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Virtual Instruments to Speak On Optimizong Storage Networking for Private Clouds at SNW Fall 2011

Will Showcase Recently Announced VirtualWisdom 3.0 and SAN Performance Probe Products

SAN JOSE, Calif., October 5, 2011 — Virtual Instruments, a leader in storage area network (SAN) and virtual infrastructure optimization solutions, will be presenting and exhibiting at Computerworld’s upcoming SNW Fall conference taking place October 10-13, 2011 in Orlando, FL.

In his session, Len Rosenthal, Vice President of Marketing, at Virtual Instruments, will describe ways to proactively improve the performance, availability and utilization of virtualized and private cloud infrastructures, including servers, switches and storage arrays. He will also discuss how Virtual Instruments has helped dozens of F1000 companies reduce problem resolution times by up to 80% and improve I/O performance by 100% through virtual infrastructure optimization.

Virtual Instruments will be demonstrating its latest solution, the VirtualWisdom 3.0 platform, including its recently announced 8Gb SAN Performance Probe, in booth #411. VirtualWisdom 3.0 enables IT managers to obtain a holistic view of their physical and virtual infrastructure in real-time, which maximizes ROI by reducing operational and capital costs.

Attendees can also experience Virtual Instruments’ VirtualWisdom solution in the SNW hands on lab session, entitled “Storage Implications for Server Virtualization.” Led by Andrew Benrey, with participation from Virtual Instruments, Dell, IBM and Symantec, the hands on lab will guide participants through exercises that illustrate SAN and storage implications in deploying, maintaining, and optimizing a virtualized environment.

Session Information

Demo Information
In booth #411, the interactive demo will showcase the real-world application of the VirtualWisdom 3.0 solution to illustrate the benefits of real-time SAN and virtual infrastructure monitoring, as well as how the cross-domain solution helps enterprises simplify and streamline their problem resolution and capacity planning processes. Attendees will also learn more about what causes SAN and virtual infrastructure performance and availability problems and how VirtualWisdom 3.0 helps to proactively resolve those issues.

Event Information
Produced by Computerworld and co-owned by Computerworld and SNIA (The Storage Networking Industry Association), SNW features educational sessions and presentations by top IT management experts covering today’s hottest IT topics — from cloud computing to energy efficient data centers to virtualization and storage. Taking place over the span of four days, this year’s conference will feature prominent IT executives, important product and service providers and key influencers in the field of information infrastructure management. SNW Fall 2011 will also feature keynotes from JetBlue Airways CIO Joe Eng, Oracle SVP of Storage Phil Bullinger, Winn Dixie Stores CIO and Group Vice President, IT Maura Hart and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory IT CTO Tom Soderstrom.

About Virtual Instruments
Virtual Instruments offers the award-winning VirtualWisdom and SANInsight virtual infrastructure optimization solutions that provide deep monitoring and analysis of how the virtualized IT infrastructure and the SAN affect business-critical application performance. Global 2000 customers across a broad range of industries achieve significant cost savings in virtualization and SAN deployments by optimizing utilization, performance and availability of IT resources. Leading system and storage vendors including IBM, HP, HDS, Dell and EMC leverage Virtual Instruments to design and optimize SAN solutions for enterprise customers. The company was founded in June 2008 via a spin-out from Finisar Corp.; it has headquarters in San Jose, Calif., and can be found online at http://www.virtualinstruments.com.

Media Contact
Jessica Kerr
Voce Communications on behalf of Virtual Instruments 
415-975-2213
Jessica.kerr@vocecomm.com

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