Facilitates Sales of BalancePoint Virtualization Performance Management Software to Federal, State and Local Agencies
Littleton, MA, July 28, 2008 – Akorri, Inc., the leader in cross-domain performance management for the virtualized data center, today announced that it has been awarded a GSA/FAS Schedule 70 Contract, GS-35F-0497U, for general purpose commercial Information Technology equipment, software, and services by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA).
The GSA Contract, which represents Akorri’s continued momentum in the government market, makes it easier for U.S. federal government as well as all state and local agencies to procure BalancePoint virtualization performance management software.
“We are pleased to have successfully achieved certification through GSA’s rigorous process, and look forward to helping government agencies at every level simplify management and optimize performance, capacity and utilization in their data center,” said Tom Joyce, CEO of Akorri. “BalancePoint will help government IT organizations obtain a holistic view of data center infrastructure – across both physical and virtual, and server and storage resources – as well as receive detailed monitoring and analysis that will resolve performance problems faster, improve server and storage utilization, and help plan for future growth.”
The GSA is a centralized system for delivery of products and services for the U.S. federal government. The GSA manages more than one-fourth of the U.S. Government’s total procurement dollars and influences the management of $500 billion in federal assets. For more information go to: www.gsa.gov.
About Akorri’s BalancePoint
BalancePoint is available on a VMware certified virtual appliance or a ready-to-use, pre-loaded rack-mount appliance. BalancePoint is a true breakthrough in cross-domain virtualized data center management, managing virtual and physical server and storage infrastructure in one view and helping companies make sure that data center server and storage systems deliver the best application performance possible. BalancePoint is a new class of agent-less management software, using advanced analytics so IT managers and business managers can understand how well data center resources are performing, optimize server and storage resource utilization, and reduce IT infrastructure costs by using servers and storage more efficiently and manage the environment with fewer people. BalancePoint supports a wide-range of applications, servers and storage systems.
About Akorri
Akorri cross-domain performance management software with advanced analytics provides automated visibility and analysis across IT silos to help enterprises fix problems, optimize utilization, and improve performance in the virtualized data center. Certified by VMware, Akorri BalancePoint virtual appliance provides visibility into the root cause of performance issues through deep drill down into server and storage resources, and the ability to understand both server and storage virtualization. BalancePoint enables IT organizations to optimize performance and capacity to meet service level objectives at the lowest possible cost. For more information, visit www.akorri.com.
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