Virtual Iron Extended Enterprise Edition Release 4.5 includes the following major enhancements:

• Role based access control
• Internal network switch, i.e. a virtual switch without any physical adapters
• Windows 2008-supported management server platform
• Scaling improvements.

Beta testing of Release 4.5 was extensive with more than 35 volunteers from among the Virtual Iron global customer base and partner community.

"Virtual Iron Release 4.5 has allowed us to implement a cost-effective, reliable virtualized environment with the performance, functionality, and features we required without the higher cost we would have experienced from other virtualization vendors," said Kevin Hansen, IT Manager for Medical Associates of Clinton, Iowa, PLC, a 40-doctor multi-specialty group. "We can create virtual machines without impacting our production environment, greatly reducing operational overheads. Virtual Iron is a great fit for us."

Chris Barclay, Director of Product Management at Virtual Iron, stated, "Release 4.5 provides many features specifically requested by our customers and further advances our ongoing strategy to provide the best server virtualization solution for cost-conscious, efficient IT professionals."