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Convirture | October 20, 2011
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Help eWeek put ConVirt through its paces.

Folks, eWeek has both ConVirt Enterprise and our new pride and joy, ConVirt Enterprise Cloud, in their labs this week. Jason Brooks over there is delving deep into both and putting us through his usually thorough assessment process. We are looking forward to eWeek’s verdict.

In the meantime, Jason has just blogged describing his impressions part way into the review and, most interestingly, has asked for input from everyone on any specific areas you are particularly interested in and would like to see tested.

You can read Jason’s blog post here.

So, don’t be shy. Drop eWeek a note or comment, tell them what you’d like to see tested, and help them get you the answers to your burning questions!

Category: General |
Convirture | October 13, 2011
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ConVirt Enterprise Cloud is now available.

SAN FRANCISCO, October 13, 2011 – Convirture today released ConVirt Enterprise Cloud – software that manages virtualized datacenters and cloud deployments built on KVM and Xen virtual machines.

ConVirt Enterprise Cloud provides a set of sophisticated tools capable of managing an entire virtual and cloud infrastructure from a single console, including private clouds, hybrid clouds, traditional virtual machines as well as public cloud resources such as Amazon EC2.

“As we developed this product and worked with our beta customers, we kept hearing the same thing again and again: customers are concerned about the potential for complexity, fragmentation and workload management issues that come with adding cloud resources,” said Arsalan Farooq, CEO of Convirture. “Until now, users of KVM and Xen did not have a management layer that provides a unified means of viewing and managing their entire traditional, virtual and cloud-based environments. With ConVirt Enterprise Cloud, IT staff can manage the complex, properly allocate computing resources and deliver real ROI for the organization.”

ConVirt Enterprise Cloud builds on the success of ConVirt Open Source and ConVirt Enterprise, which are currently in use by organizations worldwide to manage KVM and Xen-based virtual datacenters. ConVirt Enterprise Cloud adds management support for private and hybrid clouds side-by-side with the rest of the virtualized environment.

A full set of features and capabilities can be found at http://www.convirture.com/products_cloud.php

Availability and Pricing

ConVirt Enterprise Cloud is available now directly from Convirture. It is a commercially licensed product.  Pricing for ConVirt 2.0 Enterprise starts at $1,495 per host for up to 10 hosts, with volume pricing available for larger environments. Pricing for ConVirt Enterprise Cloud is available by contacting Convirture at http://www.convirture.com/contact.html.

About Convirture

Convirture was founded in 2007 to help organizations effectively manage open source virtualization platforms. More information is available at www.convirture.com.

Category: Announcements, News |
Convirture | September 29, 2011
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Channel Island telecom provider JT manages open sourced-based virtual platform with management software from Convirture

SAN FRANCISCO, Septembar 29, 2011 – JT, the communications service provider based in the Channel Islands, is using ConVirt Open Source software from Convirture to manage the KVM-based virtual servers supporting JT’s network management and monitoring platforms.

The company is currently migrating most of its production physical server infrastructure over to a virtualized environment, which is built on Ubuntu 10.04 Long Term Support (LTS). The virtual servers are built on the KVM hypervisor and are being configured and managed by JT staff using ConVirt virtualization management software.

“We wanted to use KVM virtualization and we knew that we needed a good management interface as there was no way the virtual idea would have seen much adoption if provisioning had been done via command line using virsh or some other such tool,” said Jamie McDonald, IP Linux Administrator for JT. “ConVirt has a clean user interface and is self-explanatory for the end user. This meant a less steep learning curve for team members who would ultimately use the tool. It has an easy and clear method of provisioning virtual machines and a handy templating system. For example we have many networks within JT, so the ability to provision a new NIC on a specific VM and connect it to the appropriate bridge by an end user with the click of a few buttons without calling someone more technical was a great plus.”

A complex datacenter runs smoothly on open source virtualization

The various physical servers which are now being virtualized vary widely in their roles at JT. They include in-house web application servers running key applications that are used throughout the business, as well as public-facing web servers for speed testing and RSS service status announcement. JT runs centralized authentication servers for its internal routers in their own high availability VMs. The company also runs various analysis tools, which monitor netflow data watching for inbound traffic spikes for black holing DOS attacks as well as centralized puppet and syslog servers.

JT also frequently performs proof-of-concept tests which require non-production servers to be available. This was previously performed using a batch of old workstations from the IT department, but now all takes place within the virtual environment, which saves time by eliminating the need to ‘recycle’ test systems between team members.

Results: Open source virtualization saves time and money

Consolidating on open source and specifically KVM-based virtual servers managed by ConVirt has delivered measurable results for JT:

  • Improved resource management – With physical servers, JT may have had a 4GB server only using 1GB of memory. Now, the company can de-couple the services to their own VM’s and issue them with exactly the right resources. Using ConVirt, IT staff can quickly adjust the virtual machine to meet changing needs.
  • Power/cooling cost savings – Through the use of less physical servers as systems are migrated to the virtual platform.
  • Reclaimed rack space – As physical servers are virtualized and then decommissioned
  • Flexibility – IT staff can quickly create test environments and proof-of-concepts, as well as production servers without regard to limitations associated by available hardware
  • Saved switch ports – Previously each physical server would have required a spare switch port into a VLAN. Now, JT has one port per VLAN and simply connects the virtual servers to the bridge.
  • Speed – Provisioning a machine from an ISO connection directly to a SAN provides much faster install times than with a physical server and a cdrom drive.

“The success we’ve achieved to date using open source software, virtualization and ConVirt to manage it all proves that there really is a choice for customers who do not want to be locked into a single vendor,” said McDonald. “We looked at many options, including VMware vCenter, Microsoft Hyper-V as well as other open source-based products like OpenNebula, and ConVirt delivered exactly what we needed. It enables us to serve our customers better while effectively positioning the company for future growth, both in terms of customers and the types of services we offer to them.”

About JT

JT is part of the JT Group Ltd, an innovative and progressive communications enabler, which provides world-class products and solutions to a diverse client base. Their product range encompasses all the products and services expected from a cutting edge provider which specializes in Gigabit Broadband – Fibre-to-the-Home, Data Hosting & Co-Location, Fixed & Mobile technologies and Wholesale solutions that further support their place on the global business stage.

About Convirture

Convirture was founded in 2006 to help organizations effectively manage open source virtualization platforms. More information is available at www.convirture.com.

Category: General, In the News |
Convirture | September 7, 2011
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What’s Next: ConVirt Enterprise Cloud

Product innovation marches forward at Convirture!

We recently announced our newest pride and joy — ConVirt Enterprise Cloud — which enables organizations to consolidate management of their virtualized datacenters and hybrid cloud under a single, unified management system and console.  The early response from our beta users has been phenomenal. It is also gratifying to see that the tech-savvy media just seem to get it:

Dan Kusnetzky chimed in on ZDNet by saying that

“…think that their (i.e. Convirture’s) virtual data center concept makes sense — making it possible to see the resources in use and managing those resources in complex virtual environments regardless of whether they are on-premise, in the cloud or some combination.”

Says Michael Vizard from IT Business Edge.

“…[S]ince VMware changed its pricing, interest in open source virtual machine platforms has spiked. But customers need sophisticated management tools such as Enterprise Cloud to automate the deployment and provisioning of these virtual machines”

Joe Brockmeier at ReadWriteCloud‘s take:

“ConVirt offers an easy to use Web-based management console for wrangling virtualized infrastructure and cloud services. … It does seem that Convirture has identified one of the key problems facing enterprise IT departments right now.”

ZDnet’s Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols likes that

“… [ConVirt] can give me management support for my local cloud, a remote datacenter private cloud, and public clouds like Amazon’s offering. Speaking as someone who does a lot of networking work, I also like that I can choose to put a client on an existing corporate network, pre-configure Virtual LANs for them, or allow the cloud to create its own VLANs within a specified address range.”

ConVirt Enterprise Cloud builds on the successes of ConVirt Open Source and ConVirt Enterprise as a strong, open, and cost-effective alternative to the likes of VMWare. We absolutely can’t wait to put ConVirt Enterprise Cloud into customers’ hands and hear their reactions when it becomes generally available in about a month.

Category: General, In the News | Tags: #convirt #convirture #cloud #ova
Arsalan Farooq | September 2, 2011
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VMWorld, or was it VDIWorld?

Anyone paying attention to the “bigger picture” at VMworld couldn’t help but notice VMware’s headlong rush into VDI – and beyond.

We’ve seen for years the Citrix ownership of desktop virtualization in various guises. Today, VMware began chasing the 800 lbs. gorilla VDI. So now the 800 lbs. gorilla in sever virtualization is trying to jump into the desktop. Or, is VMware just giving Citrix something to worry about/invest against while actually planning to leap frog the desktop? I mean, VMware is clearly playing catch-up to Citrix — doubling down to try to get to parity with Citrix. They are considerably behind and don’t, as a company, play catch up well.

But what’s potentially far more exciting is this “leap frog”, getting on the post pc bandwagon – mobile devices as the end-point device. Although right now this is more strategy than reality, it plays far better (although still a departure) with the technology the VMware IS good at – all the server stuff and leveraging HTML 5 and other browser-based technologies. This indeed could be a space well worth owning.  – HTML 5 and other mobile technologies.

Lastly, I have to say Project Octopus struck a discordant note with me: it smacks of an “assets looking for a problem” approach. VMware seems to be doing their level best to cram in their collaboration assets into the mix. It is awkward and muddies the pretty picture they are trying to paint with these announcements.

We’ll see how all this plays out of course and what themes evolve in the coming months.

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