SOURCE: Akorri
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March 24, 2008 08:30 ET
Akorri Named 'Cool Vendor' in Server Virtualization Management by Leading Analyst Firm
LITTLETON, MA--(Marketwire - March 24, 2008) - Akorri, Inc., the leader in cross-domain
performance management for the virtualized data center, today announced
that Gartner Inc., the world's leading information technology research and
advisory company, has named Akorri in its "Cool Vendors in Server Virtualization Management" report.
The March 17, 2008 report was written by Cameron Haight, Ronni J. Colville
and Milind Govekar.
"IT organizations adopting the use of virtual-server technology are often
reaping the benefits of hardware cost, data center facilities and energy
reductions, but at the same time see that the 'no free lunch' theorem is in
full effect as they grapple with the increasing complexity and new
challenges that arise with the adoption of this architecture," states the
report. "Many enterprises will discover that new tools will be needed to
determine optimum deployment configurations, discover increasingly mobile
assets, constrain unnecessary VM creation and account for the costs of this
new-age shared infrastructure."
"We are thrilled that Gartner has recognized Akorri in this report," said
Tom Joyce, CEO of Akorri. "We are pleased that our recently launched
BalancePoint 2.0 is receiving, in my opinion, strong industry validation
and recognition."
Akorri recently released BalancePoint 2.0 with significant new features including:
GuidePoint Performance Index™, Scorecard Reporting, and Storage
Virtualization Support. IT professionals can test drive the product by
downloading the BalancePoint Virtual Appliance Demonstration at
http://www.akorri.com/resources-request-demo-demo-downloads.htm.
About Gartner's Cool Vendors Selection Process
Gartner's listing does not constitute an exhaustive list of vendors in any
given technology area, but rather is designed to highlight interesting, new
and innovative vendors, products and services. Gartner disclaims all
warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including
any warranties of merchantability or fitness of a particular purpose.
Gartner defines a cool vendor as a company that offers technologies or
solutions that are: Innovative, enable users to do things they couldn't do
before; Impactful, have, or will have, business impact (not just technology
for the sake of technology); Intriguing, have caught Gartner's interest or
curiosity in approximately the past six months.
About Akorri
Akorri cross-domain performance 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. Akorri BalancePoint software 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 enables IT organizations to
optimize performance and capacity to meet service level objectives at the
lowest possible cost. For more information, visit www.akorri.com.
Akorri, BalancePoint and the Akorri logo are trademarks of Akorri, Inc. All
other trademarks used or mentioned herein belong to their respective
owners.