Product Overview

The real challenge facing virtualization users is how to effectively manage their virtual environment.

Virtualization introduces new management challenges and complexity to the data center. To maximize the ROI promised by virtualization, users need tools specifically built for managing enterprise virtualization deployments. Platform VMO is the only such virtualization solution that meets the scale and dynamic computing requirements of enterprise datacenters.

How you can benefit from Platform VMO:

• Increase IT productivity and responsiveness to business service levels. Enterprises no longer need to have critical IT staff  tediously placing virtual machines while struggling to  overcome resource utilization bottlenecks to meet business demands. At the core of Platform VMO’s automation engine is the multi-host dynamic resource management (DRM) which dynamically allocates resources across the entire virtual environment according to flexible configurable policies that map to business priorities. DRM optimizes resource utilization, availability, and power consumption to remove bottlenecks while minimizing human error and reducing operational costs
• Faster delivery of VMs to end-users. End users can request and manage their own virtual machines for their projects through Platform VMO’s Self-Service portal and delegated administration. This dramatically improves machine turn around times and user control, while reducing administration involvement and effort
• Minimize cost. Platform VMO eliminates the silos from traditional IT deployments allowing enterprises to maximize the usage of existing resources.  Multiple departments or organizations can share the same virtual infrastructure, but maintain isolation for security and chargeback purposes
• Leverage your existing system management investment.  Platform VMO provides a complete audit trail of virtualization events to other management tools, such as Dell™ OpenManage, allowing administrators to monitor their virtualization environment from a central location using tools they are already familiar with

Selected facts about Platform VMO:

• Platform VMO’s dynamic resource management (DRM) technology is the only resource orchestration solution in the market that provides deterministic, predictable load balancing of VMs across the entire virtual infrastructure.  Administrators can get the full benefits of automation while maintaining control and visibility
• The combination of Platform VMO with Citrix XenServer provides the most cost effective, integrated, enterprise-class infrastructure virtualization solution on the market. Platform VMO offers to the market a unique solution of integrated deterministic DRM, power-aware load balancing, Self-Service portal, and web-based administration not available in competitive products, and at up to 60% lower cost
• Platform VMO is packaged as a Citrix XenServer virtual appliance for easy and fast installation. Simply download, import it into your Citrix XenServer environment, configure, and start using Platform VMO
• Platform VMO is architectured to be hypervisor neutral. Support for VMware ESX, Microsoft HyperV, open source Xen, KVM will be available in the coming months enabling users to manage any hypervisor from a single, familiar console