Oracle Press Release

Oracle Positioned in Leaders Quadrant for Operations Support Systems in Communications by Leading Analyst Firm

Redwood Shores, Calif. – October 31, 2012

News Facts

Gartner, Inc.’s 2012 "Magic Quadrant for Operations Support Systems" report places Oracle in the Leaders Quadrant. (1)

Gartner Magic Quadrants position vendors within a particular segment based on their completeness of vision and ability to execute on that vision.

The report evaluates the capabilities of vendors that offer end-to-end multi-service and multi-technology solutions for service fulfillment and assurance operations support systems (OSS).

According to Gartner, “Leaders in this market have strong market presence and significant market share, most of them globally. All leading vendors portrayed in this Magic Quadrant have a comprehensive OSS offering and would still be Leaders even if they needed partners. They adopt a leading-edge position by offering comprehensive, preintegrated, modularized TOMS suites. Beyond OSSs, all leading vendors encroach into the adjacent BSS and SDP markets. Leaders are well-positioned with their current product and service portfolios and their strategies. They have a coherent vision that anticipates current and future requirements. Leaders may not offer the best solution for every type of CSP, depending on their business models and maturity. However, they have proven implementation viability, and can achieve and sustain high-quality, low-risk deployments.”(1)

Gartner notes that “CSPs' requirements shift toward highly configurable OSS platforms that support multiple network technologies and manifold services. Technology itself is increasingly becoming a commodity. Differentiation is achieved through thought leadership in the areas of business consulting, service design and integration, and implementation services around OSS.” (1)

Gartner also remarks that “The vendor landscape reflects changing OSS investment patterns, which are set to enable the transformation of major operational value chains. Driven by the requirement to improve operational efficiency, while creating new revenue sources and achieving competitive differentiation through improved end-user experience, CSPs are streamlining their back-office systems.” (1)

The full report, compliments of Oracle, is available here: Magic Quadrant for Operations Support Systems, 2012

Supporting Quote

both consumers and businesses demand more innovative services and a superior customer experience, communications service providers are deploying contemporary OSS platforms that can support diverse, next-generation services and applications across multiple network and IT environments. We believe Oracle’s inclusion in the Leaders Quadrant in this Gartner Magic Quadrant report is acknowledgement of our proven success in providing flexible, open and integrated solutions to support streamlined back-office operations,” said Bhaskar Gorti, senior vice president and general manager, Oracle Communications.

(1) Gartner, Inc., “Magic Quadrant for Operations Support Systems, 2012,” by Martina Kurth, October 23, 2012.

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About Oracle Communications

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About Oracle

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Press release from Citrix:

Oct 242012

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Press release from NetApp:

AvePoint and NetApp Collaborate on Software Offerings to Protect, Manage, and Scale Enterprise Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Deployments

NetApp integrates AvePoint’s award-winning data protection and storage management technologies as well as user interface into NetApp SnapManager for Microsoft SharePoint

Jersey City, New Jersey — October 31, 2012 — NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) and AvePoint, the leader in governance and infrastructure management solutions for Microsoft SharePoint, today announced the integration of AvePoint’s award-winning technology and user interface in the latest version of NetApp® SnapManager® for SharePoint 7.0. SnapManager for SharePoint 7.0 helps reduce storage costs, improve scalability, and streamline data management of SharePoint 2010 environments. With this unified platform and deep integration with AvePoint’s DocAve product, customers have the most complete data management and storage optimization for SharePoint in the industry.

"As data continues to grow at a dizzying rate and more organizations worldwide adopt Microsoft SharePoint to further enterprise collaboration initiatives, the need has never been greater for a comprehensive yet agile and intelligent SharePoint data infrastructure," said Brendon Howe, vice president, Product and Solutions Marketing, NetApp. "We’re confident that by deeply integrating AvePoint’s technologies for data protection and storage management, as well as its intuitive user interface, we will continue to help our customers successfully manage and scale their SharePoint environments while lowering total cost of ownership with SnapManager as part of NetApp’s solution for Microsoft SharePoint."

Key benefits and features of SnapManager for SharePoint 7.0, which now features a redesigned, ribbon-based user interface to simplify and automate SharePoint management, include:

• Seamless Scalability and Intelligent Management: Improve scalability of SharePoint deployments by storing and managing large data files on networked-attached storage (CIFS/SMB). Scale SharePoint infrastructure up or out with Data ONTAP operating in Cluster-Mode. Greatly simplify administration of your SharePoint environment by using the automated data management and protection features in SnapManager for SharePoint 7.0 through a simple graphical user interface or by developing custom scripts by using Windows PowerShell™ 2.0 cmdlets.
• Reduced Storage Costs: Automatically place files and binary large objects (BLOBs) in existing hierarchial storage management (HSM) systems. With SnapManager for SharePoint 7.0, you have the flexibility to schedule the movement of files by group, site collection, file type, size, or access time. Alternatively, as users upload documents of a speci¬fied size, they can automatically be placed in HSM storage. Further reduce storage costs with Data ONTAP® features such as deduplication, compression, and thin provisioning.
• Comprehensive Data Protection: Protect entire SharePoint environments, including all web applications, databases, front-end web elements, and content residing HSM systems with full-fidelity backup – including all metadata, security settings, version histories, and customized layouts. Quickly and easily recover all SharePoint components, databases, indexes, and configurations, and data with farm-through-item-level backup and recovery.

"Enterprises worldwide are looking for an offering that can help them protect, manage, govern, and scale their SharePoint deployments while realizing a fast return on investment," said Garth Luke, General Manager of AvePoint Australia and Vice President of Sales. "By combining our 10-plus years of SharePoint experience with the proven expertise offered by NetApp, together we can continue to help organizations meet their dynamic business objectives utilizing SharePoint 2010."

For more information on SnapManager for SharePoint 7.0, please visit the NetApp website.

About AvePoint
AvePoint is a global technology company and proven software leader. Since its founding in 2001, AvePoint has become the world's largest provider of enterprise-class governance and infrastructure management solutions for Microsoft SharePoint. Propelled by the world's largest SharePoint-exclusive research & development team, AvePoint helps more than 10,000 customers – including many Fortune 500 companies and government agencies – meet their specific business objectives utilizing the SharePoint platform. AvePoint, Inc. is headquartered and maintains its principal operational center in Jersey City, NJ, with wholly owned operational centers in the USA, Canada, Australia, South Africa, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Japan, Singapore, and China. AvePoint is a Depth Managed Microsoft Gold Certified Portals and Collaboration Partner and Gold Certified ISV Partner as well as a US Government GSA provider via strategic partnerships.

About NetApp
NetApp creates innovative storage and data management solutions that deliver outstanding cost efficiency and accelerate business breakthroughs. Discover our passion for helping companies around the world go further, faster at www.netapp.com.

Extreme Networks Reports First Quarter and Fiscal Year 2013 Financial Results (NASDAQ:EXTR)

Extreme Networks Reports First Quarter and Fiscal Year 2013 Financial Results (NASDAQ:EXTR)

Press release from EMC:

EMC Honored with TSIA STAR Awards for Commitment to Customer Excellence and Success

EMC Global Services Innovation Elevates EMC to TSIA Hall of Fame’s Highest Level

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• EMC Corporation named winner of the Fall 2012 Technology Services Industry Association (TSIA) STAR Awards for Innovation in Enabling Customer Success and Innovation in Product Supportability.
• EMC achieves highest level of prestigious TSIA Hall of Fame recognition.

HOPKINTON, MASS , OCTOBER 31, 2012 - 

EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC) today announced it has been named the winner of two Fall 2012 Technology Services Industry Association (TSIA) STAR Awards for Innovation in Enabling Customer Success and Innovation in Product Supportability. The STAR Awards honor organizations that demonstrate exceptional leadership, innovation, and commitment to the continual improvement of technology services delivery industry-wide.

In recognition of 21 STAR Award wins to date, EMC® has also earned its 4th TSIA Hall of Fame Achievement Award. This prestigious recognition places EMC at the TSIA Hall of Fame’s highest level. The awards were announced October 17 at theTechnology Services World (TSW) 2012 Service Transformations conference in Las Vegas.

AWARD HIGHLIGHTS

• Innovation in Enabling Customer Success – This award recognizes how EMC built a customer-centric governance model for its services business by anticipating a shift in the IT landscape with emerging customer requirements. Putting the voice of the customer at the center of every initiative has resulted in record levels of customer satisfaction and growth across EMC and the Global Services organization.

• Innovation in Product Supportability – This award recognizes EMC for tightly integrating serviceability into the EMC® VNXe® unified storage solution’s management platform, EMC Unisphere®. As a result, Unisphere enables automated support, facilitates self-help and provides direct links to VNXe support experts. These features have been embraced by EMC’s customers and partners while delivering high value and a superior customer experience.

Companies seeking the STAR Award undergo a rigorous evaluation process, with the winners selected by TSIA’s service discipline advisory board members. Since its inception in 1990, the STAR Awards have become one of the highest honors in the technology services industry, acknowledging the contribution of companies of all sizes to the continual improvement of technology services delivery industry-wide. For information on the STAR Awards, go towww.tsia.com/awards_and_certifications/star_awards.html.

CUSTOMER QUOTES

Brian Wroblewski, Senior Information Consultant, We Energies

“We have a true partnership with EMC. EMC’s local staff is really familiar with our data center; they understand our configurations, and are more committed than other vendors we have worked with in quickly troubleshooting and resolving any issues that arise.”

Andres Castillo, Global IT Infrastructure Solution Architect, Roche

“Customer support is one of the things that you don’t really appreciate until you have an issue. When you do, you need a proven professional to provide good quality information and a rapid solution. For our company, that differentiates EMC from other vendors. EMC’s focus on customer support is obvious in every interaction.”

EMC EXECUTIVE QUOTE

Howard Elias, President and Chief Operating Officer, EMC Information Infrastructure and Cloud Services, EMC Corporation

“It’s an honor to be recognized by TSIA for our continued focus on innovation and customer success in Global Services. Since our inception, a customer-centric culture has been engrained in EMC’s DNA. We’re continually transforming to meet the next wave of IT challenges so that our customers can more quickly realize and maximize the benefits of EMC technologies.”

TSIA QUOTE

Tom Rich, Senior Vice President of Programs, TSIA

“The STAR Awards program is a long-standing honor in the technology services industry, recognizing world-class organizations that raise the bar for leadership and commitment to this important market space. EMC has clearly demonstrated its high-level dedication to delivering landmark results in the areas of product supportability and customer success, and it was an honor to recognize them at our TSW Service Transformations event.”

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

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• Join the #EMCGS and #EMCsupport conversations on Twitter
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ABOUT EMC

EMC Corporation is a global leader in enabling businesses and service providers to transform their operations and deliver IT as a service. Fundamental to this transformation is cloud computing. Through innovative products and services, EMC accelerates the journey to cloud computing, helping IT departments to store, manage, protect and analyze their most valuable asset — information — in a more agile, trusted and cost-efficient way. Additional information about EMC can be found at www.EMC.com

ABOUT TSIA

The Technology Services Industry Association (TSIA) is the world’s leading organization dedicated to advancing the business of technology services. Technology services organizations large and small look to TSIA for world-class business frameworks, best practices based on real-world results, detailed performance benchmarking, exceptional peer networking opportunities, and high-profile certification and awards programs. TSIA corporate members represent the world’s top technology companies as well as scores of innovative small and midsize businesses in four major markets: enterprise IT and telecom, consumer technology, healthcare and healthcare IT, and industrial equipment and technology. www.tsia.com.

Brocade to Announce Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2012 Results

Press release from Brocade:

Brocade to Announce Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2012 Results

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SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwire - Oct 31, 2012) - Brocade^® (NASDAQ: BRCD) plans to report its financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2012 on Monday, November 19, 2012, following the close of the market.

At 2:30 p.m. PT (5:30 p.m. ET), Brocade will host a webcast conference call primarily devoted to Q&A. To access the webcast please go to www.brcd.com/events.cfm. A replay of the conference call will be available at www.brcd.com for approximately 12 months.

About Brocade
Brocade (NASDAQ: BRCD) networking solutions help the world's leading organizations transition smoothly to a world where applications and information reside anywhere. (www.brocade.com)

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Broadcom Drives Future Growth of China's Next Generation Broadband Initiative

Press release from Broadcom:

Broadcom Drives Future Growth of China's Next Generation Broadband Initiative

New Cable Innovations Deliver Secure Convergence of Broadcast, Broadband and Over-the-Top (OTT) Content throughout the Home

HANGZHOU, China, Oct. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- International Coverage and Transmission Conference(ICTC)

News Highlights:

• Features consistent software platform to support OTT content delivery
• Supports China DCAS standard for advanced security across the network
• Combines latest home networking standards including 5G WiFi, MoCA 2.0 and HomePlug AV for multi-screen connected home experience

Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM), a global innovation leader in semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications, today announced cable innovations to drive new TV and broadband experiences in China, fueling the next phase of next generation broadband (NGB).  With the deployment of two-way cable networks throughout China, cable operators are now looking to deliver a more connected, Internet-based TV and broadband experience to subscribers.  Demonstrating its commitment to innovating cable networks in China, Broadcom combines a consistent home software platform, key home networking standards support and Chinese security standard integration to deliver an Internet-based, connected home environment in China. Visit www.broadcom.com to learn more.

Broadcom will be hosting a press conference at this week's ICTC show in Hangzhou and will also be demonstrating its connected home cable solutions in booth #A6.

Key Features

With highly integrated, scalable and cost-effective solutions, Broadcom's connected home cable platforms are tailored to meet the next phase of China's NGB initiative.  Key integrated features include:

• Combined Internet & TV Delivery: Broadcom enables cable operators in China to deliver broadcast, broadband and over-the-top (OTT) content to their subscribers           
• Connected Home: Broadcom supports a full range of connected home standards including 5G WiFi (based on the IEEE 802.11ac standard), MoCA and Powerline Communications (PLC) to connect devices and content throughout the home
• OTT Content Simplified: Broadcom is the only company with a consistent home software platform that delivers rich Internet experiences in the home
• Full-Band Capture (FBC) digital tuning technology: offers more flexible front-end design to support the growing need for multiple TV, video and Internet streams to multiple screens
• FBC Remote Diagnostics: reduces total cost of ownership by offering operators real-time management and upgrade capabilities to improve customer service
• Secure Content Delivery: Broadcom supports the China DCAS standard for advanced security across the network
• Key consumer benefits: Broadcom enables fast channel change (FastRTV®) and constant volume levels.

Availability

Broadcom's connected home cable platforms tailored for China are now shipping.

For ongoing Broadcom news visit our Newsroom, read our B-Connected Blog, or visit us on Facebook or Twitter. And to stay connected, subscribe to our RSS Feed.

Quotes:

Zhang Changli, President of Research Institute, Wasu Digital TV Media Group:

"We are excited to leverage Broadcom's leading technology in advanced high definition video set-top box and Chinese-DOCSIS-products to be able to deliver rich content and broadband Internet access to our subscribers"

Xu, Jiahong, CEO of iPanel:

"With a long-term commitment to the field of broadcasting receivers, quality and compatibilities, we are pleased to partner with Broadcom on video set-top box products to provide operators with our technical leadership, service excellence and a full range of system solutions."

Bill Zhou, Director of Product Marketing, HMT:

"We are pleased to work with Broadcom to accelerate the next phase of China's NGB initiative- the convergence of TV, broadband and telecom services to achieve overall system cost, time to market and product differentiation."

Khin Sandi Lynn, Research Analyst, ABI Research:

"Since SARFT recently announced its plan to develop its Next Generation Broadband (NGB) cloud platform, we expectChina's digital cable system will create more online video services and TV stores developed by third-party app developers. This creates a significant opportunity for leading companies like Broadcom to meet the market need for high speed broadband access and next generation TV services."

Dan Marotta, Broadcom's Executive Vice President and General Manager, Broadband Communications Group:

"With consistent software and advanced security platforms, Broadcom is setting the stage for the next evolution in NGB — an Internet-based connected home experience.  By partnering with the top cable manufacturers, operators and middleware providers, we look forward to delivering a new way to experience TV and broadband in China."

About Broadcom

Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM), a FORTUNE 500® company, is a global leader and innovator in semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications. Broadcom® products seamlessly deliver voice, video, data and multimedia connectivity in the home, office and mobile environments.  With the industry's broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art system-on-a-chip and embedded software solutions, Broadcom is changing the world by Connecting everything®. For more information, go to www.broadcom.com.

Broadcom's DOCSIS®-based EoC Cable Architecture Solution Accelerates Deployment of DOCSIS-based Technology Throughout China

Press release from Broadcom:

Broadcom's DOCSIS®-based EoC Cable Architecture Solution Accelerates Deployment of DOCSIS-based Technology Throughout China

Now Certified by SARFT, DOCSIS-based Broadband Technology Brings Delivery of Fast, Reliable and Interactive Triple Play Services to Subscribers

HANGZHOU, China, Oct. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- International Coverage and Transmission Conference (ICTC) --

News Highlights:

• Supports China's Next Generation Broadcasting initiative — the convergence of TV, broadband and telecom
• Brings interoperability and quality of service to cable TV and broadband Chinese consumers
• Drives new services and applications including IPTV

Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM), a global innovation leader in semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications, today announced that its DOCSIS-based Ethernet over Coax (EoC) cable architecture features C-DOCSIS standard support that is certified by SARFT, (State Administration of Radio, Film and Television), the Chinese government agency overseeing broadcasting.  Field-tested and deployed by top Chinese operators, Broadcom's technology supports 1 gigabit per second (Gbps) broadband speeds to deliver reliable, fast and interactive triple play services in China and pave the way for new applications like IPTV.  Visit www.broadcom.com to learn more.

Broadcom will be hosting a press conference at this week's ICTC show in Hangzhou and will also be demonstrating its DOCSIS-based EoC technology that is compliant with the NGB access standard from SARFT in booth #A6.

Product Details

Broadcom's DOCSIS-based EoC cable architecture is a complete chipset and software solution that includes Coax Media Converter (CMC), DOCSIS 2.0 and 3.0 cable modem, and set-top box (STB) SoC solutions.  Broadcom's complete solution leverages its latest family of 10G EPON Optical Line Terminal (OLT) products in addition to Broadcom's family of GPON chipsets as well as employing DOCSIS-based technology as part of a customized "final 100 meter' solution."

Availability

Broadcom is now shipping its 1Gbps DOCSIS-based EoC cable architecture solution, compliant with the C-DOCSIS standard, certified by SARFT.

For ongoing Broadcom news visit our Newsroom, read our B-Connected Blog, or visit us on Facebook or Twitter. And to stay connected, subscribe to our RSS Feed.

Quotes:

Zhang Changli, President of Research Institute, Wasu Digital TV Media Group

"As the largest cable operator in Hangzhou with over 1.8 million cable TV subscribers, Broadcom's C-DOCSIS technology allows us to upgrade our networks with standardized solutions that bring new advanced voice, video and data services to our subscribers."

Shentu Meiliang, Executive President, Hangzhou Lancable Technology, Ltd

"As a close partner, we are using Broadcom's solution to develop new NGB-oriented products for WASU.  Lancable has a long-term commitment to the field of radio and television, and we are excited to work with Broadcom to provide operators with a full range of system solutions that illustrate our technical leadership and service excellence in high-tech products."

RU JiGang, General Manager of TopVision, Sumavision:

"As a leading provider of video delivery products based on Broadcom's high performance and standardized technology, we are deploying video delivery solutions that power the convergence and deployment of fast, reliable and interactive triple play services in China." 

Tim Ti, Senior Vice President of R&D, UTStarcom Telecom Co. Ltd

"The technology based on the C-DOCSIS standard is the preferred technology of coaxial access network, and an ideal solution of broadband access of HFC network. Closely cooperating with Broadcom, we have deployed products in one of the key cable operators in China for a trial run, and provided more than 8Mbps downstream bandwidth services to subscribers."

Mr. Zhu Yongxing, Vice President & General Manager of Fixed Network Group, ZTE

"By leveraging existing EPON standards with the C-DOCSIS specification for high-quality video distribution, Broadcom's complete DOCSIS-based EoC solutions provide a cost-effective way to transition China's infrastructure to enable network convergence."  

Mr. Han Yufa, General Manager of Access Network, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

"Through close cooperation with Broadcom, Huawei provides the most innovative cable access solution to Global MSOs. In the fast developing China NGB construction, Huawei is now helping our customers to deploy high quality service and cost-effective cable access technology which brings the best service experience to end users."

Dan Marotta, Broadcom's Executive Vice President and General Manager, Broadband Communications Group

"We are pleased to work with leading manufacturers and service providers in China to accelerate China's NGB initiative.  With the release of C-DOCSIS as an NGB access standard from SARFT, Broadcom's DOCSIS-based EoC technology enables China's cable operators to accelerate the delivery of triple play services to Chinese subscribers."

About Broadcom

Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM), a FORTUNE 500® company, is a global leader and innovator in semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications. Broadcom® products seamlessly deliver voice, video, data and multimedia connectivity in the home, office and mobile environments.  With the industry's broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art system-on-a-chip and embedded software solutions, Broadcom is changing the world by Connecting everything®. For more information, go to www.broadcom.com.

Study Shows IT and Business Professionals are Finding Business Advantages in Cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service

VMware News Releases

Study Shows IT and Business Professionals are Finding Business Advantages in Cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service

Sixty-Seven Percent of Respondents are Using Public Cloud Services for Mission-Critical Applications

PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 31, 2012 —VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, today announced new research findings that demonstrate public cloud adoption has moved beyond test and development in many companies. The study, commissioned by VMware and conducted by analyst firm Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), found 67 percent of the mid-market and enterprise companies surveyed are running what they view as mission-critical workloads on Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS). 

“The study demonstrates that IaaS from cloud service providers is seeing broad adoption by mainstream business for business-critical applications and data, moving beyond test and development,” said Mathew Lodge, vice president, cloud services, VMware. “As IaaS adoption grows, so does the importance of strong customer service and support as well as the quality of the underlying technology. Compatibility with existing virtualized datacenters and private clouds was also key.”

Other Key Findings

• IaaS is in production – More than 80 percent of IaaS customers surveyed are currently running production workloads on IaaS.
• Storage, on-demand compute and disaster recovery services top the list – Seventy percent of current IaaS customers use cloud storage services, followed by 58 percent using cloud servers, and 53 percent leveraging disaster recovery services.
• Customers want support and TCO –Service and support topped a list of criteria for selecting cloud service providers with 80 percent of respondents citing it as important. A quarter of the respondents indicated total cost of ownership (TCO) was the single most important criteria for service provider selection.
• Importance of compatibility – Seventy-eight percent of respondents reported that it was also important that their cloud service providers’ infrastructure technologies were compatible with their internal private cloud / virtualized datacenter.
• Underlying technology matters – Eighty-three percent of respondents indicated the underlying technology used to deliver IaaS was of some level of importance to them, with nearly half citing it as a very important or critical factor when considering IaaS.

VMware Service Provider Program and vCloud Services
The VMware Service Provider Program (VSPP) is for service providers offering cloud computing and hosted IT services built on VMware software. There are over 9,400 service providers in more than 60 countries in the VSPP today.

VMware vCloud® Services offer a broad array of VMware-compatible infrastructure clouds built on a secure platform and delivered by vCloud service providers, enabling customers to easily extend, manage and scale their datacenter workloads to a public cloud. With more than 180 certified VMware vCloud Services in 29 countries, VMware and VSPP partners together form the number two public cloud ecosystem in the world.

About the Research
ESG, an integrated IT research, analysis, and strategy firm that is world-renowned for providing actionable insight and intelligence to the global IT community, conducted the study during July 23 – August 13, 2012. The research included data from 243 IT and business professionals whose organizations are currently using public cloud services, specifically IaaS. These respondents were from midmarket (100 to 999 employees) and enterprise-class (1,000+ employees) companies in North America (US and Canada) and Western Europe (France, UK, Germany and Netherlands).

Additional Resources

• Learn more about how customers are using VMware vCloud on Another VMware Cloud
• Learn more about the vCloud ecosystem
• Get your own vCloud IaaS service in minutes: http://vcloud.vmware.com/evaluate-cloud
• Read the VMware vCloud Blogfor the latest information on VMware vCloud
• Follow VMware vCloud on Twitter @vCloud

About VMware
VMware is the leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions that enable businesses to thrive in the Cloud Era. Customers rely on VMware to help them transform the way they build, deliver and consume Information Technology resources in a manner that is evolutionary and based on their specific needs. With 2011 revenues of $3.77 billion, VMware has more than 400,000 customers and 55,000 partners. The company is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the world and can be found online at www.vmware.com.

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Latest Release of Synplify Software Cuts Days off FPGA Implementation Time

News release:

Latest Release of Synplify Software Cuts Days off FPGA Implementation Time

New Features Include Fast Error Identification, Incremental Fix and Customizable Reporting for Faster FPGA Implementation and Prototype Bring-Up

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Highlights:

• New debug flows for multiple error isolation and incremental fix capabilities enable faster implementation of large FPGA designs and FPGA-based prototypes, such as Synopsys' HAPS® systems
• New constraints setup assistance for Xilinx Vivado Design Suite users eases migration to Vivado flow, improves design performance and helps avoid constraints omissions
• Triple modular redundancy and inference of error-correcting code fault-tolerant RAMs has been added for Altera devices
• Support for  Achronix Speedster22i  HD FPGAs delivers optimized synthesis results

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS), a global leader accelerating innovation in the design, verification and manufacture of chips and systems, today announced the latest release of the Synopsys Synplify Pro® and Synplify® Premier FPGA synthesis tools. The 2012.09 Synplify releases include new multiple error isolation and incremental fix capabilities that accelerate FPGA implementation.  These features enable FPGA designers and engineers deploying FPGA-based prototypes such as Synopsys'HAPS systems to cut weeks off their design project schedules.

The 2012.09 Synplify Premier release also delivers significant enhancements for engineers targeting Altera and Xilinx FPGAs and, for the first time, includes support for Achronix Speedster 22i HD FPGAs. For engineers targeting Xilinx 7 Series devices, new automated constraints setup assistance and checking for Xilinx's Vivado Design Suite simplifies migration from the Xilinx ISE design software, saving time and enhancing quality of results. For designers targeting Altera FPGAs, the new version of the Synplify Premier tool provides high reliability capabilities, such as triple modular redundancy (TMR) and automatic inference of error-correcting code (ECC) memories. Synplify customers with all-vendor configurations of Synplify Pro and Premier can now target Achronix's Speedster22i HD FPGAs built on Intel's 22nm process technology with 3-D Tri-Gate transistors.

The new hierarchical design error isolation and incremental fix capabilities in the Synplify Premier software, in conjunction with enhanced continue-on-error capability, can significantly shorten design cycles by speeding up design fixes and reducing the number of iterations needed to successfully bring-up the FPGA design on the board. These features, including TCL scripts and clock conversion and error reports, can automatically identify and isolate multiple erroneous modules and interface issues in a single synthesis run. The erroneous modules can now be exported, fixed in parallel with the main design, and then merged back into the design incrementally. In addition, enhancements to the clock conversion feature enable users to create custom reports early in the synthesis run and perform TCL script-based searches of the design database to find converted clocks. This ability to determine whether conversion completed as planned saves designers debug time and is particularly useful when initially bringing up a prototype on a board.
"We have been working closely with Synopsys for over a year to ensure seamless integration between Synplify and the Vivado Design Suite for customers using our 7 series FPGAs," said Tom Feist, senior marketing director of design methodology Xilinx. "In particular, the new constraints setup capability offered in the latest Synplify release has greatly helped our customers accelerate the creation of good design constraints and improve design performance."

Synopsys and Xilinx worked together to provide an integrated RTL-to-gates flow that simplifies the migration path to the Xilinx Vivado Design Suite for designers using Xilinx 7 Series FPGAs. The new flow adopts standard Synopsys Design Constraints (SDC) timing constraints specifications and provides the option to use the Verilog netlist format as the output from synthesis and input to place-and-route.  The latest Synplify software also defines a migration path from Xilinx's ISE place-and-route flows to Vivado flows by providing constraints translation, constraints editing, review and reporting within the Synplify tool.

"Altera's FPGAs provide a proven solution for high-reliability applications," said Alex Grbic, director of software and IP marketing at Altera. "The enhanced TMR functionality in Synopsys' Synplify Premier software automatically implements the triplicated logic and associated voting and control mechanisms, providing a complementary solution to our Quartus II software. As a result of our longstanding partnership, customers using Altera devices can take advantage of the new high-reliability features in the Synplify Premier software for use in their mission-critical applications."

The Synplify Premier software's enhanced high-reliability features have been extended to support Altera devices, providing designers with the ability to create immunity to radiation effects that cause single event upsets (SEUs). In addition to enabling the creation of fault-tolerant sequential logic including state machines, the Synplify Premier software now allows designers to automatically implement error mitigation circuitry including automatically distributed TMR with voting logic, as well as perform automatic inference of Altera error correcting memory primitives.

"As FPGA designs pass the five million gate mark, the need for synthesis tools that provide fast design turnaround and improve productivity is more important than ever," said Ed Bard, senior director of marketing of the Solutions Group at Synopsys. "In addition to improving performance significantly, we enhanced the debug capabilities in the latest releases of Synplify Pro and Synplify Premier to allow multiple error isolation and incremental fix up, addressing the fast turnaround time requirements of designers implementing large-scale FPGAs for production applications or SoC prototyping."

Availability and Resources

The 2012.09 release of the Synplify Pro and Synplify Premier synthesis software is available now.  Customers with a current maintenance agreement can download this new version from Synopsys using their SolvNet account. The Synplify FPGA synthesis products are supported on Windows and Linux, 32 and 64-bit platforms.

• Learn more about Synplify Implementation tools:
  • http://www.synopsys.com/FPGAimplementation
  • http://www.synopsys.com/cgi-bin/sld/pdfdla/pdfr1.cgi?file=fpga-debug-10-ways.pdf
• Read about the integration of Synplify Premier with the Xilinx Vivado Design Suite: http://www.synopsys.com/fpga-synplify-xilinx

About Synopsys

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS) accelerates innovation in the global electronics market. As a leader in electronic design automation (EDA) and semiconductor IP, its software, IP and services help engineers address their design, verification, system and manufacturing challenges. Since 1986, engineers around the world have been using Synopsys technology to design and create billions of chips and systems. Learn more at www.synopsys.com.

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