(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Virtualization and cloud infrastructure firm VMware (www.vmware.com) has announced definitive agreements to acquire Integrien (www.integrien.com), a developer of real time application and infrastructure performance analytics software, and TriCipher (www.tricipher.com), a provider of secure access management and enterprise identity federation for cloud-hosted Software as a Service applications.
Announced this week at the VMworld 2010 conference, the acquisitions are expected to bring new technologies that will expand the vCenter Management portfolio and enable more efficient provisioning of SaaS applications.
“Today’s IT organizations are under pressure to increase service levels and build the next-generation infrastructure and applications for the cloud — all with the resources they have today,” VMware management products vice president and general manager Boaz Chalamish said in a statement. “The dynamic nature of modern infrastructures and cloud environments requires a new management paradigm, and VMware is uniquely positioned to build on the foundation of virtualization and fundamentally improve how organizations manage IT services.”
Integrien’s patented real-time performance analytics solution helps customers simplify the complexity of managing application and infrastructure performance by transforming data from existing management tools into actionable intelligence. Combined with VMware vCenter management products, Integrien’s capabilities enable VMware customers to achieve the level of automation and control required for virtualized and cloud infrastructures.
“VMware has led the transformation of IT infrastructure, significantly reducing complexity through virtualization,” Integrien president and CEO Dale Quayle said in a statement. “As such, VMware is the company that is best-equipped to redefine the IT management discipline for this new world. We are very excited to join VMware and align around a management vision that can deliver value for both our customers and employees.”
As customers evolve to a hybrid IT model consisting of in-house and outsourced infrastructure and applications, technologies will be needed to address identity federation, SaaS authentication and access management. In an effort to deliver convenient application access for end users and security controls for IT, TriCipher’s capabilities will help support multiple VMware initiatives, including identity-based security, integration of hybrid clouds, and managed access to SaaS applications.
“Customers are increasingly looking for ways to take advantage of the flexibility and new services in the public cloud and want to extend the security and control of their private clouds to this new environment,” VMware cloud services and applications vice president and general manager Brian Byun stated. “TriCipher brings to VMware important authentication and identity technologies that will accelerate our delivery of new solutions for hybrid cloud integration and end user computing.”
Integrien provides real-time performance analytics to enables the predictable operation of mission critical applications and services. Its addition to VMware is expected to simplify performance management and improve operational efficiency by transforming data from existing management tools into actionable intelligence. Combined with VMware vCenter management products, Integrien’s capabilities will provide VMware customers with the automation and control needed for virtualized and cloud infrastructures.
“VMware has led the transformation of IT infrastructure, significantly reducing complexity through virtualization,” Integrien chief executive officer Dale Quayle said in a statement. “As such, VMware is the company that is best-equipped to redefine the IT management discipline for this new world. We are very excited to join VMware and align around a management vision that can deliver value for both our customers and employees.”
Both acquisitions are expected to close in the third calendar quarter of 2010, and the financial details of the deals were not made public.
