Bank chooses vmware for mission critical applications
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PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 30 /PRNewswire/ — VMware, Inc., the global leader in software for industry-standard virtualized desktops and servers, today announced that IXIS Capital Markets (IXIS), a New York-based financial services firm, has implemented VMware Infrastructure to achieve high availability for mission-critical trading applications that allows financial operations to occur without disruption during peak trading hours. With more than 450 front, middle and back office users depending on highly available systems to ensure financial operations are completed successfully at any time, the ability for the IXIS IT team to eliminate downtime while performing necessary system maintenance is a top priority.
Very cool, nice to see an organization benefiting from vmware, using the technology to achieve the business requirements, check it out, it’s interesting to see how they’re using it. With tools like virtual center and vmotion, you can create an effective high availability infrastructure, without the datacenter power and hosting issues.


