Scalent Systems, creator of Virtual Operating Environment (V/OE) software, announced that it had acquired a Series C round of equity funding. This funding round was led by a new investor - Credit Suisse. Existing investors, Hummer Winblad, JK&B Capital, and Pequot Capital, all participated in this round. The Series C round came in at $15 million and according to the company will be used for continued expansion o Scalent Systems, creator of Virtual Operating Environment (V/OE) software, announced that it had acquired a Series C round of equity funding. This funding round was led by a new investor – Credit Suisse. Existing investors, Hummer Winblad, JK&B Capital, and Pequot Capital, all participated in this round. The Series C round came in at $15 million and according to the company will be used for continued expansion of sales operations.“The backing of Credit Suisse serves not only as a solid foundation for our continuing expansion, but as a significant validation of our technology,” said Ben Linder, CEO, Scalent Systems. “Some of the world’s largest institutions are now running Scalent V/OE to support their mission-critical systems, and we’re proud to be bringing greater reliability and agility to their data centers.” “Having validated Scalent V/OE, we were convinced of its value and durability in demanding enterprise environments,” said Wayne Nemeth of Alternative Investments at Credit Suisse. “We firmly believe that Scalent’s products will help enterprises increase their data center reliability, responsiveness, flexibility, and asset utilization – and are pleased to have had the opportunity to invest in the company.”Scalent Virtual Operating Environment (V/OE) 2.0 recently was awarded the InfoWorld 2007 Technology of the Year Award in the Platforms category.To learn more about the product, you can check out the InfoWorld product review by Paul Venezia where he gave it a “Very Good” score of 8.5. Software Development