Voltaire, a provider of grid backbone solutions, announced a new software solution for the management and automation of dynamic Grid computing environments in the data center. The software enables true automation of repetitive IT tasks associated with network, server and storage provisioning to deliver unprecedented efficiency. Provisioning tasks that used to take days and involve multiple groups within IT can n Voltaire, a provider of grid backbone solutions, announced a new software solution for the management and automation of dynamic Grid computing environments in the data center. The software enables true automation of repetitive IT tasks associated with network, server and storage provisioning to deliver unprecedented efficiency. Provisioning tasks that used to take days and involve multiple groups within IT can now be reduced to seconds.“GridVision Enterprise is the missing link for the provisioning and management of scalable, dynamic grids,” said Patrick Guay, senior vice president of marketing, Voltaire. “Together with Voltaire’s rack interconnect solutions supporting InfiniBand, Ethernet and Fibre Channel, Voltaire is delivering a best-in-class solution that provides enterprise customers with a new ‘efficiency edge’.”GridVision Enterprise leverages advanced I/O and network virtualization technology embedded in Voltaire’s multi-service switches. It automatically maps the relationships between application requirements and the physical or virtual data center environment consisting of servers, storage and networks to create a logical and highly efficient data center. The product employs an abstracted object model, a graphical user interface and an open web services API. It integrates with leading server and storage virtualization solutions, as well as provisioning and scheduling tools, and creates a single, logical data center environment consisting of both physical and virtual resources. Voltaire is working with partners such as AMD, FalconStor Software, IBM, Intel, Mellanox Technologies, Novell, Platform Computing, United Devices, VMware and XenSource to integrate GridVision Enterprise with their grid computing and virtualization solutions.GridVision Enterprise will be available in December 2006. Beta trials are currently underway with customers worldwide. More detailed information can be found at the company’s Web site. Software Development