Virtual infrastructures get new level of control and compliance

HyTrust, which has the backing of blue-chip venture firms Trident Capital and Epic Ventures, as well as technology partners VMware, Symantec, Cisco and Citrix, launched with HyTrust Appliance, providing a central point of control, management and visibility specifically for virtualised environments. HyTrust president & CEO Eric Chiu makes the point that without these facilities, organisations have been faced with having to test environments in the lab and run proof-of-concept projects – and limit themselves to 'low hanging fruit' server consolidation initiatives. He argues that, with the Applicance, users get controls that free them from such limitations, enabling virtualisation of "even the most critical tier-one applications and allowing them to achieve the maximum benefit and return on investment from virtualisation". Chiu also suggests that the time is very right: "Faced with mounting economic pressures, IT execs are looking to virtualisation to meet enterprise IT needs with reduced budgets." And he cites a recent IT spending survey by Goldman Sachs, which claims that 45% of respondents intend to virtualise over 30% of their servers – up from 7% today. HyTrust Appliance provides centralised control, directory integration, compliance and security for mission-critical and production virtual infrastructures. "The HyTrust platform sets in place a firm foundation upon which virtualisation can thrive and grow dynamically, while maintaining control as well as a secure and compliant environment," says Chiu. "HyTrust empowers companies to realise the tremendous productivity and cost benefits of virtualisation by consistently enforcing policy as well as automating current manual procedures to achieve best practices."