Grid Computing News : Univa UD Moves Into Data Center Automation

In the latest sign that grid and virtualization technologies are getting closer , Univa UD is launching a data center automation business and has hired two industry veterans to lead it. The pioneering grid computing company will make its new Reliance product the centerpiece of the new business. Reliance offers what the company calls "service-level management of application delivery environments" by helping application providers such as managed service providers and internal IT groups guarantee that capacity will meet demand. The product helps provisioning across physical and virtual infrastructures by working within an application provider's environment to dynamically respond to load changes. To run the new division, Univa UD named Alex Brown and Kent Purdy to lead the new data center automation business and retool its product suite.... read more