Cassatt to Partner with XenSource for Virtualization

1 January 1970

Cassatt(R) Corporation, an innovator in providing enterprise software to enable dynamic IT infrastructures, today announced a partnership with XenSource, Inc., the leader in infrastructure virtualization solutions based on the Xen(TM) open source hypervisor, under which Cassatt will be able to sell XenEnterprise(TM) alongside Cassatt's products.

Under terms of the agreement, Cassatt can provide both virtualization from XenSource and automation solutions from Cassatt to enterprise-level customers who are deploying server consolidation and other strategies for optimizing their data centers.

"Data centers are moving toward a more dynamic model, and as they do so, we see enterprises doing more and more with server virtualization, while gaining an understanding of what role virtualization should play," said John Humphreys, program director of IDC Enterprise Virtualization Software program. "We also believe that as virtualization use cases expand, organizations will see the business benefits of automating the management of their virtual resources alongside their physical ones. Cassatt and XenSource are making it easier for customers to bring automation and virtualization to create a more responsive IT infrastructure."

The Cassatt automation solutions allow customers to automate and manage the operations of both their physical and virtual servers while supporting their need to choose the appropriate virtualization technology for their particular infrastructure. The Cassatt Collage(TM) Cross-Virtualization Manager (XVM) is built using a vendor-neutral architecture, which will allow customers to host any combination of virtual machines. XVM will support XenEnterprise in the next release of the product later this calendar year. Earlier in the year, Cassatt announced XVM support for VMware ESX and VMware Server.

In addition, customers can use the Cassatt solution to manage their physical servers from a range of vendors including IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Sun Microsystems, and others.

Customers using XenEnterprise can leverage paravirtualization, which is the key innovation of the Xen hypervisor, together with microprocessor support for virtualization, to deliver near "bare metal" performance to virtualized guest operating systems. The combined solution allows customers to immediately realize the power of Intel Virtualization Technology and next-generation AMD Virtualization for server consolidation. XenEnterprise delivers an integrated virtualization package to simplify deployment, provisioning, and management of an X86 server infrastructure.

"We are excited to have Cassatt sell XenEnterprise to enterprise customers alongside their solutions," said John Glendenning, vice president of sales for XenSource. "By using XenEnterprise, organizations can implement a virtualization platform resulting in increased server utilization, IT cost reduction, and improved operational agility. XenEnterprise supplies customers with a superior virtualization solution that provides openness and price performance benefits over proprietary offerings. The coupling of XenEnterprise with the Cassatt Collage XVM offering for data center resource management and automation is very compelling."

"Our customers are interested in XenEnterprise, and want the ability to automate the management of Linux and Windows Xen guests alongside their other data center resources so they can reach the application service levels they require," said Gamiel Gran, vice president of channels and sales operations for Cassatt. "XenEnterprise provides many critical benefits to enterprise IT customers, including the ability to roll-out and manage new applications with lower platform costs. Working together, Cassatt and XenSource can help customers use virtualization to control costs and increase agility in their data centers. Our partnerships with companies like XenSource and VMware are a key part of our commitment to automate managing both virtual and physical infrastructure, providing customers with a vendor-neutral management platform."

Cassatt and XenSource will pursue joint marketing efforts to promote the partnership and combined solution. The two companies will host a webcast to discuss virtualization and automated management in the enterprise data center at 10 a.m. Pacific time, Nov. 13, 2006, featuring business and technology commentary from a leading industry analyst. To register for this webcast, go here: http://www.regvalet.com/organic

As part of this agreement, Cassatt and XenSource plan to provide cooperative support for joint customers. Cassatt will also deliver a specific virtualization and automation "quick start" services engagement for customers considering Cassatt and XenSource solutions. These engagements will focus on identifying and delivering the technical and business benefits of the joint solutions.

Availability

XenEnterprise 3.0 is now available from Cassatt when purchased alongside Cassatt solutions.

The Cassatt Collage Cross-Virtualization Manager (XVM) with support for XenEnterprise 3.0 will be available with the next release of the XVM product later this calendar year. Cassatt will offer a pilot program for customers interested in early access to XVM support for XenEnterprise. Cassatt Collage XVM with support for VMware ESX and VMware Server is now generally available.

About the Cassatt Collage Platform

The Cassatt Collage platform software provides service-level automation -- a way for IT departments to get the most from their virtualization efforts, while maintaining the service level agreements they have made for their applications. The Cassatt software handles load spikes through dynamic allocation of physical and virtual IT resources, ensuring applications run despite hardware failures, all without human intervention. Cassatt can help IT departments roll out new applications more quickly by making better use of the hardware and software organizations already have, drastically reducing capital and operational expenses.

About XenEnterprise

XenEnterprise is a multi-OS virtualization solution for the enterprise market that offers all of the performance advantages of the Xen hypervisor and enables enterprise IT groups to rapidly deploy Xen guests. Based on the Xen hypervisor, XenEnterprise delivers a full virtualization solution for single or multiple operating system environments, including Windows and Linux. The benefits from increased server utilization result in efficiency and savings on data center management and operational costs.

About XenSource, Inc.

XenSource, Inc. develops the leading enterprise-grade platform virtualization solution, XenEnterprise(TM), based on the industry's highest- performance virtualization technology, the open source Xen(TM) hypervisor. Founded and run by the Xen development team, XenSource products allow enterprises to realize the total cost of ownership (TCO) savings that result from server consolidation, increased utilization, and reduced complexity in the data center. XenEnterprise for management of Linux guests is generally available now. XenEnterprise for Windows guests will be generally available Q4 2006. For more information, visit http://www.xensource.com.

About Cassatt Corporation

Cassatt is an enterprise software and services company delivering solutions that turn an organization's current IT infrastructure into a dynamic, virtual pool of resources that can be tapped on demand. Goal-driven automation from Cassatt continuously optimizes IT resources to meet business service level agreements, dramatically improving IT responsiveness while slashing costs. Based in San Jose, California, Cassatt is a privately held company led by BEA founding CEO Bill Coleman, with financial backing from Warburg Pincus and NEA. For more information, visit http://www.cassatt.com/.

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