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Quest's Foglight Now Monitors and Manages VMware
Industry-leading Application Management Solution Helps Organizations Realize the Full Benefits of Their Virtual Infrastructure
LAS VEGAS – Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, April 7, 2008 – Quest Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: QSFT) today announced the release of Foglight version 5.2, which supports VMware ESX Server. In a rapidly growing and crowded virtualization management market, Foglight has the unique ability to monitor the impact virtualization changes can have on databases, applications and end users, while simultaneously correlating the usage of resources on both physical servers and virtual machines. “Building on our recent acquisitions in the virtualization management market, the advancements in Foglight further establish Quest as an industry leader in this space,” said Vinny Smith, chairman and CEO, Quest. “Foglight is built to give customers confidence, as they increasingly virtualize their environments, by managing the application infrastructure that depends on and is impacted by virtualization.” Industry experts continue to state that the server and desktop virtualization market will grow tremendously during the next several years. In fact, Gartner predicts that by 2010, the server virtualization market will double in size.¹ While virtualization technology offers multiple benefits, many organizations lack the necessary tools to move to and manage a virtual infrastructure without incurring performance issues. The inability to easily manage mission-critical applications within a virtualized environment can result in service disruptions and costly downtime. To help address this problem, Foglight monitors the performance of services running on VMware by truly understanding and managing the virtual infrastructure, including physical servers, data centers, resource pools, and virtual machines. “We have made strategic investments in virtualization and the results are great, in terms of both cost savings and resource utilization,” said Kyle Welsh, vice president of technology services, BECU. “We think Foglight can help companies understand and manage the dynamic changes created by virtualization, and importantly minimize the risk of virtual events impacting critical applications.” Along with providing customers increased insight into virtual infrastructures, Foglight delivers a set of capabilities that enable organizations to: · Contain alarm storms created by the virtual machines and physical servers · Track virtual machines from one physical server to another · Show the impact that multiple virtual machines, which share physical resources, have on one another as virtualization policies change · Receive root-cause diagnostics and expert advice · Monitor VMotion events that dynamically move virtual machines · Customize views for IT operations, the data center team and management Ongoing demonstrations of Foglight will take place at the Quest booth, #201, at Gartner Symposium/ITxpo®, April 6 –10. Additionally, virtualization industry expert Scott Herold will present the challenges of monitoring a virtual environment and how Foglight helps address these challenges as part of Quest’s 45-minute virtualization session on April 8. Pricing and Availability Quest’s Foglight is available today to manage VMware, with North American pricing beginning at $1000 per CPU Socket (USD). For more information on Foglight please visit www.quest.com/foglight. About Quest Software, Inc. Quest Software, Inc., a leading enterprise systems management vendor, delivers innovative products that help organizations get more performance and productivity from their applications, databases, Windows infrastructure and virtual environments. Through a deep expertise in IT operations and a continued focus on what works best, Quest helps more than 90,000 customers worldwide meet higher expectations for enterprise IT. Quest provides customers with client management as well as server and desktop virtualization solutions through its subsidiaries, ScriptLogic, Vizioncore and Provision Networks. Quest’s Foglight application management solution unifies IT services with end users and the business, resolves problems faster to reduce downtime, and lowers the operating cost of managing applications. Quest Software can be found in offices around the globe and at www.quest.com. 1 Predicts 2008: The Market for Servers and Operating Systems Continue to Evolve, John Enck, Philip Dawson, George J. Weiss, Rakesh Kumar, Jeffrey Hewitt, Uko Tian, Thomas J. Bittman, Gartner, December 6, 2007. # # # Quest, Quest Software and the Quest logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Quest Software in the United States and certain other countries. All other names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. Forward Looking Statements
This release may include predictions, estimates and other information that might be considered forward-looking statements, including statements concerning the release of our new version of Foglight. These statements are based on current expectations and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ from those anticipated as a result of various factors, including: the impact of adverse changes in general economic conditions on our relationships with customers, strategic partners and vendors; reductions or delays in information technology spending; variations in demand or the size and timing of customer orders; competitive conditions in our various product areas; rapid technological change; risks associated with the development and market acceptance of new products and product strategies; disruptions caused by acquisitions of companies and/or technologies; fluctuating currency exchange rates and risks associated with international operations; the need to attract and retain qualified employees; and other risks inherent in software businesses. For a discussion of these and other related risks, please refer to our recent SEC filings, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date thereof. We undertake no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date thereof.
Editorial Contact: Krystal Jones Quest Software, Inc. 614.726.4760 On-site cell: 740.501.5110 Krystal.Jones@quest.com
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