VKernel Partners with Business Development Services for IT Solutions LLC

New Gold Partner to resell VKernel’s Suite of Virtual Appliances and build services for managing VMware ESX environments

PORTSMOUTH, N.H., June 3, 2008 – VKernel Corporation, a provider of easy-to-use and quick-to-deploy virtual appliances for managing virtual server environments, today announced a partnership with Business Development Services for IT Solutions LLC (BDS), a virtualization systems integrator promoting solutions in the tri-state area (N.Y., N.J., Conn.) Under the agreement, BDS is a VKernel Gold Partner that will resell VKernel’s Suite of Virtual Appliances for analyzing and monitoring capacity, implementing chargeback, and gaining cost visibility in VMware ESX environments to its growing customer base.

"By rapidly solving specific server virtualization issues such as cost visibility, chargeback, and capacity management, VKernel virtual appliances provide instantaneous value and benefits to any organization involved in a virtualization project," said Alex Bakman, founder and CEO of VKernel. "Our relationship with BDS should immediately increase market opportunities for VKernel’s products and drive revenues for both companies throughout the tri-state area."

The VKernel Virtual Appliance Suite for Systems Management is a set of "plug-and-play" virtual appliances designed to quickly address real world systems management challenges as organizations migrate to VMware virtual environments. VKernel products enable IT groups to immediately solve today’s critical pain points by providing visibility into the capacity and resource consumption of each virtual machine. VKernel is currently offering a Chargeback Virtual Appliance for gaining cost visibility and implementing chargeback, and a Capacity Bottleneck Analyzer Virtual Appliance for identifying and eliminating capacity bottlenecks.

"BDS promotes best practices for virtualization within enterprises starting with the design and architecture of the data center," said Jerry Reid, vice president of business development at BDS. "To enable our customers to experience the benefits of virtualization, we look for best-of-breed, complementary toolsets like those from VKernel so that we can provide distinguishing products and services that allow our customers to be successful throughout the virtualization lifecycle."

BDS helps customers better understand how virtualization can solve real business problems, while cutting costs and improving service level agreements. The BDS team has been marrying "top level subject matter experts" with its customers’ IT initiatives for over 20 years, so that its solutions are being designed and implemented by the most experienced resources. By initially architecting a smart solution, new tools can be integrated without re-designing. This saves resources and provides a platform flexible for future expansions.

About VKernel Corporation
Based in Portsmouth, NH, VKernel is dedicated to developing best-of-breed virtual appliances that enhance performance, lower costs, and simplify management of virtual environments of all sizes. As a member of VMware’s Technology Alliance Program, VKernel offers the industry’s only VMware certified virtual appliances for analyzing capacity, chargeback, and cost visibility. For more information, visit www.vkernel.com.

About Business Development Services for IT Solutions LLC
Business Development Services for IT Solutions LLC (BDS) promotes best-of-breed products and specialized professional services in the emerging technology space. BDS specializes in virtual technologies and associated solutions in the N.Y., N.J., Conn., tri-state area for companies of all sizes in every industry including pharmaceutical, financial, manufacturing, retail, and more. For more information, visit www.BDScorp.org.

VKernel and the VKernel logo are trademarks of VKernel Corporation. All other company and product names mentioned may be trademarks of their respective holders.

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