Latisys Lunch & Learn Series: Feb. 22, 2012

ATLANTA – January 26, 2012 – Virima Technologies, Inc. today announced general availability and stand-alone licensing of EcosystemManager^TM v3.0 (EM v3.0), a significant update to the first and only enterprise software that is built upon a patent-pending autonomic computing platform. EcosystemManager was designed to accelerate, automate and simplify IT operations management while lowering costs and reducing risk.  The EM v3.0 release brings significant enhancements to the user interface (UI), a robust reporting module and a strengthened autonomic social computing engine.

EcosystemManager provides the automation, control and visibility organizations need to successfully navigate Data Center Transformation (DCT), compliance, audit and IT Operations Management projects.  Change in the enterprise data center is routine so a tool like EM v3.0, with ITIL v3 support, is a critical resource for those tasked with managing the IT side of the business.  The ValueChain Manager ^TM module keeps discovery information fresh autonomically and provides unprecedented visibility into IT assets.  The DCXpress ^TM module provides integrated program, task and resource management while leveraging the valuable information contained within ValueChain Manager.

The EM v3.0 release includes these additions:

1) Major UI enhancements that simplify navigation, add visualization features, and dramatically improve the topology visualization of your IT network.

2) A robust reporting module that includes multiple types of reports for performance, audit, compliance, or ITIL support.

3) Improvements in the Autonomic Social Computing Engine now allow EM to not only ask users to fill in information gaps but it will also proactively present solutions from known possibilities.

“EcosystemManager represents a paradigm shift in the way you think about your IT Operations,” said Palaniswamy ‘Raj’ Rajan, Chairman and CEO of Virima Technologies.  “Our autonomic technology proactively works for you 24×7, 365 days a year in keeping the information about your IT ecosystem current.  Our consultants have been successfully using EM as a tool with our enterprise clients and there has been a demand to offer the software for purchase.   We are pleased to make EM v3.0 available for a software subscription and licensing purchase effective immediately.”

Additionally, EM v3.0 brings improvements to the DCXpress module that include the ability to show the ‘percentage complete’ for projects and programs, and an improved Phase Gate logic to ensure important steps are not missed. EM v3.0 is the most comprehensive Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) solution in the industry today that helps manage your IT platform and assets regardless of whether it is hosted on your corporate campus or outsourced with managed and cloud services providers.
“EcosystemManager has always been innovative software in that it is the only tool on the market that automates the process of gathering the critical tribal knowledge that eludes the network scanning and discovery tools available on the market today,” said Karun Rajasekharan, Virima’s Chief Product Officer. “EcosystemManager provides the correlation of multiple layers of the IT stack from Infrastructure, Network, Server, Applications and Business Processes, and actively seeks to fill in information gaps so you have a complete, up to the minute picture of your IT environment and the related dependencies at all times. “

EcosystemManager v3.0 is available from Virima or through partner channels and pricing is done via monthly recurring or perpetual licensing.  For more information, please visit Virima’s website or call 404-969-4180 (option 1).

About Virima
An innovator in accelerated Data Center Transformations and IT Operations management, Virima Technologies has the expertise and technology to manage the risks associated with complex data center consolidation, optimization and cloud migration projects.  Its technology-enabled DCT FastPath^TM Solution leverages expert consultants, proven methodologies and the world’s first autonomic discovery and correlation software with built-in transformation program management.  Virima’s technology approach to data center transformation provides effective alignment of an organization’s IT operations and assets with its business strategy and processes, enabling greater visibility into your IT ecosystem for audit, compliance and ITIL support functions.  The result is data center transformation projects completed faster with significant savings over typical industry approaches. Learn more about Virima at www.virima.com or call 1-404-969-4180 x112.

Particularly interesting to us here at Virima was number 4 on the list – IT Service Buyers Look Beyond Labor Arbitrage.

“Outsourcing customers still want to keep costs low when they farm out IT services. But next year, they’ll want more—increased global flexibility or better technology, for example…(however)…Providers will still be overly focused on cost reduction for their clients, as opposed to process improvement and innovation.”

That has been our philosophy at Virima all along. We know the main reason our clients outsource is to save money, but if you are not delivering any value beyond that, you are doing a disservice to your clients. Innovative technology (EcosystemManager) and process improvement (IT Operations Management) have always been the cornerstones to Virima’s value proposition. We’re glad to see that 2012 will see that value come to the forefront.

Happy New Year from Virima Technologies!

Read the full article at CIO.com

In speaking about Virima’s EcosystemManager software suite, Tier1 said:

“T1R received a demo of the EcosystemManager and believes the project management tool provides an extremely valuable high-level, real-time view of a datacenter’s infrastructure, processes and particularly, people (made possible by Virima’s autonomic social engine). That is, after all information sources are linked to the software and digested. We can see why Latisys, in particular, would be disposed to forming a partnership with Virima.”

This is the value that Virima delivers to both customers and service providers, and Tier1 nailed it. Our Autonomic Social Discovery engine is unique in the industry and allows EcosystemManager to give enterprises a clearer, more complete picture of their IT infrastructure. Latisys sees this value as well and we are proud to partner with them in serving their enterprise clients.

In commenting on the partnership, Tier1 said:

“Migrating from an enterprise datacenter can be a tedious and daunting task. Latisys and Virima Technologies have teamed up to provide customers with a smoother transition to the multi-tenant datacenter (MTDC) model. Virima will offer Latisys customers its DCT FastPath service, which will assist with migrating IT infrastructure into Latisys’s datacenters. The services provided by Virima will help customers make the often difficult decisions, including infrastructure requirements and risk management, associated with datacenter migration…This partnership will allow Latisys to fine-tune its migration capabilities to better serve its nationwide customers through automated processes and functions.”

Read the full article here: Daily t1r_Virima Technologies_20 Dec 2011

Analyst: Michael Levy, Stefanie Beaubien

Migrating from an enterprise datacenter can be a tedious and daunting task. Latisys and Virima Technologies have teamed up to provide customers with a smoother transition to the multi-tenant datacenter (MTDC) model. Virima will offer Latisys customers its DCT FastPath service, which will assist with migrating IT infrastructure into Latisys’s datacenters. The services provided by Virima will help customers make the often difficult decisions, including infrastructure requirements and risk management, associated with datacenter migration.

Latisys’s facilities in northern Virginia, Chicago, Denver and Irvine will be strategically paired with customers based on the results delivered by Virima’s DCT FastPath. The goal is to locate each customer to the ideal facility or facilities based on the needs of the individual company. This partnership will allow Latisys to fine-tune its migration capabilities to better serve its nationwide customers through automated processes and functions….

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Today, Phil Shih at Structure Research shared his perspective on the partnership.He concluded his article by saying, “… most importantly this is about bringing on capabilities and demonstrating value that reinforces the benefits of outsourced hosting while at the same time addressing concerns that can be a barrier to closing the deal. ”

We agree, Phil. Thank you.

Read the post at Structure Research.

Industry leading firms combine to deliver robust, customizable offering for enterprises seeking to shift IT infrastructure to Latisys’ data center colocation and cloud facilities

Englewood, CO (December 15, 2011) – Latisys, a leading national provider of IT outsourcing solutions from data center colocation to cloud, today announced it has entered into a strategic partnership with Virima Technologies, Inc. that enables enterprise customers to seamlessly migrate IT infrastructure to Latisys’ data center colocation facilities and cloud platform.

Virima Technologies, based in Atlanta, GA, is an innovator in accelerated Data Center Transformations and automated IT Operations change management. Virima manages the risks and activities associated with complex data center consolidation, optimization and cloud migration projects.

The firm’s technology-enabled DCT FastPathTM service – anchored by its EcosystemManagerTM software suite – accelerates data center transformations by automating key processes and functions such as discovery, change control and resource collaboration which helps to simplify and reduce the overall cost and risks of moving assets and applications.

“From day one, Latisys has focused on delivering more to our customers, and this partnership represents a unique opportunity to strengthen our data center migration capabilities,” said Christian Teeft, Vice President of Engineering, Latisys. “Enterprises transitioning IT infrastructure to a Latisys data center facility – be it to a cabinet, private cage, private suite or, more recently, our private cloud solution – will benefit from unparalleled visibility, flexibility and reliability to ensure their most critical assets are protected.”

Virima offers Latisys customers a specialized approach to Data Center Transformation (DCT) programs combining experience, best practices and technology. Virima works with Latisys customers to determine the requirements/infrastructure needs for their optimal IT environment, manage the risks associated with migrating data centers, and keep their project in line with business goals. The result is a clear roadmap to a Latisys data center facility with program management and seamless delivery capabilities to achieve rapid global deployments, quality results and significant cost savings.
We believe this partnership represents a true value-add for Latisys customers, and enables Virima to offer our customers the proven data center colocation and managed services that Latisys delivers,” said Andrew S. Albrecht, Chief Strategy Officer, Virima Technologies, Inc.

With state-of-the-art data center facilities in Northern Virginia, Chicago, Denver and Irvine, California, Latisys offers coverage across all U.S. time zones – including gateways into the Asia Pacific and Europe – delivering unmatched scalability and multi-site redundancy to enterprise customers whether they want to off-premise, off-load, optimize or on-demand their IT infrastructure.

About Latisys

Latisys is a leading national provider of colocation, private cloud solutions, managed hosting, managed services and disaster recovery options to medium-sized businesses, enterprise customers and government agencies. With a heritage serving business customers since 1994, and multiple high-density, SAS70 Type II compliant data centers across the United States, Latisys offers scalable outsourced IT infrastructure management solutions that provide customers what they need, when they need it. The firm’s new, state-of-the-art Tier III data center campus in Ashburn, Virginia compliments existing facility operations in Chicago, Denver and Irvine, California. As a data center-centric company, Latisys is quickly becoming the hosting and colocation company of choice for companies that demand more from their IT infrastructure partner. All while optimizing clients’ return on investment. All while ‘delivering more’. Call 1-866-956-9594 or visit www.latisys.com for additional information.

About Virima

An innovator in accelerated Data Center Transformations and IT Operations management, Virima Technologies has the expertise and technology to manage the risks associated with complex data center consolidation, optimization and cloud migration projects. Its technology-enabled DCT FastPathTM Solution leverages expert consultants, proven methodologies and the world’s first autonomic discovery and correlation software with built-in transformation program management. Virima’s technology approach to data center transformation provides effective alignment of an organization’s IT operations and assets with its business strategy and processes. The result is data center transformation projects completed faster with significant savings over typical industry approaches. Learn more about Virima at www.virima.com or call 1-404-969-4180 x112.

“Metro Atlanta is witnessing a data center building boom that has put it on the cusp of becoming one of the nation’s top-tier markets. The region, which has more than 50 data centers, is seeing a surge in new construction, as global demand for the mammoth server farms outstrips supply,” the article by Urvaksh Karkaria states.

Leading the charge is one of Virima’s strategic service provider partners, Quality Technology Services (QTS).

“QTS has acquired about 21 acres adjacent to its Suwanee data center, where it could develop a roughly 200,000-square-foot data center. While the size and configuration will depend on anchor tenants’ requirements, it will be on par with the nearby 363,000-square-foot Suwanee data center,” continues the article.

Atlanta has always been somewhat of an underground technology city. Will this raise our profile as one of the top technology hubs east of Silicon Valley? One thing we do know for sure is that it’s good for Atlanta business.

The results showed that while VMware still has a huge lead, 38% of enterprises noted that they plan to change their primary hypervisor for server virtualization within the next year.  But those results are questionable, at least by one Gartner analyst’s opinion. Making a move is not that easy. And what VMware competitor stands to benefit most if these enterprises all make a move?  Get the answers in the full article by Jon Brodkin at ars technica.

ATLANTA – September 15, 2011

EcosystemManager was designed to accelerate data center transformation projects while lowering costs and reducing risk. The EM 2.1 release brings added features to DCXpress™, the integrated Data Center Program Management module.

Using value chain mapping with topology views and linking assets to business processes, EcosystemManager provides visibility into the IT universe. Behind the scenes, task and workflow management automate daily activities. EcosystemManager’s DCXpress module brings project planning, program management, status updates and tracking of move groups, issues, risks and actions. The DCXpress module is also a powerful tool to manage routine IT operations such as audit and compliance projects.

The EM 2.1 release includes these additions to the features of the DCXpress module:

• Ability to create multiple data center move programs with associated projects which simplifies and organizes large programs
• Enhanced Phase Gate features to automate project phases
• Ability to create projects from pre-defined templates

“As we continue to add functionality and modules to EcosystemManager, it is positioned to be the go-to product to accelerate data center transformation. It is a comprehensive, configurable IT ecosystem database and Data Center Project /Program Management product.” said Palaniswamy ‘Raj’ Rajan, Chairman and CEO of Virima Technologies. “Coupled with our professional services, it delivers the trifecta of saving customers money while providing reduced risk and faster project completion.”

In addition to the DCXpress improvements, EM 2.1 offers improved data validation, an enhanced autonomic discovery engine, the ability to archive or merge entities, and functionality for generating printouts of EM data.

While working with our clients, we saw a growing need for automated program management around large scale data center transformation projects,” said Karun Rajasekharan, Virima’s Chief Product Officer. “The scope of these projects can be so cumbersome that the old school method of using spreadsheets to track projects is no longer a feasible solution, and in fact, hampers the success of such projects. We added the DCXpress program management tool in our EM 2.0 release in June and continue to add to the functionality of that module.”

For more information about EcosystemManager 2.1 and the DCXpress module, please visit Virima’s website or call 404-969-4180 (option 1).

About Virima
An innovator in accelerated Data Center Transformations and IT Operations, Virima Technologies provides leading-edge solutions that align an organization’s IT operations with its business strategy. Its technology-enabled data center consolidation and optimization services leverage the world’s first autonomic and intelligent IT Operations Automation software suite that enables organizations to peer deep into the enterprise IT ecosystem to dramatically improve IT-Business alignment, performance, change management and governance. By providing unprecedented visibility through detailed monitoring and advanced analytics, Virima solutions turn IT information into actionable intelligence, resulting in risk management gains and faster project completion that can return significant savings.

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