AUSTIN, TX — (Marketwire) — 07/15/11 — ® Inc. (NYSE: SWI), a leading provider of powerful and affordable software, today announced its latest virtualization management free tool alongside the popular and — .
Designed to estimate what it would cost to run virtual machines (VM) on a cloud service, VM-to-Cloud Calculator takes inventory of all the VMs running on a user-s network and after the user selects which VMs a user wants to move, the VM-to-Cloud Calculator estimates and compares costs for Amazon EC2, Windows Azure and Rackspace Cloud Servers.
As the virtualized environment changes, the VM-to-Cloud Calculator will refine the estimates to reflect the current VM inventory.
“For IT pros curious about what it would cost to make the big move to the cloud, SolarWinds VM-to-Cloud Calculator is an easy to use solution that eliminates tedious number-crunching and offers a quick vendor comparison. With just a few clicks, you-re done,” said Josh Stephens, SolarWinds- head geek and VP of technology. “VM-to-Cloud Calculator is another great example of how SolarWinds understands the daily challenges our customers are facing as they move through the stages of virtualization maturity, and what we-re doing to help make their jobs a little easier.”
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For help managing VMs currently on a network, IT pros can test-drive a free trial of , and in less than an hour, start getting answers to tough questions such as:
How many VMs do I have and which ones are over or under provisioned?
Where are the performance bottlenecks in my virtualized environment?
How are my VMs configured?
How many app servers will fit in my current environment and when will I need more resources?
What departments are using which resources?
SolarWinds Virtualization Manager delivers integrated capacity planning, VM sprawl control, performance monitoring, configuration management, chargeback automation, and more.
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SolarWinds VM-to-Cloud Calculator is free and available on the SolarWinds website.
Pricing for SolarWinds Virtualization Manager starts at $2,995. For more information, visit the , download a free 30-day evaluation, or call 866.530.8100.
SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI) provides powerful and affordable IT management software to customers worldwide — from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses. We work to put our users first and remove the obstacles that have become “status quo” in traditional enterprise software. SolarWinds products are downloadable, easy to use and maintain, and provide the power, scale, and flexibility needed to address users- management priorities. Our online user community, , is a gathering-place where tens of thousands of IT pros solve problems, share technology, and participate in product development for all of SolarWinds- products. Learn more today at .
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The Hoffman Agency
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SolarWinds
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