- VKernel
Infobox_Company
company_name = VKernel
company_
company_type = Private
foundation =USA (2007)
location = USA
key_people = Alex Bakman, Founder &CEO
industry =Virtualization
products = Capacity Bottleneck Analyzer Virtual Appliance
Chargeback Virtual Appliance
revenue = Not disclosed
homepage = [http://www.vkernel.com/ www.vkernel.com]VKernel corporation, located in
Portsmouth, New Hampshire , is a provider ofvirtual appliance s for managing virtual server environments. VKernel's main products are the Capacity Bottleneck Analyzer Virtual Appliance and the Chargeback Virtual Appliance. The Capacity Bottleneck Analyzer allows users to identify capacity bottlenecks on hosts, clusters, and resource pools. The appliance builds a list of currentRAM ,CPU , storage and network bottlenecks on the usersVMware infrastructure . VKernel's Chargeback Virtual Appliance allows an IT department to provide its end-users with reports about resource consumption and how much it costs [ [http://www.vkernel.com/ VKernel - Capacity and Chargeback Virtual Appliance for ESX Servers ] ] . The VKernel Capacity Bottleneck Analyzer as well as the Chargeback Virtual Appliance are VMware certified applications. [ [http://soa.sys-con.com/read/554661.htm VKernel Chargeback Virtual Appliance Now VMware Virtualization Certified ] ]The company has recently been recognized as a top tech
start up byInfoworld [ [http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/05/19/21FE-startups-intro_1.html Inside 2008's hottest tech startups | InfoWorld | Award | 2008-05-19 | By Bill Snyder ] ] as well as one of CRN's top emerging tech vendors [ [http://www.crn.com/it-channel/208800862?pgno=9 2008 CRN Emerging Vendors: The List - IT Channel - IT Channel News by CRN and VARBusiness ] ] . Other recognitions include: Byte and Switch's top 10 Storage Start-Ups to Watch [ [http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=158907&page_number=10 NEW! Top 10 Storage Startups to Watch - Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) News Analysis - Byte and Switch ] ] and Network World's 7Virtualization Companies to Watch [ [http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/021408-7-virtual-management-companies.html 7 virtual management companies to watch - Network World ] ] .Hummer Winblad Venture Partners and Polaris Venture Partners co-led a $4,600,000 first round Series A funding for VKernel in early 2008. [ [http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2008/02/04/daily21-N.H.%27s-VKernel-gets-$4.6M-first-round.html N.H.'s VKernel gets $4.6M first round - Massachusetts Biotech and Technology News and New England Local Business News ] ]
Alex Bakman, founder and CEO of V-Kernel, is a successful
serial entrepreneur and holds numerous domestic and international patents. He founded Ecora Software (1999), an industry leader in cost-effective change and configuration reporting software. Prior to this he founded Cleversoft (1994), a leader in monitoring solutions for Lotus Notes, which was subsequently acquired by Candle Corporation. His companies have all specialized in producing enhanced management reporting solutions. [ [http://www.vkernel.com/resources/download/VKernel_Release_1.0_Press_Release.pdf Virtualization allows systems to work close to full capacity ] ]References
External links
* [http://www.vkernel.com Official Site]
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