VKernel Press Releases

VKernel Announces Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Support

vOperations Suite 4.6 provides capacity management for mixed Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V environments

Andover, MA, January 18, 2012 — VKernel, the award-winning provider of enterprise-class performance and capacity management products for virtualized data centers and cloud environments, announced today availability of vOperations SuiteTM 4.6, which adds support for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization virtualized infrastructure in line with today’s release of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0. The VKernel vOperations Suite now supports capacity management for mixed virtualized environments running VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V or Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization as a virtualization platform.

VKernel Enhances Automation for Virtualization Management with New vOperations Suite 4.5

New Automation Features Combined with Robust Controls Offers “Trusted Automation” for Data Centers

Andover, Massachusetts, USA, December 19, 2011 — VKernel, the award-winning provider of enterprise-class performance and capacity management products for virtualized data centers and cloud environments, announced today general availability of vOperations SuiteTM 4.5. Designed to provide new automation capabilities for virtual machine management, the new release introduces advanced VM management task automation which coupled with robust automation controls, offers data centers “trusted automation.” The new version 4.5 of the vOperations Suite (also referred to as vOPS™ 4.5) is currently available for download at www.vkernel.com.

New Free Tool from VKernel Visualizes VM Performance and Capacity Health

New vScope ExplorerTM – Available for Free – Provides Similar Visualization Capabilities to VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite

Andover, Massachusetts, USA, October 26, 2011 — VKernel, the award-winning provider of enterprise-class performance and capacity management products for virtualized data centers and cloud environments, announced today general availability of vScope Explorer™, the industry’s first free application specifically designed to visualize the performance and capacity health of a virtualized environment. This new application from VKernel provides health visualization capabilities similar to those available within VMware’s vCenter Operations Management Suite but at no cost.

VKernel Addresses VMware vSphere 5 Performance and Capacity Impacts

New White Paper by vExpert Greg Shields, “Preparing for vSphere 5’s Unexpected Capacity and Performance Impacts” Describes Assessment Process for Implementing New vSphere 5 Features

Andover, Massachusetts, USA, September 21, 2011 — VKernel, the award-winning provider of enterprise-class performance and capacity management products for virtualized data centers and cloud environments, today announced a performance and capacity management guide for VM administrators exploring new VMware vSphere 5 features. In a new white paper titled, “Preparing for vSphere 5’s Unexpected Capacity and Performance Impacts,” by vExpert Greg Shields of Concentrated Technology, administrators will learn how to assess new VMware vSphere 5 capabilities for performance and capacity considerations. This white paper comes on the heels of the recent release of VKernel’s new vOperations SuiteTM 4, which provides data to help administrators assess the impact of new vSphere 5 features for virtualized environments as described in this white paper.

VKernel SearchMyVM Selected as Top 10 Free Virtualization Tool

“Google-Like Search” of VMs, Noted by Industry-Leading Bloggers as Key VMware Environment Capability, Available For Free With SearchMyVM Virtual Appliance

Andover, Massachusetts, USA, September 7, 2011 — VKernel, the award-winning provider of enterprise-class performance and capacity management products for virtualized data centers and cloud environments, announced today that VKernel‘s SearchMyVM has been selected as one of KendrickColeman.com‘s Top 10 Free VMware vSphere Tools and Utilities for 2011. KendrickColeman.com is widely considered to be the authoritative industry index of all free tools and utilities for virtualized environments. The site currently lists and analyzes nearly 70 free tools of which, SearchMyVM was selected for the top 10.

VKernel Provides Clarity for Cloud Operations with vOPS 4

Full Hyper-V Integration, New Visualization Engine and VM Cost Index Supports Cross Data Center, Cross-Hypervisor Operations

Las Vegas, NV and Andover, Massachusetts, USA, August 29, 2011 — VKernel, the award-winning provider of enterprise-class performance and capacity management products for virtualized data centers and cloud environments, announced today general availability of vOperations SuiteTM 4 designed to provide operational clarity for cloud operators and enterprise data centers. The new release introduces full Hyper-V integration, a new visualization engine, and a VM cost index that provides clarity into performance, capacity and cost across datacenters, resources and hypervisors in virtualized environments. The vOperations Suite 4 (also referred to as vOPSTM) is available for download and will be showcased this week at VMworld 2011, August 29- September 1, in Las Vegas at VKernel booth #1027.

VKernel Announces Enterprise Cloud Alliance with HP

HP Joins VKernel’s Capacity.LINK Developer’s Program to Offer VKernel Chargeback Capabilities for HP’s Microsoft Private Cloud Clients

Andover, Massachusetts, USA, August 24, 2011 — VKernel, the award-winning provider of enterprise-class performance and capacity management products for virtualized data centers and cloud environments, announced today that HP will offer VKernel’s Chargeback with Hyper-V product to clients of its HP Services for Microsoft Private Cloud solution.

VKernel Expands Global Reach

vOPS 3.5 Ships in Japan and VKernel Opens New EMEA Office

Andover, Massachusetts, USA, August 22, 2011 — VKernel, the award-winning provider of enterprise-class performance and capacity management products for virtualized data centers and cloud environments, announced today the company has expanded its global reach. Supporting this is a new EMEA headquarters and general availability of the vOperations Suite™ 3.5 (also referred to as vOPS™ 3.5) in Japan.

Tieto Chooses VKernel for VMware Capacity Management and Reporting

Leading European Hosting Provider Automates Resource Management with VKernel vOperations Suite™

Andover, Massachusetts, USA, August 16, 2011 — VKernel, the award-winning provider of enterprise-class performance and capacity management products for virtualized data centers and cloud environments, announced today that Tieto, the leading IT services company in northern Europe, has deployed the VKernel vOperations SuiteTM (also referred to as vOPSTM) for VMware capacity management and reporting. Tieto joins a number of other cloud and hosting services providers from around the world using VKernel as their VMware management software solution.

VKernel Announces Its Collaboration with Red Hat Around Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization

VKernel Joins Open Virtualization Alliance (OVA) to Support Rising Interest in Heterogeneous Virtualization Environments

Andover, Massachusetts, USA, August 15, 2011 — VKernel, the award-winning provider of enterprise-class performance and capacity management products for virtualized data centers and cloud environments, announced today plans to add support for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization to their industry-leading vOperations Suite™. Additionally, VKernel has announced it has joined the Open Virtualization Alliance (OVA), further supporting the company’s strategy of heterogeneous hypervisor support.