icomasoft secures A-round funding through a strong Swiss investment partner.
Zug, Switzerland – June 9, 2009 – icomasoft AG, the innovator in software for integrated automation and management of virtual IT infrastructures, today announced the securing of funding from Zurich Cantonal Bank (ZKB). The co-founders keep the majority of the company’s common stock shares. The funds are devoted to commercializing the company’s leading-edge software solutions that rapidly and efficiently address automation, management and compliance requirements of companies operating a virtual IT.
icomasoft’s software enables IT administrators to achieve a better control of their virtual IT infrastructure through a very high degree of automation and integration of 3rd party management software into their favorite virtual infrastructure platform.
Thanks to icomasoft’s unique approach of cross-platform integration and automation, customers can quickly restore transparency across their datacenter and experience an immediate and substantial reduction of their operating cost and an increased IT compliance through reduction of human errors in their daily routine processes.
“We are delighted with the commitment of our first investor, Zurich Cantonal Bank, enabling us to reach out to the global markets faster and more efficiently”, says Diego A. Boscardin, CEO of icomasoft and goes on: “Several Fortune 1000 companies, large corporations as well as small and medium enterprises trust in our software solution. The fact that one of the most important financial institution of Switzerland chose to invest in icomasoft is an additional proof of concept for our business model and an important milestone in the execution of our business strategy.”
icomasoft has already secured strong partnerships with global technology and market leaders, such as VMware, Network Appliance, Microsoft and Citrix and experiences an increasing demand for integrated automation and management solutions restoring transparency between virtual and physical IT environments.
“At the end of a thorough evaluation process, ZKB came to the conclusion that icomasoft is a promising investment opportunity in a rapidly growing technology market. We are happy to support them and their innovative products that help customers get the most out of their investments into IT virtualization.”, says Erika Puyal, Head of Startup Finance, ZKB.
About Zurich Cantonal Bank (ZKB)
Zurich Cantonal Bank (ZKB) is the leading universal bank in the Zurich region, focusing on both the national and, to a lesser extent, the international markets. With total assets of CHF 113 billion, it is the largest of the cantonal banks and the third largest bank in Switzerland. Building on its extensive expertise in the mortgage and credit businesses, it has developed very successfully into an investment and retirement-savings bank. ZKB is today one of the largest asset managers in Switzerland, with client assets of CHF 122 billion.
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icomasoft® launches VI PowerScripter Professional v1.5 providing best-of-breed capabilities for the automation of virtual infrastructure management in VMware environments.
icomasoft AG, an innovative Swiss vendor of leading-edge automation software for virtual IT infrastructures, today announces the release of its VI PowerScripter Professional v1.5. The latest release of icomasoft’s VI automation software is best positioned to rapidly address automation, management and compliance requirements across Virtual Infrastructures. IT administrators will experience a better control of their virtual infrastructure, increased IT compliance and substantial time-savings in routine management tasks.
Visitors of VMworld Europe 2009 have realized the benefits of icomasoft’s powerful automation software and ranked the respective session “Managing VMware with PowerShell” among the best Top 3 Sessions of the most important virtualization event in Europe. VI PowerScripter Professional v1.5 is designed to manage virtual infrastructures on different platforms and provides a high degree of automation. It can easily adapt and execute complex tasks automatically, even providing a scheduler for recurring jobs.
IT administrators strive for efficiency and confidence in their operating environment and understand that highly automated management tasks substantially reduce their workload while ensuring compliance with regulations and best-practices. “Following the successful launch of VI PowerScripter Professional in October 2008, we received valuable inputs from our growing global customer base and from the virtualization community,” says Diego A. Boscardin, CEO of icomasoft® and goes on: “VI PowerScripter v1.5 includes substantial enhancements addressing customer requirements for enhanced ease of automation of virtual infrastructures.”
VI PowerScripter v1.5 offers IT administrators substantial benefits and turn-key solutions for a highly automated VI management, leading to an optimized and cost-efficient virtual infrastructure.
Solutions & Benefits
- Seamless integration into VMware’s management products: The smooth integration into VMware’s management console (ESX/ESXi direct connect or vCenter connect and experimental support of vSphere 4.0) offers IT administrators a familiar look & feel and an unparalleled ease-of-use through customizable dynamic context menus.
- Security: No need to care about authentication, clear text passwords or VM or ESX selection. icomasoft® VI PowerScripter does it all. No more typos and human errors in virtual machine management.
- Task automation: Up to 2 hours daily time-savings per administrator through automation of recurring complex tasks and improved IT compliance through prevention of human errors across the entire hierarchy.
- Task scheduling: Ability to schedule tasks with seamless integration into VMware vCenter Scheduled Tasks, for familiar look & feel.
- Reporting: The extended graphical reporting includes event logs and statistics. The product includes standardized and customizable graphical reports with filtering, sorting, grouping, conditional formatting and exporting to Excel and CSV files. Any Application with PowerShell interface can be used, i.e. Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Visio) or HTML.
- Flexibility: A resilient architecture combined with a user-friendly interface enables the integration of 3rd party applications that are based on Microsoft PowerShell and the simultaneous management of cross-platform virtual infrastructures, i.e. our own SSH and Gridview integration for extended administration functionality.
Upgrade from VI PowerScripter v1.1 to v1.5
Customers, who bought VI PowerScripter v1.1, including maintenance and support, are eligible for a free upgrade. If the respective management console is configured for internet access, the VI PowerScripter will automatically detect the availability of an updated version. Alternatively, customers can download the setup binary from our license store.
Licensing and Availability
icomasoft® VI PowerScripter Professional v1.5 is now available through icomasoft’s reseller network and at www.icomasoft.com/downloads/vi-powerscripter.html. The downloadable full version provides a 15-days trial period. The product sells at € 285.00 per administrator, including 1st-year maintenance and support. Reseller and volume discounts are available. For more information, please visit: www.icomasoft.com/products/vi-powerscripter.html.
