Press Releases

Free Capacity Modeler 1.2 release adds 380 new IBM, HP, and Dell server templates

ANDOVER, Mass., February 2, 2010 — VKernel, award winning provider of virtualization management tools for VMware and Hyper-V environments, today announced the addition of over 380 new IBM, HP and Dell server templates in its latest release of their free Capacity Modeler product. The move underscores the need for accurate virtual machine modeling in public and private clouds as well as heterogeneous datacenters.

New features make life even easier for virtualized systems administrators and their managers. Includes new applet that summarizes environment and shows how it compares to industry averages

ANDOVER, Mass., January 20, 2010 — VKernel proudly announces our latest version of Optimization Pack. This new version contains features that make it even easier to manage VM sprawl, re-size VMs to improve performance and increase the number of VMs on existing hardware and reclaim storage wasted on abandoned VMs, templates and snapshots.

Growth reflects demand for capacity management in virtualized data centers

Optimization Pack wins the Silver! Awards are granted based on ease of integration, functionality, innovation, manageability, performance and value provided to end users

Offers cross platform capacity management, analysis, and optimization for Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware vSphere/ESX

ANDOVER, Mass., December 8, 2009 — VKernel Corporation, a provider of powerful, easy-to-use, and affordable virtualization management and optimization software, today announced the Beta release of its Capacity Analyzer now supporting both Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware vSphere/ESX. In one unified, cross platform user interface (UI), VKernel Capacity Analyzer shows users where they can place VMs and identifies bottlenecks for both VMware ESX and Hyper-V environments.

Selected for reader's choice recognition for Virtual Management and Optimization solutions

ANDOVER, Mass., Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- VKernel Corporation, a provider of powerful, easy-to-use, and affordable virtualization management and optimization software, today announced that its Capacity Analyzer software was chosen by the readers of Virtualization Review as a Preferred Product in the Virtual Management and Optimization category for the publication's Reader's Choice Awards.

Alternative to VMware vCenter CapacityIQ, VKernel Capacity Modeler is free to download with perpetual licensing

ANDOVER, Mass., November 10, 2009 — VKernel Corporation, a provider of powerful, easy-to-use, and affordable virtualization management and optimization software, is making perpetual licenses of its Capacity Modeler software for VMware completely free until December 31, 2009. VKernel Capacity Modeler is a free alternative to the expensive VMware vCenter CapacityIQ and can be downloaded at http://www.vkernel.com/free

205 percent increase over third quarter 2008

ANDOVER, Mass., October 6, 2009 — VKernel Corporation, a provider of powerful, easy-to-use, and affordable virtualization management and optimization software, today announced record third quarter sales. The company grew sales by 205 percent through its 2009 third quarter over the same period in 2008.

VKernel Relocates from Portsmouth, N.H. to Andover, Mass.

ANDOVER, Mass., September 15, 2009 — VKernel Corporation, a provider of powerful, easy-to-use, and affordable virtualization management and optimization software, today announced that the company has moved its headquarters from Portsmouth, N.H. to Andover, Mass. Having recently completed its second round of financing from Longworth Venture Partners, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, and Polaris Venture Partners, the company chose to move to Massachusetts for partnership and recruiting opportunities.

Powerful VKernel Optimization Pack reclaims wasted resources, increases VM densities, controls VM sprawl, and lowers the cost per VM