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VMLogix Intros VMLogix StageManager for Virtual Systems Testing and Development
[September 15, 2008]

VMLogix Intros VMLogix StageManager for Virtual Systems Testing and Development


TMCnet Contributing Editor
 
VMLogix, a provider of virtual lab automation solutions for software companies and IT organizations, announced the availability of VMLogix StageManager, a hypervisor-agnostic solution that provides staging of applications and services for testing and deployment into production.


 
StageManager allow users to quickly stage applications and services — delivering testing performance under production environment conditions, helping manage new application and service rollouts including patch and upgrade management, and archiving a working production configuration set-up.

 
“Deploying virtual servers can be a wonderful way to increase the flexibility and agility of an organization's testing procedures," said Dan Kusnetzky, president and principal analyst of the Kusnetzky Group, in a statement. . "The freedom this technology offers can also bring along issues such as rolling out new applications and services or managing patches and upgrades. These challenges can certainly increase costs of administration and operations.”
 
Kusnetzky went on: “Without the proper planning and the use of the appropriate virtual management tools, these can become major pain points for organizations. Products like StageManager from VMLogix allow organizations to take great strides in automating the use of their pre-production infrastructure, and to better test, deliver and manage the applications and services as they transition from pre-production to production.”
 
“The introduction of StageManager expands VMLogix’s footprint from the dev/test lab into staging and production, and will prove beneficial for our joint customers,” said Simon Crosby, CTO at Citrix Systems’ (News - Alert) virtualization management division, in a statement. “XenServer customers will now have an easy-to-use tool that can manage their multi-machine applications and IT services in their virtualized data centers. And, as more companies deploy server virtualization, the fact that VMLogix StageManager can work with all the leading hypervisors will be particularly appealing to customers not wanting to get locked into a specific platform.”
 
Some of the noteworthy features of VMLogix StageManager include:
  • Ability to stage multi-machine configurations, applications and services for comprehensive testing prior to production
  • Customization of staging workflows to create multiple user defined stages reflecting the IT pre-production and post-production environments
  • Powerful IT administration controls
“VMLogix StageManager is the next logical step in creating a suite of hypervisor-agnostic virtual machine management applications,” said Sameer Dholakia, CEO of VMLogix. “We are building on the success of our first product, VMLogix LabManager, which is ideal for any organization that creates software, such as ISVs and Enterprise application development groups. VMLogix StageManager is attractive to every business that uses software, and thus we expect it to appeal to organizations of every size and in every vertical.”
 
Dholakia contindued: “StageManager will facilitate the testing, deployment and delivery of software as an IT service – be it email, ERP, BI, or custom applications – and will do so without lock-in to any particular hypervisor. ”
 
The VMLogix StageManager will enter beta testing in October, and should be ready for general distribution in early December.
 

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