SteelEye Technology (steeleye.com), a leading provider of VMWare protection solutions including data replication and application monitoring for business continuity and disaster recovery on Linux and Windows, announced today at VMworld 2007 that it has joined the VMware Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program. VMware (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtual infrastructure software for industry-standard systems, provides the Technology Alliance Partner program to enable technology vendors to support and integrate with the VMware infrastructure and deliver solutions to our joint customers.

VMware's Technology Alliance Partner program provides tools and information needed by partners to seamlessly integrate with VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3 and ESX Server with other solutions, such as SteelEye LifeKeeper Protection Suite for VMware Infrastructure 3. Integrating SteelEye's products with ESX Server will enable customers to achieve all of the benefits afforded by virtualization technology while ensuring application and data availability.

"By working with VMware and joining the Technology Alliance Partner program, we can better serve our joint customers by integrating the powers of VMware Infrastructure 3 and LifeKeeper. We are proud to be members of the VMware Technology Alliance Partner program," said Bonni-Jo Salazar, Vice President of Strategic Alliances.

SteelEye will demonstrate the LifeKeeper Protection Suite for VMware Infrastructure 3 in Booth 1209 at VMworld 2007. Recently awarded "Best Clustering Solution" at LinuxWorld 2007, the Protection Suite provides application-level monitoring and failover between any combination of physical and virtual servers, integrated data replication for disaster recovery configurations and clustering for VirtualCenter Management servers.