In the following DABCC Virtualization Video Podcast, we are very happy to have Jonathan Alexander the President and Co-founder of the virtualization performance management vender, vmSight. Doug and Jonathan will walk you through vmSight's virtualization network management for VMware environments solution.

About vmSight

vmSight helps manage virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) for improved desktop performance, reliability and compliance. vmSight’s patented technology, Connector ID, offers “caller ID” for virtual desktops by providing irrefutable user and machine identifiers and other key tracking information. Desktop administrators are able to monitor and optimize end-to-end performance of the virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) while ensuring service levels and appropriate user access controls. vmSight’s virtualization management solution helps speed virtual desktop rollouts, reduce VDI problems and support costs. Components of the product suite include: 

• vmSight Center: VMware-certified virtual appliance providing an easy-to-use management and reporting browser application interface
• Monitoring Stations: VMware-certified virtual appliance connects to virtual switches to monitor all user and application activity to and from VMs
• Connector ID: patented technology providing “caller ID” for virtual networks to enhance monitoring information, user identities and other key tracking information
• Integrated product suite is available in two editions: Basic and Enterprise.

About Jonathan Alexander, President & Co-founder, vmSight

Jonathan Alexander brings over 20 years of successful product design and technology leadership to vmSight. At vmSight he is responsible for all operations and products. Previously, Alexander held key product and strategy leadership roles at Epiphany (now Infor), Radnet (acquired by Epiphany), and Lotus Development Corp. (acquired by IBM). He also designed and developed film production software for author/director Michael Crichton. Alexander has helped design and develop award-winning software products in the fields of business intelligence and process optimization. He received his education in computer science from UCLA.

About Douglas Brown (Host of DABCC TV)
Douglas Brown worked at Citrix Systems, Inc. as a Senior Systems Engineer from 2001 to 2004 at which time he was voted Systems Engineer of the Year 2002 by his peers and management at Citrix. He was awarded the Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) by Microsoft Corporation in 2005 through 2008 for his contributions to the industry. He was also a charter award winner of the Citrix Technology Professional (CTP) for his continued support of the Citrix community.

Mr. Brown authored the popular "Methodology in a Box" book covering best practice project management in a Citrix deployment and developed Advanced Print Manager, a software application for the management of printers in a server based computing environment.