Dell Virtual Appliance Portal
As virtualization software technology continues to grow in popularity, Dell is collaborating with several of our top partners to offer another side of this technology - virtual appliances. Virtual appliances are pre-built, ready to deploy files that contain both an operating system and in some cases, an application. These appliances can be "run" on a variety of hypervisors and allows you to view and manipulate server class operating systems and applications.
Dell has teamed up with key partners like VMware® , Microsoft® , SymantecTM , Red Hat® , Novell® , Ubuntu® , Blue Lane® , IdentiPHITM , EnterasysTM , and Double-TakeTM , ProofpointTM , Certeon® , and Reflex SecurityTM to bring you some of the best virtual appliances available. An easy way to become familiar with virtual appliances is to start with a free version of a hypervisor. Some versions, like VMware Player, may be run on a desktop operating system, and others, such as VMware Server or Virtual Server R2, may be run on top of a current server operating system. Virtual appliances may also be run on VMware® ESX ServerTM , Microsoft® Hyper V, or Citrix® XenServer.
For many, virtual appliances are an excellent way to "try before you buy." Virtual appliances allow you to get a better look into how a software program or operating system actually looks and feels - without having to set up a complex, separate test environment. Also, these appliances provide much greater flexibility than a flash type demo that guides you through a console. Virtual machines are typically offered as a free download; some are offered full featured but only for a limited time, while others are trial versions only. Support for virtual appliances and free hypervisors is provided by the respective vendors.
- Symantec Mail Security 8300 Series - Virtual Edition
 These appliances deliver world-class antispam, antivirus, and advanced content filtering technologies, available in either a physical or virtual appliance form factor, designed to protect inbound and out-bound email and IM against today's malicious threats, helping enable organizations to secure vulnerable messaging systems. With advanced content filtering and structured data protection support, IT can more effectively control sensitive data, reduce the risks associated with data leakage, and meet regulatory compliance mandates and corporate governance demands. The appliances simplify how organizations of any size can better protect valuable enterprise assets while helping to minimize system downtime and preserve employee productivity.
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- Microsoft Windows Server® 2008 Beta 3 This download allows you to experience the new features and functionality of Windows Server 2008. Features include built-in Web and virtualization technologies that help enable you to increase the reliability and flexibility of your server infrastructure.
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- Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Help reduce the growing cost and complexity of managing a corporate messaging system with Exchange Server 2007 SP1. Created to provide more control for IT administrators, more value and expanded inbox access for users, and increased security and compliance for the organization as a whole.
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- Red Hat Application Stack features Red Hat Enterprise Linux® , JBoss® Application Server, JBoss Hibernate, a choice of open source databases, and ApacheTM Web Server. Red Hat Application Stack is a VMware certified Virtual Appliance, and is available for use for evaluation and demo purposes. This virtual appliance can enable software application vendors and IT developers to test, develop and certify their products installed on the latest release of Red Hat Application Stack. Red Hat Application Stack was designed to include everything you need to run standards based Web and enterprise applications.
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- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SUSE® LINUX® Enterprise Server 10 empowers businesses to utilize Linux and open source by delivering a scalable, high-performance foundation for secure enterprise computing. Built for reliability, it offers comprehensive functionality to power today's networks and meet user demands. SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server also supports a broad range of hardware platforms and leading software applications.
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- Ubuntu 7.10 JeOS with VMware Tools A virtual appliance with the Ubuntu JeOS 7.10 (Just Enough Operating System) and VMware tools. This may be used as a base to create a VMware appliance, or as a standalone server.
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- Blue Lane VirtualShieldTM This VMware Certified Virtual Appliance is a vulnerability shield that provides instant protection from security vulnerabilities for virtual servers running on the VMware Infrastructure 3.x platform. Addressing the dynamic challenges of virtual security, VirtualShield helps monitor and protect guest servers running on the hypervisor without signatures or tuning.
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- IdentiPHI® SAFSolution Enterprise Edition SAFsolution replaces the standard Windows® password logon to Windows Active Directory® with biometric and/or smart card authentication methods. SAFsolution is scalable to deliver a biometric authentication solution to SMB markets as well as to large corporate enterprise and government organizations. A deployment can begin with a few dozen users at a single location, and grow to include a full campus or distributed global deployment. Highly flexible and scalable deployments can be achieved using an appliance-based deployment strategy, which require minimal configuration and setup. With tight integration in to Microsoft Active Directory, SAFsolution appliance deployment can utilize existing systems and infrastructure, and helps deliver a low-impact migration path away from typical user-based password security.
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- Enterasys® Secure NetworksTM - Dragon Enterprise Security Suite As businesses provide wider network access to employees and customers, the security concerns around company assets and intellectual property grow as well. Businesses need assurance that threats introduced to the network are quickly identified and stopped. Dragon® solutions from Enterasys offer an advanced suite of unique threat detection technologies that monitor both networks and hosts. It not only helps mitigate worms and denial-of-service attacks, but can also defeat spyware and a wide array of other malicious activities. What's more, it helps enterprises comply with stringent data-privacy regulations. Dragon helps provide greater visibility and granular control across the entire network. With Dragon you can quickly and effectively respond to a multitude of threats helping to ensure critical business continuity even as your environment continues to expand. Contact your Dell sales representative for customized solutions or go to www.enterasys.com.
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- Double-Take® Virtual Evaluation - The Double-Take® VHD Test Drive Virtual Evaluation is a pre-built, ready-to-run Microsoft virtual machine packaged with an operating system and Double-Take® in a .VHD file. Double-Take Software provides real-time disk-based data protection technology, it helps protect both physical and virtual servers and provides data recovery, including continuous data replication, application availability and system state protection. Double-Take Software products enable customers to help protect and recover business-critical data and applications in both physical and virtual environments. Combining Dell PowerEdgeTM Servers with Double-Take® data protection software in a virtualized environment can simplify the manageability and flexibility of data protection and recovery for critical systems while helping to reduce TCO.
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- ProofpointTM Messaging Security Gateway - Virtual Edition delivers unified email security and data loss prevention, combined with the benefits of virtualization including cost savings, dynamic capacity management, rapid deployment, and easy backup and disaster recovery. The Proofpoint Messaging Security Gateway Virtual Edition is ideal for enterprises that want anti-spam, anti-virus and content filtering that runs on VMware. The Virtual Edition is functionally identical to the appliance and on-demand versions, allowing customers to create hybrid deployments that combine the different deployment modes for different needs.
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- Certeon® aCelera Virtual Appliance for Application Acceleration delivers acceleration, virtualization and manageability when remotely accessing applications throughout a distributed enterprise. According to Certeon customers, aCelera Virtual Appliances reduce application response time over the WAN by more than 95% without proprietary hardware appliances. aCelera is optimized for mission critical applications such as: enterprise content management, Web-based collaboration, and wide area file services. aCelera is flexible and easy to deploy delivering faster, more scalable applications, and enabling great user productivity.
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- Reflex SecurityTM Virtual Security Appliance Reflex Security is a recognized leader in comprehensive security for virtualized data centers. Reflex enables organizations to visualize, secure, audit and control their virtual infrastructure. Purpose- built for virtual environments, Reflex VSA integrates firewall, IPS/IDS, reporting, application awareness, visibility and change control into a complete virtual security.
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Try virtual, buy physical
Hardware appliances are a staple item for many datacenters around the globe. Dell's OEM Industry Solution Group provides a variety of solutions tuned to match Dell PowerEdge servers to ISV solutions. Many of our OEM ISG partners offer their product as either a physical or virtual appliance; others are using virtual appliance packaging as a way for customers to preview their solution without having to consume IT resources to set up hardware for a test scenario.
Symantec Mail Security 8300 Series The new SymantecTM Mail Security 8300 - Virtual Edition is a full production virtual appliance. In addition to simplifying the trial process, customers can roll out the virtual appliance into their production environments, taking advantage of the dynamic resource allocation, incremental scaling, low-cost high availability / fail-over, and hardware flexibility inherent with the virtual deployment model. After a customer has successfully tested the Virtual Edition, there are two deployment options - move into production on virtual, or switch to traditional physical appliances. To make this process easy, Symantec is using the same licensing and SKUs across both form factors, so customers aren't locked into a decision, and can even deploy both (testing on virtual, production on physical, or varying based on geographic region, etc.).
The Symantec Mail Security 8300 is available in a variety of physical configurations. Configuration options are available on the Symantec site, or contact your Dell sales representative for more information.
Symantec Enterprise Support Services provide a portfolio of flexible offerings, covering software for both the physical and virtual appliance, which are designed to optimize IT infrastructure and manage IT risk. The Symantec Mail Security physical appliances also come with a 3-year next-business-day hardware support warranty. (Warranty provided by Symantec - see Symantec site for details.)
IdentiPHI SAFSolution Enterprise Edition -- Enterprise-grade security software replaces Windows® password access to Windows Active Directory Servers with biometric and/or smart card authentication methods. SAFSolution software solutions include a Dell PowerEdgeTM server with VMware ESX ServerTM . IdentiPHI SAFSolution is available in several hardware configurations; either available on the IndentiPHI web site, or contact your Dell sales representative for more information. Onsite set up is included. (Warranty provided by IndentiPHI - see IdentiPHI web site for details.)
Enterasys® Secure NetworksTM - Dragon Intrusion Defense See how Enterasys' evaluation software can protect you and your information without sacrificing performance. Designed to meet the unique security requirements of the enterprise, the Dragon® Security Suite of IDS and IPS applications help provide comprehensive protection. It's high-performance multi-threaded architecture and virtual sensor support helps Dragon scale to secure very large networks. With Dragon intrusion and network defense products deployed strategically throughout the network, you can detect anomalous activity and dynamically respond to a wide range of security events.
Download the free 30 day evaluation copy of Dragon Intrusion Defense Software today. Enterasys' award winning Dragon IDS/IPS appliance technology is offered on the following Dell platforms: the PowerEdge 860, R200, 1950, and 2950. And when you're ready to take the next step, let us help you determine the solution best for your business by contacting your Dell sales representative or visiting www.enterasys.com/dell. (Warranty provided by Enterasys - see Enterasys site for details.)
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VMware Virtual Machine Marketplace: VMware is a recognized leader in the virtual appliance market. They provide software developer toolkits to convert programs into appliances as well as a broad listing of virtual appliances. VMware also provides free tools such as VMware Server and VMware Player to view virtual appliances.
Microsoft Tech Net VHD Test Drive: For a quick way to evaluate Microsoft and their partner's solutions through a variety of pre-configured virtual machines called Virtual Hard Drives. VHD's can be downloaded and run in test environments. Microsoft offers the free, full featured Virtual Server 2005R2 SP1 for running your VHD's.
Novell® KIWI and openSUSE Build Service: The openSUSE Build Service, an open source tool set, allows developers to maintain and build packages at a single location for multiple Linux distributions, including openSUSE, SUSE Linux Enterprise, Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu or other projects. From there, developers can then create complete system images, including virtual appliances, using the KIWI tool.
Red Hat Appliance Operating System : Join Red Hat as they launch their Appliance Operating System in the first half of 2008. Independent Software Vendors (ISV's) wishing to distribute their applications will receive the Virtual Appliance Development Kit (vADK) that allows them to configure the operating system, middleware and applications to produce a single system image. This can then be deployed on multiple virtualization platforms as well as in software-as-a-service "cloud" deployments.
