Xcedex's 3 Step Process to Accelerate Adoption of Virtualization
Minneapolis, Minnesota (PRWEB) November 16, 2009 -- Xcedex Inc., the premier virtualization planning and deployment software firm focused on enabling businesses to unlock the potential of virtualization with confidence through the assessment, design, deployment, and management of virtualization launches innovative Xcelerate© Program geared towards enablement of prospective partners to be a registered trained Xcedex Alliance Partner and as a result become a licensed user and gain access to our flagship software suite, X_Factor.
Prospective partners and users alike upon arriving at Xcedex's website, www.Xcedex.com, have at their disposal a wealth of knowledge, FAQ's, supporting documentation, and the ability to apply to become a Xcedex Alliance partner and subsequently obtain a licensed copy of X_Factor with ease and efficiency.
Xcedex's Software as a Service (SaaS) based model aligns with our partner's business model while allowing for rapid deployment and ease of use integration into their respective lines of business that span from sales to professional services to managed services, outsourcing, and support organizations. Xcedex delivers their portfolio of products to include our flagship product X_Factor software exclusively through our channel partners. X_Factor's advanced capabilities create a number of opportunities for our partners to accentuate their core products, consulting and professional services to their clients. These include data center assessments, physical to virtual migration, business continuity planning, virtualization and storage capacity planning and utilization, implementation and deployment, policy-based automation development and various managed services.
The process to obtain an X_Factor license rapidly and effectively is a three (3) step process:
The Xcelerate© Program offers alliance partners and users marketing and sales support benefits, enhanced online education and certification training, secure deal registration and margin protection, and an enhanced partner Web portal for support.
"Xcedex is committed to provide our partners a reasonably priced software suite that will enable them to pursue new business opportunities as well as expanding their existing portfolio of solutions within their current clients with flexible pricing that results in positive economic returns to the bottom-line", says Chris Taylor, Founder, President and CEO, Xcedex. "Xcedex quickly discovered upon transition from a direct sales model to a channel model that the volume of prospective partners globally demand a process by which they can rapidly get trained, qualified, and registered to leverage X_Factor to keep up with pent up demand created by the virtualization wave and we believe Xcelerate will satisfy this demand. "
"The Xcedex Alliance Team is delighted to offer this program to our partners and I fully expect to see further expansion and growth of our alliance organization in a proven area of high growth for us," says Ron Cheney, Executive Vice President, sales and operations, Xcedex. "Through this expansion we are executing on our strategy of building a foundation for growth fueled by our Global Alliance Channel Program."
Xcedex is the leading virtualization planning and deployment software firm focused on enabling businesses to unlock the potential of virtualization with confidence through the assessment, design, deployment, and management of virtualization. Information about Xcedex's products and services can be found at www.Xcedex.com
Xcedex adds industry veterans to their newly formed advisory board
Wayzata, Minnesota (PRWEB) July 2, 2009 -- Xcedex Inc., the premier virtualization planning and deployment software firm focused on enabling businesses to unlock the potential of virtualization with confidence through the assessment, design, deployment, and management of virtualization has formed an Advisory Board. The Advisory Board is chartered with assessment of relevant technology trends both within and outside of the technology industry and to leverage decades of experience to fuel and guide Xcedex through their navigation in a high growth area of virtualization and cloud computing. The advisory board members bring significant technical knowledge coupled with a global network and invaluable industry acumen to the Xcedex leadership team, which will help shape future technology and related business development strategy.
Inaugural members include:
Thomas G. Hudson
Prior to its acquisition by McDATA, Mr. Hudson was Chairman and CEO of Computer Network Technology Corporation (CNT) where the revenue grew from $65 million to $360 million under his leadership between 1996-2005. Mr. Hudson has more than 20 years in the computer industry. Prior to joining CNT, Hudson served as senior vice president of corporate development at McGraw Hill Companies. Mr. Hudson began his professional career in 1968 at IBM where he served in a number of management positions, including vice president of the services sector division. During his tenure at IBM, he managed a variety of strategic, development, and marketing activities for financial services, international operations, and the large systems business. Mr. Hudson holds a BS from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from New York University.
Mark Schrandt
As an Advisory Board Member to the Xcedex Corporation, Mark Schrandt brings extensive and proven senior management and technology development expertise. Most recently, Mark was VP of Engineering for Isilon Systems, the market leader in high capacity, high performance file servers designed for today's multimedia environments. Prior to Isilon, Mark was VP of Engineering for NuSpeed Internet Systems and Cisco Systems, and was a pioneer in the development of IP based storage networking technology, bringing to market the industry's first iSCSI products and multi-protocol storage switches. Mark was a key member of the NuSpeed management team that negotiated a $450 million acquisition by Cisco Systems in the fall of 2000. Prior to Cisco Systems, Mark was Director of Product Development for StorageTek's Storage Networking Division. His extensive senior management experience and background in establishing and managing successful engineering teams tasked with driving the rapid deployment of product development strategies fits perfectly with the Xcedex Corporation's strategy to evolve as the #1 provider of virtualization solution software globally.
Roy A. Ginsburg
Mr. Ginsburg has been with Dorsey & Whitney LLP for nearly 30 years, where he practices in the Advocacy Group. For more than 20 years, Mr. Ginsburg was a Partner in the firm's Trial Department; he now is a Partner in the Labor & Employment Law Department.
Mr. Ginsburg's practice involves a wide range of commercial litigation matters involving high-tech companies. For many years, he has focused on commercial disputes affecting the employment relationship, including, misappropriation of trade secrets, corporate raiding, usurpation of corporate opportunity, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract (such as post-employment restrictive covenants), and related claims. He also handles other types of commercial, employment and insurance litigation.
Honors
* Selected as a 2006 'Attorney of the Year', Minnesota Lawyer
* Selected as one of "America's Leading Lawyers for Business," Chambers USA 2004-2009
* Selected as one of Minnesota's "Top 40 Employment Attorneys," 2006
* Selected annually as one of Minnesota's "Super Lawyers," 1990 - present
* Selected regularly as one of Minnesota's Leading Attorneys, Guide to Leading American Attorneys
Jeffrey Saunders
Jeff Saunders is a partner in the Corporate group at Dorsey & Whitney LLP. His practice includes clients in a number of industries, with a primary focus on companies involved in the health care and information technology industries. He has extensive experience across the spectrum of the health care supply chain, from medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers, to health care technology and service providers, and helped pioneer the development of consumer-driven products and services in the health care benefits area. His information technology practice includes representation of companies providing a wide variety software, hardware and telecommunications products and services. He regularly advises clients on private and public equity offerings (including the capitalization of fast growing emerging companies), mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, technology development and licensing agreements, corporate governance and regulatory compliance.
Honors
* Minnesota Super Lawyer (1998-2009)
* Top 100 Minnesota Super Lawyer (2006)
* Top 40 Business & Commercial Transactions Minnesota Super Lawyer (2004)
This stellar group of members joining Xcedex's Advisory Board has impressive expertise in rapidly ramping up businesses that realize tremendous growth and expansion," said Xcedex President and CEO Chris Taylor. "With the guidance of these outstanding professionals, Xcedex will be better positioned to achieve its objective: rapid development and ramp-up of our innovative software portfolio. We're laser focused on development and execution of our Software as a Service(SaaS) based model leveraging Xcedex's Xpedite Partner Program to accelerate and grow our market share and we are positioned well with the addition of the advisory board to have continued success in the market.
About Xcedex
Xcedex is the leading virtualization planning and deployment software firm focused on enabling businesses to unlock the potential of virtualization with confidence through the assessment, design, deployment, and management of virtualization. Information about Xcedex's products and services can be found at www.Xcedex.com
by Caleb Stevens Staff writer
Nancy Kuehn | Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal
Xcedex CEO and President Chris Taylor at a company meeting. Xcedex expects revenue of $5+ million, up from $3.7 million in 2008.
Chris Taylor is no weatherman, but he knows the forecast for his business: It’s cloudy.
Cloudy as in cloud computing; Taylor is co-founder, president and CEO of Xcedex Inc., a tech firm that is shifting its focus to software “virtualization” and cloud computing, which shifts certain data-management and application tasks to the Web.
Xcedex recently sold off the consulting end of the company to shift all resources on its new focus and is moving from a 2,000-square-foot office in Wayzata to a 6,000-square-foot office in the 800 block of Washington Avenue. It’s also raising capital to expand from strictly virtualization into cloud computing and other state-of-the-art technologies
Xcedex provides software that does virtualization planning, design and deployment. “Virtualization” is basically the process of dividing server resources so it runs more efficiently. For example, Xcedex recently implemented its software for a large information services company and decreased the amount of physical servers they use from 4,000 down to 200.
Xcedex past work also includes a deal with an online retail company to reduce its physical server size from 400 down to three. The business savings that virtualization offers (both in energy and physical space) is one of the reasons Taylor says the technology is here to stay.
“Virtualization has a significant impact on the bottom line.” Taylor said. “[Clients] understand the impact and payback, they can’t deploy it fast enough.”
Cloud computing builds on virtualization to move data onto the Web in such a way that it doesn’t matter where the user is or what hardware they’re using to access it. A simple example is an application such as Google’s Gmail, but it can get much more advanced. Programmers could use cloud technology to borrow vast amounts of data for a simulation, then return it when the simulation is over.
“Today, we focus on virtualization planning,” Taylor said. “Our next initiative is virtual desktop (later in 2009) and the next will be cloud computing (sometime in 2010).”
Taylor and Xcedex are looking to gain an edge on the competition through their unique approach to virtualization. Xcedex’s X_Factor planning software does not require a client installation and runs on a computer through the firm’s Web site. Taylor said he hasn’t seen any other infrastructure analysis firms deploying products in that way.
“We have completely taken our software to the next level with the SaaS model,” Taylor said. “No matter where you are in the world, if you have an Internet connection, you can use our software.”
The company is expecting revenue between $5 million and $6 million for this year, up from around $3.7 million last year. That growth will lead Xcedex from the suburbs to downtown Minneapolis.
“We’re sharing desks with each other,” Taylor said. “It’s time to get to a larger location and get that look and feel of a software company.”
Xcedex Inc.
City: Wayzata
Founder, CEO and president: Chris Taylor
Business: Technology
Employees: 17
2008 Revenue: About $3.7 million
Web: xcedex.com
Xcedex signs X_Factor Software as a Service(SaaS) Licensing Deal
Xcedex, the premier provider of virtualization planning and deployment software signs long term X_Factor Software as a Service(SaaS) Agreement
Wayzata, Minnesota (PRWEB) March 12, 2009 -- Xcedex, the premier provider of virtualization planning and deployment software announces the signing of a long term contract to provide X_Factor Software as a Service(SaaS) licensing agreement encompassing virtualization planning, design, and deployment project.
Under the terms of the agreement Xcedex's X_Factor willl be deployed across a global organization in support of planning, design and implementation of virtualization of VMware spanning in excess of 12,000 devices. The agreement was executed under an existing subcontractor agreement with one of Xcedex's key Global Alliance Partners. Implementation of the project began in mid- February 2009 and under the current contract terms extend through 2011. The projected cost savings benefits derived are in excess of $50M derived through consolidation of physical servers ,physical data center space reduction via power and cooling reductions, and the tertiary benefits derived across the entire spectrum of the organization efficiencies gained.
"This is yet another example of how Xcedex has amplified X_Factor's core value in enabling our clients to achieve results through a collaborative effort with one of our Key Global Alliance Partners leading the charge," said Chris Taylor, President and Chief Executive Officer, Xcedex. "This agreement is a key benchmark that highlights X_Factor's capabilities banded with Xcedex's ability to execute on a strategy fueled by our one of our key Global Alliance Partners. We have experienced an significant uptick of sales activity that can be directly contributed to this recent win. "Xcedex delivers X_Factor software exclusively through our Global Alliance Channel Program.
"This recent major win demonstrates a proven adoption of our Global Alliance Program and further solidifies Xcedex's strategy of building lasting relationships as part of our heritage", says Ron Cheney, Executive Vice President, Global Alliances. Cheney also adds that " Xcedex's Alliance Channel will be built upon a foundation with a core principle of one partner at a time as our DNA".
X_Factor's advanced capabilities create a number of opportunities for our partners to accentuate their core products, consulting and professional services to their clients. These include data center assessments, physical to virtual migration, business continuity planning, virtualization and storage capacity planning and utilization, implementation and deployment, policy-based automation development and various managed services.
About Xcedex
Xcedex is a leading virtualization planning and deployment software firm focused on enabling businesses to unlock the potential of virtualization with confidence through the assessment, design, deployment, and management of virtualization. Information about Xcedex's products and services can be found at www.Xcedex.com
by Katharine Grayson Staff Writer
Xcedex Inc., a software firm that helps companies make their IT systems more efficient, has expanded its presence in the United States and Europe with new offices in Texas and England.
The firm’s software helps companies plan “virtualization” projects, which make IT infrastructure more manageable and environmentally friendly. Virtualization can, for instance, reduce the number of servers a business uses.
Xcedex opened its new offices to be closer to clients, including Thomson Reuters, said Chris Taylor, CEO and president. The firm targets Fortune 500 companies. Xcedex has seen an uptick in business from firms aiming to cut costs, Taylor said, and expects its revenue to range between $5 million and $6 million this year, up from about $3.7 million last year.
Xcedex Inc.
City: Wayzata
CEO and president: Chris Taylor
Business: Technology
Employees: 17
2008 Revenue: About $3.7 million
Web: xcedex.com
Xcedex, the premier provider of virtualization planning software and solutions for managing virtual infrastructure in the data center today announced that it has expanded operations in North America and Europe
Wayzata, Minnesota (PRWEB) February 14, 2009 -- Xcedex, the premier provider of virtualization planning software and solutions for managing virtual infrastructure in the data center announced that it has expanded operations in North America with a branch office in Austin, Texas and has expanded internationally with a location in Surrey, England. As part of this expansion in North America Xcedex Midwest has been renamed formally to Xcedex.
"We see this further expansion of Xcedex as an accelerant to fuel our growth and position us to be strategically poised," said Chris Taylor, President and Chief Executive Officer, Xcedex. "Through this expansion we are executing on our strategy of building a foundation to enable us to execute on our Global Alliance Channel Sales Program."
Xcedex delivers their portfolio of products to include our flagship product X_Factor software exclusively through our channel partners. X_Factor's advanced capabilities create a number of opportunities for our partners to accentuate their core products, consulting and professional services to their clients. These include data center assessments, physical to virtual migration, business continuity planning, virtualization and storage capacity planning and utilization, implementation and deployment, policy-based automation development and various managed services.
About Xcedex
Xcedex is the world's leading provider of Virtualization planning software and services that enable organizations of all sizes to accelerate a planned approach and adoption of virtualization solutions. Information about Xcedex's products and services can be found at www.Xcedex.com
The next generation of Xcedex's X_Factor Virtualization planning software unveiled
Wayzata, Minnesota December 26, 2008 -- Xcedex, the premier provider of virtualization planning software and solutions for managing virtual infrastructure in the data center, today unveils next generation of X_Factor, an innovative virtualization planning software suite.
"The complexity of Virtualization fueled by a desire to drastically reduce operational and capital expenses is driving demand for an application that allows a user to take control and provide an ability to rapidly produce a virtualization plan that can be implemented in the most efficient manner with predictable results, says David Payne, Chief Technology Officer/Founder, Xcedex.
X_Factor enables users to thoroughly plan and document virtualization projects using data collected with CollectorX, a virtual appliance that houses a mature agentless data collection engine. Candidate selection/exclusion/inclusion, modeling and storage planning decisions are performed using X_Factor, a web based analysis portal.
Xcedex delivers its X_Factor software and solutions primarily through its Global Alliance Channel. X_Factor's advanced capabilities create a number of opportunities for channel partners to accentuate their core products, consulting and professional services to their clients. Using the robust agentless data collection capabilities of CollectorX, Xcedex partners are able to automate services such as data center assessments, physical to virtual migration planning, business continuity planning, server virtualization and storage capacity planning, implementation and deployment, and various managed services.
"While many other products currently in the market address either a front end "assessment" capability or "management" application for virtualization infrastructure, Xcedex's X_Factor is targeted at real world scenarios that put the "control and decision" making capabilities in the hands of the user, says Chris Taylor, President and CEO, Xcedex.
X_Factor automates virtualization candidate selection/exclusion, workload analysis, on the fly and adjustable "what if analysis" combined with a holistic view across the server, applications, network, and storage resources. X_Factor assists with the generation of a Virtualization Plan that provides the user with an actionable roadmap ready for implementation. This automates many time-intensive tasks such as a manual or "clipboard approach" to IT Infrastructure inventory, manually reviewing data from multiple sources, and mashing up the results to produce what is often incongruent data that is aged by the time it is compiled for review. The resulting benefits include accelerated results of finding "low hanging fruit" candidates to be virtualized, exclusion of certain candidates that are not optimal for virtualization, reduced data center complexity, increased agility and resource utilization, and dramatically reduced capital and operating expenses.
"The enhancements we've delivered in X_Factor are a natural extension of our core capabilities and a direct response to our customer demand and real world experience over the last 7 years," said Jeremy Pries, Vice President of Engineering/Product Development. "Our product roadmap includes future enhancements that follow the future of the virtualization market and we plan to achieve accelerated product releases that leverage the core expertise currently housed in this platform. "
X_Factor is available today in a private beta release. Xcedex invites those interested in evaluating and shaping the X_Factor product suite to apply for access using the partner application form. For further information please visit Xcedex at www.Xcedex.com
About Xcedex
Xcedex is the world's leading provider of Virtualization planning software and services that enable organizations of all sizes to accelerate a planned approach and adoption of virtualization solutions. Information about Xcedex's products and services can be found at www.Xcedex.com
Chris Taylor promoted to President and CEO of Xcedex Corporation
Wayzata, Minnesota October 24, 2008 -- The Xcedex Corporation (www.xcedex.com), a global leader in the delivery of virtualization solutions and services, today announced the promotion of Chris Taylor to the position of President and CEO. Mr. Taylor joined Xcedex in June, 2008 as the firm's Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Since then, his contributions have had a significant impact on the Xcedex business, its subsequent repositioning to take advantage of the rapidly expanding virtualization solutions market and its build out of both the Xcedex direct and channel organizations.
Mr. Taylor brings 16 years of experience to Xcedex with demonstrated leadership capabilities in both start-up and publicly-held corporations. He has a strong track record of positioning companies as market leaders, creating new market segments and driving innovative and effective direct and channel go-to-market sales strategies. As Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, he expanded the firms customer base to over 1,000 accounts worldwide and its development of business alliance relationships with OEMs such as EMC, Microsoft, NetApp, Dell and Xiotech, regional and national value-added resellers and global systems integrators.
Prior to his positions with Xcedex, Taylor led the Professional Services and Solutions Group for Minnesota-based Evolving Solutions, an IT solutions company recognized as a Finance and Commerce Magazine's "Innovator of the Year" company, CRN Magazine Fast Growth 100 and Minneapolis / St. Paul Journal "Fast Growth 50" company. Before joining Evolving Solutions, Taylor served as National Director of Solutions Development for the Computer Network Technology Corporation, a market leader in delivering end-to-end storage network software solutions and products globally. Prior to CNT, he held various corporate and field business development and sales leadership positions within both EMC's Professional Services Group and the Microsoft Corporation, where he played a key role in the roll-out of the Microsoft Dynamics™ line of integrated business management solutions.
David Payne, Xcedex founder and Chief Technology Officer states that "I am pleased that Chris Taylor has agreed to step into the role of President and CEO of the Xcedex Corporation. As a result of this move, I am confident that our firm will be better positioned to contribute to the rapidly expanding virtualization solutions and services market."
Taylor will manage the overall performance of the company, including leading achievement of Xcedex long term growth goals, enhancing and continuing to build an effective management team, and establishing and maintaining business relationships with key industry alliance partners.
"I appreciate the confidence that David Payne and the Xcedex organization have expressed in my abilities and consider it a privilege to lead such a talented and capable team of business and technology solution professionals," said Taylor. "In order to continue to execute on the company's growth strategies, I have three objectives and they will be my top priorities as President and CEO. First, Xcedex will continue to leverage its core virtualization solution capabilities and proprietary technologies to deliver new product lines; we will further enhance our firms software and service infrastructure to launch these new products in expanding domestic and global markets; and we will attract, retain and develop talented employees that can contribute to our long-term growth initiatives."
A native of South Carolina, Mr. Taylor received a BA degree from the University of North Carolina and an MBA degree from Trinity College and University. He now resides in the Minneapolis, Minnesota area with his wife and three daughters.
About Xcedex
Xcedex is a world leading provider of virtualization planning software and services that enable organizations of all sizes to accelerate a planned approach and adoption of virtualization solutions. The company was founded in 2002 and its headquarters are in Wayzata, Minnesota. For more information, visit www.xcedex.com
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Demand for virtualization planning and design solutions fuels growth of Xcedex's X-Factor Virtualization Software and Services
Wayzata, Minnesota October 7, 2008—Xcedex (www.xcedex.com), the premier provider of virtualization planning software and solutions for managing virtual infrastructure in the data center today announced that its virtualization solutions have surpassed over 1,000 engagements. This milestone, obtained in the third quarter of 2008, was driven by the explosive growth of virtualization in the market over the last 4 years.
Xcedex experienced strong growth across all industry verticals with increased business in Banking, Education, Insurance, Transportation, and Manufacturing. Xcedex was engaged to assist these clients in areas centered around reduction and containment of costs, optimization of their Information Technology infrastructure, and solutions that address business mobility and agility.
"The success Xcedex has achieved over the last six years stems from our unique approach with our X-Factor Planning and Design Software that doesn't simply stop with the analysis or assessment," says Chris Taylor, Executive Vice President/Co-Founder, Xcedex. It generates specific recommendations on which servers and storage devices to virtualize and it even predicts the performance characteristics of the resulting virtual servers and storage devices along with providing a holistic view of virtualization. This enables organizations to proactively plan and design virtualization solutions that achieve the promise of operational benefits and cost savings of virtualization.
"The algorithms and analytics behind X-Factor are the culmination of 6 years of work and countless successful virtualization engagements at some of America's best known companies," states David Payne, Chief Technology Office/Founder, Xcedex. As one Xcedex partner described it, X-Factor is the "easy-button" for quickly generating a reliable, actionable set of recommendations and a roadmap regarding virtualization of server and storage environments."
About Xcedex
Xcedex is the world's leading provider of Virtualization planning software and services that enable organizations of all sizes to accelerate a planned approach and adoption of virtualization solutions. Information about Xcedex's products and services can be found at www.xcedex.com.
VMPowered joins Xcedex's Global Alliance
Wayzata, Minnesota October 4, 2008 -- Xcedex, the premier provider of virtualization planning software and solutions for managing virtual infrastructure in the data center, today announced that VMPowered has joined their Global Alliance Channel Sales Program. The Alliance Program will enable VMPowered to expand their virtualization practices and offer their customers increased value through Xcedex's market-leading virtualization planning software, X-Factor.
VMPowered, based in Circle Pines, Minn., is entirely focused on helping companies move to a virtual IT environment, through virtual server and storage design, implementation and post-sales support. The company is a designated VMware Authorized Consultant (VAC) and VMware VIP Enterprise Partner. Established in 2001, VMPowered has helped more than 1,000 customers increase server and storage utilization, decrease operational complexity, and reduce the total cost of ownership while ensuring a greater return on investment on their technology infrastructure.
"We are always seeking to partner with organizations that bring true best-of-breed products to the virtualization space and are thrilled to begin working with Xcedex," said Rod Lucero, chief technology officer, VMPowered. "With Xcedex's X-Factor Software, we now have the perfect complement to our existing offerings and can offer our customers the best virtualization consulting services available to meet their needs."
Xcedex recently launched their Global Alliance Channel Sales Program designed to enable their partners to quickly establish or expand their virtualization practices and offer their customers increased value through Xcedex's market-leading virtualization planning software, X-Factor.
"As a proven leader in server and storage virtualization, VMPowered and Xcedex share a common commitment to virtualization, and will help us expand our consulting capabilities more effectively," said Chris Taylor, Executive Vice President/Co-Founder, Xcedex. "We are excited about forging ahead to build a strong partnership with VMPowered, and the organization's expertise and maturity in the market will enable us to expand our collective share of the Virtualization Planning and Design software as well as services space that is estimated at over $12B by 2011."
About Xcedex
Xcedex is the world's leading provider of Virtualization planning software and services that enable organizations of all sizes to accelerate a planned approach and adoption of virtualization solutions. Information about Xcedex's products and services can be found at www.Xcedex.com
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Xiotech Announces Alliance with Virtualization Innovator Xcedex
Partnership Bolsters Xiotech’s Industry-Leading Suite of
Storage Management Tools
Eden Prairie, Minn.—Sept. 30, 2008—Xiotech Corporation today announced that it has entered into an alliance with Xcedex, Inc., a leading provider of virtualization consulting services. Under the agreement, Xiotech is now able to offer Xcedex’s proprietary X_Factor Virtualization Readiness Planning (VRP) and Virtualization Readiness Design (VRD) analytics tools to its customers, allowing them to assess their IT environments for the approval, preparation and planning of virtual projects. This added level of detail will pay off for clients in increased control, higher return on investment (ROI) and lower total cost of ownership (TCO) throughout their data centers.
Xcedex’s X_Factor technology performs an assessment of a pre-virtual network by running inside it for a period of time and collecting inventory on servers, storage and network devices. It then assigns a score to each device based on performance characteristics, which can be used to compare proposed virtualization scenarios to make an appropriate selection. Modeling is done to ensure compatibility with design and configuration options, and detailed reports on capacity and statistics are issued. To complete the process, findings are clearly presented along with a roadmap and financial analysis, allowing for conclusions to be drawn and recommendations to be formed. Put together, the entire process will help IT leaders create optimized virtualization strategies.
“Our customers have been looking for virtualization planning resources along with the best-in-class storage management and storage-related server administration capabilities we offer with our ICON Manager user interface and Virtual View plug-in,” said Eric Lomascolo, Director of Product Management at Xiotech. “With Xcedex on board, we now have the perfect complement to our existing offerings and can offer our customers the best virtualization consulting services available to meet their needs.”
“Storage is a critical part of a virtualization solution, and Xiotech’s comprehensive capabilities deliver a single pane of glass view into a virtual infrastructure,” said Chris Taylor, Executive Vice President/Co-Founder at Xcedex.
“By combining Xcedex’s front-end capabilities for virtualization planning and design with Xiotech’s storage architecture, users can take virtual infrastructure management to the next level, with deep, proactive analysis and planning,” added Ron Cheney, Executive Vice President/Co-Founder at Xcedex. “As a result, users can rapidly deploy virtualization with the assurance of a solid design and architecture that addresses their business needs and is scalable and highly available.”
Xiotech will be introducing Xcedex to its channel partners, who will be responsible for the implementation and support of VRP and VRD. Upon purchase, the tools are available for immediate installation and can be operational within a few days.
About Xcedex
Xcedex is the world’s leading provider of virtualization planning software and services that enable organizations of all sizes to accelerate a planned approach and adoption of virtualization solutions. The company was founded in 2002 and its headquarters are in Wayzata, Minnesota. For more information, visit www.xcedex.com.
About Xiotech
Xiotech Corporation, an innovator in data storage and protection solutions, is delivering the new foundation of storage with unprecedented reliability, performance and scalability. Xiotech’s Emprise™ storage family is built on patented Intelligent Storage Element (ISE™) technology, which virtually eliminates drive-related service events, while delivering industry-leading performance. Both the Emprise and Magnitude® families of storage systems are feature rich, with optimal storage virtualization, Fibre Channel and iSCSI connectivity, grow-as-you-go scalability, unmatched ease of use and integrated customization via Web services. Additionally, Xiotech’s TimeScale® line offers comprehensive, modular solutions for data protection and availability.
Xiotech is based in Eden Prairie, Minn., and maintains major facilities in Colorado Springs, Colo., and Hyderabad, India. For more information, visit www.xiotech.com, email info@xiotech.comThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call toll free 1.866.472.6764.
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Wayzata, Minnesota, September 12, 2008
Xcedex, the premier provider of virtualization planning software and solutions for managing virtual infrastructure in the data center, today announced the launch of its Global Alliance Channel Sales Program for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM’s), value-added resellers, systems integrators and consulting firms. The Alliance Program enables our partners to quickly establish or expand their virtualization practices and offer their customers increased value through Xcedex’s market-leading virtualization planning software, X-Factor.
Xcedex delivers its X-Factor software and solutions exclusively through these channel partners in each region and the product’s advanced capabilities create a number of opportunities for our channel partners to accentuate their core products, consulting and professional services to their clients. These include data center assessments, physical to virtual migration, business continuity planning, virtualization and storage capacity planning and utilization, implementation and deployment, policy-based automation development and various managed services. “Xcedex’s business model is entirely channel-driven so we’re very focused on our partners’ success,“ said Chris Taylor, Executive Vice President/Co-Founder of Xcedex. “Our solutions are the most mature and have an economic price point that affords our channel partners the opportunity to expand their market with existing customers while attracting new users of virtualization technologies at the same time”.
The Xcedex Global Alliance Channel Sales Program highlights:
* Comprehensive sales and marketing support
* On-site sales and technical training
* Joint marketing, press and lead generation programs
* Opportunity registration process
* Pre/post-sales and technical support
* Authorization to resell our software and solutions
* Demo and evaluation software
* Dedicated account support
“Xcedex is now recruiting channel partners who have a trusted and consultative relationship with their clients and understand that virtualization solutions are designed, not procured,” said Ron Cheney, Executive Vice President/Co-Founder, Global Alliances.. “Virtualization is growing at a rapid rate and customers deserve the right solutions that can grow affordably as their business grows.”
About Xcedex
Xcedex is the world’s leading provider of Virtualization planning software and services that enable organizations of all sizes to accelerate a planned approach and adoption of virtualization solutions. Information about Xcedex’s products and services can be found at www.Xcedex.com