZK Research
 
“Cobalt is focused on delivering outstanding service to customers of our secure and hardened co-location and disaster recovery services. Our Avaya-based network with Shortest Path Bridging technology lets us be more responsive to customer demands—we can quickly and simply turn up and make changes to services, while keeping operational costs low and our engineering department efficient. SPB enables us to securely isolate different customers and support both L2 and L3 services, making it a perfect fit for our hosted business model. And it helps make our network very reliable, allowing us to guarantee 24x7 network availability for our customers.”
—Mike Ballard, CEO, Cobalt Data Centers
 
“As a long-term customer, ProMedica gets opportunities to preview some of Avaya’s pioneering new developments, including the new Distributed Top-of-Rack capability. The VSP 7000 platform is class-leading in its own right, and the latency savings offered by the Distributed ToR solution promise to make this a very powerful tool in optimizing the performance and high availability of our 24x365 healthcare systems.”
—Bruce Meyer, technical coordinator (voice and data), ProMedica
 
“Avaya’s Virtual Services Platform 7000 is likely to be a strategic component in Leeds Metropolitan University's plans for next-generation networking solutions. We’ve already delivered impressive results utilizing other products within the Avaya Networking portfolio, and the ability for the VSP 7000 to fully integrate into our network fabric promises to make it a powerful addition.”
—Stephen Keating, communications consultant, Leeds Metropolitan University
 
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About Avaya
Avaya is a global provider of business collaboration and communications solutions, providing unified communications, contact centers, networking and related services to companies of all sizes around the world. For more information please visit www.avaya.com.
 
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