Jeda Networks
has today unveiled a new framework for future storage networking called
Software Defined Storage Networks (SDSN). Jeda Networks has
applied virtualization and abstraction to solve the complexity,
cost and scalability issues inherent in today’s storage networks.
By supplying the last essential piece to a fully virtualized IT
infrastructure, Jeda Networks is transforming the way storage is
networked in the Cloud era.
Today’s storage networks are complex,
expensive and are limited to scale as the applications they
support grow at a projected exponential rate. Jeda Networks has
created revolutionary SDSN technology, to significantly change the
adaptability of current storage networks to readily adjust to
this growth. Jeda is the first company to take a pure software
approach, applying Software Defined Network (SDN) technology, to
address current limitations inherent in today’s storage networks.
Jeda’s SDSN resides within the network, abstracting the essential
services of the storage network from the underlying physical network
significantly simplifying management tasks allowing for much larger
scaled networks.
As the “killer app” for Software
Defined Networks (SDN), Jeda Network’s highly scalable SDSN
software can be applied to any storage network from the smallest
rack of only a few systems to the largest Cloud Data Centers. For
small deployments, SDSN simplifies the deployment of the storage
network with the added benefit of utilizing standard management
software more readily available and less expensive than the proprietary
management software required in many environments today. Jeda
Networks’ software can also be deployed in the largest Data
Centers where scalable enterprise block storage resource pools are
not readily available due to storage network real-time
scalability issues.
“Jeda Networks' approach is unique and has
a chance to be a truly disruptive force in the market today,”
said analyst Deni Connor, Founding Analyst with StorageStrategies.
“Jeda Networks is taking what has traditionally been a hardware
play and turning storage networking into a simple, elegant
software solution that gives organizations more flexibility and
scalability in today’s virtual environments.”
Jeda Networks’
lead lies in the fact that its solution works with many existing
physical network components such as standard Ethernet switches and
standard 10Gb/s Ethernet adapters – no additional software and no
specialized hardware is required. The forward-thinking enterprises
looking to leverage SDN’s benefits to storage now have access to the
key enabler – the virtualized storage network. Jeda Networks gives
organizations, for the first time, a new, far less complex
approach to storage networking easily adapting to the next
generation of applications such as database, data mining, Big Data
and rich media requiring high performance storage solutions.
“At
Jeda, we are waging war on IT complexity,” said Stuart Berman, CEO
and founder of Jeda Networks. “We are offering a fundamental
architectural and business model shift in how applications access their
storage in the Cloud era. Our technology will lower the cost for
both the smallest IT environments as well usher in new
capabilities for the largest Cloud Data Centers.”
Friday, February 22, 2013
The future looks bright for VMware Flings
For the last few years, VMware engineers have been turning out a
number of free experimental tools that operate within the company's server virtualization platform. Dubbed Flings,
these VMware Lab creations are defined by VMware as "a brief casual
relationship" intended to be "a short-term thing." While these
interesting freebie tools are not part of any official product offering,
they have been well received within VMware's community of
virtualization users.
There is one important aspect to these Flings -- useful though they may be -- that needs to be mentioned over and over again: VMware clearly states that these tools are intended to be played with and explored, but they do not come with VMware support and therefore shouldn't be used in production environments.
That said, you might be asking yourself whether VMware really intends to stand behind these tools once the goodwill gesture runs out.
While we can't predict the future with any certainty, we do know Flings have been going strong for more than three years and VMware has amassed a list of 46 different Flings currently available online for download. I would argue that these tools have been proven useful by the community, and they're probably here to stay.
Not only are VMware engineers still coming out with new and interesting takes on Flings, but VMware is still putting its full faith and effort behind them as well.
Recently, one Fling graduated from short-term status to a longer-term and fully supported product component. In February 2011, scientists at VMware thought it would be fun and useful to allow VMware administrators to gain visibility and management capabilities within a Microsoft Hyper-V environment from within their VMware vSphere Client. To make that possible, they created the vCenter XVP Manager and Converter Fling.
There is one important aspect to these Flings -- useful though they may be -- that needs to be mentioned over and over again: VMware clearly states that these tools are intended to be played with and explored, but they do not come with VMware support and therefore shouldn't be used in production environments.
That said, you might be asking yourself whether VMware really intends to stand behind these tools once the goodwill gesture runs out.
While we can't predict the future with any certainty, we do know Flings have been going strong for more than three years and VMware has amassed a list of 46 different Flings currently available online for download. I would argue that these tools have been proven useful by the community, and they're probably here to stay.
Not only are VMware engineers still coming out with new and interesting takes on Flings, but VMware is still putting its full faith and effort behind them as well.
Recently, one Fling graduated from short-term status to a longer-term and fully supported product component. In February 2011, scientists at VMware thought it would be fun and useful to allow VMware administrators to gain visibility and management capabilities within a Microsoft Hyper-V environment from within their VMware vSphere Client. To make that possible, they created the vCenter XVP Manager and Converter Fling.
Microsoft Windows Azure Ousts Amazon S3 as Top Performer in Nasuni’s Stress Tests of Cloud Storage
Nasuni, a provider of enterprise storage to large, distributed organizations, today released results from its second annual State of Cloud Storage Report,
which tested the speed, availability and scalability of the top five
public cloud storage providers. In a reversal this year, Microsoft
Windows Azure Blob Storage outperformed last year’s leader, Amazon S3.
Nasuni publishes this annual report to share the information that it gathers in order to properly evaluate CSPs for its own use. In much the same way that traditional enterprise storage vendors use commodity disk drives as components in their products, Nasuni uses public cloud storage from the major CSPs as a component in their Storage Infrastructure as a Service.
And just as these traditional storage vendors constantly test commodity disk drives, Nasuni also regularly tests the major public storage clouds. Nasuni must monitor every change, improvement and update within the CSP market to know which CSPs best enable it to provide the highest quality service and deliver on its 100 percent reliability SLA.
In last year's report, tests demonstrated that Amazon S3 was the top performer due to its overall performance and consistent results. Although other offerings showed potential, they had not yet reached the level of performance that Amazon S3 demonstrated.
For the 2013 CSP Performance Test, Nasuni measured performance across three categories:
Nasuni’s engineers conducted all tests between November 2012 and January 2013 using virtual machines across most of the major cloud-compute platforms. Each CSP was tested by using three “outside” machines (for example, Amazon EC2 was not used to test Amazon S3) spread throughout the eastern region of the United States.
The results are clear: Microsoft Azure has taken a significant step ahead of Amazon S3 in almost every category tested. Across the three tests, Azure emerged as a top performer in all categories, and the leader in two out of three:
“Microsoft’s investment in its second generation cloud storage, which it made available to customers last year, has clearly paid off,” said Andres Rodriguez, CEO of Nasuni. “With Amazon S3 and Microsoft Windows Azure, the cloud storage industry clearly has two strong players to choose from. Even more encouraging, however, was the marked performance improvement across the board. As CSPs continue to mature, competition among top quality providers can only benefit enterprise IT.”
To download the full report, please visit www.nasuni.com/cloudreport.
Nasuni publishes this annual report to share the information that it gathers in order to properly evaluate CSPs for its own use. In much the same way that traditional enterprise storage vendors use commodity disk drives as components in their products, Nasuni uses public cloud storage from the major CSPs as a component in their Storage Infrastructure as a Service.
And just as these traditional storage vendors constantly test commodity disk drives, Nasuni also regularly tests the major public storage clouds. Nasuni must monitor every change, improvement and update within the CSP market to know which CSPs best enable it to provide the highest quality service and deliver on its 100 percent reliability SLA.
In last year's report, tests demonstrated that Amazon S3 was the top performer due to its overall performance and consistent results. Although other offerings showed potential, they had not yet reached the level of performance that Amazon S3 demonstrated.
For the 2013 CSP Performance Test, Nasuni measured performance across three categories:
- Write/Read/Delete Speed: This test measures the raw ability of each CSP to handle thousands of writes, reads and deletes (W/R/D) with files of varying sizes and levels of concurrency.
- Availability: This test measures each CSP’s response time to a single W/R/D process at 60-second intervals over a 30-day period.
- Scalability: This test measures each CSP’s performance consistency (or lack thereof) as the number of objects under management increases into the hundreds of millions.
Nasuni’s engineers conducted all tests between November 2012 and January 2013 using virtual machines across most of the major cloud-compute platforms. Each CSP was tested by using three “outside” machines (for example, Amazon EC2 was not used to test Amazon S3) spread throughout the eastern region of the United States.
The results are clear: Microsoft Azure has taken a significant step ahead of Amazon S3 in almost every category tested. Across the three tests, Azure emerged as a top performer in all categories, and the leader in two out of three:
- Speed: Azure was 56 percent faster than the No. 2 Amazon S3 in write speed, and 39 percent faster at reading files than the No. 2 HP Cloud Object Storage in read speed.
- Availability: Azure’s average response time was 25 percent faster than Amazon S3, which had the second fastest average time.
- Scalability: Amazon S3 varied only 0.6 percent from its average the scaling tests, with Microsoft Windows Azure varying 1.9 percent (both very acceptable levels of variance). The two OpenStack-based clouds – HP and Rackspace – showed significant variance of 23.5 percent and 26.1 percent, respectively, with performance becoming more and more unpredictable as object counts increased.
“Microsoft’s investment in its second generation cloud storage, which it made available to customers last year, has clearly paid off,” said Andres Rodriguez, CEO of Nasuni. “With Amazon S3 and Microsoft Windows Azure, the cloud storage industry clearly has two strong players to choose from. Even more encouraging, however, was the marked performance improvement across the board. As CSPs continue to mature, competition among top quality providers can only benefit enterprise IT.”
To download the full report, please visit www.nasuni.com/cloudreport.
Red Hat Unveils Big Data and Open Hybrid Cloud Direction
Red Hat, Inc., the world’s leading provider of open source
solutions, today announced its big data direction and solutions to
satisfy enterprise requirements for highly reliable, scalable, and
manageable solutions to effectively run their big data analytics
workloads. In addition, Red Hat announced that the company will
contribute its Red Hat Storage Hadoop plug-in to the Apache Hadoop
open community to transform Red Hat Storage into a
fully-supported, Hadoop-compatible file system for big data
environments, and that Red Hat is building a robust network of ecosystem
and enterprise integration partners to deliver comprehensive big
data solutions to enterprise customers. This is another example of
Red Hat’s strategic commitment to big data customers and its
continuing efforts to provide them with enterprise solutions
through community-driven innovation.
Red Hat big data infrastructure and application platforms are ideally suited for enterprises leveraging the open hybrid cloud environment. Red Hat is working with the open cloud community to support big data customers. Many enterprises worldwide use public cloud infrastructure, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), for the development, proof-of-concept, and pre-production phases of their big data projects. The workloads are then moved to their private clouds to scale up the analytics with the larger data set. An open hybrid cloud environment enables enterprises to transfer workloads from the public cloud into their private cloud without the need to re-tool their applications. Red Hat is actively engaged in the open cloud community through projects like OpenStack and OpenShift Origin to help meet these enterprise big data expectations both today and in the future.
Today, there are several Red Hat solutions available to effectively manage enterprise big data workloads. Focused on three primary areas, Red Hat’s big data direction includes extending its product portfolio to deliver enhanced enterprise-class infrastructure solutions and application platforms, and partnering with leading big data analytics vendors and integrators.
Red Hat’s Big Data Infrastructure Solutions
Red Hat big data infrastructure and application platforms are ideally suited for enterprises leveraging the open hybrid cloud environment. Red Hat is working with the open cloud community to support big data customers. Many enterprises worldwide use public cloud infrastructure, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), for the development, proof-of-concept, and pre-production phases of their big data projects. The workloads are then moved to their private clouds to scale up the analytics with the larger data set. An open hybrid cloud environment enables enterprises to transfer workloads from the public cloud into their private cloud without the need to re-tool their applications. Red Hat is actively engaged in the open cloud community through projects like OpenStack and OpenShift Origin to help meet these enterprise big data expectations both today and in the future.
Today, there are several Red Hat solutions available to effectively manage enterprise big data workloads. Focused on three primary areas, Red Hat’s big data direction includes extending its product portfolio to deliver enhanced enterprise-class infrastructure solutions and application platforms, and partnering with leading big data analytics vendors and integrators.
Red Hat’s Big Data Infrastructure Solutions
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux – According to the Jan. 2012 The Linux Foundation Enterprise Linux User Report, the majority of big data implementations run on Linux and as the leading provider of commercial Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a leading platform for big data deployments. Red Hat Enterprise Linux excels in distributed architectures and includes features that address critical big data needs. Managing tremendous data volumes and intensive analytic processing requires an infrastructure designed for high performance, reliability, fine-grained resource management, and scale-out storage. Red Hat Enterprise Linux addresses these challenges while adding the ability to develop, integrate, and secure big data applications reliably and scale easily to keep up with the pace that data is generated, analyzed, or transferred. This can be accomplished in the cloud, making it easier to store, aggregate, normalize, and integrate data from sources across multiple platforms, whether they are deployed as physical, virtual, or cloud-based resources.
- Red Hat Storage – Built on the trusted Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system and the proven GlusterFS distributed file system, Red Hat Storage Servers can be used to pool inexpensive commodity servers to provide a cost-effective, scalable, and reliable storage solution for big data.
- Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization – Announced in Dec. 2012, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.1 is integrated with Red Hat Storage, enabling it to access the secure, shared storage pool managed by Red Hat Storage. This integration also offers enterprises reduced operational costs, expanded portability, choice of infrastructure, scalability, availability and the power of community-driven innovation with the contributions of the open source oVirt and Gluster projects. The combination of these platforms furthers Red Hat’s open hybrid cloud vision of an integrated and converged Red Hat Storage and Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization node that serves both compute and storage resources.
- Red Hat JBoss Middleware – Red Hat JBoss Middleware provides enterprises with powerful technologies for creating and integrating big data-driven applications that are able to interact with new and emerging technologies like Hadoop or MongoDB. Big data is only valuable when businesses can extract information and respond intelligently. Red Hat JBoss Middleware solutions can populate large volumes and varieties of data quickly and reliably into Hadoop with high speed messaging technologies; simplify working with MongoDB through Hibernate OGM; process large volumes of data quickly and easily with Red Hat JBoss Data Grid; access Hadoop along with your traditional data sources with JBoss Enterprise Data Services Platform; and identify opportunities and threats through pattern recognition with JBoss Enterprise BRMS. Red Hat’s middleware portfolio is well-suited to help enterprises seize the opportunities of big data.
- Big Data Ecosystem Partners – To provide a comprehensive big data solution set to enterprises, Red Hat plans to partner with leading big data software and hardware providers to offer interoperability. Development of certified and documented reference architectures are expected to allow users to integrate and install comprehension enterprise big data solutions.
- Enterprise Partners – Red Hat anticipates enabling the delivery of a comprehensive big data solution to its customers through leading enterprise integration partners utilizing the reference architectures developed by Red Hat and its big data ecosystem partners.
Citrix Introduces XenMobile MDM
Today, Citrix announced XenMobile MDM,
an enterprise mobile device management solution that gives users device
choice while also enabling IT to meet its management and compliance
requirements. XenMobile MDM joins other Citrix solutions, including
Citrix CloudGateway, Citrix NetScaler, Citrix XenDesktop, GoToMeeting, GoToAssist, Citrix ShareFile, and Citrix Podio, providing organizations with a single vendor for all of their enterprise mobility needs.
Users are demanding the freedom to choose their own devices, use any app and access their e-mail and documents from anywhere. Organizations require a solution that addresses these user expectations, while also meeting IT’s need for security. XenMobile MDM provides the foundation to address these needs through role-based management, configuration and security of corporate and employee-owned devices. The solution is built on a highly secure architecture and integrates directly with Microsoft Active Directory and public key infrastructure systems, as well as security information and event management tools. With XenMobile MDM, users can self-service enroll their devices and IT can provision policies and apps to large groups of devices automatically. IT can blacklist or whitelist apps, detect and protect against jailbroken devices, and wipe or selectively wipe a device that is lost, stolen or out of compliance.
In addition to XenMobile MDM, Citrix now also offers a Mobile Solutions Bundle for Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM). The Mobile Solutions Bundle is comprised of XenMobile MDM and CloudGateway and eliminates the need for multiple point solutions from other vendors. This bundle combines industry-leading MDM with innovative mobile application management and delivers five key (EMM) capabilities.
XenMobile MDM and the Mobile Solutions Bundle will be available starting on February 25, 2013.
Users are demanding the freedom to choose their own devices, use any app and access their e-mail and documents from anywhere. Organizations require a solution that addresses these user expectations, while also meeting IT’s need for security. XenMobile MDM provides the foundation to address these needs through role-based management, configuration and security of corporate and employee-owned devices. The solution is built on a highly secure architecture and integrates directly with Microsoft Active Directory and public key infrastructure systems, as well as security information and event management tools. With XenMobile MDM, users can self-service enroll their devices and IT can provision policies and apps to large groups of devices automatically. IT can blacklist or whitelist apps, detect and protect against jailbroken devices, and wipe or selectively wipe a device that is lost, stolen or out of compliance.
In addition to XenMobile MDM, Citrix now also offers a Mobile Solutions Bundle for Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM). The Mobile Solutions Bundle is comprised of XenMobile MDM and CloudGateway and eliminates the need for multiple point solutions from other vendors. This bundle combines industry-leading MDM with innovative mobile application management and delivers five key (EMM) capabilities.
- Enterprise MDM delivers role-based management, configuration and security for both corporate and employee-owned devices.
- Secure e-mail, browser and data sharing apps from Citrix deliver a rich user experience with the management and control that IT requires.
- Mobile app containers centralize IT management, security and control for any mobile app, whether created by a third party or enterprise IT.
- Unified app store provides a single place for users to access all of their apps – mobile, web, SaaS, and Windows – on any device.
- Identity management, single sign-on and scenario-based access control make it easy for IT to manage user access and radically simplify the user experience.
XenMobile MDM and the Mobile Solutions Bundle will be available starting on February 25, 2013.
OnApp Announces General Availability of OnApp Cloud v3.0
OnApp has announced the General Availability of OnApp Cloud v3.0, the
latest version of its cloud platform for service providers. OnApp
Cloud v3.0 sets a new standard for cloud platform technology by
moving far beyond simple cloud orchestration. With an integrated
SAN, global CDN and new support for VMware clouds, it reduces the
capital expenditure needed to build cloud services, and offers new
ways for cloud providers to generate revenue by selling a wider
range of services through their core cloud platform.
OnApp Cloud v3.0 includes OnApp Storage, an enterprise-class Storage Area Network (SAN) designed for cloud environments; OnApp CDN, an integrated global CDN with new support for video on demand and live streaming; and new support for VMware clouds. Combined with highly automated VM management, DNS, load balancing, autoscaling, failover, firewalls, billing, user management and other core cloud management functions, OnApp Cloud v3.0 makes it easier than ever before for service providers to build a successful global cloud business.
“OnApp Cloud v3.0 gives you much more than just a cloud - it gives you the tools you need to build a global cloud business,” said OnApp CEO, Ditlev Bredahl. “With VMware support in v3.0, you can take your cloud brand into the huge VMware market. You can create new services like CDN, and use our network of 140-plus locations to accelerate apps, video and other content for your customers. You can offer utility cloud, packaged cloud, private and public cloud, load balancing, autoscaling, firewalls, DNS and more, all managed through a single control panel.
“With OnApp Storage included as well, we've removed the last real entry barrier to the cloud - which has been finding a storage system that matches the performance and cost profile cloud providers need,” he added. “OnApp Storage is designed for cloud providers. You can build a SAN in your cloud by adding disks to your existing servers. You can use your current 1Gbit network environment, which is unique for a distributed SAN, and we've built some very smart technology that optimizes throughput, so you're getting close to raw disk performance. It's fully integrated with our billing, VM provisioning and other cloud management functions, and it scales naturally as your cloud service grows - if you need more space, just add more disks.”
Ubiquity Servers is one of the first cloud providers to adopt OnApp Cloud v3.0. Ubiquity was a key participant in the OnApp Storage beta test, which began in early 2012, and the company will soon launch new cloud services built around OnApp's integrated SAN.
“OnApp Cloud v3.0 is the platform we've been waiting for since we launched our first cloud service back in 2007,” said Clint Chapman, Ubiquity's CTO. “Traditional SANs are really not suited to the cloud. They're very expensive, difficult to maintain and not very efficient for typical cloud workloads. Using OnApp Cloud v3.0, we're building a new global cloud service that aims to give customers twice the performance of the Amazon cloud, at half the cost. The cost and performance benefits of OnApp Storage are an essential part of that mission.”
Highlight features of OnApp Cloud v3.0 include:
Availability and Pricing
OnApp Cloud v3.0 is a free upgrade for customers with previous versions of OnApp Cloud. New customers can deploy OnApp Cloud v3.0 under OnApp’s standard monthly license.
OnApp Cloud v3.0 includes OnApp Storage, an enterprise-class Storage Area Network (SAN) designed for cloud environments; OnApp CDN, an integrated global CDN with new support for video on demand and live streaming; and new support for VMware clouds. Combined with highly automated VM management, DNS, load balancing, autoscaling, failover, firewalls, billing, user management and other core cloud management functions, OnApp Cloud v3.0 makes it easier than ever before for service providers to build a successful global cloud business.
“OnApp Cloud v3.0 gives you much more than just a cloud - it gives you the tools you need to build a global cloud business,” said OnApp CEO, Ditlev Bredahl. “With VMware support in v3.0, you can take your cloud brand into the huge VMware market. You can create new services like CDN, and use our network of 140-plus locations to accelerate apps, video and other content for your customers. You can offer utility cloud, packaged cloud, private and public cloud, load balancing, autoscaling, firewalls, DNS and more, all managed through a single control panel.
“With OnApp Storage included as well, we've removed the last real entry barrier to the cloud - which has been finding a storage system that matches the performance and cost profile cloud providers need,” he added. “OnApp Storage is designed for cloud providers. You can build a SAN in your cloud by adding disks to your existing servers. You can use your current 1Gbit network environment, which is unique for a distributed SAN, and we've built some very smart technology that optimizes throughput, so you're getting close to raw disk performance. It's fully integrated with our billing, VM provisioning and other cloud management functions, and it scales naturally as your cloud service grows - if you need more space, just add more disks.”
Ubiquity Servers is one of the first cloud providers to adopt OnApp Cloud v3.0. Ubiquity was a key participant in the OnApp Storage beta test, which began in early 2012, and the company will soon launch new cloud services built around OnApp's integrated SAN.
“OnApp Cloud v3.0 is the platform we've been waiting for since we launched our first cloud service back in 2007,” said Clint Chapman, Ubiquity's CTO. “Traditional SANs are really not suited to the cloud. They're very expensive, difficult to maintain and not very efficient for typical cloud workloads. Using OnApp Cloud v3.0, we're building a new global cloud service that aims to give customers twice the performance of the Amazon cloud, at half the cost. The cost and performance benefits of OnApp Storage are an essential part of that mission.”
Highlight features of OnApp Cloud v3.0 include:
A built-in, high-performance SAN: OnApp Storage
is bundled with the full version of OnApp Cloud. It enables cloud
providers to pool the capacity of SATA and SSD disks in their
hypervisor servers to create fast, reliable and cost-effective storage
for cloud services. OnApp Storage provides intuitive control of
striping and redundancy, supports multiple tiers of storage,
over-commit and other key functionality for service providers.
Crucially, it includes OnApp’s VM-aware technology, which removes
performance bottlenecks by ensuring that data resides on the same
server as the application that needs it.
VMware support:
OnApp Cloud v3.0 enables cloud providers to manage clouds running
on VMware vSphere 5, as well as those built on the leading open
source virtualization platforms, Xen and KVM. Using OnApp to
manage VMware clouds gives cloud providers more control over billing
and user management, a much more intuitive control panel, and reduces
licensing costs compared with using VMware's vCloud Director,
vChargeback and other tools.
Integrated CDN with video support: OnApp Cloud v3.0 includes OnApp CDN,
which enables cloud providers to accelerate web apps and content
for their clients by hosting them at more than 140 locations in 39
countries worldwide. In version 3.0, OnApp CDN integrates media
streaming software from the industry leader, Wowza, to enable
video-on-demand and live streaming for all popular video formats.
Other new features in OnApp Cloud v3.0 include a redesigned
control panel with new wizards for VM provisioning; Cloud Boot, a
new way for cloud providers to automate the set-up and discovery
of hypervisor servers, saving up to an hour per hypervisor; and
more than 100 other enhancements and improvements.Availability and Pricing
OnApp Cloud v3.0 is a free upgrade for customers with previous versions of OnApp Cloud. New customers can deploy OnApp Cloud v3.0 under OnApp’s standard monthly license.
HOBLink JWT: The Advanced RDP Client for Remote Access to Windows Remote Desktop Server
Remote access to Windows Server with Remote Desktop Services (Windows
Remote Desktop Server) is not new – There are many clients that
enable this remote access. With HOBLink JWT, HOB offers a hardened
client that can do much more than RDP remote access. Especially
as regards security, adaptability and flexibility, HOBLink JWT
leaves nothing to be desired – for IT administrators as well as
users. You can also download a free e-Paper from HOB on this subject.
Security: A Must for Remote Access
Encrypted data transfer is now standard. HOBLink JWT provides you more security mechanisms, some of which are unique. IT administrators can, for example, exactly determine which local drives, directories or sub-directories are available in the remote session. Solutions here often work after the principle “all or nothing.” For certificate-based authentication, HOBLink JWT also supports Smartcard Redirection.
The A and Z: Easy Integration in Existing IT Infrastructure
As HOBLink JWT is purely software-based, it can be easily integrated into existing IT infrastructures, e.g., environments of third-party manufacturers such as appliances or cloud portals. Remote access is had with the fast RDP protocol over a Java-capable browser. Administrator rights or installation on the client are not needed – no matter if the operating system is Windows, Mac OS X or Linux. And, the most various platforms are accessible – Windows Remote Desktop Server, Desktop PCs or virtual systems, optionally Macs or Unix/Linux systems can be remotely accessed.
Intuitive Operability Reduces Stress Level – for IT Administrators and Users
With IT administrators HOBLink JWT scores with central administration, configuration and management. HOBLink JWT is delivered with a default configuration which often doesn’t need to be modified. Thanks to the “zero touch client” principle, the individual access devices need not be touched – A big advantage when not all these devices are centrally located.
HOBLink JWT pleases users with an intuitively operable GUI. The user simply opens an Internet browser, enters the defined URL and authenticates himself. Now he has quick and easy access to the desired enterprise data. The HOB Load Balancing mechanism spreads the load of all sessions evenly over the available resources. Users profit from a performant and extremely stable connection. With the integrated Wake-on-LAN, the target PC can be remotely activated in the event it was switched off.
Security: A Must for Remote Access
Encrypted data transfer is now standard. HOBLink JWT provides you more security mechanisms, some of which are unique. IT administrators can, for example, exactly determine which local drives, directories or sub-directories are available in the remote session. Solutions here often work after the principle “all or nothing.” For certificate-based authentication, HOBLink JWT also supports Smartcard Redirection.
The A and Z: Easy Integration in Existing IT Infrastructure
As HOBLink JWT is purely software-based, it can be easily integrated into existing IT infrastructures, e.g., environments of third-party manufacturers such as appliances or cloud portals. Remote access is had with the fast RDP protocol over a Java-capable browser. Administrator rights or installation on the client are not needed – no matter if the operating system is Windows, Mac OS X or Linux. And, the most various platforms are accessible – Windows Remote Desktop Server, Desktop PCs or virtual systems, optionally Macs or Unix/Linux systems can be remotely accessed.
Intuitive Operability Reduces Stress Level – for IT Administrators and Users
With IT administrators HOBLink JWT scores with central administration, configuration and management. HOBLink JWT is delivered with a default configuration which often doesn’t need to be modified. Thanks to the “zero touch client” principle, the individual access devices need not be touched – A big advantage when not all these devices are centrally located.
HOBLink JWT pleases users with an intuitively operable GUI. The user simply opens an Internet browser, enters the defined URL and authenticates himself. Now he has quick and easy access to the desired enterprise data. The HOB Load Balancing mechanism spreads the load of all sessions evenly over the available resources. Users profit from a performant and extremely stable connection. With the integrated Wake-on-LAN, the target PC can be remotely activated in the event it was switched off.
VMware Unveils VMware Horizon Suite, Industry's Most Comprehensive Platform for Workforce Mobility
VMware, Inc., the global leader in virtualization and cloud
infrastructure, today unveiled the VMware Horizon Suite, a comprehensive
platform for workforce mobility that will connect end users to their
data, applications and desktops on any device without sacrificing IT
security and control. With updates to VMware Horizon View and VMware
Horizon Mirage, as well as a new product, VMware Horizon Workspace, the
VMware Horizon Suite will enable IT organizations to empower users with a
secure, easy-to-manage virtual workspace that delivers a consistent,
compelling experience across devices.
“Our customers are looking for a comprehensive, enterprise-class solution to empower workers in a world where the proliferation of devices and consumer cloud services have changed user expectations, while putting IT security and governance at risk,” said Boaz Chalamish, senior vice president and general manager, End-User Computing, VMware. “VMware virtualization has helped hundreds of thousands of customers change what is possible in the datacenter, and we believe it can have the same transformative impact in end-user computing. The VMware Horizon Suite will help our customers accelerate their journeys from the PC Era to the Multi-Device Era.”
A report by Forrester Research Inc. finds the use of personal devices outside of IT control alarming — with 67 percent of employees using personally selected smartphones and 46 percent using personally selected laptops – none of which were approved or issued by the company . And, a recent survey by VMware found that 83 percent of IT administrators wanted to prevent the use of consumer online storage and collaboration applications . The VMware Horizon Suite is designed to solve the security and governance challenges these consumer-ready applications and devices bring to enterprises, enabling IT to meet the demands of their users with a virtual workspace that is secure, compliant and easy to manage.
“Instead of treating remote work styles as an exception, success at Jaguar Land Rover will mean designing systems and policies assuming that everyone is mobile, using multiple personal devices connecting over both local and global networks,” said Gordon McMullan, acting chief technology officer, Chief Information Technology Office, Jaguar Land Rover Automotive. “VMware's Horizon Suite is at the heart of this capability. This will dramatically improve collaboration and productivity of our global workforce.”
Single, Unified Platform for End-User Computing
The VMware Horizon Suite will bring together VMware’s industry-leading desktop virtualization solution and technologies VMware has built from the ground up to support a mobile, collaborative workforce, including Project Octopus, Project AppBlast, Project AppShift, VMware ThinApp, VMware Horizon Application Manager and VMware Horizon Mobile into a single, unified solution. An integrated platform to support the mobile workforce, the VMware Horizon Suite is designed to transform technology silos of data, applications and desktops into centralized IT services that can be easily provisioned, managed and delivered to end-users. It includes:
VMware Horizon Workspace – The New Virtual Workspace
Today, VMware introduced Horizon Workspace, a new product that will simplify the end-user experience and reduce IT costs by combining data, applications and desktops into a single aggregated workspace, that can be securely delivered on any device.
With VMware Horizon Workspace, IT administrators will be able to allocate data, applications or desktops to end users or groups instead of their devices, and end users will be able to self-provision corporate applications and services to reduce the burden on IT. This enables a quick and responsive IT department that can deliver the right data, application or desktop to any device, on the fly. Horizon Workspace will also enable organizations to easily add new devices, users or applications without having to reconfigure the devices or endpoints. In addition, centralized management simplifies the enforcement and management of user policies so the entire solution will enhance safety and security.
Read more about VMware Horizon Workspace
VMware Horizon View 5.2 – Easy-to-Use and Simple-to-Manage VDI
Transforming traditional physical PCs into centralized managed IT services, VMware Horizon View 5.2 will deliver elastic desktop services as a virtual workspace for ultimate control and flexibility for user experience, administration and service. New simplified access to remote Horizon View desktops using any HTML 5 capable browser will enable end users to conveniently access their virtual desktop and applications on any device without having to install burdensome client software ahead of time. Support for hardware-accelerated 3-D graphics will enable the most graphically intensive applications to run inside virtual desktops, opening new industries such as CAD (computer assisted design) and CAM (computer assisted manufacturing) to VDI. Lastly, Horizon View 5.2 with Unity will offer a new intuitive, gesture-oriented interface to transform your Windows mobile environment into a tablet-friendly user experience.
Read more about what’s new in VMware Horizon View 5.2
VMware Horizon Mirage 4 – A Better Physical Desktop
VMware Horizon Mirage 4 will provide an optimal end-user experience for both online and offline productivity while lowering IT costs with zero-touch management of desktop services. Horizon Mirage is a layered image management solution that separates the PC into logical layers owned and managed by either IT or the end user. Horizon Mirage 4 will give IT the ability to update individual layers without disruption to other layers, thus enabling end-user data and applications to be up to date. In addition, integration with VMware ThinApp application virtualization streamlines application packaging, which can enable smoother OS migrations and provide “roll-back” capabilities in case of failure or disaster. VMware Horizon Mirage 4 also extends support for virtual Windows environments on Macs with a free bundle of VMware Fusion® Professional, improving end user productivity.
Read more about what’s new in VMware Horizon Mirage
Moving From the PC Era to the Multi-Device Era with VMware Professional Services
VMware Professional Services can help customers accelerate their move to the multi-device era with consulting services for VMware Horizon Suite. VMware Professional Services Consultants bring the expertise and know-how to customers to efficiently design and implement the solution to deliver business results. Visit VMware Professional Services for more information.
Pricing and Availability
VMware Horizon Suite is expected to be available in Q1 2013 and customers will have the option to leverage the entire platform of integrated products or purchase and deploy specific capabilities of the platform depending on their organizational needs.
VMware Horizon Suite will be licensed per named user with prices starting at $300. All of the Horizon Suite products will also be sold individually. Go to VMware Horizon Suite Pricing/Buy page.
“Our customers are looking for a comprehensive, enterprise-class solution to empower workers in a world where the proliferation of devices and consumer cloud services have changed user expectations, while putting IT security and governance at risk,” said Boaz Chalamish, senior vice president and general manager, End-User Computing, VMware. “VMware virtualization has helped hundreds of thousands of customers change what is possible in the datacenter, and we believe it can have the same transformative impact in end-user computing. The VMware Horizon Suite will help our customers accelerate their journeys from the PC Era to the Multi-Device Era.”
A report by Forrester Research Inc. finds the use of personal devices outside of IT control alarming — with 67 percent of employees using personally selected smartphones and 46 percent using personally selected laptops – none of which were approved or issued by the company . And, a recent survey by VMware found that 83 percent of IT administrators wanted to prevent the use of consumer online storage and collaboration applications . The VMware Horizon Suite is designed to solve the security and governance challenges these consumer-ready applications and devices bring to enterprises, enabling IT to meet the demands of their users with a virtual workspace that is secure, compliant and easy to manage.
“Instead of treating remote work styles as an exception, success at Jaguar Land Rover will mean designing systems and policies assuming that everyone is mobile, using multiple personal devices connecting over both local and global networks,” said Gordon McMullan, acting chief technology officer, Chief Information Technology Office, Jaguar Land Rover Automotive. “VMware's Horizon Suite is at the heart of this capability. This will dramatically improve collaboration and productivity of our global workforce.”
Single, Unified Platform for End-User Computing
The VMware Horizon Suite will bring together VMware’s industry-leading desktop virtualization solution and technologies VMware has built from the ground up to support a mobile, collaborative workforce, including Project Octopus, Project AppBlast, Project AppShift, VMware ThinApp, VMware Horizon Application Manager and VMware Horizon Mobile into a single, unified solution. An integrated platform to support the mobile workforce, the VMware Horizon Suite is designed to transform technology silos of data, applications and desktops into centralized IT services that can be easily provisioned, managed and delivered to end-users. It includes:
VMware Horizon Workspace – The New Virtual Workspace
Today, VMware introduced Horizon Workspace, a new product that will simplify the end-user experience and reduce IT costs by combining data, applications and desktops into a single aggregated workspace, that can be securely delivered on any device.
With VMware Horizon Workspace, IT administrators will be able to allocate data, applications or desktops to end users or groups instead of their devices, and end users will be able to self-provision corporate applications and services to reduce the burden on IT. This enables a quick and responsive IT department that can deliver the right data, application or desktop to any device, on the fly. Horizon Workspace will also enable organizations to easily add new devices, users or applications without having to reconfigure the devices or endpoints. In addition, centralized management simplifies the enforcement and management of user policies so the entire solution will enhance safety and security.
Read more about VMware Horizon Workspace
VMware Horizon View 5.2 – Easy-to-Use and Simple-to-Manage VDI
Transforming traditional physical PCs into centralized managed IT services, VMware Horizon View 5.2 will deliver elastic desktop services as a virtual workspace for ultimate control and flexibility for user experience, administration and service. New simplified access to remote Horizon View desktops using any HTML 5 capable browser will enable end users to conveniently access their virtual desktop and applications on any device without having to install burdensome client software ahead of time. Support for hardware-accelerated 3-D graphics will enable the most graphically intensive applications to run inside virtual desktops, opening new industries such as CAD (computer assisted design) and CAM (computer assisted manufacturing) to VDI. Lastly, Horizon View 5.2 with Unity will offer a new intuitive, gesture-oriented interface to transform your Windows mobile environment into a tablet-friendly user experience.
Read more about what’s new in VMware Horizon View 5.2
VMware Horizon Mirage 4 – A Better Physical Desktop
VMware Horizon Mirage 4 will provide an optimal end-user experience for both online and offline productivity while lowering IT costs with zero-touch management of desktop services. Horizon Mirage is a layered image management solution that separates the PC into logical layers owned and managed by either IT or the end user. Horizon Mirage 4 will give IT the ability to update individual layers without disruption to other layers, thus enabling end-user data and applications to be up to date. In addition, integration with VMware ThinApp application virtualization streamlines application packaging, which can enable smoother OS migrations and provide “roll-back” capabilities in case of failure or disaster. VMware Horizon Mirage 4 also extends support for virtual Windows environments on Macs with a free bundle of VMware Fusion® Professional, improving end user productivity.
Read more about what’s new in VMware Horizon Mirage
Moving From the PC Era to the Multi-Device Era with VMware Professional Services
VMware Professional Services can help customers accelerate their move to the multi-device era with consulting services for VMware Horizon Suite. VMware Professional Services Consultants bring the expertise and know-how to customers to efficiently design and implement the solution to deliver business results. Visit VMware Professional Services for more information.
Pricing and Availability
VMware Horizon Suite is expected to be available in Q1 2013 and customers will have the option to leverage the entire platform of integrated products or purchase and deploy specific capabilities of the platform depending on their organizational needs.
VMware Horizon Suite will be licensed per named user with prices starting at $300. All of the Horizon Suite products will also be sold individually. Go to VMware Horizon Suite Pricing/Buy page.
Anuta Networks Accelerates the Delivery of Software Defined Data Centers
Anuta Networks, the industry-first provider of network services virtualization
solutions, today announced three new product enhancements for its nCloudX
platform to enable cloud service providers and enterprises to achieve the
promise of the software defined data center. Specifically, Anuta nCloudX now
includes integration with VMware vCloud Director, support for virtual appliances
from multiple vendors and integration with OpenStack.
"We are confident about the evolution of Software Defined Data Center, and the role of Virtual Appliances in the L2-L7 services. Anuta brings a unique technology of Network Service Orchestration for the Software Defined Data Center," said Tomohiro Iwamoto, General Manager, Net One Systems, Japan. "We believe that there is a strong requirement for this type of technology and solutions in Japanese market."
"Anuta Networks is addressing one of the key barriers for achieving agility in cloud computing," said Shoichi Morita, President and CEO, Networld Corporation, Japan. "By enabling customers to leverage their existing technology without requiring a complete overhaul of the network, Anuta's nCloudX platform is paving the way for the delivery of new value-added software defined data centers."
"Anuta is committed to the customers in Japan interested in implementing Software Defined Data Centers using VMware, OpenStack or other Cloud Technologies," said Chandu Guntakala, founder, president and CEO of Anuta Networks. "We are excited about the opportunities in exploring partnership with Net One Systems and Networld Corporation, the premier IT Solutions & Services Organizations in Japan. This collaboration will help us enable a faster and seamless customers' transformation to software defined data centers previously not possible."
Key New Features of Anuta nCloudX:
"We are confident about the evolution of Software Defined Data Center, and the role of Virtual Appliances in the L2-L7 services. Anuta brings a unique technology of Network Service Orchestration for the Software Defined Data Center," said Tomohiro Iwamoto, General Manager, Net One Systems, Japan. "We believe that there is a strong requirement for this type of technology and solutions in Japanese market."
"Anuta Networks is addressing one of the key barriers for achieving agility in cloud computing," said Shoichi Morita, President and CEO, Networld Corporation, Japan. "By enabling customers to leverage their existing technology without requiring a complete overhaul of the network, Anuta's nCloudX platform is paving the way for the delivery of new value-added software defined data centers."
"Anuta is committed to the customers in Japan interested in implementing Software Defined Data Centers using VMware, OpenStack or other Cloud Technologies," said Chandu Guntakala, founder, president and CEO of Anuta Networks. "We are excited about the opportunities in exploring partnership with Net One Systems and Networld Corporation, the premier IT Solutions & Services Organizations in Japan. This collaboration will help us enable a faster and seamless customers' transformation to software defined data centers previously not possible."
Key New Features of Anuta nCloudX:
- VMware vCloud Director Integration
- Support for Virtual Appliances from Multiple Vendors
- OpenStack Integration:
Bromium vSentry Sets New Standard for Security Effectiveness
Bromium, Inc., a software solutions provider that makes enterprise
endpoints secure by design, today announced the first independent
security validation of its vSentry software for Windows
desktops. In test results just published by NSS Labs, Bromium vSentry
protected endpoints from every attack, confirming that Bromium
vSentry sets a new industry standard for endpoint security.
NSS Labs testing verified that Bromium vSentry managed to defeat and automatically remediate all attacks, including 166 embedded exploits delivered via email to Microsoft Outlook®, 153 drive-by attacks delivered via HTTP and HTTPS, and 15 advanced attacks using the Metasploit penetration testing toolset that incorporated advanced obfuscation and evasion techniques in an attempt to bypass protection.
“This is the first public test in our new Threat Isolation group test, using our new Security Stack Test Harness,” said Ken Baylor, Research VP at NSS Labs. “The Stack Test Harness allows NSS to accurately determine the level of protection offered by the industry’s leading security products as measured against active penetration attempts by actual threat actors. Tests conducted with Bromium vSentry showed that the software was able to defeat 100 percent of the attacks launched against an otherwise unprotected Windows 7 desktop.”
vSentry is built on the Bromium Microvisor – a security-focused hypervisor designed to automatically, instantly and invisibly hardware-isolate each vulnerable Microsoft Windows task in a micro-VM that is prevented from modifying Windows or gain access to enterprise data or network infrastructure. Whenever a task isolated with vSentry attempts to access files, networks, devices, the clipboard, or interact with the user, the hardware interrupts execution and passes control to the Microvisor, which enforces task- specific policies on a strictly “need-to- know” basis.
The New York Stock Exchange is among the growing number of large enterprise and government organizations that attest to the power of vSentry.
“vSentry is an intriguing product because of its unique ability to isolate and analyze the potential impact of very real attacks on your network,” said Sunil Seshadri, SVP & Chief Information Security Officer at NYSE Euronext. “It's almost like performing preventative forensics, which is a very innovative capability, and incredibly valuable in today's carefully guarded corporate networks.”
“The independent findings of NSS Labs, as well as the feedback we receive from customers, all validate the unmatched protection of Bromium’s hardware-enabled isolation technology integrated into the innovative, lightweight design of vSentry,” said Franklyn Jones, Vice President of Marketing at Bromium. “Bromium continues to deliver on its vision of a profoundly more secure enterprise endpoint, while simultaneously enabling IT to empower end-users to access the web and untrustworthy content with a safe, non-disruptive user experience.“
NSS Labs testing verified that Bromium vSentry managed to defeat and automatically remediate all attacks, including 166 embedded exploits delivered via email to Microsoft Outlook®, 153 drive-by attacks delivered via HTTP and HTTPS, and 15 advanced attacks using the Metasploit penetration testing toolset that incorporated advanced obfuscation and evasion techniques in an attempt to bypass protection.
“This is the first public test in our new Threat Isolation group test, using our new Security Stack Test Harness,” said Ken Baylor, Research VP at NSS Labs. “The Stack Test Harness allows NSS to accurately determine the level of protection offered by the industry’s leading security products as measured against active penetration attempts by actual threat actors. Tests conducted with Bromium vSentry showed that the software was able to defeat 100 percent of the attacks launched against an otherwise unprotected Windows 7 desktop.”
vSentry is built on the Bromium Microvisor – a security-focused hypervisor designed to automatically, instantly and invisibly hardware-isolate each vulnerable Microsoft Windows task in a micro-VM that is prevented from modifying Windows or gain access to enterprise data or network infrastructure. Whenever a task isolated with vSentry attempts to access files, networks, devices, the clipboard, or interact with the user, the hardware interrupts execution and passes control to the Microvisor, which enforces task- specific policies on a strictly “need-to- know” basis.
The New York Stock Exchange is among the growing number of large enterprise and government organizations that attest to the power of vSentry.
“vSentry is an intriguing product because of its unique ability to isolate and analyze the potential impact of very real attacks on your network,” said Sunil Seshadri, SVP & Chief Information Security Officer at NYSE Euronext. “It's almost like performing preventative forensics, which is a very innovative capability, and incredibly valuable in today's carefully guarded corporate networks.”
“The independent findings of NSS Labs, as well as the feedback we receive from customers, all validate the unmatched protection of Bromium’s hardware-enabled isolation technology integrated into the innovative, lightweight design of vSentry,” said Franklyn Jones, Vice President of Marketing at Bromium. “Bromium continues to deliver on its vision of a profoundly more secure enterprise endpoint, while simultaneously enabling IT to empower end-users to access the web and untrustworthy content with a safe, non-disruptive user experience.“
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