KEMP releases Cisco IVT Certified Load Balancing and ADC Operating System for Unified Computing System

Issued by Progress
New York, NY, 25 Jun 2013

KEMP Technologies today announces the availability of the LoadMaster Operating System Software for Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS).

KEMP's LMOS for UCS is Cisco IVT Certified (Interoperability Validation Testing) and is the only ADC and Load Balancer Operating system to run natively within the UCS fabric - without requiring a server virtualisation hypervisor. KEMP is demonstrating the new LoadMaster for UCS at Cisco Live booth number 1 439.

More than 20 000 enterprises worldwide rely on the Cisco UCS platform to deliver a converged data centre infrastructure for: computation, network, storage access and virtualisation resources for a wide range of applications. Cisco customers can now install KEMP's high-performance load balancer operating system on any Cisco UCS server to increase application performance and reduce network traffic congestion through its tight integration with the UCS fabric.

Key highlights

* KEMP's LMOS-for-UCS is easily installed on a B-series or C-series UCS server as a "host" ADC operating system, leveraging UCS's high performance compute, I/O and fabric infrastructure.
* Operating natively within the UCS fabric, the LoadMaster decreases application latency, improving performance and allowing for high-speed communications between server workloads.
* KEMP LoadMaster for UCS has been approved by Cisco for its SIP (Solution Incentive Program) - providing additional incentives for Cisco's channel partners.
* LoadMaster for UCS offers layer 4 and 7 server load balancing, SSL offload and acceleration, data caching and compression, layer-7 Intrusion Prevention System and security features, including pre-auth, single sign-on and persistent logging.

Quote by Peter Melerud, EVP of Product Management at KEMP Technologies:

"KEMP's LoadMaster for UCS is a game-changer in the ADC market. By delivering a full featured ADC running natively inside the UCS fabric, it gives Cisco customers the unique ability to leverage their existing hardware investments while delivering increased application performance. Cisco customers can now leverage existing technology investments and eliminate the need for external third-party ADC and load balancers."

For more information on KEMP's LoadMaster interoperability with Cisco UCS B-Series Blades, go to www.kemptechnologies.com/ucs.

KEMP Technologies

KEMP Technologies is the number one price/performance load balancer and application delivery controller, used by thousands of businesses which consider IT, e-commerce, Web and business applications as mission-critical to their long-term success. KEMP helps companies rapidly grow their business by providing 24/7 infrastructure availability, better Web performance and secure operations - while streamlining IT costs.

KEMP's LoadMaster products include Layers 4-7 load balancing, content switching, server persistence, SSL offload/acceleration, and application front-end capabilities (caching, compression, intrusion prevention system), plus one full year of product support - delivering industry leading price/performance.

KEMP is headquartered in New York City.

For more information, visit www.kemptechnologies.com.

Press contact:
Lynda Starr
Vantage Communications for KEMP Technologies
973 386 5949
lstarr@pr-vantage.com

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KEMP releases Cisco IVT Certified Load Balancing and ADC Operating System for Unified Computing System

The KEMP LoadMaster Operating System enhances enterprise application performance and availability by delivering application-aware, L7 traffic management and optimisation within the Cisco UCS high-performance fabric.