Are you looking for technology solutions that can be classified as bona fide winners in the line-up of products for virtual machines? Then you’ve come to the right spot. Here are some recent award-winning products and a bit about the companies that created them, ranging from security products to application management products to VMware Data Protection software.
Reflex Security Inc. received the Best in Show Award at the VMworld 2008 Awards Ceremony for its Virtualization Management Center product. In a nutshell, this product allows data centers to enforce IT policies and ensures compliance with government mandates. Virtualization Management Center gives administrators a user-friendly tool that assists with meeting strict compliance requirements and providing more security.
In the category of data protection software, VMworld awarded the 2008 Gold Award to PHD Virtual Technologies for its esXpress v3.1 VMware Data Protection. The company sells the number one virtual backup appliance for VMware. PHD’s esXpress backs up more VMware data in less time and at a lower price tag, using no additional hardware or software. It also has a minimal impact on network performance. VMworld awarded PHD’s esXpress 3.6 a Finalist Award in 2009 for Business Continuity and Data Protection.
The VMworld 2009 Gold Award for Cloud Computing Technology went to Intalio Cloud Appliance, created by Mellanox Technologies. This product builds large-scale internal clouds and has the tagline, “Enterprise cloud computing, in a box.” CloudController v 1.5 by InContinuum Software and Catbird V-Security Cloud Edition by Catbird Networks Inc. were also finalists in this category.
The VirtenSys IOV switch VMX-500LSR by VirtenSys was the VMworld 2009 Gold Award Winner in the category of new technology. This product does away with an entire layer of switching, according to the judges.
Each year, there are hundreds of entrants in the Best of VMworld Awards for the coveted accolades. TechTarget sponsors the awards.