Akorri BalancePoint to Support VMware vSphere

Akorri Works with VMware to Further Next-Generation Computing and Enable Customers to Benefit from the Cloud OS

Littleton, MA, April 21, 2009 -- Akorri, Inc., the leader in virtual infrastructure performance and capacity management, today announced that Akorri BalancePoint will support VMware vSphereTM by the end of 2009. Launched today, VMware vSphere is the industry’s first cloud operating system, transforming datacenters into dramatically simplified cloud infrastructures to enable the next generation of flexible, reliable IT services. VMware vSphere gives customers uncompromising control, with greater efficiency, while preserving customer choice.

By supporting VMware vSphere, Akorri can further extend the value of BalancePoint into customers’ next-generation datacenters and help enable customers to manage large collections of infrastructure - including CPUs, storage and networking - as a seamless, flexible and dynamic cloud environment. 

"We are pleased that Akorri is taking the next step to helping provide customers with a more flexible, reliable and scalable computing environment," said Bernie Mills, senior director, alliance programs, VMware. "By supporting VMware vSphere, our partners can further enable increased efficiency, control and choice for customers."

"Akorri has supported VMware since the initial release of BalancePoint, and we know that integrating BalancePoint with the VMware vCenterTM management product portfolio will help our customers to reduce their costs, improve efficiency, mitigate risks, as well as optimize performance levels," said Rich Corley, Founder and CTO from Akorri. "Akorri supports vSphere as a mature, feature-rich technology to empower customers to leverage the benefits of virtualization."

About Akorri
Akorri virtual infrastructure management software with advanced analytics provides automated visibility and analysis across IT silos to help enterprises fix problems, optimize utilization and improve performance in the virtualized data center. Certified for VMware and Citrix environments, Akorri BalancePoint virtual appliance provides visibility into the root cause of performance issues through deep drill down into server and storage resources, and the ability to understand both server and storage virtualization. BalancePoint agentless software enables IT organizations to optimize performance and capacity to meet service level objectives at the lowest possible cost. Follow Akorri at http://twitter.com/Akorri.  For more information, visit www.akorri.com.

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