Posted by: Sanjay Ramnath, product manager
I just returned from a weeklong business trip to the South where I had the chance to meet some of our great partners in the region. In addition to showcasing Barracuda Networks solutions and enjoying some good BBQ, I gained invaluable feedback that will enable us to serve our customers better.
Amongst the many interesting discussions, it was hard to ignore the impact of the economic recession across the business landscape. IT departments have a unique challenge in this environment. On the one hand, you have to stay ahead of the technology curve while on the other hand, you have to reduce costs and improve operational efficiencies.
Many IT departments are looking to virtualization as a means to address some of these challenges going forward. While formerly the domain of large enterprises, small and medium businesses today are achieving significant benefits by adopting virtualization as part of longer term IT strategies. In recent surveys among SMB customers, 50-70 percent of respondents have either implemented virtualization initiatives or are looking to do so within the year.
Simply put, virtualization allows IT departments to do more with less. By standardizing on budget-conscious hardware platforms and sharing physical computing resources across multiple virtualized applications (or virtual machines), organizations can save money by improving resource utilization and reducing power and space requirements in the data center. Also, highly sophisticated management and backup tools available as part of modern virtualization infrastructures reduce the time spent on IT administration, simplify disaster recovery, improve business continuity and allow for rapid scalability and deployment.
For organizations adopting virtualization as part of their IT strategy, Barracuda Networks provides a range of virtual appliances based on leading-edge security and application delivery technologies. Barracuda Networks virtual appliances are supported on a variety of virtualization platforms including VMware ESX/ESXi, CITRIX XenServer and Microsoft Hyper-V. Backed by Barracuda Central, a powerful operations center, our virtual appliances are easy to deploy, maintenance-free, and can be quickly installed in new or existing virtualized environments, or clustered with Barracuda Networks hardware deployments to provide redundancy or increase performance and capacity. Also, Barracuda Networks’ modular architecture ensures that the virtual appliances provide the same capabilities and ease of use found in our award-winning hardware solutions.
Currently, Barracuda Networks virtual offerings include:
- Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall Vx
- Barracuda Web Filter Vx
- Barracuda SSL VPN Vx
- Barracuda Web Application Firewall Vx
- Barracuda NG Firewall Vx
With a simple pricing model, no per-user or per-server fees and free 30-day evaluations, Barracuda Networks virtual appliances combine the power and affordability of all Barracuda Networks solutions, but with the convenience and flexibility of virtualization.
For more information on our virtual offerings, please visit http://www.barracuda.com/virtualization.
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