Unlike the management utilities that are delivered with the
virtualization environment software, the Entuity Eye of the Storm (EYE) network
management solution bridges the gap between the physical and virtual worlds to
deliver true manageability in the context of the overall network. EYE
captures extensive details on three distinct levels – without this level of
granularity you cannot truly know the impact of VM deployment on the user
application experience. EYE helps
businesses realize the maximum benefit of today’s virtualized environments and
network-based services by ensuring that network resources are optimally
deployed and efficiently performing.
Effective VM management is accomplished through auto-discovery,
inventory, fault and performance monitoring of for three specific areas:
- The VM server itself (the overall CPU, memory, disk
throughput, etc.)
- The configuration and performance of VMs as seen by the
virtualization software
- The performance of each virtual server as reported by the
guest OS running on the VM (CPU and memory usage, NIC and disk throughput,
etc).
EYE helps to accelerate problem detection, resolution and
prevention for virtual infrastructures using current and historical data about
their performance just as their physical device counterparts demand. Traditional VM monitoring utilities fall
short by reporting the operation of virtual environments without consideration
of the physical infrastructure supporting critical business services. EYE brings visibility and manageability of
virtual environments into the context of the overall network to enable
proactive VM management, effective capacity planning, ensures end-user service
satisfaction, and to finally put VM sprawl in check
SYS-CON's Virtualization Journal's "Virtualization Readers' Choice Awards"
SYS-CON's Virtualization
Journal announced today its first annual Virtualization
Readers' Choice Awards. SYS-CON's Readers' Choice Awards, also
known as the "Oscars
of the Software Industry" has been one of the most
prestigious industry award programs for more than a decade. This year's
virtualization awards will be given in 17 categories and award-winning products
and services will be selected by Virtualization Journal
readers.
Virtualization takes the cost and complexity out of IT, and can even help us
reduce the CO2 footprint. IDC has stated that the virtualization services
market alone is going to reach $11.7 billion by 2011 and in general this
technology, which has been around for a good number of years, seems suddenly to
be on everyone's mind.
In short, Virtualization is fast becoming a key requirement for every server in
the data center, enabling increased workloads in server consolidation projects,
efficient software development and testing, resource management for dynamic
data centers, application re-hosting and compatibility, and high-availability
partitions.
The tipping point, though - as anticipated by
industry experts already back in 2005 - seems to be coming in 2008.
2008 will be the year of Virtualization with many companies
offering their products and services, including: 3 Leaf, Acronis, Agilysys,
Akorri, AMD, APC, Appistry, AppStream, Attune Systems, Avanade, BEA Systems,
Blue Lane, Brocade, CA, Cassatt, Certeon, CiRBA, Citrix, ClearCube, Coraid,
Crosswalk, DataDirect, DataSynapse, Digipede Technologies, Double-Take
Software, Dynamic Network Factory, Ecora Software, Egenera, Embotics, EMC,
Enigmatic, Enomaly, EqualLogic, Evault, eXludus Technologies, F5Networks,
FalconStor, FastScale Technology, Fortisphere, GlobalFluency, Grid Dynamics,
Hitachi, HP, IBM, InovaWave, Intel, KACE, Kidaro, Layeredtech, LeftHand
Networks, Leostream, Mainline, ManageIQ, Marathon Technologies, Mellanox
Technologies, Microsoft, Mid-Atlantic Computers, Mindbridge Software,
Ncomputing, NeoPath Networks, Neoware, Network Appliance, Neverfail, Novell,
Opalis Software, OPNET Technologies, Opsware / HP, Oracle, Panologic,
Parallels, PlateSpin, Platform Computing, PolyServe, Provision Networks, Raxco
Software, Red Hat, Reflex Security, rPath, Sagent Solutions, SAP, Scalent
Systems, ScienceLogic, Seanodes, Splunk, Stoneware, StorageNetworking.org,
Supermicro Computer, Surgient, SWsoft, Symantec, Tangosol, Thinstall, Tideway
Systems, TOA Solutions, TRANGO Virtual Processors, Trigence, Univa UD,
VeeAm Software, Virtual Iron, VirtualLogix, Virtugo Software, Vizioncore,
VMLogix, vmSight, VMware, vThere – Sentillion, Wyse Technology, XDS, XenSource,
Xsigo Systems, and ZenithOptimedia.
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