Townsend Security, a leading authority in data privacy solutions, today announced that the company’s Alliance Key Manager for VMware has achieved VMware Ready status. Alliance Key Manager for VMware allows enterprises to deploy virtualized encryption and key management servers in both IT data centers as well as the cloud.

“VMware is now the de facto standard for virtualization in the Enterprise data center, and has a growing presence in the cloud. With our announcement today, we are embracing the many benefits that VMware brings to these environments and giving our customers new, more affordable options for enterprise encryption key management,” commented Patrick Townsend, CEO and Founder of Townsend Security.

Using the same FIPS 140-2 compliant technology that is in Townsend Security’s hardware security module (HSM) and in use by over 3,000 customers, Alliance Key Manager for VMware brings a proven and mature encryption key management solution to virtualized environments, with a lower total cost of ownership.

By deploying Alliance Key Manager for VMware as a virtualized encryption key manager, enterprises are now able to reduce hardware costs, lower operational costs, minimize the IT footprint, and prepare themselves for a move to the cloud.

“Our customers have been asking us to support the VMware virtualization architecture, and I am proud that we are offering our key management solution for this platform. Alliance Key Manager for VMware will help our customers feel confident that they are deploying the best possible key management solution in a VMware context, whether it is in their data centers or in the cloud,” continued Patrick Townsend.