Liquid Computing Announces Support for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V

LiquidIQ Enables Users to Alter the Physical Characteristics of Hardware Underlying Microsoft Hyper-V, Creates Dynamic Data Center

Los Altos, Calif.  – September 8, 2008 – Liquid Computing, developer of the world’s first fully converged communications and computing platform, today announced that its LiquidIQ solution supports Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V. LiquidIQ, a converged solution that combines standard physical data center resources with sophisticated management and control software, can be tightly integrated with Hyper-V to create dynamically adjustable server resource pools that match workload needs and minimize under-utilized assets.

Capabilities of Microsoft Hyper-V technology, which include the ability to tailor the utilization of server resources and provide more IT flexibility through the use of Virtual Machines, are often constrained by the inherent limitations of rack mount servers and their associated I/O architectures. The LiquidIQ system enables users to create a highly dynamic data center by allowing them to easily alter the physical characteristics – processor, memory and networking components – of the LiquidIQ Logical Server hardware underlying a Hyper-V instance by simply editing its software attributes.

“Liquid Computing’s LiquidIQ complements the powerful virtualization capabilities offered by Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V,” said Zane Adam, senior director of integrated virtualization at Microsoft. “The combination of these offerings provides customers with the fundamental virtualization infrastructure for their businesses and improved business agility for a more dynamic data center.”

The Liquid Computing system provides the following benefits:

  • Rapid provisioning – LiquidIQ’s diskless and stateless logical servers provide extremely rapid provisioning of servers and associated networking. Templates can be copied and deployed in minutes.
  • Verifiable disaster recovery and business continuity – The system provides verifiable business continuity as all application, operating system and network data is stored externally on Network Attached Storage (NAS) or on Storage Area Networks (SANs). Simple replication of this data provides business continuity at a second site.
  • Interoperability – LiquidIQ embraces standard operating systems, standard Ethernet networking and management tool interfaces (SNMP, command line interface) to provide simple data center integration.
  • High energy efficiency – The system uses 20-30 percent less power to provide the same processing power as equivalent clusters built using rack mounts servers and switches.
  • High density footprint – LiquidIQ enjoys more than a 6:1 ratio benefit for floor space for an equivalent amount of computing and switching.
  • Hardware lifecycle management – The system is based on a scalable chassis and software design that allows servers with processors from different vendors to co-exist in the system and to be retired at a rate determined by the business.
  • Fully integrated solution – VMware® Virtual Appliance Server provides the power of VMware Virtual Infrastructure, the complete library of VMware virtual appliances, VMware VDi and LiquidIQ in an integrated package. This package is financed to enable monthly billing versus up front capital expenditures. Additionally, NetApp™ filers can be included in this financed package.

“The combination of Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V technology and Liquid Computing’s LiquidIQ delivers a dynamic, virtualized data center that provides customers with service agility, high asset utilization and low management costs,” said Greg McElheran, president and CEO, Liquid Computing. “Our strong relationship with Microsoft enables us to continue to provide mutual customers with innovative virtualization solutions that offer increased performance, flexibility and efficiency across all Microsoft solutions and applications.”

About Liquid Computing, Inc.
Liquid Computing has delivered a new generation of IT infrastructure that is transforming the traditional server and switch configurations commonplace in data centers. LiquidIQ, the world’s first fully converged communications and computing platform, provides flexible pools of computing, networking and switching resources and makes data center IT infrastructure easy to manage. For more information, visit www.liquidcomputing.com.

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