Venyu's VenyuCloud Attains VMware vCloud(R) Powered Validation

BATON ROUGE, LA and MARLBOROUGH, MA--(Marketwire - Oct 20, 2011) - Venyu, a leading provider of offsite business continuity, cloud backup and datacenter solutions, today announced that its VenyuCloud public cloud service has achieved VMware vCloud Powered status, illustrating to customers that the company's cloud services are underpinned by VMware's leading virtualization and cloud computing technology, namely VMware vSphere® and VMware vCloud™ Director. A member of the VMware Service Provider Program (VSPP), Venyu provides its VMware vCloud Powered service as a set of cloud computing services across a common platform, supporting the largest set of existing applications and offering distinctive application mobility uniquely available from VMware.

"Our new VenyuCloud solution leverages industry leading VMware technologies to create a virtualized cloud environment that gives our customers the scalability, elasticity and control they need to take their cloud experience to the next level," said Tommy Curb, Vice President of Business Development for Venyu. "VMware vCloud Powered VenyuCloud unleashes the full benefits of taking applications to the cloud by enabling secure, highly available IT-as-a-service for the ultimate efficient, flexible and cost-effective model."

"The VMware vCloud® Powered program was developed to enable our service provider partners to differentiate themselves and help them bring their enterprise-class cloud services to market in this competitive landscape," said Don Schleicher, Vice President, Service Providers, VMware. "We look forward to supporting Venyu further as it delivers on the agility and performance customers are looking for in the cloud computing landscape."

Customers of Venyu have the ability to move workloads from their VMware vSphere-based virtualized or private cloud environment to the VMware vCloud Powered service and back again. This application portability is a key differentiator allowing customers to achieve the flexibility and security they need while enabling increased IT agility.

Venyu sought VMware vCloud Powered validation in order to give users the ability to granularly manage and self-serve their cloud experience in unprecedented ways. As a validated provider, Venyu can now provide users with enhanced responsiveness and agility, and reduced IT costs through increased consolidation, task automation and simplified management. For more on the capabilities and benefits of VenyuCloud, register today for the free webcast, "VenyuCloud: Your Cloud Made Invincible," scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 17 at 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST.

About Venyu
Venyu is a premier provider of data protection, recovery and availability services that maximize business continuity. By leveraging Venyu's portfolio of ROI-focused disaster recovery and backup solutions within secure, highly available datacenters, organizations can reduce IT costs while increasing security and scalability. For more information about Venyu and its industry-leading solutions for online data backup, physical and virtualized recovery, managed hosting, SaaS, and co-location, please visit www.venyu.com. Your Data Made Invincible™.

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