New York Times Article Mentions Hyperic

April 9th, 2008 Stacey Schneider

Dan Fost, a freelance reporter for the New York Times, did an article today on virtualization. In the beginning part of his research, he came to me to understand more about how virtualization is changing IT.

Dan’s article, titled Closing the Doors That Virtual Sprawl Leaves Open, covers a broad array of topics from the evolution of the main virtualization software providers to the issues that linger around deploying virtualization including security, compliance and systems management. Dan is part of a growing legion of reporters and business executives that recognize the change virtualization is having on customer facing business issues, citing:

New technology, however, often brings new problems, and the rise of virtual machines also makes it harder for corporate I.T. managers to track everything the machines are doing.

Virtualization has grown up over the years, and moved firmly forward into being a strategic technology decision for IT operations that deploy it properly. However, for all its growth it has several challenges still ahead.

About 10 years ago, virtualization software was used only to develop other software applications, said Stacey Schneider, director of marketing at Hyperic, a San Francisco software company. But it has since taken a more public role, exposing it to attacks from the outside. “It is quick and easy to add virtual servers,” Ms. Schneider said. “But it makes the system manager’s job harder.”

Dan’s article is pretty broad, assessing the larger changes in the market - inferring VMware’s monopoly will be threatened this year, and players to solve security and management are rapidly emerging. And of course, Hyperic is just one of those players - solving monitoring and management blindspots for these next generation companies that are deploying virtualization.

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