Thibault tells NDCF that the software will work with Linux and other industry-standard operating systems, as well as running on commodity servers. Alex Vasilevsky, Virtual Irons chief scientist and co-founder, adds that it will not require major changes to existing applications. There will be "no recompiles, no rewrites, he says. Existing applications will run without changes on this virtualized platform.
Virtual Iron is planning to unveil the software at next months Demo conference in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Thibault also tells NDCF that the company has around 40 employees and there are plans to expand the workforce, although he is unable to provide any specific figures. I think that we will be in growth mode for some time -- that will be driven by the adoption of the product."
Founded in 2003, Virtual Iron has so far amassed $20 million in funding from Goldman Sachs & Co., Highland Capital Partners, and Matrix Partners.
Virtual Iron is one of a number of startups, including UXComm Inc. and Symbium Corp. that are aiming to automate the data center (see Startups Angle for Autonomy ).
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