Dell plugs hole in virtualisation stack
Netuitive makes analytics software for managing virtual infrastructure. One of the challenges with a virtual infrastructure is the dependencies that exist between its many discrete components, making management of the overall system complex.
Netuitive's software collects data about performance and utilisation levels throughout the infrastructure, and analyses these to build a picture of its overall health and any problems that might arise. Netuitive says its software has patented “self-learning” capabilities.
According to PCWorld, Dell revealed its Virtual Integrated System, or VIS, early last year and has been building it out through partnerships, acquisitions and some of its own development work. It's part of Dell's effort to expand beyond PC sales into more profitable areas.
VIS is a set of software products designed to ease the provisioning and management of physical and virtual systems, including servers, networks and storage gear. It aims to compete with offerings such as Cisco's Unified Computing System and Hewlett-Packard's Blade System Matrix, which was recently rebranded as CloudSystem Matrix.
Dell says it built VIS primarily with mid-size companies in mind, and claims VIS differs from rival products because it can manage equipment from a variety of vendors.
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