Hyper9 was recently recognized as one of 2010's top 10 virtualization vendors to watch by the highly respected print and online publication, CIO.com. 

For the third year in a row, CIO takes a look at which virtualization vendors should be on consumers' radar screens; and for 2010, they have identified ten "intriguing innovators" in virtualization management, security and more.  Making the CIO.com 'Top 10 Watch List' not only validates the direction and choices that Hyper9 has made with its solution, but it also recognizes the successes that we've had in the marketplace.  And it was quite an honor to be listed in their top 10.

Hyper9 believes that with rising data volumes, lack of cross-domain visibility, and shifting data center roles and responsibilities, today's virtual environments require more proactive management to maximize the business value of virtualization investments.  

The CIO article states that management tools still remain hotly desired by customers, and says that Hyper9 broadly promises to help customers "achieve higher virtualization management maturity to meet more sophisticated business requirements."

According to industry expert Mark Bowker, a virtualization specialist at Enterprise Strategy Group, the benefits become more clear when looking into the details.  Bowker explains, "Hyper9's Virtual Environment Optimization keeps track of workloads and virtual machines, categorizing them by geography, business unit or other criteria, and then reports on both performance levels and resource utilization.  In other words, it tracks who is using how much of the available compute power and monitors performance problems to real or virtual sources to make troubleshooting easier."

And Bowker adds, "You can't optimize anything without seeing what it's doing first."

Read the 10 Virtualization Vendors to Watch in 2010 from CIO.com, here.