CiRBA Introduces Unprecedented Server Consolidation and Virtualization Analysis with Version 4.0
Additional Capabilities
Represent Major Step Forward in Providing Organizations with the
Roadmap They Need to Make Server Consolidation a Success
Toronto, Ontario – January 16, 2007 – CiRBA
Inc., a leader in Data Center Intelligence, today announced the release
of version 4.0 of its flagship Data Center Intelligence (DCI) solution.
Two enhancements in particular – CiRBA 4.0’s crisp new
interface and unparalleled interactive visualization analysis
functionality – make it easier for organizations to execute their
server consolidation strategies, identify virtualization opportunities
as well as avoid re-sprawl over the long term.
CiRBA 4.0 provides in-depth
empirical server consolidation and virtualization analysis to generate
detailed roadmaps that guide IT organizations to significantly reduce
computing costs and increase systems reliability. Once consolidated ,
CiRBA 4.0 ensures that re-sprawl is avoided and that management
has the information its needs to maintain efficient and reliable data
center operations across heterogeneous computing environments in
multiple geographies.
“As enterprises look
to squeeze cost savings out of their IT infrastructure, CIOs and data
center managers alike are turning to server consolidation and
virtualization as a way to meet this objective,” said Gerry
Smith, president and CEO of CiRBA. “Many are moving slower due to
a lack of the visibility that would enable them to fully exploit their
assets through technologies like virtualization. CiRBA 4.0 enables them
to go forward with confidence and realize these potentially massive
gains.”
CiRBA 4.0 enables analysis
of all critical factors for analyzing large scale server consolidation
or virtualization initiatives, including configuration, workload
patterns such as CPU utilization and network and disk IO, and business
constraints such as geography, business service or maintenance windows.
By including all constraints in an analysis, results are maximized
while risks are minimized. Whether an IT organization is analyzing 500
Windows servers for virtualization or building a corporate
consolidation strategy for 30,000 servers across multiple platforms and
strategies, CiRBA 4.0 provides the fastest and most accurate path to
actionable consolidation information. As a result, CiRBA-optimized data
centers are leaner, more reliable, and easier to manage.
Significant CiRBA 4.0 Enhancements
- Interactive Server
Consolidation and Virtualization Analysis – At the center of
CiRBA’s revolutionary analysis capabilities is a rich set of
interactive interface elements and drilldowns that are available
directly from the analysis screen to provide unprecedented
intelligence. CiRBA 4.0 provides several options for performing what-if
analysis to compare different server consolidation scenarios.
With CiRBA 4.0,
users can change color mapping to ease visualization of the potential
within complex environments, then drill down for the underlying
details and settings that would be required to act on a given
plan. The unique ability to combine configuration and business
constraints with workload analysis into one roadmap makes CiRBA the
most comprehensive way to analyze data center changes
- New Interface – CiRBA
4.0 provides a crisp new interface and reorganized navigation menu to
make it easer to find and move between tasks
- Enhanced VM Reporting
Capabilities – A new “VMware Configuration” report is
available in version 4.0 that provides detailed configuration on a
VMware ESX host server and its guest VMs.
- Enhancement to Active
Directory Integration – Additional flexibility has been added for
managing the import of Active Directory group and users. CiRBA 4.0 ads
the ability to explicitly specify the users or user groups to import.
- More licensing options –
CiRBA now offers a departmental edition targeted at organizations that
want to analyze for virtualization specifically and want to examine
workload personalities only. The Enterprise edition suits those who
want to analyze heterogeneous data centers and use multiple
consolidation strategies considering configuration, workload and
business constraints.
Pricing and Availability
CiRBA 4.0 is available immediately, licensed on a monthly basis with
pricing based on the number of server operating systems being audited
and term of commitment. For more information, visit www.cirba.com.
About CiRBA Inc.
CiRBA is a leading provider of Data Center Intelligence (DCI)
solutions. CiRBA software provides IT organizations with the empirical
configuration and workload analyses required to uncover waste in the
data center and identify associated consolidation and virtualization
opportunities. Global 5000 customers can make better decisions in order
to maximize usage of their assets while reducing risk. For more
information, visit www.cirba.com.
