Grid Computing News : Platform Manages Virtual Environments

Platform Computing has released the next version of its virtual environment management product, Platform VM Orchestrator 4. Platform says VMO 4 offers "faster delivery of virtual computer environments to end users while optimizing resource utilization, availability and power consumption," helping users get more from their virtualization environments. For now, the offering helps manage Citrix (NASDAQ: CTXS) XenServer environments, with support for virtualization platforms from other vendors — including VMware (NYSE: VMW) — coming later. Platform said VMO is built to manage virtualization deployments, optimize computer resources and remove performance bottlenecks. In other news, Platform also acquired the Scali MPI business from Norway's Scali AS.... read more