Virtual Appliances

Deploying Virtual Appliances Just Got Even Easier - VAM Integration with VI Client and ESXi3.5/ESX3.5

kjsca — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:21:00 GMT

Virtual appliances represent a streamlined way to develop, deliver, manage and deploy enterprise software stacks and they have gained a great deal of traction in the market over the past couple of years. VMware's Virtual Appliance Marketplace has grown to 850+ virtual appliances and VMware's products are providing greater access to virtual appliance content with each release. To date, no integration is more substantial then what has been done in the pairing of VI Client with ESX/ESXi 3.5.

Today, any user with access to VMware's free ESXi and VI Client has the ability to directly import a number of OVF-based virtual appliances directly into their environment and power on an enterprise workload within minutes of first boot. The process is simple: Within VI Client go to the File menu in the top left of the UI and follow this path:

File -> Virtual Appliance -> Import -> select "Import from the Virtual Appliance Marketplace" and select your virtual appliance. Its that easy! Complete the download/import and you can power on the VA. Make sure to grab the documentation on the site as well to ensure you can get the product up and running.

To get up and running with virtual appliances today - do the following:

1. Download and install free ESXi: www.vmware.com/products/vi/esx/esxi.html

2. Connect to the ESXi server with a web browser and download VI Client

3. Install the VI Client on a Windows system

Install your products and you will begin to experience just how easy it is to get up and running with enterprise workloads by leveraging VMware Infrastructure and Virtual Appliances.

Ken Schutt, Senior Business Development Manager
VMware

New Forrester Teleconference: Are Virtual Appliances the New Distribution Model for ISVs?

seema_kumar — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:16:00 GMT

View this Forrester telececonference entitled "Are Virtual Appliances the New Distribution Model for ISVs?" and learn why Forrester believes that virtual appliances are the new distribution model for enterprise software. This 40 minute telecast presents the benefits of virtual appliances for IT administrators and for ISVs and talks about how to get started with virtual appliances. Share this teleconference with your executives.

VMware Certified Virtual Appliance Partner, VKernel, secures funding

seema_kumar — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:58:00 GMT

VKernelTM Secures $4.6 Million Series A Financing

Funding co-led by Hummer Winblad Venture Partners and Polaris Venture Partners

PORTSMOUTH, N.H., February 4, 2008 - VKernel Corporation, a provider of easy-to-use and
quick-to-deploy virtual appliances for managing virtual server environments, announced today the
company has raised $4.6 million in its initial institutional round of funding. The round was co-led
by Hummer Winblad Venture Partners and Polaris Venture Partners.
VKernel will use the funds to advance product development, increase sales, and expand market
awareness. Additionally, Mitchell Kertzman of Hummer Winblad and Dave Barrett of Polaris will
join VKernel's Board of Directors.

"The server virtualization market is growing explosively," said Mitchell Kertzman, managing
director at Hummer Winblad. "This has us very excited about VKernel's vision as it is providing
the essential tools for IT staffs to virtualize their environments faster, more cost-effectively, and
with greater confidence."

"We believe organizations will see VKernel technology as a vital component of successful
virtualization projects," stated Dave Barrett, general partner at Polaris Venture Partners. "The
company's executive team has a solid track record of growing businesses from the ground up,
and we fully anticipate VKernel will rapidly become a player in this market."
VKernel, first launched in January 2007, is building a suite of "plug-and-play" virtual appliances
designed to quickly solve real world systems management challenges as organizations migrate to
virtual server environments. VKernel's patent-pending Chargeback appliance is certified byVMware,
and enables IT groups to immediately solve today's critical pain points by providing cost
visibility into the resource consumption of each virtual machine, resource pool, host, or cluster.
"Organizations of all sizes are virtualizing their server farms, which is creating a new set of systems management
challenges," said Alex Bakman, founder and CEO of VKernel. "To be successful, IT groups need tools that address
their most pressing issues. Unlike traditional systems management products that are difficult to install,
learn, and use, VKernel is delivering tiny virtual appliances designed to solve specific issues."

VKernel's Chargeback Virtual Appliance is available for download on the company's website. For
additional information, pricing, and how to purchase, visit www.vkernel.com.

About VKernel Corporation

Based in Portsmouth, NH, VKernel is dedicated to developing best-of-breed virtual appliances
that enhance performance, lower costs, and simplify management of virtual environments of all
sizes. As a certified VMware partner, VKernel offers the industry's only VMware certified virtual
appliances for analyzing capacity, chargeback, and cost visibility. For more information, visit

www.vkernel.com.

About Polaris Venture Partners

A national venture capital firm with over $3 billion under management, Polaris invests in seed,
early stage and growth equity businesses in the technology, life science, digital media, enertech
and consumer sectors. Through a philosophy of lead investing and active, long-term partnering
with entrepreneurs and management teams, Polaris has helped many companies achieve
outstanding success. For more information, visit www.polarisventures.com

About Hummer Winblad Venture Partners

Hummer Winblad Venture Partners is a leading venture capital firm focused on software investing
and manages over $1 billion in cumulative capital. Since Hummer Winblad Venture Partners'
inception in 1989 the firm has launched over 100 new software companies. For more
information, visit www.humwin.com.

19 new virtual appliances in 2008 so far!

seema_kumar — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:44:00 GMT

We're just two weeks into the new year, and already, 19 new virtual appliances have been added to the VMware Virtual Appliances Marketplace in the last week. Visit the marketplace to check out these new virtual appliances, try them out, and be the first to rate these new virtual appliances.

Community Contributed Virtual Appliances

French Ubuntu 7.10 JeOS LAMP - Linux + Lighttpd + Mysql + Php

French Ubuntu 7.10 JeOS Base

SME Server 7.3

CensorNet 3.3r6

ClarkConnect Community Edition 4.2

PaghePro Vmware

Gentoo Web Development Appliance

Ubuntu 8.04 Alpha 3

DesktopBSD 1.6

Nepenthes Honeypot on Ubuntu

Hasslefree Download Appliance (HDA)

Fedora 8

mce_temp_url#

CentOS 4.6

Ubuntu 7.10 JeOS v1.02 with VMware drivers (96MB)

NASLite FTP/FTPG

Novell® iFolder on Ubuntu Gusty Gibbon

NASLite SMB/SMBG

Ubuntu 8.04 Alpha 2

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New Forrester report: The Case for Virtual Appliances

seema_kumar — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:43:00 GMT

In this report, Forrester discusses how virtual appliances are well poised as an alternative to traditional on premise software and SaaS, given the rapid proliferation of server virtualization. This is a great resource for any ISV or provider of hardware appliances, IT administrators, and SMBs. http://www.vmware.com/go/vam_forrester_report