CA Technologies Signs Global Licensing and Distribution Agreement with Velocity Software, a Leading Linux Performance Management Company
ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at SHARE's bi-annual user conference for enterprise technology professionals, CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) announced an agreement with Velocity Software, a leading Linux performance management company, to include the company's zVPS™ Performance Suite for IBM System z in its comprehensive Linux on System z management offering.
Velocity Software's products help IT organizations optimize performance and reduce cost via graphical, real-time access to detailed performance data and analysis of z/VM and Linux on System z performance.
"Performance Management is a critical aspect of customer IT management strategies," said Dayton Semerjian, general manager, Mainframe, CA Technologies. "We are offering Velocity Software's leading performance management suite to help our customers optimize management of their Linux on System z environment."
zVPS offers easy-to-use graphical and web-based tools to help analyze capacity requirements, establish operational alerts and determine chargeback usage. Its detailed information helps IT staff optimize performance and effectively manage the cost of their Linux on System z environment. By gathering data from Linux on System z and distributed environments, such as VMWare, Microsoft, Linux and Unix servers, zVPS supports server consolidation projects and facilitates decisions on the most cost-effective placement of workloads.
"There are strong synergies between the Linux on System z offerings from CA Technologies and Velocity Software," said Barton Robinson, Velocity Software CEO. "This partnering of complementary solutions helps to greatly strengthen the value proposition in managing Linux on System z platforms for our mutual customers."
"As a long-time joint customer, we can attest to the time and cost savings of implementing CA Technologies and Velocity Software suites to manage our Linux environment, as well as the potential added value delivered by the integrated product lines," said Jerry Whitteridge, design engineer at Safeway. "From our perspective, CA Technologies continues to demonstrate its support for our mainframe and Linux business needs."
The Velocity Software zVPS™ Performance Suite for IBM System z is now available from CA Technologies.
About Velocity Software
Velocity Software, headquartered in Mountain View, CA was founded in 1988 to create the premier performance products for the VM platform. VM system performance was Velocity Software's singular commitment for a dozen years. With the introduction of Linux running in a z/VM environment and the proliferation of Internet and networking activity, Velocity's view of performance measurement and management has expanded to include Linux and the network. With customers ranging from Fortune 500 companies to smaller installations, Velocity Software can help with any z/VM or Linux on System z performance problem. For additional information, visit http://www.velocitysoftware.com/index.html.
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