Scalent Systems announced availability of Scalent V/OE version 2.5, with enhanced workload and image portability functionality. Scalent delivers portability of Windows and Linux server images and associated provisioning of network connectivity & storage access across virtual and physical machines in real time, without costly and time-consuming conversions. Scalent V/OE supports multiple vendors’ hypervisors and physical hardware, assuring customers the freedom of choice without sacrificing performance.

Today’s data centers face escalating costs, security, and reaction-time challenges stemming from out-of-control server sprawl, statically allocated server hardware, and mixed physical and virtual environments. These challenges result in higher costs and a lack of IT agility in the face of rapidly changing operational demands. Scalent V/OE addresses all of these challenges by allowing IT managers to rapidly provision entire virtual or physical systems and associated storage and network topologies – yielding higher asset utilization and drastically lower costs.

“During different phases of their lifecycle, servers sometimes need to run on virtual machines, and sometimes on physical machines. Data Centers need to be able to repurpose servers, and move workloads and associated connectivity seamlessly and automatically. Scalent enables this," said Tony Bishop, CEO, Adaptivity. "In my former role as SVP and Chief Architect of Wachovia Corporate Investment Bank, I chose Scalent to reduce our software development lifecycles, combat server sprawl, and increase availability. In my current role at Adaptivity, I advise our clients to adopt the same approach.”

With Scalent V/OE, IT organizations can dynamically provision for average demand and shift available resources as needed, in real time, to match business needs. Specific business systems can be redeployed as dictated by business priorities, time of day, or other policy-based criteria – so less hardware, software, and other resources are needed.

Scalent V/OE 2.5 extends Scalent’s broad hardware and OS support, with the introduction of:

• Infinite Virtual Transition
• Solaris LDom support
• Microsoft iSCSI integration

“Our customers consistently reduce their server populations by over 50% without sacrificing performance,” said Ben Linder, CEO of Scalent Systems. “Scalent V/OE allows IT organizations to extend the benefits of virtualization by rapidly provisioning servers, network, and storage at the physical level to quickly react to changing business needs.”