CiRBA announced the release of version 4.0 of its flagship Data Center Intelligence (DCI) solution. Its new interface and its interactive visualization make it easier for IT organizations to more quickly identify which servers in their environment can or should be virtualized by providing the organization with much needed metrics and step-by-step action plans. The company states that CiRBA 4.0 enables analysis o CiRBA announced the release of version 4.0 of its flagship Data Center Intelligence (DCI) solution. Its new interface and its interactive visualization make it easier for IT organizations to more quickly identify which servers in their environment can or should be virtualized by providing the organization with much needed metrics and step-by-step action plans. The company states that CiRBA 4.0 enables analysis of all critical factors for analyzing large scale consolidation or virtualization initiatives, including configuration, workload patterns such as CPU utilization and network and disk I/O, and business constraints such as geography, business service or maintenance windows. By including all constraints in an analysis, results are maximized while risks are minimized. Significant CiRBA 4.0 enhancements include: Interactive Consolidation and Virtualization Analysis – At the center of CiRBA’s revolutionary analysis capabilities is a rich set of interactive interface elements and drilldowns that are available directly from the analysis screen to provide unprecedented intelligence. CiRBA 4.0 provides several options for performing what-if analysis to compare different consolidation scenarios. Users can change color mapping to ease visualization of the potential within complex environments, and then drill down for the underlying details and settings that would be required to act on a given plan. The unique ability to combine configuration and business constraints with multiple workload analysis into one roadmap makes CiRBA the most comprehensive way to analyze data center changes. New Interface – CiRBA 4.0 provides a crisp new interface and reorganized navigation menu to make it easer to find and move between tasks. Enhanced VM Reporting Capabilities – A new “VMware Configuration” report is available in version 4.0 that provides detailed configuration on a VMware ESX host server and its guest VMs. Forward Consolidation Analysis – CiRBA also helps IT departments avoid expensive re-sprawl through forward consolidation analysis. With 4.0, users can use CiRBA to find a place within existing infrastructure for a new application rather than ordering new hardware. More Licensing Options – CiRBA now offers a departmental edition targeted at organizations that want to analyze for virtualization specifically and want to examine workload personalities only. The Enterprise edition suits those who want to analyze heterogeneous data centers and use multiple consolidation strategies considering configuration, workload and business constraints. “Although consolidation – particularly through virtualization – offers enormous opportunity for operational savings, big questions loom for most data centers,” said Gerry Smith, president and CEO of CiRBA. “Specifically, ‘what and how should we consolidate so that we get maximum savings and ensure reliability?’ CiRBA is all about enabling IT to confidently plan their consolidation from a high level strategy to detailed action plans.” CiRBA 4.0 is available immediately, licensed on a monthly basis with pricing based on the number of server operating systems being audited and term of commitment. For more information, visit the company’s Web site. Software Development