SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Convirture has released a new version of its ConVirt Enterprise and ConVirt Enterprise Cloud software that can now be used to manage VMware vSphere and ESXi in addition to virtual and cloud technologies including Xen, KVM, Eucalyptus, OpenStack and Amazon EC2.
ConVirt is an open source-based tool that is used by IT organizations worldwide to manage virtual and cloud infrastructures. This new version adds VMware to the list of supported technologies. It provides sophisticated management capabilities to operators of heterogeneous data centers that employ multiple technologies and platforms, including major public and private clouds.
"The response to the beta was even more dramatic than we expected as it becomes increasingly evident that IT managers do not want to be locked into a single platform or vendor," said Arsalan Farooq, CEO of Convirture. "Being able to deploy the right technologies to get the job done and not have to deal with multiple management layers is proving to be a real game-changer."
Managing Platform Proliferation
ConVirt Enterprise now includes support for VMware-based data
centers that employ both ESXi and vCenter, in addition to Xen and
KVM-based systems. Previously, a management tool this sophisticated
for VMware users was only available to buyers of vSphere, which
came with a significant price tag and restricted management to
VMware platform only. For existing VMware vCenter users, there is
no "rip-and-replace" required. ConVirt works alongside vCenter and
is available to handle many of the most commonly executed
tasks.
Centralizing Virtual and Cloud Infrastructure
Management
The addition of VMware as a supported platform for ConVirt
Enterprise lets IT managers manage all of their virtual
infrastructure side-by-side with their private and public cloud
deployments.
"ConVirt Enterprise is a superb onramp to a unified cloud strategy," said Farooq. "It gives IT managers the peace-of-mind of knowing that they are in control of which tools are available to them, while not having the to worry about the additional cost and complexity concerns associated with operating a heterogeneous virtual data center."
New Features For VMware Users
Data center personnel can now use ConVirt Enterprise and ConVirt
Enterprise Cloud to manage their VMware instances along with Xen,
KVM, and cloud platforms. VMware-specific features
include:
* Unified virtual machine management - The ability to manage
VMware, KVM and Xen platforms in a uniform way from a single
console.
* Centralized Management of ESXi environment - With this release,
users can manage their ESXi servers from a central console.
ISO-based templates can be used to easily provision multiple
virtual machines. Common virtual machine operations like start,
stop and connect to VM console are provided within ConVirt.
* Day-to-day management of vCenter environment from ConVirt - Users
can discover and manage vCenter deployments.
* Unified virtualization and cloud management - VMware users can
centrally manage their virtual servers and cloud platforms, such as
Eucalyptus, OpenStack, and Amazon, from a single console.
Details on ConVirt's features can be found at http://www.convirture.com/products.php.
Availability
ConVirt Enterprise and ConVirt Enterprise Cloud with VMware support
are now available directly from Convirture at http://www.convirture.com/contact.php.
Volume pricing for a perpetual license starts at $495 per host for
single socket servers. Users of ConVirt 3.0 with a current Gold
Support and Maintenance package will receive VMware support as a
free update.
About Convirture
Convirture was founded in 2007 to help organizations effectively
manage open source and proprietary virtualization and cloud
platforms. More information is available at www.convirture.com.