Egenera Bundles Free Virtual Machine Management Within Unified Computing Environment

Free PAN vmBuilder™ Software Manages Unified Physical and Virtual Servers


MARLBORO, MA--(Marketwire - April 7, 2009) -


News Facts

--  Egenera changes industry dynamics by offering its PAN
    vmBuilder™ software by Egenera® at no additional
    charge with each PAN Builder™ software by Egenera
    license purchased at standard pricing for Dell™
    PowerEdge™ Blades and Rack Servers.

--  For the Egenera BladeFrame® product line, PAN vmBuilder software is now
    bundled into PAN Manager® software by Egenera licenses at no additional
    cost.

--  PAN vmBuilder software seamlessly integrates virtual machine management
    technology, allowing administrators to unify management of mixed
    physical and virtual server environments, which reduces the complexity
    and need for separate management tools.

--  With PAN vmBuilder, administrators do not have to learn new hypervisor
    interfaces; virtual and physical machines can be set up, deployed,
    optimized and monitored within minutes of installation.

--  PAN Manager software significantly simplifies provisioning and
    repurposing of both physical and virtual server infrastructure and
    delivers consistent High Availability and verifiable Disaster Recovery
    for mission-critical applications.

--  PAN Manager is the leader in unified virtual and physical
    infrastructure orchestration.  With over 1,400 installations worldwide,
    customers standardize on PAN Manager to provide universal access to
    highly reliable, dynamically allocated physical and virtual
    infrastructure.  Based on industry standards and supporting popular
    hypervisors, SANs and server platforms, PAN Manager eliminates data
    center complexity and reduces operational and capital expenses by up to
    70 percent.

Supporting Quotes

"Hypervisors are becoming increasingly commoditized as the industry shifts focus from virtual machine management to integrated tools to manage unified computing infrastructures," said Pete Manca, executive vice president and chief technology officer of Egenera. "By bundling PAN vmBuilder free of charge, we are putting choice in our customers hands to manage their physical and virtual resources while reducing complexity in the data center."

Supporting Resources

PAN vmBuilder software by Egenera

PAN Manager software by Egenera

About Egenera, Inc.

Egenera makes every data center a reliable dynamic data center, quickly and easily. The company’s integrated enterprise data center solutions, powerful PAN Manager® software and professional services are trusted globally to deliver proven value through agility, reliability and availability. Egenera solutions and services deliver wire-once, always on, physical and virtual management across the data center with measurable savings. Headquartered in Marlboro, Mass., Egenera has offices worldwide. For more information visit http://www.egenera.com, call 508-858-2600 or send email to info@egenera.com.

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Egenera, Egenera stylized logo, PAN Manager, PAN Builder, BladeFrame and PAN vmBuilder are trademarks or registered trademarks of Egenera, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. The information in this document is subject to change without notice.

Contact Information: Contact Info Christine Crandell Egenera (415) 309 7017 ccrandell@egenera.com