Pivot3, the first company to deliver virtual servers and scalable storage in a single platform, today announced that it has raised $25 million in a new funding round led by Focus Ventures, the investor firm behind storage companies EqualLogic (acquired by Dell) and Isilon. Participation in this round also included existing investors InterWest Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mesirow… This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]

Continued here:
virtualisation.com

VMware today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the purchase of up to $400 million of its Class A common stock through the end of 2011. Stock will be purchased from time to time, in the open market or through private transactions, subject to market conditions. This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]

Go here to read the rest:
virtualisation.com

AutoVirt today announced that it has appointed Thomas Fraser to the newly created position of Vice President of Sales. R eporting directly to AutoVirt’s President and CEO, Josh Klein, Fraser will be responsible for developing and executing the global sales and channel strategy, establishing and directing the external sales force, as well as growing and overseeing the inside sales team. This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]

Continued here:
virtualisation.com

NComputing today announced that the company’s full product line will support the new Windows MultiPoint Server 2010 operating system from Microsoft. NComputing virtual desktop kits are based on the company’s vSpace desktop virtualization technology and are available in three product lines which are designed to bring ultra low-cost computing to customers ranging from enterprises to small… This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]

Originally posted here:
virtualisation.com

DynamicOps today announced that it has enhanced its Virtual Resource Manager (VRM) technology with NetApp® FlexClone technology, creating a fully-automated virtual desktop solution that significantly reduces desktop provisioning times and associated storage costs. This new version of VRM is combined with a specialized NetApp module that leverages and orchestrates the FlexClone technology of NetApp… This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]

Read the rest here:
virtualisation.com

Layered Technologies, provider of on-demand and cloud computing IT infrastructure, today announced that it has received a growth equity investment provided by a group of investors led by Accel-KKR, a technology-focused private equity investment firm. Layered Tech’s two primary existing investors, Enhanced Equity Fund, L.P., and Pangloss International, also participated. This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]

Read more:
virtualisation.com

Over the last 12 months the security firm Tripwire took a series of steps to focus more on virtualisation. It first released a couple of free tool ( ConfigCheck and OpsCheck ) in collaboration with VMware to simplify the ESX hosts configuration management. Then it hired the well-known expert Stephen Beaver as its new virtualisation Evangelist. And finally the company released vWire, a configuration compliance tool that was very promising. After just 6 months after the first release (vWire 1.0 was out in June 2009) the company announced that it has decided to permanently discontinue it and return to its core business.

View original post here:
virtualisation.info