What is being announced?
Today IBM is announcing our intention to deliver IBM® Systems Director 6.1 in 4Q/08. IBM Systems Director 6.1 is the next generation of IBM Director and is a platform management solution that streamlines the way physical and virtual systems are managed across a multi-system environment. IBM Systems Director provides the base function needed for modular extensible platform services to easily add advanced platform management functions as required. It is the basis for managing systems today and as clients move forward with virtualization and management of their data center as part of cloud computing.
Carpathia Hosting is announcing the acquisition of ServerVault. In this deal, Carpathia Hosting gains one of the most secure federally-compliant datacenters in the United States; an expanded services portfolio that includes complex managed services designed for federal agencies, healthcare providers and financial services firms; and a significantly expanded customer base, including system integrator relationships.