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IBM and Ameriprise Financial Sign Strategic Agreement, Deepen Business Relationship

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ARMONK, N.Y. - 18 Sep 2012: IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced today a multi-year agreement with Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP) in which IBM will continue to support the company’s technology infrastructure with a clear focus on maintaining strong reliability and incorporating innovative new technologies.

Ameriprise Financial is a leading diversified financial services firm with $655 billion in assets under management and administration and top 10 positions of each of its core businesses of advisory, asset management, annuities and protection.

Delivered through IBM SmartCloud, IBM hosts Ameriprise PeopleSoft applications, managing both the application and infrastructure tiers for its human resource, financial management, supply chain, and customer relationship management functions. As a separate part of the agreement, IBM will ensure that the Ameriprise technology infrastructure keeps pace with evolving industry standards.

“We are focused on helping our clients achieve their goals while also providing our advisors with the tools and support to grow their practices," said Randy Kupper, chief information officer of Ameriprise Financial. “To that end, we have extended our relationship with IBM due to the world-class service experience and detailed knowledge they bring to our growing IT and business needs. We will work together to ensure all our constituents – clients, advisors, employees and shareholders – realize the full benefits of IBM’s broad product and service suite.”

“The new agreement further demonstrates IBM’s commitment to deliver high value services to Ameriprise and its clients and advisors to meet current and future business needs,” said Robert Zapfel, general manager, IBM Global Technology Services, North America. “We are partnering with Amerprise in our mutual focus on business outcomes by delivering industry-leading products and services including the IBM Cloud.”

IBM has been working with Ameriprise since 2006, and helped the company integrate its various IT systems supporting a broad portfolio of financial products. The new agreement builds on an existing relationship and includes significant enhancements to each of the core parts of the company’s technology infrastructure, including midrange, mainframe, storage and network.

Today's announcement with Ameriprise Financial is another example of how IBM teams with its clients to help them capitalize on new opportunities. By tightly weaving together business insights, and industry-leading software portfolio, world-class technology research and operations expertise, IBM is redefining what it means to design, deploy and deliver IT services on a global scale. As a result, IBM clients achieve faster return on investment while freeing up resources to focus on innovative projects.

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UPMC Invests in Intelligent Infrastructure with IBM to Support Vision of Personalized Medicine

Contract extends current project already yielding $191 million in savings

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ARMONK, New York - 05 Sep 2012: UPMC, one of the nation’s leading academic medical centers, today announced the renewal of its agreement with IBM (NYSE: IBM) to continue enhancing computing and storage performance and reliability. UPMC’s new technology investment with IBM, valued at $120 million over the next four years, will support the healthcare system’s goal of changing the way that treatments are designed for individual patients by effectively using massive volumes of patient and research data.

Under the original agreement with IBM signed in 2005, UPMC saved or avoided costs of more than $191 million over six years, eliminating the need to create a new data center and supporting UPMC’s rapid growth. Under the new agreement, IBM and UPMC will continue to collaborate on the development of medical technologies that improve care and the patient experience and remain among the founding partners in the Center for Connected Medicine, a showcase for how technology can transform healthcare.

“UPMC is keenly focused on creating new models of effective and affordable care, supported by good science and smart technology. Extending our long partnership with IBM is a key part of that strategy,” said Chief Information Officer Daniel Drawbaugh.

IBM worked with UPMC to design a dynamic, virtualized technology infrastructure that shortened information backup times by 20 percent and recovery times by 50 percent. IBM’s expertise in storage and server virtualization allowed the re-engineered network to become more adaptable and flexible to meet expanding patient volume and data growth for UPMC’s more than 20 hospitals and 400 outpatient locations. The information technology infrastructure supports UPMC’s industry-leading electronic medical records system in which patient information — including tests, radiology images, allergies and medication lists — is always available to the medical team. A private cloud system also supports all mission-critical applications for UPMC, recently ranked 10^th in the nation among “America’s Best Hospitals” by U.S. News & World Report.

“UPMC has pioneered a new model for ensuring its information technology keeps pace with the challenging demands of healthcare,” said Dan Pelino, general manager, IBM Healthcare and Life Sciences. “With a focus on flexibility to meet the constantly changing demands of this progressive integrated healthcare delivery and financing system, UPMC's technology infrastructure plays an important role in delivering the highest quality of care, safety and efficiency.”

IBM Global Technology Services will provide support and services over the term of the contract.

UPMC’s virtualized infrastructure is built on IBM BladeCenter and Power System servers, andIBM XIV storage systems. 

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UPMC is a $10 billion global health enterprise with more than 55,000 employees headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pa., and is transforming health care by integrating more than 20 hospitals, 400 doctors’ offices and outpatient sites, a health insurance services division, and international and commercial services. Affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences, UPMC ranked No. 10 in the prestigious U.S. News & World Report annual Honor Roll of America’s Best Hospitals in 2012—and No. 1 in Pennsylvania—with 15 adult specialty areas ranked for excellence. UPMC is redefining health care by using innovative science, technology and medicine to invent new models of accountable, cost-efficient and patient-centered care. For more information on how UPMC is taking medicine from where it is to where it needs to be, go to UPMC.com.

CA Technologies Supports Windows Server 2012 with Data Classification

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CA Technologies Supports Windows Server 2012 with Data Classification

Company Extends Content Aware Identity and Access Management Helping Deliver More Precise Access Control for Windows Server

ISLANDIA, NY, September 4, 2012 – CA Technologies (CA: NASDAQ) today announced support for Windows Server 2012 Dynamic Access Control. Integrating CA DataMinder™ Classification with Windows Server 2012 gives customers more precise access control of their data stored on Windows Server, helping to improve information security, reduce risk and meet compliance mandates.

Documents stored on a server that were once classified as non-sensitive can quickly change to contain sensitive or classified information throughout day-to-day operations. CA DataMinder Classification scans, locates and classifies sensitive content stored within Windows Server 2012, including intellectual property, financial information and personally identifiable information such as social security numbers, credit card numbers and other employee relevant data. When used with Windows Server 2012 Dynamic Access Control, CA DataMinder Classification helps to deliver precise and fine-grained access control that enables business processes to continue while protecting the most critical information assets.

“Windows Server 2012 Dynamic Access Control lets customers define central access policies at the organizational level and lets customers control access to data and achieve regulatory compliance,” said Andrew Conway, Director, Product Marketing, Enterprise Client, at Microsoft. “CA DataMinder Classification addresses the dynamic nature of data. By combining the content classification from CA DataMinder with the access policies set in Windows Server 2012, customers can better protect critical information from inappropriate use or disclosure.”

This integration extends CA Technologies Content-Aware Identity and Access Management (IAM) product strategy, which helps protect critical data from inappropriate use or disclosure by controlling users, their access and how they handle information. CA Technologies first delivered capability for Content-Aware IAM by associating content and data policies with identities and roles managed by CA IdentityMinder™ (formerly CA Identity Manager). It continued its Content-Aware direction earlier this year with a security solution for Microsoft SharePoint that enabled CA SiteMinder® to use content classification information for more precise Web access control.

“A core focus for a security professional is to ensure the right people have the right access to the right information. But information changes more quickly than access rights, which can leave organizations vulnerable to sensitive data leaks,” said Mike Denning, general manager, Security, CA Technologies. “Organizations need a layered security approach where information about the data is used as input for access policies to more precisely determine whether a user should be granted access to information.”

About CA Technologies

CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) provides IT management solutions that help customers manage and secure complex IT environments to support agile business services. Organizations leverage CA Technologies software and SaaS solutions to accelerate innovation, transform infrastructure and secure data and identities, from the data center to the cloud. Learn more about CA Technologies at www.ca.com.

VMware Attracts a Record 21,000 Registered Attendees to VMworld 2012, Introduces Industry’s Most Comprehensive Cloud Infrastructure and Management Solution

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VMware Attracts a Record 21,000 Registered Attendees to VMworld 2012, Introduces Industry’s Most Comprehensive Cloud Infrastructure and Management Solution

Key announcements, discussions and demonstrations of the solutions at the heart of the software-defined datacenter
VMworld Europe 2012 scheduled for October 9-11 in Barcelona

San Francisco, Calif., August 30, 2012 –VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW), the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, today announced the conclusion of its ninth annual VMworld conference, which was held from August 26-30 at Moscone Center in San Francisco. VMworld 2012 attracted a record 21,000 customers, partners, press and analysts, and 250 sponsors and exhibitors signifying major interest from the IT industry in cloud computing and the next generation of IT.

With the theme of, “Right Here, Right Now” VMworld 2012 featured more than 330 unique breakout sessions across ten tracks from companies and customers driving innovation in the virtualization and cloud industry.
VMware executives led two general session keynote presentations during the event detailing how VMware is helping customers and partners thrive in the cloud era. Replays of the keynote presentations are available athttp://www.vmworld.com/community/conference/us/learn/generalsessions.

Key highlights and announcements made during the event include:

• VMware vCloud® Suite: The first solution for the software-defined datacenter, the VMware vCloud Suite 5.1 brings together the components customers need to build, operate and manage cloud infrastructure:
  • VMware vSphere® 5.1 – The proven platform for any application: The foundation of the VMware vCloud Suite is an updated version of the world’s most widely deployed virtualization platform, VMware vSphere 5.1, which includes more than 100 enhancements and new features to deliver the highest service levels for all applications.
  • VMware vCloud Director® 5.1 – Provision virtual datacenters in minutes: VMware vCloud Directororchestrates the provisioning of software-defined datacenter services to deliver complete virtual datacenters (VDCs) that can be ready for consumption in minutes.
  • VMware vCloud Networking and Security 5.1 – Redefine the network: VMware vCloud Networking and Securitywill enable the dynamic creation of virtual networks and services that are completely decoupled and independent from the physical network hardware. 
  • VMware vCenterTM Site Recovery Manager™ 5.1 – Automate disaster recovery for all applications:vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5.1 simplifies disaster recovery planning and ensures predictable recovery through automated testing and plan execution.
• Cloud Ops: New operating model for the cloud era featuring education, transformation and advisory services help unleash value of cloud through people, process and measurement.
• Cloud OpsForum: A group of consulting and integration partners that will collaborate on further definition of the new cloud operating model. Launch members of the Cloud Ops Forum include Canopy, Capgemini, CGI, CSC, Dell, Deloitte, EMC, HP, Infosys, T-Systems and VMware.
• First Look at VMware Horizon ^TM: an integrated platform for the Mobile Workforce: Onstage at VMworld, VMware demonstrated the alpha version of the VMware Horizon Suite, showcasing how it will help customers deliver the multi-device workspace and give end-users secure access to applications and data from anywhere.

More information from VMworld 2012 is available at www.vmworld.com
Additional media information is available at the VMworld 2012 Press Room www.vmware.com/go/vmworldmedia
VMworld Europe will take place in Barcelona on October 9-11, 2012. To register, please visit:http://www.vmworld.com/community/conference/europe

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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SAP IT Infrastructure Management Software Extends SAP Solution Manager to Enable 360-Degree View of IT Landscapes

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SAP IT Infrastructure Management Software Extends SAP Solution Manager to Enable 360-Degree View of IT Landscapes

SAP NEWSBYTE - August 29, 2012 | SAP -

SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced the general availability of SAP IT Infrastructure Management software for end-to-end management, monitoring and coordination of IT infrastructures. The software integrates with the SAP Solution Manager 7.1 application management solution, which now offers customers running on SAP Enterprise Support services a consistent platform for the management of their entire IT landscape. Customers can now manage their whole IT — from enterprise applications and business processes to complex and heterogeneous infrastructures and network landscapes — with SAP Solution Manager.

High-performance IT enables companies to achieve business goals by helping to both uncover potential for optimization and cost reductions and to minimize risks and down time. To reap these benefits, companies need to systematically improve their IT infrastructures by continually capturing, documenting and analyzing corresponding data such as inventory, performance and availability data.

With SAP IT Infrastructure Management, SAP extends SAP Solution Manager with an independent infrastructure component. Customers can benefit from increased transparency into and deeper integration with core IT processes such as incident, problem and change management, as well as technical monitoring and alerting. Operations costs can also be reduced. SAP IT Infrastructure Management automatically identifies vendor-agnostic network components such as routers and servers, as well as uninterruptible power supply (UPS) and storage systems. This allows for comprehensive network management — even in heterogeneous networks. SAP IT Infrastructure Management enhances SAP Solution Manager to make it a complete solution for effective management of heterogeneous IT landscapes among SAP Enterprise Support customers.

SAP IT Infrastructure Management is built on the infrastructure management components of theGuard! product family from Realtech AG, an SAP global technology partner.

"In combination with SAP Solution Manager and SAP Enterprise Support, SAP IT Infrastructure Management allows for end-to-end monitoring of any type of IT components – from PCs, servers and printers to network and storage components," said Uwe Hommel, executive vice president, SAP Active Global Support. "Midsize customers using SAP Enterprise Support can particularly benefit from a proven and scalable solution that supports a wide range of devices and systems allowing a 360-degree view of IT. We provide our customers with a single source of truth for their whole IT."

For more information, visit the SAP Newsroom. Follow SAP on Twitter at @sapnews.

Cisco and EMC Take “Three Paths to the Cloud” Strategy to the Next Level

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Cisco and EMC Take “Three Paths to the Cloud” Strategy to the Next Level

New Joint Reference Architectures, Aligned Channel Incentives and Integrated Customer Support Accelerate VSPEX Momentum New Offerings Support VCE Vblock in Delivering Customers Unmatched Cloud Infrastructure Choice and Flexibility

VMworld – San Francisco, CA - August 28, 2012

Cisco and EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) today announced further collaboration to help accelerate IT transformation by providing customers with unrivaled choice and flexibility via "three paths to the cloud" — custom-design infrastructure, validated reference architectures, and pre-integrated converged infrastructure. Cisco® and EMC® introduced new joint reference architectures, aligned channel partner incentives, and integrated customer support to speed customers' path to the cloud.

Building on a decade-long partnership, Cisco and EMC now provide enterprise and service provider customers with an unmatched menu of options to build cloud infrastructure. The "three paths to the cloud" include:

• Implement a custom-designed infrastructure with best-of-breed products
• Install validated, easy-to-deploy reference architectures with Cisco solutions for EMC VSPEX™ Proven Infrastructure
• Purchase a pre-integrated converged infrastructure with VCE™ Vblock™ System.

Partnership Highlights:

• The two new Cisco® Validated Designs (CVD) for EMC VSPEX are unified computing reference architectures tailored to SMB and mid-market customers. Designed to accelerate the journey to the private cloud, the CVDs are Cisco Solutions for EMC VSPEX for Microsoft Hyper-V Architectures andCisco Solutions for EMC VSPEX for VMware vSphere 5.0 Architectures.
• More than 200 Cisco and EMC Velocity™ channel partners within the global VSPEX community have been trained to resell and deploy EMC VSPEX with Cisco Unified Data Center.
• Cisco and EMC have also aligned their channel incentive structures to simplify the process of accruing incentives and boost partner profitability.
• Cisco and EMC have implemented a customer support framework for VSPEX for collaborative case management.
• VCE — Cisco and EMC's joint venture with VMware — pioneered a groundbreaking integrated data center offering with end-to-end vendor visibility, enabling the leading time-to-market and one of the lowest TCO for converged cloud infrastructure.
• VCE's fully productized converged infrastructure standardizes processes and life cycle management to significantly improve application availability and enable VCE's unique seamless support experience.
• VCE continues to gain traction in enterprise data centers as well as in cloud service providers with hundreds of VCE Vblock Systems in production at mission-critical data centers worldwide.
• VCE demand continues its strong growth in the most recent fiscal quarter and remains on track to reach a $1 billion revenue run rate.

Customer Quotes:

Rajinder Gill, Group Finance Director, Minor, Weir & Willis Ltd

"Our business needed a complete network and infrastructure upgrade in order to implement a new ERP system. VSPEX was an obvious fit for our environment and working closely with Synapse, we reduced our deployment and integration time. The prior validation work performed by Cisco, EMC and Synapse on VSPEX reduced our risk and complexity. Because of the tight integration between EMC, Cisco and VSPEX, we have decided to leverage the VSPEX platform as the primary core of our network and infrastructure for all current and future applications."

Rob Walters, Vice President, Product Management, SunGard Availability Service

"As a service provider we want our development teams working on value-added services that differentiate our offerings in the marketplace, rather than integrating best of breed infrastructure components. Vblock helps us to do that successfully for our multi-tenant enterprise cloud, and the VSPEX reference architectures will make the process of delivering tailored solutions to our customers’ private cloud needs much easier. The collaborative support framework that is part of VSPEX is particularly critical, as it will avoid the difficulties so often encountered with multi-vendor solutions."

Channel Partner Quotes:

Joe Coxon, Business Development Manager, Synapse

"Many of the customers we work with want to deploy a cloud, but aren't quite sure how to do so quickly and easily. VSPEX is a powerful solution that helps us deploy clouds for our customers quickly and efficiently. By leveraging our expert understanding of client requirements, and Cisco's and EMC's industry-leading technologies, we can deliver a complete solution that matches our customers' business needs."

Dave Hart, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Presidio

"We deliver the ultimate in choice and flexibility to our customers by offering solutions based on EMC and Cisco technologies. We're seeing a lot of demand for Vblock Systems with larger enterprise and service provider customers and VSPEX configurations allow us to reach a broader market. Both enable us to provide our unique expertise and differentiated value to help customers meet their business requirements."

Cisco Quote:

Rick Snyder, Vice President, Global and Strategic Partners, Cisco

"Cisco and EMC partner every day in the engineering labs and in the field, helping customers around the world transform their data centers and strengthen their business. Through VCE we've unleashed market-moving innovation through the pre-engineered, pre-integrated Vblock Systems. Now, we're working together to meet customer demand with Cisco Validated Designs for EMC VSPEX and aligned channel incentives to accelerate VSPEX adoption."

EMC Quote:

Josh Kahn, Vice President, Solutions Marketing, EMC Corporation

"VCE enables customers to standardize on a converged infrastructure solution, dramatically accelerating their journey to the cloud. We are very pleased with VCE's momentum and the benefits it is delivering to customers around the world. Building upon this, we are very excited to accelerate our partnership with Cisco on VSPEX to address market requirements for best-of-breed reference architectures offered exclusively via the channel. Channel partners are seeking solutions that reduce complexity and simplify the deployment for their customers."

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• Cisco Solution for EMC VSPEX for Microsoft Hyper-V Architectures
• Cisco Solution for EMC VSPEX for VMware vSphere 5.0 Architectures
• Learn more about EMC VSPEX
• Learn more about Vblock Systems

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EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is the world's leading developer and provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions that enable organizations of all sizes to transform the way they compete and create value from their information. Information about EMC's products and services can be found at www.EMC.com.

RSA Helps Customers Simplify PCI Compliance in Virtualized Environments

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RSA Helps Customers Simplify PCI Compliance in Virtualized Environments

Successful Collaboration of the RSA Archer® eGRC Suite, RSA® Data Loss Prevention Suite, the RSA enVision® system and RSA NetWitness® technology Help Customers Face PCI Requirements in Virtualized Environments

VMworld – San Francisco, CA - August 28, 2012

News Summary:

• RSA’s PCI Solution Guide is QSA-reviewed guide that is designed to provide formal guidance for enterprises deploying virtual infrastructure in Payment Card Industry(PCI) regulated data centers.
• The RSA PCI Solution Guide is an addendum to the VMware Solution Guide for the Payment Card Industry

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RSA, The Security Division of EMC((NYSE:EMC), today announced the publication of the RSA PCI Solution Guide, a QSA-reviewed guide that is designed to provide formal guidance for enterprises deploying virtual infrastructure in Payment Card Industry (PCI)-regulated data centers. The RSA PCI Solution Guide is an addendum to the VMware Solution Guide for the Payment Card Industry. The RSA PCI Solution Guide augments the native security offerings in the VMware vCloud® Suite to cover additional control areas required for PCI compliance, helping to enable retailers to accelerate and simplify the transition of mission critical operations to virtualized data centers.

“Customers are eager to virtualize even their most sensitive systems, including PCI payment processing, and by integrating with RSA’s core set of security management and compliance tools customers can supplement our native security offerings to accelerate deployments and reduce the complexity of meeting audit requirements,” said Parag Patel, vice president, Global Strategic Alliances of VMware. “VMware and RSA are committed to helping regulated organizations move along in their journey to the cloud by providing in-depth and validated guidance to the compliance community and customers who are subject to PCI compliance.”

“RSA has a comprehensive security management and compliance suite, including RSA Archer, RSA Data Loss Prevention, RSA enVision and RSA NetWitness technology, which can all be leveraged to help better protect credit card data in virtual environments and address PCI compliance requirements,” said Carol Clark, RSA Senior Director of Security Management and Compliance product marketing.  “RSA is an integral part of VMware’s security and compliance strategy that helps enables customers to migrate to virtual and private cloud environments securely.”

The RSA Archer eGRC platform is engineered to provide a GRC framework that is part of the reference guide to PCI compliance, enabling RSA to address the PCI controls that need to be monitored and reported on in a VMware environment. The integration between RSA Archer eGRC and VMware vCenter™ Operations™ demonstrates the capability of end-to-end visibility, automated compliance and effective remediation.

About RSA

RSA, The Security Division of EMC, is the premier provider of security, risk and compliance management solutions for business acceleration. RSA helps the world´s leading organizations succeed by solving their most complex and sensitive security challenges. These challenges include managing organizational risk, safeguarding mobile access and collaboration, proving compliance, and securing virtual and cloud environments.

Combining business-critical controls in identity assurance, encryption & key management, SIEM, Data Loss Prevention and Fraud Protection with industry leading eGRC capabilities and robust consulting services, RSA brings visibility and trust to millions of user identities, the transactions that they perform and the data that is generated. For more information, please visit www.EMC.com/RSA.

Dell, VMware ‘Double Down’ on Desktop Virtualization

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Dell, VMware ‘Double Down’ on Desktop Virtualization

New Dell vStart for VDI, with VMware View® bundles, cloud client devices and channel programs designed to deliver simplified success
Joint offerings help channel partners deliver VDI to growing small and midsize business segment

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 28, 2012 – Today at VMworld 2012, Dell and VMware announced the expansion of the companies’ joint efforts to simplify the delivery of world-class desktop virtualization solutions. 

As part of the companies’ expanded strategic relationship, Dell and VMware will deliver new, turnkey virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) bundles based on VMware View.  The joint solutions will provide customers and channel partners with tested and validated hardware configurations and vertically optimized reference architectures, along with new fulfillment mechanisms and enhanced incentives for joint channel partners.

Organizations are looking to implement trusted VDI solutions, which can scale with them as they grow. According to the results of the recent “Trends around Desktop Virtualization for Small and Midsized Organizations” study conducted by Spiceworks (April 2012), more than 60 percent of customers are planning to roll out or evaluate desktop virtualization in 2012. As a result, channel partners are seeking ways to respond to customer demand with solutions that work seamlessly and offer the ability to scale, delivering value to customers and their businesses.

Cloud client computing in combination with desktop virtualization enables organizations of all sizes to offer anytime, anywhere access to the applications, data and services people want while simplifying IT management and security. The combination of Dell and VMware technology can help customers and channel partners deliver more effective desktop virtualization solutions faster to drive business advantages, embrace bring your own device (BYOD) and mobility challenges and reduce total cost of ownership (TCO).

Dell vStart for VDI, with VMware View – Delivering VDI Success
Core to the joint initiative is the new Dell vStart for VDI, with VMware View bundle, a combination of Dell vStart preconfigured and tested server, storage and networking hardware that has been validated and optimized by VMware for optimum performance and scalability with VMware View.  The solution also includes Dell Wysecloud clients designed for VMware View. These bundles come with validated reference architectures.

This offering will provide channel partners flexibility to offer a wide range of solutions, from turnkey “View-in-a-box,” to a la carte components needed to expand existing VMware View installations. Moreover, solutions will be available in configurations optimized for healthcare, education and government organizations, as well as for the specific BYOD and mobility needs of private businesses.

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"Dell vStart for VDI, with VMware View®, is an exciting development for MCPc in our efforts to help customers design, implement and manage next generation workspaces.  Our customers, especially small and midsize organizations, are asking for simple and cost effective VDI solutions, and we expect this initiative to be particularly attractive to our customers in the mid-market as well as healthcare and education, “ said Jed Ayres, SVP Partner Management & Marketing, MCPc, Inc.  “This will be a catalyst for growth at MCPc as it provides a turnkey VDI technology stack coupled with programs and training to make sure our entire organization can deliver on this game changing value proposition."

"We are pleased to expand our strategic relationship with Dell to provide our joint channel partners and customers VDI solutions that offer security, ease of deployment and scalability," said Vittorio Viarengo, vice president, End-User Computing, VMware. "With the new vStart for VDI with VMware View®, we are enabling small and midsize businesses to quickly transform their organizations and help their employees work smarter, while reducing costs and driving efficiencies in IT."

“Customers are increasingly turning to cloud client computing technologies to solve their business challenges,” said Tarkan Maner, vice president and general manager, Cloud Client Computing at Dell. “Dell recognizes the considerable contribution made by our channel partners worldwide in counseling our customers and implementing robust solutions that meet their needs.  Through our strategic relationship with VMware, we have devised a number of turnkey VMware View configurations, reference architectures and incentives to provide our joint partners with the tools needed to rapidly provide enhanced value to customers and prospects in the mid-market segment.”

“Today’s news reinforces Dell’s commitment to channel partners,” said Greg Davis, vice president and general manager, Global Commercial Channels at Dell. “In the past week, Dell announced the Dell vStart for VDI with VMware View as well as the Dell PartnerDirect Desktop Virtualization Solution Competencyboth designed to enable channel partners to optimize their business and better serve their mid-market customers helping them meet their business needs.”

About VMware
VMware (NYSE: VMW) 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 350,000 customers and 50,000 partners. The company is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the world and can be found online at www.vmware.com.

About Dell
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) listens to customers and delivers innovative technology and services that give them the power to do more. Dell’s global alliance with VMware produces tightly integrated cloud and virtualization solutions with exceptional performance, reliability and simplified management based on VMware technology running on Dell end-to-end infrastructure solutions. To learn more, visit http://www.dell.com/vmware.

Join us at Dell World 2012 – The Power to Do More. Technology professionals will learn from one another and identify key challenges and opportunities connected to the top forces changing business today. Learn more atwww.DellWorld.com or follow #DellWorld on Twitter.

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VMware Showcases Advancements in End User Computing at VMworld® 2012

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VMware Showcases Advancements in End User Computing at VMworld® 2012

Company offers first look at the VMware Horizon™ Suite, an integrated platform for the Mobile Workforce

VMware demonstrates holistic solution to deliver legacy desktops as a centrally managed service harnessing VMware View® and Wanova Mirage™

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 28, 2012 — Today at VMworld® 2012, VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, previewed the alpha version of the VMware Horizon™ Suite, a new platform that will offer a flexible corporate workspace in the cloud for mobile workers to connect from anywhere using any device.  VMware also demonstrated how the combination of VMware View® and Wanova Mirage™ will enable customers to transform the legacy Windows desktop for the cloud era. 

“Migration to Windows 7 and 8, bring your own device (BYOD), and the cloud are challenging IT organizations with new complexities and risks,” said Boaz Chalamish, senior vice president and general manager, End-User Computing, VMware.  “VMware’s continued investment and innovation in end-user computing will help IT organizations free the desktop, redefine the corporate workspace and embrace a new way of working in the post-PC era.”

Introducing the Horizon Suite: The Platform for the Mobile Workforce
As IT organizations struggle to manage devices, applications, data and users in the post-PC era, they need solutions that will help them evolve from managing devices to managing user experiences across multiple devices. Today, VMware demonstrated the alpha of the VMware Horizon Suite, showcasing how it will help customers deliver the multi-device workspace and give end-users secure access to applications and data from anywhere.

The VMware Horizon Suite will bring together technologies from Project Octopus, Project AppBlast, ThinApp, VMware Horizon Application Manager™ and VMware Horizon Mobile™ into a truly integrated management platform for the mobile workforce. The VMware Horizon Suite will provide a flexible platform that uniquely combines the principles of identity, context and policy to separate personal and business workspaces, enable consistent access to applications and data across any personal device.

Through a central Web management console, the VMware Horizon Suite will allow IT to customize a service catalog for all company data and applications.  Horizon Suite will understand a user’s attributes and environment (device, location and connectivity level) and enforce policies across applications, data and desktops. This will allow IT to deliver Windows, Android, iOS, Web and SaaS applications in a single workspace and give end-users self-service access to applications and data from anywhere. Horizon Suite alpha will also allow end-users to securely access and share their data and files from any device.

“The dramatic influx of mobile devices and applications is quickly subverting existing IT policy and management,” said Brett Waldman, Senior Research Analyst at IDC. “Modern solutions will need to have an integrated approach that holistically manages users, applications and devices to satisfy radically changing requirements to be well accepted by today’s IT organizations.”

VMware View and Wanova Mirage: Centralized Desktops for the Mobile Workforce
As workers become increasingly mobile, IT must provide anywhere, anytime access to the traditional Windows desktop.  With the recent acquisition of Wanova, VMware and its partner community can now offer centralized desktop management solutions that address the requirements of IT organizations to help them transform legacy Windows desktops into a service:

• Managing virtual and physical desktops – Hosting desktops in the datacenter using VMware View comes with many benefits including simplified systems and application management, increased security and control, and higher availability and agility. The addition of Wanova Mirage extends the benefits of managing desktops in the cloud by also allowing local system execution on physical desktops and laptops. Mirage clones the images of the endpoints in the datacenter and runs them locally.  This gives customers all the benefits of centralized management and recovery while allowing users to work offline and preserve an uncompromised user experience. Together, these two solutions can support enterprises comprised of any combination of task or knowledge workers.
• View “Rapid Desktop” program gains momentum – Today, Cisco, Dell, HP, and Intel join the growing eco-system of OEM, technology and channel partners that are helping to develop and sell VMware View appliances. These easy-to-deploy VDI appliances host between 25 and 500 virtual desktops that can be provisioned quickly, making them ideal for small and midsize businesses (SMBs) and scalable for larger organizations. 
• New VMware View solutions – VMware today introduced two new solutions designed to help IT administrators best architect their environment and ensure all components selected work together for quick managed desktop deployment. VMware View Business Process Desktop and Branch Office Desktop have been tested in labs to ensure product interoperability and performance and are supported with reference architectures, tools and services from VMware and VMware technology partners to minimize guesswork around VDI.

“Delivering desktops as a cloud service from the data center using VMware View® makes centralized endpoint management simple and easy,” said Prasad Calyam, research director of networking and virtualization, Ohio Supercomputer Center/OARnet, Ohio State University. “VMware's expanded desktop capability using central image management for local execution with the acquisition of Wanova Mirage™ will offer another way to support mobile workers in an organization."

Pricing and Availability
The beta version of Horizon Suite is expected to be available in Q4 2012.

VMware View Business Process Desktop is available immediately and Branch Office Desktop will be available in Q4 2012. For more information about VMware View solutions, visit http://www.vmware.com/solutions/desktop/.

VMware View appliances are available immediately through the Rapid Desktop Program. Information about pricing, participating OEMs, technology and resellers can be found at http://www.vmware.com/solutions/desktop/rapid-desktop.html.

Additional Resource

• Go to the VMworld 2012 Press Kit
• Read “Musings On Our Post PC Multi Device World” blog post by VMware CTO of End-User Computing, Scott Davis
• Read “Introducing VMware Horizon Suite - The Integrated Platform for Workforce Mobility” blog post by VMware vice president, End-User Computing, Vittorio Viarengo
• Read “Leading Tech Companies Join To Build VMware View SMB Appliances” blog post by VMware director of technical product marketing, Mason Uyeda
• Read “Just in Time Desktops for the Branch Office” blog post by VMware group product marketing manager, Courtney Burry
• Read “Offshoring and Outsourcing Made Easy with VMware View Business Process Desktop” blog post by group product marketing manager, Courtney Burry
• Learn more about VMworld 2012
• Follow VMworld on Twitter and Facebook

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.

EMC and VMware Unveil Early Access Program for New EMC Storage Analytics Suite for VNX

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EMC and VMware Unveil Early Access Program for New EMC Storage Analytics Suite for VNX

VMware vCenter™ Operations Management Suite Enterprise Customers Can Preview Joint Analytics Solution Prior to General Availability

VMworld, San Francisco — August 28, 2012
News Summary:

• EMC and VMware are previewing their joint analytics solution, first announced in May at EMC World, which provides EMC VNX® storage performance and capacity analytics for VMware vCenter™ Operations customers, enabling end-to-end views of health and performance critical to managing virtualized infrastructures. EMC and VMware have extended their partnership to provide the powerful visualization and patented analytics capability of VMware vCenter™ Operations Management Suite to storage and virtualization administrators with the EMC Storage Analytics Suite for VNX.  
• EMC is offering an early access program to existing VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite enterprise customers, allowing access to the EMC Storage Analytics Suite before its general release later this year.   
• The early access program enables IT organizations to proactively manage their EMC storage infrastructures to meet the increasingly high user expectations of performance and uptime in highly dynamic virtual environments. 

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Full Story:
EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC) and VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW) today announced an early access program for select VMware vCenter™ Operations Management Suite enterprise customers to begin using the EMC® Storage Analytics Suite before it becomes generally available later this year. The EMC Storage Analytics Suite for VNX®, a joint solution first announced by EMC and VMware at EMC World in May 2012, combines comprehensive storage intelligence with the analytics and visualization of VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite.
This offer is extended to VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite customers running at the enterprise level or higher and currently using EMC VNX unified storage products. The joint solution is designed to provide storage visibility, health alerts, proactive trending, rich metrics and customized dashboards within the VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite.

EMC Storage Analytics Suite for VNX: Actionable Storage Information

• This solution helps proactively identify bottlenecks, balance workloads and pinpoint the root cause of potential problems around health and performance.
• EMC Storage Analytics Suite enables customers to:
  • Maintain service levels by quickly identifying and troubleshooting performance abnormalities and remediating errors
  • Simplify storage operations management with powerful visualization and topology views
  • Proactively optimize storage performance and efficiency across physical and virtual environments with deep storage analytics and dynamic thresholding
  • Improve collaboration between IT groups and foster more holistic management across the enterprise

EMC Quote:
Eric Herzog, Senior Vice President, Product Management and Product Marketing, EMC Unified Storage Division
“As more customers virtualize their business-critical applications, analytics are a transformational, must-have tool for actionable, end-to-end visibility in virtual environments. The combination of EMC Storage Analytics Suite for VNX and the VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite provides never-before-seen capabilities for customers requiring powerful server, network and storage infrastructure performance, capacity and analytics capabilities for optimized efficiency and management. ”

VMware Quote:
Ramin Sayar, Vice President and General Manager, Products, Cloud and Virtualization Management, VMware
“The EMC Storage Analytics Suite for VNX demonstrates our shared vision with EMC to provide solutions that enable our joint customers to maximize their storage performance in heterogeneous and hybrid cloud environments. This integrated cross-domain solution provides robust storage analytics capabilities with the automated optimization and simplicity of VMware vCenter™ Operations Management Suite.”

Availability:
The early-access program is available starting in September and will run through December 2012. The EMC Storage Analytics Suite will be generally available in late 2012.

Additional Resources:

• “Assessment of Automated Tiered Storage for Midrange Arrays,” Wikibon 
• Video demo
• Virtual Geek
• Customers Single Out EMC as #1 Storage for VMware by Wide Margin

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 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 350,000 customers and 50,000 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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