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FEATURE | The 2011 Ultimate Virtualization Buyers Guide and Virtualization Review Readers Choice Awards

elcome to the combined 2011 Application Virtualization Virtualization Buyers Guide and Virtualization Review Readers Readers Choice Award Winner VMware ThinApp 4.5 – VMware Inc. Choice Awards. By combining (43.6%) W $5,000 n vmware.com n 877-486-9273; these two editorial efforts, we are able to 650-427-5000 showcase both the virtualization and cloud This is a big win for VMware in a category where Citrix is extremely well established with its XenApp product, which products that you voted as your favorites has been around for many years. ThinApp no doubt benefited from its ability to ease the migration of existing apps to and many others that will be vying for your . Merit Award winner Citrix was joined by Parallels, attention during the coming year. All told, which finished a distant third, but is favorably viewed as a technology trendsetter. we amassed some 211 products from 106 VMware ThinApp isolates applications from the operating vendors, and placed them in 15 categories for environment, enabling enterprises to manage applications from a central source and deliver them instantly to nearly both the Readers Choice Awards and Ultimate any device, while streamlining security, updates, patches and performance. Virtualization Buyers Guide. Regarding the Readers Choice Awards, Merit Award Winners Citrix XenApp 6 – Inc. VMware dominated the competition, finishing (41.9%) Starts at $350 per concurrent user n citrix.com n first in 10 of the 15 categories, and second in http://deliver.citrix.com/go/citrix/OTH another. The market leader took the top spot in Citrix XenApp 6 centralizes application management to reduce cost up to 50 precent and deliver instant, secure access to everything from Server Virtualization to Best Windows apps over any network, with scalability features, a rich Virtualization Training Vendor. Can you say multi-media experience and self-service apps from any device. juggernaut? Parallels Virtuozzo Containers – Turning to the Ultimate Virtualization Buyers Parallels (3.8%) Call for price n parallels.com n 425-282 6400 Guide, we extensively surveyed an industry- Parallels Virtuozzo Containers is an wide list of vendors, capturing their most virtualization solution that harnesses the full power of your IT recent products and pricing. We also combed infrastructure by increasing the utilization of existing servers by 2X–3X over solutions. Virtualization at the host through submissions from last year’s guide and operating system provides a lean, efficient virtualization layer that enables higher density ratios of virtual servers to physical culled out and updated many offerings that are servers along with complete isolation between workloads. This still relevant. For more detailed information, isolation allows multiple workloads to exist across business silos without one workload affecting the performance and you’ll want look at the expanded PDF version security of any other.

of the guide, which features expanded 2X ApplicationServer 8.1.875 –2X product descriptions, and is accessible at $990 for one server n 2x.com n 866-970-6262 Publish any Windows application to remote desktops to VirtualizationReview.com/2011RCABG. simplify administration and reduce support costs. With the 2X ApplicationServer for Windows / Windows Terminal Services, companies can reap the benefits of virtual computing to deliver all your Windows-based applications and desktops to any location from your network. Rather than manually deploy Windows applications to desktops, increasing demands for administration and support,

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use the 2X ApplicationServer to manage application and InstallFree Bridge 2.0 – InstallFree desktop delivery from a central location, providing continuous Call for price n installfree.com n 203-267-1460 availability, resource load balancing and complete end-to-end InstallFree provides application compatibility, portability and network transparency for administrators. virtualization solutions to accelerate the adoption of new operating systems and applications, solve conflicts and reduce AdminStudio 9.5 – Flexera Software cost and complexity. Call for price n flexerasoftware.com n 800-809-5659; +44 (0) 870 873 6300; +81-3-4360-8291 Radware vAdapter – Radware AdminStudio is the fastest way to convert applications to Free n radware.com n 877-236-9807 virtual formats. It is the only automated, vendor neutral Radware’s vAdapter automatically synchronizes changes between packaging solution that identifies candidates for virtualization, the virtualization infrastructure and ADC configuration in real- automatically repackages non-MSIs, and batch converts MSIs time, without manual configuration or complex scripting. Offered to leading virtual formats. complementary with Virtual ADC-ODS3. App-V – Microsoft Radware Virtual ADC-ODS3 – Radware Call for price n microsoft.com n 800-386-5550; 425-882-8080 Starts at $73,995 n radware.com n 877-236-9807 Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) transforms This is the industry’s first truly virtualized ADC device, offering applications into virtualized, network-available services. simple, agile, and risk-free virtualization with resilient and It delivers software applications without requiring costly predictable performance. Via a unique hypervisor, multiple virtual compatibility testing, deployment, or installation, and ADC instances can cost-effectively run on one physical ADC. eliminates application conflicts that are typical with traditional software. App-V enables IT to be flexible and Specops Deploy 4.1 – Specops Software responsive to business needs, significantly reducing the cost of Call for price n specopssoft.com n 877-773-2677; 416-849-5325 PC management, application and operating system migrations, and application version co-existence. Specops Deploy makes it possible to take advantage of Microsoft App-V application virtualization directly, using AppZero 4.5 – AppZero only existing investments in infrastructure and knowledge. Starts at $500 instance per year n appzero.com n 866-980-2770 Accomplish this by combining the power of Group Policy and Microsoft App-V. Server-side applications are decoupled from operating systems -- packaged, run, and maintained -- as virtual application Spoon Browser Sandbox – Spoon appliances (VAA). Extending the well known and widely used Free n spoon.net n 877-223-3551; 206-774-8769 concept of virtual appliance (VA) to the application layer, an AppZero VAA encapsulates an application with all its The Spoon Browser Sandbox lets users run all major web dependencies in a pre-integrated, self-contained unit. VAA browsers, including IE 6 through 9, Firefox 2 through 4, and differs from VA in one critical way that has far-reaching Chrome 4 through 6, with no installs. The browsers run in ramifications: VAs package applications with “just enough isolated sandboxes and executes side-by-side without conflicts. operating system” (jeOS) to get the job done; AppZero VAAs package applications with zero operating system (zeOS). VAA Spoon Server – Spoon $7,995 n spoon.net n 877-223-3551; 206-774-8769 applications are no longer deployed, installed, and configured - they are simply accessed on any given server - physical, Spoon Server lets IT managers publish applications in private virtual, or in the cloud. The result is that applications can be clouds for distribution on intranets and portals such as moved from one environment to another as quickly as business SharePoint. Spoon applications launch instantly from any circumstances require. And that is precisely the attribute that desktop, with no installs or conflicts. is needed to realize the full benefit of virtualization. AppZero is software to create, control, and maintain VAAs. Spoon Studio – Spoon $2,395 n spoon.net n 877-223-3551; 206-774-8769 AX Series – A10 Networks Inc. Spoon Studio allows developers and IT managers to virtualize Call for Price n a10networks.com n 888-210-6363; 408-325-8616 Windows applications for deployment in standalone EXEs, The AX Series is a new generation server load balancer with private clouds, and the web. Spoon Studio 2011 includes the industry’s best price/performance, helping enterprises and support for 32- and 64-bit applications and Windows 7. ISPs to scale and maximize application availability through the world’s most advanced application delivery platform. The Symantec Workspace Virtualization 6.1 – Symantec Corp. AX Series load balancing family is revolutionary by current Call for price n symantec.com n 800-745-6054 market standards due to its Advanced Core Operating System Symantec Workspace Virtualization virtualizes applications and (ACOS) with a native multi-core CPU and shared memory data. 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Readers Choice Award Winner Readers Choice Award Winner UC4 Rapid Automation Package for Veeam Backup & Replication 5.0 – VMware – UC4 Software (40.2%) Veeam Software (33.6%) $36,000 n uc4.com n 877-284-2121; Starts at $599 - $899 per socket n veeam.com n 425-644-2121 877-389-0140; 614-339-8200 Proving the old adage that you can never go wrong aligning The hardworking team at Veeam delivered VMware its with VMware—in this case, vSphere and vCenter—UC4 offers only defeat with a product that provides 2-in-1 backup and an automation package that balances workloads in both replication for VMs running in VMware ESX(i) environments. physical and virtual environments. Turning to the Merit Even in defeat, Merit Award winner VMware gets a favorable Award winners, RES Automation Manager features daily task mention, along with third-place finisher and arch Veeam automation and self-serving capabilities, while UC4 shows that competitor Quest/Vizioncore vRanger Pro. aligning with Mircosoft via Hyper-V is also a good idea. Veeam Backup & Replication v5 combines backup and The UC4 RA Package for VMware automates and replication in one product for fast recovery of VMware ESX orchestrates IT processes between virtual and physical and ESXi environs. Tech firsts include Instant VM Recovery, worlds. It dynamically provisions, deploys, reconfigures and Universal Application-Item Recovery, SureBackup Recovery decommissions virtual machines to manage peak loads, meet Verification and Instant File-level Recovery. SLAs, and avoid virtual sprawl. Merit Award Winners Merit Award Winners VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager RES Automation Manager (formerly RES (SRM) 4.0 – VMware Inc. (28.9%) Wisdom) – RES Software (21.6%) $13,613 for 25 VM pack, includes one year support n n $46 per license n ressoftware.com n vmware.com 877-486-9273; 650-427-5000 800-580-0786; 610-994-0577 Site Recovery Manager makes disaster recovery rapid, RES Automation Manager allows IT administrators to use run reliable and manageable, so that organizations can meet their books to automate operations management processes. Any recovery objectives. Site Recovery Manager delivers centralized combination of maintenance and provisioning jobs can be management recovery plans and automates the recovery process. chained into a single run book to automate complex sequences of changes across a combination of Quest Software / Vizioncore vRanger Pro workstations and servers. 5.0 – Quest Software / Vizioncore (7.9%) Call for price n quest.com n 866-260-2483; UC4 Rapid Automation Package for 847-589-2222 Hyper-V – UC4 Software (18.1%) Comprehensive backup/recovery and business continuity $36,000 n uc4.com n 877-284-2121; solution optimized for image-based data handling. By 425-644-2121 combining backup, replication, and recovery of images on a The UC4 RA Package for Hyper-V integrates physical and single, shared platform, Quest offers unmatched scalability, virtual environments and enables dynamic provisioning of performance, and manageability of images. VMs in Hyper-V environments. It also automates backup and maintenance policies, and simplifies job creation and Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server Virtual monitoring on servers. Edition 3.0 – Acronis Inc. $1,999 per server n acronis.com n 877-669-9749; 781-782-9000 Reflex vProfile 1.0 – Reflex Systems Based on Acronis’ patented disk imaging and bare metal Call for price n reflexsystems.com n 888-696-5725; 404-924-2400 restore technologies, Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced vProfile provides a highly flexible framework for IT Server Virtual Edition is the next generation of the Acronis teams who aim to scale the virtual infrastructure while True Image family of products, engineered specifically for ensuring consistent configuration, meeting compliance and virtualized environments. Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 audit requirements and implementing IT automation for Advanced Server Virtual Edition enables organizations of all management tasks. With vProfile configuration management, sizes to extend the cost-saving benefits of virtualization by IT administrators can see their virtual infrastructure visually protecting virtual machines running on a single physical host expressed as a “heatmap,” enabling them to quickly identify for a low, fixed price. Supporting virtual platforms including configuration differences, remediate as needed and set VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer, and Parallels, configuration baselines. Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server Virtual Edition takes advantage of VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V server technologies. Organizations can leverage Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server Virtual Edition’s functional power and exceptional ease of use to simplify their backup and recovery processes while improving their ability to meet

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challenging Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs). In addition, LinkFixerPlus – LinkTek Corp. Acronis offers several options that can be used to further Call for price n linkfixer.com n 727-442-1822 enhance the functionality of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10: • LinkFixerPlus helps companies implement data migrations, Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Deduplication option enhances server upgrades, operating system upgrades, Microsoft the benefits of disk-to-disk server backup by reducing the Office upgrades, document management systems and file amount of redundant data that is backed up, saving on storage virtualization without experiencing the downtime ordinarily costs and optimizing storage capacity. • Additionally, with caused by broken links between files. the Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Universal Restore option, administrators can quickly automate the recovery process, even NetApp – Syncsort Integrated Backup – when recovering to dissimilar hardware or virtual machines. NetApp – Syncsort Call for price n NetApp.com n 408-822-8000 BEX 3.2 – Syncsort NetApp has joined with Syncsort to offer NetApp Syncsort Call for price n syncsort.com n 201-930-9700 Integrated Backup (NSB), a turnkey data protection solution Syncsort BEX data protection software delivers the industry’s that combines Syncsort management software with core fastest and most resource-efficient application protection, NetApp technologies and high-performance NetApp disk with rapid, reliable recovery to maximize the economic and storage. Syncsort leverages NetApp SnapVault block- technical success of virtualization projects. incremental replication to offer D2D and D2D2T backup for heterogeneous environments as well as advanced VMware Continuity Cloud 1.0 – iland recovery capabilities. NetApp Syncsort Integrated Backup Call for price n iland.com n 800-697-7088 can deliver a combination of 95 percent faster backups, 95 The iland Continuity Cloud is specifically designed to provide percent VM backup impact reduction, and 99.99 percent cost-effective business continuity options to enterprises of all backup success rates, all while using 90 percent less storage. sizes using private cloud resources. iland provides not just a NSB leapfrogs the competition with the ability to restore any replication target for your data, but the entire infrastructure backup as a , and with the ability to eliminate solution including redundant, standby resources based on the restore window entirely by directly mounting a backup industry-leading VMware solutions in our six high-availability and using it immediately. NetApp Syncsort Integrated Backup datacenters across North America and provides complete data protection coverage across disk, tape, Europe. The iland Continuity Cloud provides several levels of and disaster recovery. protection to help you recover from downtime. Your workload can be replicated from virtual or physical environments to Replay 4.4 – AppAssure Software our high-availability cloud infrastructure and then hosted in $899 per host server, unlimited guests n AppAssure.com n stand-by mode. We can also provide replication across multiple 703-547-8686 SANs to our cloud infrastructure or elsewhere. VMs can be Replay is an enterprise-class backup and disaster recovery registered on our cloud in stand-by mode, ready to activate software solution that supports both host and guest level and keep your business up and running. backup methodologies while delivering accelerated backups, fast local recoveries and disaster recovery, all in one solution. InMage Scout 5.1 – InMage Systems Call for price n inmage.com n 800-646-3617; 408-200-3840 StorageCraft ShadowProtect Desktop 4.0 – InMage offers a low overhead, software-based solution StorageCraft Technology Corp. that covers backup, disaster recovery, and application high $89.95, volume discounts available n storagecraft.com n 888-455-5041; 801-545-4700 availability in a single platform that is perfect for mixed physical/virtual server environments. ShadowProtect Desktop offers fast and reliable disaster recovery, data protection and system migration for Windows LifeKeeper for – SIOS Technology Corp. (formerly Desktops and Laptops. With it, you can migrate to virtual Steeleye Technology) environments with Hardware Independent Restore technology Call for price n steeleye.com n 800-769-4242; 650-843-0655 or convert to a VM with ease. 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SunGard Secure2Disk Backup and Recovery Solutions – software replication makes Business Continuity for virtual SunGard Availability Services environments obtainable for SMB organizations. Call for price n sungardas.com n 800-468-7483 SunGard Availability Services provides disaster recovery services, managed IT services, information availability Cloud Computing consulting services and business continuity management software to 10,000 customers in North America and Europe. Readers Choice Award Winner With five million square feet of datacenter and operations VMware vCloud Director 1.0 – space, SunGard assists IT organizations across virtually all VMware Inc. (33.0%) n n industry and government sectors to prepare for and recover Starts at $150 per VM vmware.com 877-486-9273; 650-427-5000 from emergencies by helping them minimize their computer downtime and optimize their uptime. Through direct sales and VMware gets the nod here for vCloud Director, which is paving channel partners, we help organizations ensure their people the way to the cloud-based infrastructure VMware hopes will and customers have uninterrupted access to the information solidify its role as market leader. Merit Award winners Cloud. systems they need in order to do business. com and Amazon EC2 are known for transforming data centers into multifarious cloud environments and resizing compute Symantec Backup Exec 2010 – Symantec Corp. capacity in the cloud, respectively. $1,174 for a media server license and basic maintenance n vCloud Director offers organizations an evolutionary path symantec.com n 800-745-6054 to cloud computing. Built on vSphere, it pools existing Backup Exec is the global market share leader in backup and infrastructure into a virtual datacenter to provide a secure, recovery, with more than 1.5 million licenses deployed into a multi-tenant, cloud solution that is compatible with current broad set of heterogeneous environments. With more than 30 applications. specialized agents and options and support for all of the major operating systems (Windows, Linux, Unix, Mac etc), Backup Merit Award Winners Exec easily fits into any environment. The Backup Exec 2010 CloudStack 2.0 – Cloud.com (19.5%) n Agent for VMware Virtual Infrastructure is one of several Free to $10,000 per year, depending on edition cloud.com n 888-384-0962; 408-916-1761 agents and options that enable administrators to design and easily implement a comprehensive data and system protection CloudStack provides an integrated software solution for solution for any virtual environment. architecting and deploying virtual data centers as a service, delivering all of the essential components used to build, deploy Symantec Workspace Streaming 6.1 – Symantec Corp. and manage multi-tier and multi-tenant cloud services. Call for price n symantec.com n 800-745-6054 Symantec Workspace Streaming is an application streaming solution that enables on-demand application provisioning, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon offline cache, dynamic license management and single-click EC2) – (10.2%) Call for price n aws.amazon.com n 206-266-1000 instant application upgrades. Since early 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has provided vConverter 5.0 – Quest Software/Vizioncore companies of all sizes with an infrastructure web services Call for price n quest.com n 866-260-2483; 847-589-2222 platform in the cloud. With AWS you can requisition compute vConverter offers fast, simple, and flexible conversion of power, storage, and other services–gaining access to a suite physical systems into virtual images, conversion of virtual of elastic IT infrastructure services as your business demands images among virtual server platforms, and conversion them. With AWS you have the flexibility to choose whichever of virtual images into physical systems. Also creates and development platform or programming model makes the synchronizes virtual backups of physical systems. most sense for the problems you’re trying to solve. You pay only for what you use, with no up-front expenses or long-term vReplicator 4.0 – Quest Software/Vizioncore commitments, making AWS the most cost-effective way to Call for price n quest.com n 866-260-2483; 847-589-2222 deliver your application to your customers and clients. vReplicator 4.0 is a software-based solution for replication, Citrix Cloud Solution for On-Demand Desktops – enabling full, differential or hybrid backups of virtual Citrix Systems Inc. machines to dissimilar hardware, reducing the cost of the Call for price n citrix.com n Citrix Service Provider CSC at http://csc. overall solution while enabling more productive use of existing com/outsourcing/ system resources. The Citrix On-Demand Desktops Solution enables enterprises to deliver complete Windows desktops from public or private vSRM – Quest Software/Vizioncore clouds, combining the cost and manageability benefits of Call for price n quest.com n 866-260-2483; 847-589-2222 virtual desktops with that of cloud capacity on demand. vSRM is an automated business continuity solution for virtual environments that uses software replication, rather than array- or network-based replication. The use of

10 | December 2010/January 2011 | Virtualization Review | VirtualizationReview.com The new math of consolidation.

Two virtualized IBM Power® 730 Express systems can easily handle the workload of 36 existing scale-out HP ProLiant DL360 G5 servers. Yet many organizations might not consider an 18:1 consolidation job because of the typical up-front cost associated with higher-end systems like Power. The math underlying that assumption has changed. Today, two Power Express systems can cost less than the annual software subscription and support on 36 HP ProLiant servers, while consuming up to 92% less energy and using up to 89% less rack space.1 In addition, the two Power systems may cost up to 26% less than migrating to the latest HP x86-based servers.2 Can systems be built to do more for less? On a smarter planet they can. ibm.com/power7

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1. Annual software maintenance costs on the 36 existing scale-out HP ProLiant DL360 G5 servers include Linux server support and WebSphere subscription and support. IBM Power 730 Express systems include the cost of the systems, operating system, virtualization and middleware subscription and support for 3 years. 2. Comparison based on consolidating 36 unvirtualized HP ProLiant DL360 G5 servers to fi ve virtualized HP ProLiant DL380 G7 systems and assumes the WebSphere licenses transfer to the HP ProLiant DL380 G7 systems. Actual performance, cost savings and energy usage referenced in this ad will vary depending on client actual implementation. Contact IBM to see what we can do for you. See www.ibm.com/power7/claims. IBM, the IBM logo, ibm.com, Power, Smarter Planet and the planet icon are trademarks of IBM Corp., registered in many jurisdictions worldwide. Other product and service names might be trademarks of IBM or other companies. A current list of IBM trademarks is available on the Web at www.ibm.com/legal/copytrade.shtml. © International Business Machines Corporation 2010. FEATURE | The 2011 Ultimate Virtualization Buyers Guide and Virtualization Review Readers Choice Awards

IT.Shavlik.com 1.5 – Shavlik Technologies ranging from individual departments to the global enterprise. $250 for 250 machines n shavlik.com n 800-690-6911; 612-331-6737 With more than 160 deployments at some of the world’s IT.Shavlik.com leverages the latest in cloud and virtual largest companies, the Quest Cloud Automation Platform machine technologies to deliver a broad range of enterprise is the premier solution for creating and managing private IT management features in a low cost, SaaS-based application enterprise clouds. This patented solution easily integrates that requires zero IT infrastructure. Track assets, find and with your existing infrastructure and automation deploy missing patches, manage your virtual machines, and investments, reducing costs, increasing operational efficiency, test your Windows 7 readiness. and driving business agility.

LISA DCM-Virtual Development Cloud Manager 5.0 – iTKO Quest Cloud Express 7.5 – Quest Software n n Call for price n itko.com n 877-289-4856 Call for price quest.com 866-260-2483; 847-589-2222 iTKO’s LISA provides practically unlimited capacity for Dev Deploy and manage secure cloud infrastructures to gain and Test Clouds by capturing and provisioning realistic virtual business agility and reduce costs. With Cloud Express, models of dependent off-cloud systems, so live systems no organizations create robust and secure Infrastructure as a longer limit teams from working in parallel. Service (IaaS) clouds using a reservation-based, self-service portal with just a few clicks. Microsoft Windows Azure Platform – Microsoft Call for price n microsoft.com n 800-386-5550; 425-882-8080 Skytap Cloud 18.0 – Skytap Inc. Call for price n skytap.com n 888-759-827 The Windows Azure platform is a set of cloud computing services that can be used together or independently that enable: Skytap provides cloud automation solutions for enterprises and Developers to use existing skills and familiar tools to develop software vendors to develop, test, migrate, evaluate, demo, and cloud applications; ISVs and System Integrators to rapidly reach train on new and existing applications in the cloud. Functional market and pay as you go; IT Managers to gain access to a new users are empowered to create cloud based virtual environments, set of resources without adding complexity; Businesses of all run applications without code changes, and collaborate globally sizes to quickly respond as business needs change. using a self-service UI. IT professionals get visibility and control over cloud deployments, enforce security, usage, and budget Cloud Manager 1.0 – Novell policies, and reduce costs by up to 70 percent. Enterprises can Call for price n novell.com n 800-529-3400 securely connect Skytap to their data center and create virtual private clouds. Businesses of all sizes can deploy Skytap in a day Novell Cloud Manager enables customers to create and and accelerate their transformation to the cloud. securely manage cloud environments as an extension of the data center; leveraging the flexibility and cost savings, without The xStream Platform 1.0 – security/compliance risk. Price: e-mail [email protected] n virtustream.com n 240-252-1007

Parallels Automation 5.0 – Parallels xStream is the first hybrid enterprise cloud platform with Call for price n parallels.com n 425-282 6400 guaranteed resources, capacity on-demand and industry leading SLAs. The platform increases ROI through its Parallels Automation is used by service providers worldwide consumption-based pricing with integrated high availability to automate all aspects of offering, delivering, managing, and and disaster recovery. billing their services. A complete operational and business support system built specifically for cloud services providers, UniCloud 2.1 – Univa Inc. this customizable suite helps increase average revenue per user, Call for price n univaud.com n 800-370-5320; 630-563-8625 deploys new services quickly, and reduces operational costs. UniCloud is the only single management layer available Quest Cloud Automation Platform 7.0 – Quest Software for physical, virtual, and cloud computing infrastructures. Call for price n quest.com n 866-260-2483; 847-589-2222 UniCloud makes building and consuming clouds fast and easy— so you can build a cloud and on-board apps in minutes. Manually managing virtual infrastructure to deliver complex, user-focused services can seem nearly impossible, especially vSMP Foundation for Cloud 3.0 – ScaleMP with limited staff and resources. And when you’re unable $650 per node n scalemp.com n 408-342-0330 to meet service delivery demands, you’re faced with missed SLAs, growing request backlogs, frustrated end users, vSMP Foundation for Cloud enables on-demand virtual SMP and expensive resource sprawl. What you need is a fast, provisioning for enterprise cloud infrastructure on a per job, error-free way to automate the delivery and reclamation per project, or per customer basis, eliminating the need to of infrastructure and services while maintaining complete deploy dedicated shared memory systems. control. Quest’s Cloud Automation Platform enables you to create flexible, robust, and scalable infrastructure-as-a-service Zetta Enterprise Storage On-demand 2.0 – Zetta $0.25 per gigabyte per month n zetta.net n 877-469-3882; (IaaS) private clouds. The unmatched software solution 650-590-0950 dramatically reduces administrative workloads. It automates infrastructure delivery, eliminates virtual machine (VM) Zetta provides the only storage-as-a-service offering - on-demand sprawl, and easily scales to accommodate environments— NAS - that meets the high demands of today’s enterprise IT

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administrators seeking a storage solution for their rapidly- PCs. It delivers high-availability and scaling without needing expanding primary data. Zetta brings on-demand storage to the shared storage. enterprise IT buyer by combining the features of enterprise- class on-premise NAS with the business benefits of storage- 2X VirtualDesktopServer 8.1.875 – 2X Software n n as-a-service and reducing costs by as much as 5-10 times over $1,190 for one server 2x.com 866-970-6262 storage ownership costs. Unlike object-oriented cloud storage Provide vendor independent virtual desktops and applications, services, Zetta presents itself as a fully featured NAS system accessible from anywhere. The 2X VirtualDesktopServer with common protocol access, full data protection, encryption at helps companies experience the full benefits of desktop and rest, snapshots and more, all without any on-premise software application virtualization by improving desktop manageability, or appliances to install, manage, support or fail. In the summer security, accessibility and performance. Lower your overall of 2010, Zetta added a one-step replication option for users of operating costs by delivering secure, centrally-managed access its On-Demand Enterprise Storage. Zetta replication is available to virtual desktops (VDI) and applications hosted on Microsoft between the Zetta Santa Clara, California, and Secaucus, New Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, ESX, and ESXi, Parallels Virtuozzo Jersey, datacenters. As many critical customer data sets require Containers, Citrix XenServer, Sun VirtualBox, Windows Remote geographic data protection, Zetta provides this as a point-and- Desktop Services/Windows Terminal Services and other click option, with instant protection without the time and cost of leading virtualization platforms. acquiring and managing replication software, facilities, storage hardware, and networking bandwidth. AppSense Environment Manager 8.0 – AppSense $75 per user n appsense.com n 212-597-5501; +44 845 839 9075 AppSense Environment Manager 8.0 is the only enterprise / Virtual solution that enables standardized virtual and physical desktop Desktop Infrastructure environments to be fully and automatically personalized on demand, delivering fully configured and personal desktops to all employees and ensuring user adoption. Readers Choice Award Winner VMware View 4.5 – VMware Inc. (28.8%) Aqua Connect Terminal Server 3.5 – Aqua Connect Inc. $150 - $250 per concurrent connection n vmware.com Call for price n aquaconnect.net n 866-543-2782; 310-694-5043 n 877-486-9273; 650-427-5000 Aqua Connect Terminal Server enables the Mac operating This is a battleground category where Citrix XenDesktop 5 system and its applications to be accessed by diverse hardware with its new XenClient addition was viewed as a serious threat, from anywhere. Aqua Connect Terminal Server is a server if not outright favorite over VMware View 4.5, which had based computing technology that streams the complete Mac been delayed due to alleged technical difficulties. It wasn’t to OS X desktop experience over the network to end-users. be. Looks like VMware still rules the virtual desktop domain. Incorporating Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) Citrix can’t be happy about being a Merit Award winner here, and Remote Frame Buffer (RFB/VNC) protocol, Aqua Connect but they are only getting stronger. The second Merit Award Terminal Server makes it possible for diverse workstations and winner, Kaviza, is generating a healthy industry buzz. RDP or RFB-enabled mobile devices to function as thin clients VMware View 4.5 is a complete desktop solution that of a Mac OS X server. Aqua Connect Terminal Server can establishes a modern, modular architecture for desktop provide remote desktop services for the Mac platform for up to computing, enabling a personalized user experience and 250 users from one Mac OS X server. flexible access to data and information across any device. Check Point Abra R65 – Check Point Software Merit Award Winners Technologies Citrix XenDesktop 5.0 with Citrix Starts at $140 for a 4GB stick, $210 for an 8GB stick n checkpoint.com XenClient – n 866-488-6691 Citrix Systems Inc. (17.0%) Abra instantly turns any PC into your corporate desktop, $95 - $350 per user or device n citrix.com allowing users to access files and applications anywhere, XenClient, part of XenDesktop, brings a fundamental shift anytime. Its Plug-and-Play USB form factor allows users to in the way laptops are used in the enterprise. Complete easily launch a secure virtual workspace that keeps mobile separation of hardware and OS bring a sea change in how data secure by segregating the virtual workspace from the Corp.s address critical issues like security, user flexibility, host PC. Users can work offline from the encrypted USB drive backup and disaster recovery for loss, theft or failure. or online using Abra’s integrated VPN client.

eG VDI Monitor 5.0 – eG Innovations Inc. $2,000 per physical server n eginnovations.com n 866-526-6700 Kaviza VDI-in-a-box 3.0 – Kaviza (9.7%) The eG VDI Monitor offers end-to-end monitoring, diagnosis $260 - $410 n kaviza.com n 888-350-5801 & reporting. It monitors every layer of every tier of the VDI Kaviza VDI-in-a-box is an all-in-one solution for Small and system for visibility into provisioning, capacity planning & Medium Enterprises to quickly and easily deploy virtual optimization, and enables usage analysis, compliance tracking desktops with rich user experience for less than the cost of & chargeback.

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Ericom Blaze 1.4 – Ericom Software Oracle Virtual Desktop Infrastructure – Oracle Call for price n ericom.com n 888-769-7876; 201-767-2210 Call for price n oracle.com n 650-506-9914 Ericom Blaze - a software breakthrough in RDP compression Oracle Virtual Desktop Infrastructure provides a complete and acceleration - addresses the challenge of slow remote solution for managing, hosting, and providing access to desktop connections. Deliver a superior local PC-like virtualized desktop operating systems hosted in the datacenter. experience and fast remote desktop connections, while With Oracle Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, you can reduce reducing RDP bandwidth consumption by up to 25 times - the overhead associated with managing individual desktop across WANs and congested LANs. operating systems and standardize on virtual desktop images that can be used across your organization from nearly any Ericom PowerTerm WebConnect 5.7.0 – Ericom Software client device. Desktop virtualization with Oracle Virtual Desktop Call for price n ericom.com n 888-769-7876; 201-767-2210 Infrastructure is not only more manageable than traditional This product is a connection broker for Terminal Servers, desktop architectures, it is more flexible as well. The software Virtual Desktops and Blade PCs environments. As the allows users to access the same desktop environment from alternative to Citrix, PowerTerm WebConnect is intuitive, many different client devices and locations, enabling disaster convenient and installs and easily deploys in hours, making recovery, remote office and work from home, and green it an ideal application and desktop access solution for mobile computing through the use of low power devices workforces, remote offices and telecommuters. such as Oracle’s Sun Ray Clients. Backed by Oracle’s world- class support organization, you now have a comprehensive, NEC Virtual PC Center – NEC enterprise-class portfolio of virtualization solutions across the Call for price n necam.com/vpcc/Advantage.cfm n 631-755-0727 stack, including Oracle’s Sun hardware, Oracle Solaris, Oracle Linux and other operating systems, Oracle , Oracle Even though data center systems are adequately insulated from Fusion Middleware, and Oracle Applications most security threats, PCs running outside the data center are at high risk. With VPCC, sensitive and confidential information Pano Express 1.0 – Pano Logic are stored well protected and secured in the data centers. $24,450 or $489 per user n panologic.com n 877-677-7266 With VPCC, the business PC user gets the full desktop system including multimedia functionality. PC virtualization provides Pano Express provides a complete installation of the Pano for better backup, easy PC system updates and maintenance, System for 50 users - including 50 zero client Pano Devices higher up-time, better security control and virus protection, and an optimally configured dual quad-core server with along with other efficiencies giving the end-user a higher quality direct-attached RAID storage needed for 50 Windows virtual of service than what a standalone PC can provide. Lowering the desktops. All the Pano Logic, VMware and Microsoft software total cost of ownership of owning and servicing PC desktops you need is included - all completely preinstalled and ready to is always on the mind of the IT department. Because VPCC run. Pano Manager and vCenter Server provide desktop virtual provides virtualized PC processing, greater efficiencies are machine (DVM) management tools, running on the VMware experienced at different levels. Additionally, it is easier and vSphere 4 ESXi industry-standard hypervisor. more efficient to service PCs since they are running in the data center, resulting in reduced IT management and servicing Pano System 3.0 – Pano Logic $319-$329 per user n panologic.com n 877-677-7266 expenses. The entire VPCC solution is available through one vendor—NEC. You now have a single point of contact for The Pano System includes everything an IT person needs to support, maintenance, and troubleshooting. deploy virtual desktops - the unique Pano Device zero client hardware, Pano Manager to centrally manage and provision NetWrix VMware Reporter 3.0 – NetWrix Corp. virtual desktops, the Pano Direct Service to connect desktop $80/socket for 10 sockets, volume discounts n netwrix.com n virtual machines to Pano Devices, and comprehensive 888-638-9749; 201-490-8840 technical support. With Pano Logic, the user only needs one Virtual infrastructures continue to grow as more servers are product to get up and running quickly on top of the VMware migrated to virtual machines. Therefore, the need to properly Virtual Infrastructure. document essential components of virtualized environments increases. Without automated documentation processes, you Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Desktops 2.2 – risk losing control over virtual machine configurations, ESX Red Hat Inc. server capacity because of VM sprawl, and many other critical Call for price n redhat.com n 888–733-4281 parameters affecting your virtual environment. NetWrix With Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Desktops, complete VMware Reporter, available in freeware and commercial desktop environments are hosted as virtual desktops on versions, collects information and reports on the status of servers located in a centralized datacenter. Users connect to your VMware environment—virtual machines, ESX servers, these virtual desktops using either inexpensive thin clients or resource pools, etc. The solution sends comprehensive daily repurposed PCs. summary reports via e-mail that allow your administrators to keep tabs on your virtual environment. The reports can be used for infrastructure overview and planning, change auditing, and to prevent virtual machine sprawl.

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RES Workspace Manager (formerly RES Powerfuse) – effective technology that can help customers deploy virtual RES Software desktops in the datacenter. The Microsoft VDI Suites allow Starts at $45 per concurrent user n ressoftware.com n 800-580-0786; customers to manage their physical and virtual desktops from 610-994-0577 a single console, while providing great flexibility for deploying RES Workstation Manager separates the desktop & OS, server-hosted desktops and applications. offering orgs context-aware, secure & centrally managed user workspaces that contain the right applications, data, printing vWorkSpace 7.1 – Quest Software & personalized settings of each user no matter where they are, Call for price n quest.com n 866-260-2483; 847-589-2222 ensuring optimal user productivity. vWorkSpace 7.1 combines management of VDI, Session Host/ Terminal Server, application streaming, and Physical/Blade RingCube vDesk 3.1 – RingCube Technologies PCs into a single product managed from a single console n n Starts at $250 per user ringcube.com 866-323-4278; and accessed from a single client. Allows customers to cost- 650-605-6900 effectively blend the right virtualization technology for each RingCube vDesk’s Virtual Workspace separates users’ desktop class of user while simplifying management through a single environments – including applications, data and settings – pane of glass. from the operating system and encapsulates it into a secure container, automatically backing it up to a centralized server. Wanova Mirage 1.5 – Wanova $200 per seat with volume discounts n wanova.com n 408-236-7440 Symantec Workspace Corporate 6.2 – Symantec Corp. Wanova Mirage is a distributed desktop virtualization solution Call for price n symantec.com n 800-745-6054 designed to help IT departments better manage, support and Symantec Workspace Corporate helps manage centralized protect remote and mobile PCs. Mirage centralizes the full computing environments, including terminal servers, virtual contents of each user’s desktop in the data center – including desktops, blades or a combination of virtual computing files and user-installed applications – for management models. Key features include single-sign-on, secure shell and and data protection. IT can combine these user-specific roaming printing. components with an IT provisioned Base Image, comprised of an operating system and core applications, creating a SysTrack 5.0 – Lakeside Software Centralized Virtual Desktop, or CVD. Each CVD is a full, Call for price n lakesidesoftware.com n 800-969-7717; 248-686-1700 bootable, hardware agnostic image, so it can be deployed to SysTrack is the industry’s only tool for desktop virtualization meet a variety of use cases. assessment, planning and design. SysTrack qualifies candidates, defines hardware requirements, plans image pools Workforce Cloud 1.0 – iland and assesses application virtualization compatibility. Call for price n iland.com n 800-697-7088 The iland Workforce Cloud puts your desktop in the cloud, The Leostream Connection Broker 7.0 – Leostream Corp. closing the loop between the desktop and your datacenter. $75 per user n leostream.com n 800-503-0133; 781-890-2019 It provides a unified platform that integrates desktop PCs, The Leostream Connection Broker integrates diverse systems laptops, netbooks, and other devices with hosted servers, within the data center, and provides the ability to apply data, and services. Empower your traveling, remote, and business rules to the combined system, making VDI a reality telecommuting workers to work from wherever, securely. You for organizations with complex integration needs. Leostream can easily provision PCs, laptops, and mobile devices for new has joined forces with an array of technology partners to employees and get every employee up and working quickly provide customers with a flexible and powerful solution that with streamlined deployment and recovery. integrates with a range of technologies to deliver a seamless end-user experience. Xangati for ESX 1.0 – Xangati Inc. Free for up to 10 IP identities (including VMs) n xangati.com n [email protected] Unidesk 1.1 – Unidesk Starts at $150 per named user, volume discounts n unidesk.com n Xangati for ESX is the most fully-featured free VMware tool 508-573-7800 available, giving virtualization administrators the ability to Unidesk desktop layering software fixes the problems with actually solve problems in real-time for both server virtualization VMware View, Citrix XenDesktop, Pano Logic, and other and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) environments. VDI access solutions by offering 100 percent persona/profile management, single image O/S and application updates, and massive storage reduction.

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure-VDI Standard Suite – Microsoft Call for price microsoft.com n 800-386-5550; 425-882-8080 Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is an alternative desktop delivery model that allows users to access desktops running in the datacenter. Microsoft offers comprehensive and cost

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management. Take advantage of our subscription-based SaaS Virtual Management & Optimization (Software-as-a-Service) model, providing low total cost of ownership, nominal capital expenditure, and pay-per-use Readers Choice Award Winner capacity features perfect for small to medium enterprises. VMware vCenter Suite 4.0 – AccelOps SaaS delivers local operational data capture with VMware Inc. (18.8%) as-needed scale and availability for IT service management n n Call for price vmware.com 877-486-9273; results. An annual subscription covers operational data 650-427-5000 analysis, online retention, updates, online and phone support, More hand-to-hand combat here between Veeam and VMware, as well as continuous service monitoring. Remove the capital but vCenter has been around too long, does too much, and is expenditure and administrative burdens from the purchase too entrenched to allow another management-related defeat at equation. AccelOps’ convenient subscription licensing allows the hands of Veeam, its upstart ecosystem partner and Merit you to select the performance capacity you need today and Award winner here. Wyse Virtual Desktop Accelerator is a upgrade the subscription capacity at any time. AccelOps gives Merit Award winner that has been flying under the radar while you the flexibility and security to choose SaaS, the virtual amassing a loyal following for its software-only product that appliance, or both. Start with SaaS then bring in house—or go minimizes network latency and errors. hybrid to extend your coverage with multi-tenant capabilities. VMware vCenter Suite, the only complete SLA-driven solution for managing the virtualized datacenter and cloud AccelOps Virtual Appliance – AccelOps environments, simplifies infrastructure management, ensures Call for price n accelops.com n 408-490-0903 service levels, and dramatically reduces operating cost. Leverage your VMware investment with our Virtual Appliance (software on premise) model. The virtual appliance model Merit Award Winners gives you the best of both worlds: the simplicity, built-for- Veeam ONE Solution – purpose performance and immediate implementation benefits Veeam Software (12.8%) of an appliance, with the software means to readily extend Starts at $550 per socket n veeam.com n 877-389- 0140; 614-339-8200 performance capacity and distributed coverage. The AccelOps solution automatically discovers, baselines, and continuously Veeam ONE is a single solution to manage performance, monitors the infrastructure by capturing, trending and configuration, utilization of VMware, including monitoring, assessing configurations, flows, objects and events. The system capacity, change, reporting, chargeback. There are four supports an extensive array of sources spanning network versions for individual monitoring features tools such as devices, systems, security, application, directory services, nworks Management Pack Plus and Smart Plug-in Plus, Veeam virtualization, and even environment controls. It aggregates, Monitor and Reporter. filters, and cross-correlates operational data dynamically, and efficiently stores the data for years of online historical analysis. Wyse Virtual Desktop Accelerator (VDA) – Out-of-the box analytics, dashboards, reports, metrics, Wyse Technology (10.3%) CMDB, Google-like search and fingertip access to pertinent $59 per seat n wyse.com n 800-438-9973; 408-473-1200 real-time and long-term historical data completely abstracts our high-performance data processing and optimized event Wyse Virtual Desktop Accelerator (VDA) software eliminates data repository. An enticing web 2.0 browser interface geographic constraints of data centers by accelerating network allows for anytime, anywhere access to your organization’s protocols up to three times in order to greatly enhance remote AccelOps solution. end-user productivity and experience in virtualized settings. Remove the capacity requirements guesswork, large up-front capital expenditure, and maintenance risk from the purchase 3Tera AppLogic 2.9 – CA Technologies equation. AccelOps’ convenient subscription licensing allows Call for price n ca.com/cloud n 800-225-5224 you to select the capacity you need today and upgrade the AppLogic is CA’s turn-key cloud that subscription capacity at any time. An annual subscription enables users to compose and deploy complex, online covers operational data analysis and online retention, updates applications in minutes. AppLogic provides a complete business and upgrades, and online and phone support. service optimization solution that composes applications. And through an integrated virtualization and management stack, BalancePoint 3.5 – Akorri deploys, operates and manages these composite business Call for price n akorri.com n 978-431-1200 services in the cloud. Designed for managed service providers BalancePoint is the only analytics-based IT management (MSPs) and efficient enterprises, AppLogic enables users to software solution that optimizes performance and utilization achieve far greater agility, scalability and cost efficiency in of virtual machines, physical servers and storage resources cloud computing than previously possible. to guarantee service levels of virtualized applications and improve capacity planning. BalancePoint software offers AccelOps Software-as-a-Service – AccelOps new cross-domain performance and capacity management Call for price n accelops.net n 408-490-0903 analytics including BalancePoint Predictor for Storage, AccelOps provides a flexible means to evaluate, deploy, heterogeneous hypervisor support for Microsoft Hyper-V and integrate and scale out datacenter monitoring and VMware, and expanded storage support.

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Brocade Application Resource Broker 1.0 – Dynamic Ops Cloud Automation Center – Dynamic Ops Brocade Communications Systems Inc. Call for price n dynamicops.com n 781-328-9222 Available with ServerIron ADX service contract n brocade.com n DynamicOps Cloud Automation Center unifies cloud management 877-272-3232; 408-333-8000 across virtual and physical resources—running servers and As an extension to Brocade ServerIron ADX application desktops—in private and public clouds. The suite provides delivery controllers, Brocade Application Resource Broker automated delivery of predefined IT services using a secure, delivers orchestration innovation by dynamically adding multi-tenant private and/or public cloud infrastructure. All and removing application resources to support increasing or products are built on a single automation engine, making most decreasing application traffic demand without compromising service definition, capacity planning, and automated service application service level agreements (SLAs). Through delivery capabilities common. Results include services delivered a VMware vSphere Client plug-in, Brocade Application in minutes not days, resource utilization improved at least 20-30 Resource Broker enables real-time correlation of application percent, and operational costs slashed more than 50 percent. performance intelligence from the network, with capacity information from the application infrastructure orchestrator. eG Enterprise Suite 5.0 – eG Innovations Inc. It leverages the ServerIron ADX’s unique position in the $2,000 per physical server n eginnovations.com n 866-526-6700 network to measure and report infrastructure responsiveness The eG Enterprise Suite is a 100 percent web-based monitoring to connected clients. It then compares collected statistics solution designed to ensure optimum performance of business to predefined levels, in combination with application server services. It’s the only monitoring tool certified by VMware and metrics such as CPU utilization, to determine if thresholds Citrix, and monitors 7 , 10 OSs and 100+ applications. are being exceeded. For example, when application response time increases beyond an acceptable level, Brocade Application eG VM Monitor 5.0 – eG Innovations Inc. Resource Broker can advise the administrator by logging the $2,000 per physical server n eginnovations.com n 866-526-6700 event for analysis and subsequent remediation, or optionally, it can automatically provision new application resources The eG VM Monitor supports 7 hypervisors and tracks to support the higher demand from a preconfigured pool. performance of virtual & physical infrastructures to isolate When user demand subsides and the additional resources the root-cause of problems and assess where capacity are no longer needed, Brocade Application Resource Broker bottlenecks are. This helps ensure optimum usage of servers can then automatically return them to the pool, freeing up and applications. infrastructure and making the virtual machines (VMs) in the resource pool available to other applications and their clients. Hyper9 3.0 – Hyper9 Call for price n hyper9.com n 800-622-9405; 877-949-7379 This functionality is entirely accessible through the familiar vSphere administrator’s interface. An industry first, Brocade Hyper9 will monitor, analyze, recommend and optimize virtual Application Resource Broker enhances operations with true environments. From capacity and performance management application-level network visibility and reporting, coupled with to configuration management, our search-based virtualization the power of automation, to provide immediate and impactful management solution helps discover the entire virtual response to changing application traffic demands. infrastructure and deliver information that matters.

Capacity Management Suite 2.0 – MokaFive Suite – MokaFive $299 per application per socket n vkernel.com n 866-370-2733; Call for price n mokafive.com n 650-980-0960 978-289-6300 MokaFive Suite is an end-to-end desktop management solution VKernel’s Capacity Management Suite enables VM admins designed for enterprises and MSPs. MokaFive’s robust desktop to find performance bottlenecks, predict future bottlenecks, management capabilities make it easy for IT administrators to view available VM slots, optimize resource allocations, and centrally create, deliver, secure and update a fully-contained chargeback through a quick-to-download, easy-to-deploy virtual environment, called a LivePC, to thousands of users. virtual appliance. LivePC images run locally, so end-users simply download their secure virtual desktop via a Web link, and run it on any CiRBA 6.0 – CiRBA computer (Macintosh or Windows). IT administrators apply Call for price n cirba.com n 866-731-0090; 905-731-0090 updates and patches to a single golden image and MokaFive CiRBA Data Center Intelligence is analytics software that distributes the differentials to each LivePC. enables organizations to safely maximize efficiency through intelligent planning and management of physical and virtual NetApp SANscreen 6.0 – NetApp infrastructure. Only CiRBA’s policy-driven, multi-dimensional Call for price n .com/us/ n 877-263-8277 analytics answer the questions of where to place workloads SANscreen provides the ability to monitor and analyze and how to allocate and configure resources. heterogeneous storage environments through a single solution. This insight enables customers to optimize virtual infrastructure capacity utilization, availability, and performance for cost-savings.

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Novell PlateSpin Protect 10.0 – Novell Call for price n netiq.com n 888-323-6768; 713-548-1700 Starts at $1,495 per protected workload, includes one year support n novell.com n 800-529-3400 NetIQ AppManager for VMware enables organizations to monitor, manage and report on their entire VMware virtual Novell PlateSpin Protect is a workload protection solution infrastructure—including vCenter servers, host servers and that replicates and rapidly recovers whole server workloads virtual machines—from a single location. including data, applications and operating systems - all from a single point of control. http://novell.com/products/protect/ Netuitive 5.0 – Netuitive Call for price n netuitive.com n 703-464 1500; +44 (0) 844 546 5001 Novell PlateSpin Recon 3.7 – Novell Starts at $119 for one processor core, includes one year support n Netuitive’s self-learning analytics platform for cloud novell.com n 800-529-3400 management solves performance and capacity management problems associated with the heterogeneous enterprise. Novell PlateSpin Recon, a data center workload profiling, analysis Netuitive excels in virtualized environments and can manage and planning tool, uses consolidation planning and capacity across silos, vendors, applications and data sources. management to provide a constant view of users’ physical and virtual infrastructure. http://novell.com/products/recon/ NetWrix VMware Change Reporter 3.0 – NetWrix Corp. $80/socket for 10 sockets, volume discounts n netwrix.com n Parallels Virtual Automation – Parallels 888-638-9749; 201-490-8840 Call for price n parallels.com n 425-282 6400 Change auditing is an important process that aids in the Parallels Virtual Automation, formerly Parallels Infrastructure management of a given virtual environment, helping to Manager, is the industry’s first comprehensive management limit the amount of unauthorized changes and errors made solution that streamlines operations and reduces complexity within your VMware inventory. These types of changes occur of managing physical and virtual servers — including both regularly within organizations that depend of delegated containers and virtual machines. Through self-service and management of the virtual infrastructure, and can have automation, administrator’s can lower costs and efficiently serious consequences, such as failures, outages and virtual manage their infrastructure from anywhere. Parallels Virtual machine sprawl. NetWrix VMware Change Reporter audits Automation manages Parallels Virtuozzo Containers (Windows all changes made to the VMware infrastructure and enables and Linux), Parallels Server Bare Metal (standard and advanced controlled change management processes that protect virtual editions), Parallels Server for Mac and Parallels Server for Mac environments. The solution, which is available in freeware and Bare Metal Edition under a single, unified management console. commercially, sends daily reports pointing to every change made to ESX servers, folders, clusters, resource pools, virtual PerfectDisk 11 Hyper-V Bundle – Raxco Software Inc. n n machines, and their hardware. The reports provide the “who, $499 single-host license raxco.com 800-546-9728; 301-527-0803 what, when and where” information regarding each change, The PerfectDisk 11 Hyper-V Bundle combines PerfectDisk’s and include before and after values of all configuration values. speed and automation with virtual awareness. The Bundle Administrators who use VMware Change Reporter gain helps ensure system resources in your Hyper-V environment better insight into daily administrative activities that might are optimized & allocated properly, with no negative otherwise have a negative impact on the virtual environment, performance implications. are better prepared for compliance audits (change reports can be used as paper trail for auditors), and prevent problems like PerfectDisk 11 VMware Workstation Bundle – Raxco virtual machine sprawl. Software Inc. $199 single license n raxco.com n 800-546-9728; 301-527-0803 Novell PlateSpin Migrate 9.0 – Novell The PerfectDisk 11 VMware Workstation Bundle combines the Starts at $295 per protected workload, includes one year support n power of PerfectDisk 11 with additional functionality for your novell.com n 800-529-3400 VMware environment to help you automatically boost VMware A trusted server migration tool, Novell PlateSpin Migrate performance and reclaim disk space on your host operating decouples server workloads from underlying hardware system drive. and enables migration over the network between physical servers, virtual hosts and image archives. http://novell.com/ PerfectDisk 11 vSphere Bundle – Raxco Software Inc. products/migrate/ $499 single-host license n raxco.com n 800-546-9728; 301-527-0803 The PerfectDisk 11 vSphere Bundle combines PerfectDisk’s Novell PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 – Novell speed, control and automation with virtual awareness. The Starts at $750 for 2 CPU server, includes one year support n novell.com n 800-529-3400 Bundle boosts vSphere performance and ensures system resources in your vSphere & ESX environments are optimized A scalable virtual machine management platform, Novell and allocated properly. PlateSpin Orchestrate manages the relationship between physical computer and storage resources and helps optimize data center resource utilization. http://novell.com/products/orchestrate/

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Quest Management Pack for VMware 1.0 – Quest environment at any given time. Through extensive real- Software / Vizioncore time and historical visual reporting, configuration change Call for price n quest.com/virtualization/server.aspx n 866-260-2483; monitoring, and extensive correlation, vWatch provides 847-589-2222 administrators with the visibility they need to efficiently meet Enables SCOM administrators to work in their familiar console stringent compliance and audit requirements and provide in and workflows to understand performance and availability depth analysis of overall performance and availability within of the VMware environment. Provides alert and event the virtualized data center. management, as well as trending, inside of the SCOM console. Also provides out-of-the-box thresholds and alerts. Shavlik NetChk Protect 7.6 – Shavlik Technologies $40 per workstation n shavlik.com n 800-690-6911; 612-331-6737 Quest vEcoShell 1.2.6 – Quest Software / Vizioncore Shavlik NetChk Protect simplifies and automates critical- Free n quest.com/virtualization/server.aspx n 866-260-2483; to-perform tasks for both physical and virtual machines 847-589-2222 such as patch management (including templates and offline This product is a graphical workbench that eliminates the need to VMs), power management, configuration management, asset create, debug, and manage Windows PowerShell scripts used in management, and auditing. the administration and management of virtual infrastructures. It also provides a variety of reports and diagrams that assist in System Center 2008 R2 configuring and optimizing virtual environments. 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The VMware vShield suite of products provides protection for Readers Choice Award Winner virtual datacenters and cloud environments by strengthening VMware Workstation 7 – application and data security, improving visibility and control, VMware Inc. (75.5%) and accelerating IT compliance efforts across IT organizations. $189 for a new license; $99 for an upgrade n vmware.com n 877-486-9273; 650-427-5000 Merit Award Winners VMware simply describes VMware Workstation as “the most Tripwire Enterprise – Tripwire (13.0%) Call for price n tripwire.com n 800-874-7947; +44 advanced virtualization software for desktop and laptop (0) 2073 82 5420 computers,” and who can argue with a product that has been successfully deployed since 1999? 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New virtualization tools, Web resources, virtual environments deployed locally and in external cloud management enhancements, and exciting Windows 7 environments. Operating at the hypervisor kernel level, Reflex integration help save time, reduce costs, and provide a vTrust leverages the tightly integrated VMsafe component of platform for a dynamic and efficiently managed data center. VMware vSphereTM 4. Powerful tools such as Internet Information Services (IIS) version 7.5, updated Server Manager and Hyper-V platforms Tripwire Log Center – Tripwire and Windows PowerShell version 2.0 combine to give Call for price n tripwire.com n +44 (0) 2073 82 5420 customers greater control, increased efficiency and the ability to react to front-line business needs faster than ever before. Tripwire Log Center delivers next-generation log and security event management without the complexity of traditional SIEM NEC Express5800 Server Series – NEC systems. The result is continuous compliance and non-stop Call for price n nec.com n 866-632-3226 security that reduces the breach-to-detection gap from the industry average of months, to minutes. NEC has proven expertise in server engineering and provides leadership technology in a variety of server designs to meet vSecurity 2.0 Catbird your needs. The NEC Express5800 series is a comprehensive $1,295 per socket n catbird.com n 866-682-0080; 831-440-8164 portfolio of server products that realize optimized computing, whether in consolidated environments or distributed remote Catbird is the leader in security and compliance for virtualized environments. The NEC Express5800 server series helps to and cloud environments and a three-time Best of Show maximize business outcomes while reducing both the total cost Finalist at VMworld. Eliminating uncertainty over secure of ownership and the carbon footprint of server operations. virtualization, Catbird keeps Tier-1 application deployment plans on track. NetWrix Virtual Machine Sprawl Tracker 2.0 – NetWrix Corp. $1,000 for up to 1,000 VMs n netwrix.com n 888-638-9749; Server Virtualization 201-490-8840 Server virtualization provides a lot of advantages, including cost Readers Choice Award Winner savings, ease of management, and green computing. 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storage arrays while introducing NetApp functionality to them installation and maintenance to managed services. Key sounded good to Virtualization Review readers, who voted developments in the new generation include significant it numero uno. NetApp also copped the Merit Award for its improvements for disaster protection even across countries NetApp Data ONTAP 8, which extends virtualized workloads or continents, with cascaded appliances and replication of with a low storage total cost of operations. The second Merit deduplicated back-up data. Support of mixed-media archiving Award winner was FalconStor’s Network Storage Server. requirements is now possible within a consolidated disaster V-Series controllers provide advanced storage efficiency, data protection environment. Cost of disk back-up can also be protection, and data management features while maintaining further reduced, by leveraging the entire ETERNUS CS current storage investments, allowing you to manage disk appliance range with deduplication technology. arrays from other major storage vendors as if they were NetApp storage. F5 Networks ARX Series – F5 Networks Call for price n f5.com n 888-882-4447 Today’s storage environments are complex, inflexible, Merit Award Winners inefficient, and rapidly expanding. As the volume of NetApp Data ONTAP 8.0 – NetApp (11.1%) unstructured data continues to skyrocket, your organization Call for price n netapp.com/us/ n 877-263-8277 needs the ability to efficiently manage file data while keeping Data ONTAP 8 accelerates your move to a service-oriented storage costs in check. F5 ARX file virtualization devices enable architecture, maximizes service levels across applications and you to dramatically simplify data management and reduce extends data center virtualization allowing you to boost asset storage costs. By introducing intelligent file virtualization into utilization and reduce space, power, and cooling requirements. the file storage infrastructure, ARX eliminates the disruption associated with storage administration and automates FalconStor Software Network Storage many storage management tasks. The result is a dramatic Server (NSS) 6.0 – FalconStor Software improvement in cost, agility, and business efficiency. ARX (10.7%) solutions help you dramatically reduce your file storage capital Starts at $19,000 n falconstor.com n and operating expenses. Automated tiering policies enable you 866-669-3252; 631-773-5859 to easily integrate lower-cost or capacity-optimized storage An open storage virtualization solution, FalconStor Network technologies into your existing storage environment. Plus, ARX Storage Server centralizes storage management, improves automates many manual data management tasks, reducing performance and provisioning and provides data protection with operational costs while ensuring that users and applications mirroring, snapshots and data replication for disaster recovery. always have access to data. Many companies back up all of their files repeatedly, even though only a small fraction are modified AberSAN Z20 – Aberdeen LLC on a regular basis. ARX automated tiering policies decrease $7,495 n aberdeeninc.com n 800-500-9526; 562-699-6998 the amount of unchanging or non-critical data being backed The AberSAN brings unlimited storage capacity and the up regularly, enabling you to dramatically reduce backup and simplicity of a network attached storage (NAS) server to the recovery times, backup media consumption, and backup costs, SAN environment with Fibre Channel & iSCSI block level without sacrificing data protection. Through virtualization, connections. It incorporates the ZFS file system and will ARX solutions eliminate islands of storage to improve capacity grow as an organization’s storage needs multiply. The SAN- utilization on existing systems. ARX consolidates resources VA Plugin provides a virtual SAN on a VMware ESX server into a unified storage pool, so you can get the most out of your by utilizing internal disk resources on an AberSAN into a existing storage investments, reclaim stranded or unused shareable pool of storage. capacity, and defer additional storage purchases.

Compellent Storage Center 5.0 – F5 Networks Data Manager – F5 Networks Call for price n f5.com n 888-882-4447 Compellent Technologies Starts at $21,100 to $38,100 n compellent.com n 866-397-8673; As the volume of file data increases rapidly, so does the cost 800-923-1450 and effort of managing that data. Storage infrastructures Compellent Storage Center 5 is an intelligent enterprise data are complex and inflexible, making it more difficult than storage solution that combines automated tiered storage and ever for IT teams to access, move and manage data without advanced virtualization to create a Fluid Data solution that disrupting users or business operations. For relief, many actively and intelligently manages data to cut cost, time and risk. organizations are turning to file virtualization solutions. F5 Data Manager enables you to reap the full benefits of this Eternus Storage Products – Fujitsu technology by simplifying deployment of file virtualization Call for price n fujitsu.com n +44 (0) 20 7861 1627 solutions, improving ongoing management and creating a The market-leading ETERNUS CS data protection appliances more efficient and cost-effective storage environment. With have been enriched with a complete portfolio of best-of- Data Manager you can quickly identify areas within your file breed products designed to enable businesses to thrive in storage resources that could be improved by file virtualization this challenging environment. Integrated into a completely and monitor multiple resources with a centralized, extensible consolidated data protection eco-system, ETERNUS CS storage management platform. is surrounded by a comprehensive set of services, from

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GB-X Series – GreenBytes Inc. such as Windows Previous Versions, DFS support, added cloud Call for price n getgreenbytes.com n 877-476-2983; 401-315-5580 geographies, and an enhanced user interface and you’ve got The GB-X series features solid state IT for tunable IO yourself the ultimate cloud gateway. performance and the highest levels of scalability and reliability in an easy-to-use, cost-effective package purpose-built to NEC D Series – NEC Call for price n necam.com n 866-632-3226 bring efficiencies of deduplication beyond data protection into primary storage market. NEC’s D-Series SAN Storage arrays provide highly available and easily scalable storage for your SAN without sacrificing Gluster VMStor for VMware 1.0 – Gluster performance and flexibility. They include high-end features Call for price n gluster.com n 800-805-5215; 408-770-1890 you won’t find on other mid-range arrays, but at a lower Gluster VMStor provides a highly scalable NAS platform cost than other systems. There are four models—D3i, D3, D4, with tight integration to VMware vSphere. An unlimited and D8—as well as a complete array management suite for number of VM images can be stored in a single shared businesses of all sizes that includes snapshots, replication, volume that includes features such as VM-level snapshots performance management, multipathing, failover, compliance, and one-click backup. energy conservation, and more.

Hitachi Command Suite – Hitachi Data Systems NETGEAR ReadyNAS 3100 – NETGEAR Inc. n n Call for price n hds.com n 781-782-5873 $3,699 for 4TB preconfigured netgear.com 408-907-8000 The Hitachi Command Suite, tightly integrated with reliable 1U rack-mount unified storage with redundant power that hardware, enables worry free scaling of large numbers of delivers a virtualization platform with tremendous flexibility. virtual machines and manages even the largest infrastructures Solve first-time server virtualization, data replication and and application deployments. It provides effective reporting backup problems without sacrificing reliability or performance. and management to maximize IT asset utilization within complex infrastructures, unified management for virtual NETGEAR ReadyNAS 4200 – NETGEAR Inc. $7,950 for 12TB preconfigured n netgear.com n 408-907-8000 tiered storage and server environments, and improved business application availability, performance and access to Unified NAS & SAN storage platform designed for virtualized critical data. Organizations powered by the Hitachi Command environments. With 12 disk bays, 10Gb connectivity, redundant Suite simply and effectively develop and manage their next power, cooling & disks plus embedded secure replication, it’s generation virtualized data centers to reduce risks and the simply smarter solution for the growing business. operational costs, operate efficiently, and a realize return on their storage asset investments. Through unique management Pivot3 Unified Virtual System 2.0 – Pivot3 in three dimensions, the Hitachi Command Suite helps Call for price n pivot3.com n 281-516-6000 customers lower costs and properly manages all data types. The Pivot3 solution is a scale-out iSCSI storage system that can be shared by many servers. The innovative approach matches Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform – Hitachi Data Systems the availability, bandwidth, and capacity needs of capacity- Call for price n hds.com n 781-782-5873 intensive markets with a scale-out approach that lets customers The Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is the only storage dynamically expand over time. With this unique Serverless architecture that scales 3 dimensionally to help customers adapt Computing approach, customers can eliminate standalone flexibly for performance, capacity and multivendor storage asset servers and reduce rack space, power, cooling and cost. Pivot3 utilization. Its data migration capabilities greatly reduce outage CloudBank - 2U 12-drive storage appliances with virtual servers. windows. Page-level dynamic tiering automates the page-based Pivot3 MiniBank - 1U four-drive storage appliances with virtual movement of data to the most appropriate storage media to servers. Pivot3 HardBank - 1U ruggedized four-drive storage simplify and optimize tier costs and performance. With new appliances with virtual servers. Pivot3 DataBank - 2U 12-drive 2.5-inch SAS hard disk drives, it is the highest density storage storage-only appliances. High Availability - Fault tolerance available today. And, with more than 30 percent less power is distributed across appliances so that no single point of consumption for capacity stored than the competition, it is the failure exists. Consolidated server and storage resources are most efficient enterprise storage platform. 3D scaling delivers virtualized to provide server failover and advanced RAID extreme performance and capacity for robust disaster recovery functionality with no single point of failure. The Pivot3 scale- and high availability systems. out appliance model provides these features without the complexities and cost normally associated with high availability Filer 2.0 – Nasuni architectures. Value - Pivot3 x86-based appliances ensure the Call for price n nasuni.com n 818-884-8282 lowest possible hardware costs and Pivot3 software ensures Using The Nasuni Filer to connect to your trusted cloud the lowest total cost of ownership. Pivot3 delivers configuration providers is the best way to take advantage of the cost-savings ease with a 30- minute deployment window combined with and scalability of cloud storage. Now, with version 2.0, it gets dynamic load balancing and a management console that offers even better. To start, we added support for Microsoft Hyper-V, online maintenance, environmental monitoring, and diagnostic Windows Azure and the ability to bring your own cloud assistance. The unique integration of storage and server storage credentials. Combine these benefits with new features virtualization provides an instant return on investment and a step ahead in green project environments.

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PROMISE SmartStor ZERO NS2600 – configurations and a superset of features. SANsymphony PROMISE Technology makes it practical to get the fullest utilization, highest Starts at $279 n promise.com n 408-228-1400 availability and fastest performance from disk storage assets. SmartStor ZERO is a zero configuration 2-bay network attached storage and digital media server for the home Virsto One 1.2 – Virsto Starting at $1,250 for a two socket server n virsto.com n 408-899-5694 and SOHO. SmartStor ZERO includes 1 or 2 hard drives and requires no lengthy or complicated setup process. Unpack, Virsto One is architected to be storage- and hypervisor- power-on, install the ON software and the rest is completely agnostic and enable users to virtualize storage-intensive automatic. ON will map and open network share, allowing workloads, maximize consolidation of server and storage instant access for data backup and DLNA media sharing via hardware, reduce storage management complexity and digital media players. SmartStor ZERO functions as an iTunes significantly reduce overall storage costs. Media Server, allowing music and video to be streamed using iTunes. Making it a cinch to upload and download digital Xiotech ICON Manager – Xiotech Corp. content to and from mobile devices, the SmartStor ZERO Call for price n xiotech.com n 866-472-6764; 952-983-2338 lets consumers take advantage of Album Art, thumbnails for ICON Manager is built on a Web services platform and features image and video and other recently introduced Windows and capabilities such as Server View, which simplifies storage Macintosh operating system features for the digital home. provisioning for servers, and Intelligent Provisioning, which Additionally, the installation does not install any device drivers enables automatic storage provisioning without the risk of or virtual components into the operating system. SmartStor over-subscription. ZERO supports Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Mac OS X 10.5.2 and higher operating systems with one-touch configuration. Xiotech ISE Analyzer – Xiotech Corp. Call for price n xiotech.com n 866-472-6764; 952-983-2338 PROMISE Vtrak S3000 – PROMISE Technology ISE Analyzer provides actionable analytical information for Starts at $36,000 for a 32TB, single node configuration n promise.com n 408-228-1400 ISE-based storage solutions. Detailed trending reports can be created for storage performance, capacity utilization and The PROMISE VTrak S3000 is an enterprise class SAN solution chargeback through a modern, sleek user interface. Being able that provides powerful storage provisioning and advanced to identify usage patterns allows you to allocate resources the data protection services at an affordable price. Featuring Fibre most efficient way possible, minimizing the need to purchase Channel and iSCSI host connectivity, VTS3000 uses a single storage you really don’t require. unit of rack space per node to simplify storage management across local and regional boundaries. Outages and downtime Xiotech ISE Manager – Xiotech Corp. cost money. VTS3000 helps eliminate outages and downtime Call for price n xiotech.com n 866-472-6764; 952-983-2338 through its high-availability design allowing continuous data ISE Manager is an intuitive management interface that provides access through local mirroring and site replication technology. simple, user-friendly storage and server administration without It’s never been easier recovering from losing a switch or link sacrificing precision. Traditional storage provisioning requires or even an entire site. VTS3000 also enables capacity growth a dozen or more steps across the storage system, the server and expansion without downtime using its powerful storage and the virtual or physical machine. ISE Manager allows you to virtualization and thin provisioning technologies. Working create new volumes with a simple, 3-click process. in conjunction with VMware’s VM snapshot capability, the VTS3000 snapshot agent for VMware facilitates immediately usable snapshots of VM instances that are accurate, transactionally consistent, and up-to-the-moment. Users Thin/Zero Client Computing can quickly recover data with minimal risk of data loss for improved data availability, and an ability to meet recovery Readers Choice Award Winner time objectives and recovery point objectives requirements. Wyse Xenith 1.0 – Wyse Technology (50.7%) $329 per unit n wyse.com n 800-438-9973; SANmelody 3.0.3 – DataCore Software 408-473-1200 Starts at $1,000. $10,000 for high availability pair n datacore.com n 877-780-5111; 954-377-6000 Wyse has impeccable thin client credentials, and Wyse Zenith SANmelody software addresses the heterogeneous storage is the latest example. The company has dubbed Zenith a zero virtualization requirements of small and midsize organizations client because it is completely configurable and requires no with up to 32 terabytes of disks. SANmelody’s unique software management software. Merit Award winner Pano Logic says it approach covers all makes and models of popular storage offers the only true zero client, while Merit Award winner 2X devices, and it doesn’t get in the way of applications. hangs its hat on existing PCs to thin clients. Wyse Xenith is the industry’s first zero client with Citrix HDX SANsymphony 7.0.3 – DataCore Software technology. Xenith requires no local configuration or management, Starts at $30,000 n datacore.com n 877-780-5111; 954-377-6000 has virtually no attack surface, auto-discovers XenDesktop immediately, and launches a full Windows desktop in seconds. SANsymphony software addresses larger scale, heterogeneous storage virtualization needs through N+1 redundant

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Merit Award Winners NEC Virtual PC Center – NEC Pano System 3.0 – Pano Logic (14.0%) Call for price n nec.com n 866-632-3226 $319 per seat n panologic.com n 877-677-7266; Thin client system NEC Virtual PC Center operates in the 650-454-8940 same way as a traditional desktop PC, enabling the user to The Pano System is an all-in-one hardware-and-software access all typical desktop PC applications. The only difference solution with software to centralize 100 precent of computing to the user is that they no longer need to worry about issues on the server and zero client device, which contains no such as backing up their data, maintaining software, and so processor, operating system, memory, drivers, software nor on. You are able to access your desktop environment, your any moving parts. applications, and your data using any Virtual PC Center thin client terminal in the world. You can stop working, disconnect your PC, and then reconnect later on, and still pick up from 2X ThinClientServer 6.2.7412 – where you left off. 2X Software (9.6%) $595 for 25 clients n 2x.com n 866-970-6262 Tadpole Ultra-thin Clients – General Dynamics Itronix Call for price n gd-itronix.com n 800-441-1309 The 2X ThinClientServer makes the move to thin client computing easy by delivering a solution to convert existing PCs Tadpole M1000, a three-pound device designed for distributed, to thin clients and centrally manage a wide range of thin client highly mobile users and general purpose computing. devices (HP, Wyse, Samsung, ChipPC, 10ZiG and more). For a Tadpole M1500 high-performance notebook with a 15-inch LCD detailed list of supported hardware please see our hardware screen that supports high-definition multimedia, 3-D imaging compatibility list. Users’ device and connection settings (RDP/ and video and all of the features of the M1000. Tadpole Pulsar, ICA/NX), screen size, user applications, terminal servers and a wireless desktop unit configured for complex operations virtual desktops can be centrally managed by device, user, including dual displays, optical networking, high-definition group or department (Active Directory/Local Accounts) via a multimedia, 3-D video and imaging. Tadpole Pulsar Premium, a web-based interface. wireless desktop unit for general-purpose computing.

IGEL Universal Desktop Series UD2 – IGEL Call for price n igel.com n 877-438-4435 Virtualization Training A small, affordable, energy-efficient hardware platform that can be VESA-mounted on the back of a monitor. The DVI-I port Readers Choice Award Winner supports dual monitors with an optional Y-Cable and can be VMware Certified Professional Program – connected to common peripherals with its four USB ports. VMware Inc. (51.3%) Call for price n vmware.com n 877-486-9273; 650- 427-5000 IGEL Universal Desktop Series UD3 – I GEL Call for price n igel.com n 877-438-4435 The VMware Certified Professional Program is critical to the An affordable, compact, versatile mid-range hardware knowledge base of anyone who wants to make a living in platform that supports all FeaturePacks (Entry, Standard and VMware tech environments because it teaches participants how Advanced). The UD3 series is available with an integrated to successfully install, manage and deploy VMware vSphere 4.1, smartcard reader and a Connectivity foot that offers wireless which is critical to the company’s success as it charges ahead to network connectivity and/or an additional serial port for its vision of cloud computing. Merit Award winners Train Signal legacy peripherals. and Global Knowledge specialize in computer-based training courses and IT and business training, respectively. IGEL Universal Desktop Series UD5 – IGEL The VMware Certified Professional Program recognizes Call for price n igel.com n 877-438-4435 professionals who have gained the in-depth skills and industry-recognized certification on VMware technology. A powerful and expandable hardware platform. the UD5’s Its high standards make it one of the most sought after high speed processor and graphics can support demanding certifications in the industry. applications or many applications running simultaneously. It supports the broadest set of connectivity to peripherals. Merit Award Winners Optionally you can add an integrated smartcard reader and a VMware vSphere Training – Train Signal Connectivity foot for WLAN and/or a parallel port. (22.8%) Call for price n trainsignal.com n 888-229-5055; IGEL Universal Desktop Series UD9 – IGEL 847-776-8800 Call for price n igel.com n 877-438-4435 Train Signal’s VMware vSphere Training Course and The First Integrated into a 21.5” widescreen, the UD9 series supports a & Second Volumes of Our VMware vSphere Pro Series Training wide range of applications, and provides numerous interfaces Courses features an unprecedented lineup of instructors and integrated features such as touchscreen, WLAN and a including vExperts David Davis, Hal Rottenberg, Rick Scherer, smartcard reader. Eric Siebert, and Sean Clark.

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is the NetCom instructor. Our instructors average over 14 Global Knowledge (14.4%) years of experience in the subjects they teach and all maintain Call for price n globalknowledge.com n industry-leading feedback scores. They are vendor-authorized 800-268-7737 and certified to train. Global Knowledge is the worldwide leader in IT and business NetCom partners with numerous thought leaders in the skills training. We deliver via training centers, private IT industry to deliver complete learning solutions. NetCom facilities, and the Internet, enabling our customers to currently boasts strategic alliances with Microsoft, Cisco, choose when, where, and how they want to receive training CompTIA, PMI, Autodesk, Adobe, Oracle, Citrix, EC-Council, programs and learning services. Our core training is focused CheckPoint, CWNP, Lotus, Novell, and Linux. Headquartered in on Cisco, Microsoft, VMware, Red Hat, business process New York City, NetCom operates full service training centers in improvement, and leadership development. Our IT courses Manhattan, Las Vegas, and the DC Metro Area, plus 25 satellite include networking, programming, operating systems, campuses in major U.S. cities and abroad. Private training security, and telephony. Our business skills courses feature can be delivered at client locations and live online training project management, ITIL, people management, and business is available worldwide via the World Wide Web. NetCom is analysis. Our more than 1,200 courses span foundational and passionate about learning. Our passion for learning is a driving specialized training and certifications.In 2006, we acquired factor in all we do, from free workshops and webinars, to Azlan Training, which established us as Europe’s largest IT the renowned Sarder Scholarship Program, to our internal training provider. In 2007, we expanded our global footprint to employee development program and reading lists - we hope include IT training, consulting, and services in the Middle East you get to experience our passion yourself! and Africa through the acquisition of Synergy Professional Services. Via the 2009 acquisition of the training operations of Nexient Learning, we became the largest corporate training Miscellaneous Virtualization provider in Canada. Readers Choice Award Winner iPhone 4.0 – Apple VMware Zimbra Collaboration Suite $200 n apple.com n 408-996-1010 Appliance 1.0 – VMware Inc. (50.0%) $ 625 per 25 mailboxes for a perpetual license n Revolutionary handheld. vmware.com n 877-486-9273; 650-427-5000 Intense School VMware’s Zimbra Collaboration Suite Appliance is an e-mail Call for price n intenseschool.com n 877-290-9507 and calendar groupware solution for cloud deployments that features contact management and sharing and document Intense School has been providing accelerated IT training capabilities. Novell’s PlateSpin Forge won a Merit Award for and certification for over 12 years to more than 45,000 IT and its disaster recovery expertise, while 2X’s LoadBalancer was information security professionals worldwide. As the founders given its Merit Award for providing load balancing, increased of the accelerated training format, Intense School employs security and redundancy for Terminal Servers. expert Instructors who are industry-recognized leaders, The Zimbra Collaboration Suite Appliance is a next generation authors, and experts in their fields. Over the years Intense email and collaboration solution designed to run on VMware School has been honored with many prestigious Industry vSphere and delivered as a virtual appliance for faster awards. We are honored that we have been recognized by our provisioning and easier administration than traditional solutions. peers for delivering outstanding training programs. Awards Include Windows IT Pro Readers’ Choice winner for Best Boot Merit Award Winners Camp Training, and SC Magazine Awards for Best Security Novell PlateSpin Forge 3.0 – Training Program. Most recently we were recognized by Novell (13.7%) EC-Council as 2009 #1 Authorized Training Center in North Starts at $39,395 for up to 10 workloads, includes America. Delivered in classrooms, at customer locations one year priority n novell.com n 800-529-3400 nationwide, online via Intense Online or through self-paced study, Intense School offers training on a variety of topics, Novell PlateSpin Forge, the only all-in-one, out-of-the-box including information security, ethical hacking, forensics, disaster recovery hardware appliance, utilizes virtualization to firewalls and more. back-up and restore physical and virtual servers. http://novell. com/products/forge/ NetCom IT Training and Certification Solutions – NetCom Call for price n netcominfo.com n 888-563-8266 2X LoadBalancer 8.1.875 – 2X Software (9.7%) Since its inception in 1998, NetCom has trained over 90 $449 for two load-balanced servers n 2x.com n percent of the Fortune 500 companies, developed relationships 866-970-6262 with more than 22,000 business customers, and supported The 2X LoadBalancer allows you to easily load balance RDP/ over 50,000 IT professionals with premium training and ICA sessions between Windows Remote Desktop Services/ certification prep. NetCom’s key advantage is consistent top- Windows Terminal Services or Citrix terminal servers and quality training. The driving force behind our quality machine provide fault tolerance. In addition, for remote users, back-

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end terminal servers can be hidden, only allowing access to Netronome Network Flow Processor the gateway machine(s), significantly increasing terminal (NFP-3240) – Netronome server security. With the 2X LoadBalancer, users can be easily $275 for large volume orders of 25,000+ n netronome.com n reconnected to active and disconnected sessions, removing the 877-638-7629; 724-778-3290 need to setup the Microsoft Session Directory Services. The NFP-3240 is the industry’s first processor designed for unified computing architectures by combining high- Change Reporter for System Center Virtual Machine performance network, content and security processing with Manager 1.2 – NetWrix Corp. I/O virtualization. $80/socket for 10 sockets, volume discounts n netwrix.com n 888-638-9749; 201-490-8840 Veeam FastSCP 3.0.3 – Veeam Software Change auditing is an important process that aids in the Free n veeam.com n 877-389-0140; 614-339-8200 management of a given virtual environment, helping to Veeam FastSCP provides a fast, secure and easy way to limit the amount of unauthorized changes and errors made manage files and bulk copy VMs across the VMware ESX(i) within your System Center virtual inventory. These types of environment. It has become the de facto standard for ESX(i) changes occur regularly within organizations that depend file management, with more than 150,000 users worldwide. of delegated management of the virtual infrastructure, and can have serious consequences, such as failures, outages and VLX MH4.0 – Red Bend Software virtual machine sprawl. NetWrix Change Reporter for System Call for price n redbend.com n 781-890-2090 Center Virtual Machine Manager audits all changes made VLX enables multiple mobile operating system environments to the virtual infrastructure and enables controlled change to run concurrently on shared hardware for Intel and management processes that protect virtual environments. ARM-based solutions. It delivers isolation technology The solution, which is available in freeware and commercially, and virtualization that improves power management, sends daily reports pointing to every change made to your performance, security and more. virtual infrastructure. Administrators who use Change Reporter for System Center Virtual Machine Manager gain vSMP Foundation for Cluster 3.0 – ScaleMP better insight into daily administrative activities that might $1,750 per node n scalemp.com n 408-342-0330 otherwise have a negative impact on the virtual environment, are better prepared for compliance audits (change reports can vSMP Foundation for Cluster aggregates multiple x86 servers be used as paper trail for auditors), and prevent problems like to provide a simplified compute architecture for high- virtual machine sprawl. performance clusters while hiding the InfiniBand fabric and offering built-in high-performance storage. LISA Virtualize 5.0 – iTKO Call for price n itko.com n 877-289-4856 vSMP Foundation for SMP 3.0 – ScaleMP $2,500 per node n scalemp.com n 408-342-0330 LISA eliminates dependency constraints by simulating the dynamic behavior, data and performance of live or inaccessible vSMP Foundation for SMP aggregates multiple x86 servers systems. The resulting virtual models can be made available to provide large-scale co , memory and I/O performance at 24/7 for development and testing purposes to accelerate a significantly lower cost than proprietary SMP options for time-to-market, streamline test data management, and lower applications such as simulation, analytics and modeling. VR infrastructure costs.

Netronome Network Flow Acceleration Cards (NFE-3240) – Netronome $2,500 for large volume orders of 1,000+ n netronome.com n 877-638-7629; 724-778-3290 The NFE-3240 is the industry’s highest performance PCIe acceleration card featuring enhanced I/O virtualization, providing line-rate programmable L2-L7 packet flow processing. The NFE improves the network performance of x86-based appliances and servers.

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