AutoVirt Launches AutoMap – Site Survey Tool

New Software Helps Customers Control IT Budget by Identifying Over and Under Utilized Windows File Server and Network-Attached Storage (NAS) Assets

AutoVirt Solutions Help IT Management Meet ‘Green’ Objectives

Nashua, N.H., March 2 /PRNewswire/ — AutoVirt, Inc., the leading provider of Windows data migration solutions, today announced the release of its AutoMap(TM) site survey tool. The new software is intended to help customers discover under and over utilized Windows file server and network attached storage (NAS) resources, in physical, virtualized and mixed environments. Once identified, customers are able to fine-tune these assets and defer additional server and NAS purchases.

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“The digital universe is exploding. In fact, it is expected to grow to well over 1,000 exabytes(1) within the next three-to-four years,” said James Baker, research manager, storage software, IDC. “With the majority of this growth coming from unstructured file data, it should come as no surprise that we are seeing an epidemic of over-provisioning of resources as IT management executives struggle to maintain control — resulting in huge capital and operational expenses to the organization. AutoVirt’s AutoMap will help IT Managers alleviate this pain by identifying challenged resources, thus allowing them to reallocate their data across all available storage assets.”

“Due to the relentless growth of unstructured file data it has become increasingly difficult, if not impossible, to effectively manage Windows file server and NAS resources. Many IT organizations have had little choice but to consistently over-provision in an attempt to keep their head above water. Consequently, today’s IT organizations are experiencing server and storage utilization rates as low as just 20% and 30%, respectively,” said Klavs Landberg, founder and CTO, AutoVirt. “AutoVirt AutoMap provides an ideal step in the right direction. Within minutes of deployment, a report will be generated detailing all hardware/software assets and associated utilization statistics, as well as a comprehensive networked shares map. With this information in hand, customers can fine tune assets, increase utilization and fully maximize infrastructure value.”

Landberg added, “Accordingly, another key benefit of AutoVirt technology is its ability to help IT management meet their ‘green’ objectives, because by minimizing the purchase of additional hardware, energy consumption is likewise minimized.”

The AutoMap site survey tool is available immediately; and for a limited time, a no-obligation free trial is obtainable at: http://www.autovirt.com/product/AutoMap.cfm. Key AutoMap functionality is also included standard, with all AutoVirt AutoMove(TM) automated data migration software purchases.

For additional information on AutoVirt AutoMove, please read the following IDC research report: “AutoVirt: A New Venture Bringing Windows-Based Data Migration to Market” (http://www.autovirt.com/resources/idc-report.cfm).

About AutoVirt

AutoVirt(TM), Inc. is the leading provider of fully-automated Windows data migration solutions. By leveraging advanced file storage virtualization technology, AutoVirt AutoMove(TM) software offers customers a continuous data migration (CDM) solution that is easy to acquire, deploy and manage – with no incremental work, downtime, configurations changes, or client software agents required – all at a highly affordable price. Moreover, AutoVirt software provides an out-of-band solution that eliminates the associated cost and added latency of an in-band approach. With AutoVirt, customers can finally transition from viewing data migration as a point-in-time event, to an automatic and continual load balancing capability. For further information, please call: 603-546-2900, email: info@autovirt.com, or visit www.autovirt.com.

(C) AutoVirt 2009. AutoVirt, AutoMove and AutoMap are trademarks of AutoVirt, Inc. All other company, brands and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

(1) In the movie Ocean’s Thirteen, The Bank Hotel and Casino’s advanced AI security system, “The Greco”, is said to process game winners’ reactions “in a field of exabytes.” Danny Ocean ( George Clooney) goes on to ask what an exabyte is, whereupon Rusty ( Brad Pitt) explains, “a million terabytes.”

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