We've been a VMware partner for a bit now, but I'm happy to announce our inclusion in the VMware Virtual Appliance Marketplace. Although customers have been running BDS in virtualized environments since 2005 (it was one of our founding tenets to be VM-compatible), we're extremely pleased with our stronger ties to VMware and support for the VM platform. It's truly a great platform on which to develop, test, and deploy applications.

Some of the advantages of running a secure file transfer application in a VM:

• Extremely fast deployment (and re-deployment if necessary).

• Increased security when splitting out the presentation, application, and data tiers using separate VMs.

• Bundled VM appliance is a complete package and pre-configured for you.

• Small footprint, effective and efficient use of CPU/memory and other computing resources.

• Centralized management.

• Of course, all the other VM advantages, including reduced power consumption, better rack space utilization, easier administration, etc.

Also, visit our site's VM page: http://www.biscomdeliveryserver.com/solutions/vm.html, for more information on BDS running as a VM appliance.

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We've just been certified by VMware as a Technology Alliance Partner at the Select Level which means we have VMware certified engineers on staff, and have basically jumped through a bunch of hoops to demonstrate our expertise.

We've actually been running BDS inside virtualized environments since 2005 and we have a fair number of our customers running BDS in a VM today. There are some great benefits to virtualizing, not all of them directly related to our product, but advantages that you should consider.

The advantages of running BDS in a VM are: more efficient use of processing power (which translates into lower power requirements and less rack space), easy separation of tiers for increased security without requiring multiple physical servers, fast re-deployment of the application if a VM goes down, and for the administrator, a centralized management console.

Whether you are already an experienced VM shop, or starting your journey to VM land, know that Biscom is there to support you!