Pivot3 VMware Ready

Pivot3, Inc. announced that its Pivot3 Scale-out Application Platform has achieved VMware Ready status. This designation indicates that the Pivot3 appliance has passed a detailed evaluation and testing process managed by VMware and is now listed on the VMware Partner Product Catalog and the VMware Compatibility Guide.

Passing the VMware-specified testing helps ensure that the Pivot3 Scale-out Application Platform makes best use of VMware technology and is ready for deployment in customer environments.

"We are pleased that Pivot3 Scale-out Application Platform qualifies for the VMware Ready logo, signifying to customers that it has passed specific VMware testing and interoperability criteria and is ready to run in production environments," said Bernie Mills, senior director, alliance programs, VMware.

"By working with VMware today to get our scale-out SAN system VMware Ready, we are now offering users virtual servers and scale-out storage in a single platform with integrated application failover and significant cost, power, and cooling savings, as well as support for vMotion," said Lee Caswell, founder and chief marketing officer at Pivot3.

The VMware Ready program is a VMware co-branding program for qualified partner products and is a benefit of the VMware Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program. With more than 1,200 members worldwide, the VMware TAP program works with best-of-breed technology partners to provide them a comprehensive set of VMware technical and marketing services, support, tools and expertise to deliver enhanced value to joint customers.