FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Invirtus Receives Positive
Results in Advance of Enterprise VM Converter Release
Powerful, Speedy Solution Converts Physical Systems to
Virtual Machines
Atlanta, GA –
December 22, 2006
–
Invirtus,
the leading provider of solutions that today's businesses need to help with the
efficiency and automation of virtual machine technology, announced today that
customers are giving positive advance reviews of Invirtus Enterprise VM
Converter 2007, an enterprise-class, conversion application that transforms
physical machines into virtual machines.
Shawn Partridge,
Director of Information Services at Cascade Die Casting Group, Inc. is excited
about the ability to automatically transform many remote servers at once: “Not
only is the tool incredibly easy to use, with no setup or hardware
requirements, but also the remote conversions take place directly, making it
perfect for satellite offices. I can connect at home and initiate the conversion
directly from host server to destination server with no traffic over my VPN,
just install and run!”
“The drag-and-drop
interface is extremely easy to use and the conversions happen very quickly,”
says Randy Cress, Network Administrator of Rowan County, North Carolina.
“We have been using Enterprise VM Converter to convert production Microsoft®
Exchange and GIS database servers with excellent results, and I don’t have to
worry about restarting services from a remote location. The choice to switch HAL
type from single processor to multiprocessor has been very beneficial, and I
also appreciate the ability to select the drop-off network location without
mapping drives.”
Pascal
Henry,
I.S. Manager at Esker (offices in North America, Europe, and Australia),
evaluated feature lists of Invirtus, PlateSpin® and LeoStream®. He says,
“Features most important to us are no reboots, no downtime during conversion and
no third party software or tools to install.” He adds, “I must admit, I wasn’t
expecting the product to be this easy to use. It couldn’t be simpler: right out
of the box, install, set source, set destination, and start converting in less
than a minute.”
“We have received
an abundance of positive feedback regarding the speed, quality and the intuitive
nature of Invirtus Enterprise VM Converter,” says Tom Edwards, Invirtus
Founder & CEO. “We combined customer feedback with our proprietary optimization
technology to enable customers to convert physical systems into VMs faster than
other conversion products. Our customers tell us this will result in significant
time and money savings.”
Invirtus Enterprise VM Converter 2007 allows users to convert any number of
Windows® host operating systems running on a physical machine(s) into a guest
operating system on a virtual machine(s). Users can convert host operating
systems one-by-one or simultaneously by scheduling automated batches without
requiring a user to be present at the machine being converted, and there are
never any reboots. In addition, Invirtus Enterprise VM Converter 2007 does not
require any software to be installed on the machine being converted.
Invirtus Enterprise VM Converter 2007 is the second virtualization product to be
introduced by Invirtus, with pricing and sales channels to be announced on an
anticipated release date of December 31, 2006. When used in conjunction with
Invirtus VM Optimizer 2.5, the combined products provide ease of conversion and
the creation of smaller, faster VMs. The award-winning VM Optimizer was
introduced in November 2005 and is used by thousands of companies worldwide to
create smaller, faster VMs. Invirtus plans a series of additional
virtualization products for release during First Quarter 2007.
Invirtus Enterprise VM Converter 2007
provides the following features:
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Physical-to-Virtual (P2V) and
Virtual-to-Virtual (V2V)
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Manual Mode: one-by-one
conversions
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Batch Mode: simultaneous
automated remote conversions of multiple unattended servers—to convert
hundreds of servers
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Advance scheduling (can be timed
in advance for user convenience or lowest server workload)
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Mixed environment
(VMware/Microsoft virtualization platforms supported)
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No reboots required
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Easy to use, no training
required
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Compatibility:
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Invirtus Enterprise VM Converter 2007 is designed to work with:
VMware® ESX Server™ 2.x/3.x, VMware Workstation™, VMware Server™, VMware
ACE™ and VMware GSX Server™.
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Invirtus Enterprise VM Converter 2007 is also designed to work with:
Microsoft® Virtual PC™ 2004 and 2007 and Microsoft Virtual Server™
2005 and 2005 R2.
About Invirtus
Invirtus
pioneered the technology credited with reducing the size of virtual machines and
continues to lead the development of software that assists with the management
of virtualization technologies, a market that Gartner estimates will grow to $30
billion by 2008. Recently named by Gartner as one of ten “Cool Vendors for
2006,” Invirtus is continuously developing new technologies that will help
companies discover innovative ways to enhance their IT capabilities while
extending their IT budgets. For more information, visit
www.invirtus.com or contact Sales at Invirtus toll free at 1-866-398-9156
(US/CAN) or outside the US call +1 678-679-4490.
Product
and company names within this release may be trademarks of their registered
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