VMLogix, Inc., a leading provider of virtual machine management solutions designed for software companies and IT organizations, today announced that it has achieved “Ready for IBM Rational software” validation for use with IBM Rational Quality Manager, part of the Jazz technology platform for collaborative software delivery. This validation indicates that VMLogix LabManager’s integration with the IBM Rational Software Delivery Platform meets IBM Rational’s requirements for safety and interoperability. VMLogix LabManager is among the first virtualization solutions to receive validation for use in test lab environments.

“VMLogix LabManager integrates with the Jazz platform’s IBM Rational Quality Manager to help test teams achieve enhanced productivity and cycle times, and improve their cost effectiveness,” said Michael Loria, vice president of business development, IBM Rational Software. “By using VMLogix and IBM Rational together, users are provided with easy-to-use virtualized access to test lab resources that deliver an automated approach to managing quality assurance.”

VMLogix LabManager’s integration with IBM RQM enables software companies, SMBs and enterprise IT to leverage virtualization to consolidate and automate lab IT infrastructure in order to deliver and maintain software applications more quickly, cost-effectively and reliably. Internally, IBM RQM invokes LabManager for the setup of a virtual machine test bed and uses this setup to execute user test cases. This integration vastly improves the utilization of test machines and dramatically reduces the administrative overhead of maintaining test machine farms.

“VMLogix is committed to providing customers with solutions that integrate with their existing resources and infrastructure,” said Sameer Dholakia, CEO of VMLogix. “LabManager’s support and integration with IBM Rational Quality Manager enables quality assurance teams to leverage their enterprise-class Rational environment and quickly reap benefits from virtual lab automation in order to improve software quality and bring products to market faster.”

For more information about VMLogix LabManager and its Ready for IBM Rational validation, visit www.vmlogix.com/xxx.